Did you know that Norway is back on a 4-way upswing? posted: Jul 27th, 2026 The NSL News reached deep into the archives on July 24th to review the combined leaderboard of the 4-way Open and 4-way Women events at the FAI Outdoor World Championship 2001. It was the first outdoor world championship to feature separate 4-way Open and 4-way Women competitions, while both events still used the same ten sequences for their competition jumps.
The story pointed out that both events produced exciting and closely contested competition in 2001, even though the 4-way Women teams did not rank as highly on the combined leaderboard as they have in more recent years. Arizona Airspeed's... (more)
Did you know that Jeroen "Bob" Nollet is featured in the latest NSL Profile? posted: Jul 25th, 2026 It is difficult to imagine a more challenging situation in 4-way Formation Skydiving competition than the one Jeroen "Bob" Nollet faced in 2014. The Belgian national team, NMP PCH HayaBusa, had just won its first FAI World Championship title in Prostejov 2014, with 4-way superstar Roy Janssen flying the tail slot.
For Roy Janssen and brothers David and Andy Grauwels, it had been the culmination of nearly a decade of pursuing their dream alongside different teammates and videographers. Their journey even included committing to military careers after the FAI World Championship 2006, where they... (more)
Did you know that only twelve of 44 teams completed all ten rounds in 2001? posted: Jul 24th, 2026 The NSL News mentioned on July 21st that combined 4-way leaderboards for the 4-way Open and 4-way Women events at FAI/ISC World Championships became a journalistic option beginning in 2001. That was the year when the separate 4-way Women competition was introduced in Spain. From then on, the World Championship and World Cup format included 4-way Open, 4-way Women and 8-way Open.
The NSL News, in its current format, was launched in 2004, although the website includes information and data from events dating back several years. The FAI Outdoor World Championship 2004, however, became the first... (more)
Did you know that AA Class teams in Texas scored high on a Super Sequence? posted: Jul 23rd, 2026 Last weekend featured an international leaderboard, with 4-way teams from the Czech Republic, Germany and the United States in competition action. However, the teams did not compete directly against one another in their respective categories. Only Czech 4-way teams competed in the AAA Class, while the German 4-way teams had the Rookie Class leaderboard to themselves.
Three U.S. teams from the Texas Skydiving League and two Czech teams competed in the AA Class. The three U.S. teams completed all ten rounds at Spaceland Houston, while the Czech teams finished after Round 5, as the NSL News reported... (more)
Did you know that the NSL Power Rankings remain unchanged? posted: Jul 22nd, 2026 The four Czech and three German teams all completed five rounds last weekend. The opening five rounds of the competition brought eleven blocks for the two AAA Class teams, Skywalkers Most and M Team. Each sequence included at least two blocks, and scoring opportunities were relatively limited.
The remaining five rounds of the competition offered more favorable scoring opportunities, beginning with Block 1 (Molar - Molar) and three random formations (A, E, M) in Round 6. Only the sequence in Round 10 (22, 19, 17) would have slowed the scoring pace again at the very end.
Skywalkers Most still... (more)
Did you know that 52 teams shared the combined 4-way leaderboard at Dubai 2012? posted: Jul 21st, 2026 The most recent NSL News update on the Fun Flag generated enough attention and feedback to reveal that it was spotted in 2025 at the World Cup of Speed Skydiving in Austria. The flag is clearly still alive and intact, making it ready to return to the event where it was originally created many years ago—the Formation Skydiving competition. Excursions to other locations and events are encouraged and welcome, but keeping it away from its place of origin violates the unwritten ethical rules surrounding the Fun Flag. Hopefully, it will fly again at this year's FAI Outdoor World Championship 2026 in... (more)
Did you know that Norway is back on a 4-way upswing?
Did you know that Jeroen "Bob" Nollet is featured in the latest NSL Profile?
Did you know that only twelve of 44 teams completed all ten rounds in 2001?
Did you know that AA Class teams in Texas scored high on a Super Sequence?
Did you know that the NSL Power Rankings remain unchanged?
Did you know that 52 teams shared the combined 4-way leaderboard at Dubai 2012?