Did you know that College team Genesis started even earlier and younger than VTSD? posted: Jul 8th, 2026 VTSD/Carolina Turbo XP/SDC Rhythm XP were not the only civilian U.S. college team whose members began competing while attending a university and then dedicated themselves to 4-way formation skydiving. Several years earlier, another collegiate project had followed a similar path and came even closer to reaching the very top of the sport: DeLand Genesis/PD Blue.
Original team members Ian Bobo, Kyle Collins, Shannon Pilcher, David van Greuningen and Eric Taylor first connected through the Georgia Tech University Sport Parachute Club at Freefall Ranch in Warm Springs, Georgia, in 1990. It was there... (more)
Did you know that VTSD launched one of the most successful team progressions with nine meets in 2009? posted: Jul 8th, 2026 It was a long time ago, yet the Virginia Tech Space Dockers (VTSD) still hold a remarkable participation record in the United States. The NSL 4-way Network continues to offer regular competition for 4-way teams, even though neither the number of meets nor the number of participating teams matches the level of activity when Doug Barron, Andrew Happick, Joey Coffineau and Ben Worrall, with James Sides on camera, entered the world of competitive 4-way formation skydiving.
The original VTSD lineup joined the National Skydiving League in 2009 as a collegiate team whose ambitions extended well beyond... (more)
Did you know that Nakama and Trigger's Broom dueled on the same AAA Class leaderboard? posted: Jul 7th, 2026 The third and final meet of the United Kingdom Skydiving League 2026 before this year's national outdoor championship was the smallest of the season, yet it still offered several interesting storylines in the run-up to Great Britain's most important competition of the year.
First of all, the competition draw for the only A Class team at Skydive Hibaldstow, XL Poo, confirmed that British teams have continued using the same A Class dive pool as in 2025. So far, only the dive pool in the United States has changed, as the NSL News reported on June 17th. It made little sense to introduce a new dive... (more)
Did you know that the Czech Grinch Team performed with their full lineup? posted: Jul 5th, 2026 Kyle Hermberg's Indoor Cloud League team at iFLY Dallas posted four of the six highest scores for the month of May, yet it still wasn't enough to overtake Jan Klapka's team at the Hurricane Factory in Prague, Czech Republic. Skywalkers Most, formerly known as Skywalkers Junior, once again stood in the way of Kyle Hermberg and everyone else in May. The youngest top 4-way team in the world are indoor specialists and contributed 56 ICL points to the Czech May total, nearly half of the Hurricane Factory's 132-point tally.
Jan Klapka faces a challenge, however, when the Skywalkers are unavailable... (more)
Did you know that Niklas Hemlin shared his experiences from Dubai 2012 and Australia 2018? posted: Jul 2nd, 2026 There are many good reasons why Niklas Hemlin appears regularly in NSL News coverage. The NSL Profile provides extensive information about his life and career in the world of formation skydiving competition, although it would benefit from more frequent updates to reflect his ongoing activities.
However, he has remained just as busy with his coaching commitments as he was during his competitive career, when he won three FAI Outdoor World Championship titles (2012, 2022, 2024), along with numerous world cup and indoor medals, before retiring from Arizona Airspeed at the end of the 2024 season.... (more)
Did you know that Aethers' Damien Gouriou is on a promising path toward his ultimate goal? posted: Jul 1st, 2026 The NSL News update on June 26th featured French national coach Mathieu Bernier and his careful, successful approach to building the current French 4-way Open national team, the Aethers. Mathieu Bernier was himself part of the active lineup that won the FAI Outdoor World Championship title for France at Menzelinsk 2010, and there is a very good chance that he will add another set of FAI gold medals to the French collection as national coach 16 years later.
Although it is a young team, Damien Gouriou, flying the point slot for the Aethers, has become one of the longest-serving members of the... (more)
Did you know that College team Genesis started even earlier and younger than VTSD?
Did you know that VTSD launched one of the most successful team progressions with nine meets in 2009?
Did you know that Nakama and Trigger's Broom dueled on the same AAA Class leaderboard?
Did you know that the Czech Grinch Team performed with their full lineup?
Did you know that Niklas Hemlin shared his experiences from Dubai 2012 and Australia 2018?
Did you know that Aethers' Damien Gouriou is on a promising path toward his ultimate goal?