Did you know that Chop Chop! cover the longest travel distance this time? posted: Jul 13th, 2025 Australian 4-way teams have been some of the most reliable and consistent participants in horizontal formation skydiving world championships since 1985. In fact, the Australian FAI/ISC delegation missed only the two events that were hosted by Russia, in Menzelinsk 2010 and Tanay 2021,
4-way teams from Down Under usually travel to the outdoor world cups, as well. It was last time in Banja Luka 2013 when no Australian teams appeared on any of the four formation skydiving leaderboards. However, a complete Australian formation skydiving delegation was back a year later in Prostejov 2014, and Impulse... (more)
Did you know that iFLY Fort Lauderdale teams benefit from XP Angels training? posted: Jul 12th, 2025 Four of the five currently active Indoor Cloud League teams have submitted their scores and videos for the month of June, and Kyle Hermberg's team at iFLY Dallas will soon join the leaderboard. As usual, the current and former Czech 4-way juniors are out of reach so far. This time, only AAA Class team TNT does not fit into the Czech category of current or former Czech 4-way juniors.
Skywalkers Junior and TNT both also competed outdoors at the July meet of the Czech Republic Skydiving League and shared the leaderboard with British 4-way teams, as the NSL News reported on July 7th. Skywalkers... (more)
Did you know that Thyra has joined the 4-way Women field at the FAI World Cup in Teuge? posted: Jul 10th, 2025 The field of teams in 4-way AAA/Women has grown to five after Norway registered their second team for the FAI Outdoor World Cup 2025, Thyra. 4-way AAA/Open Class team Agera compete for Norway with the same lineup as in 2024, and they are expected to be once again in the competition for the Top 10 positions, possibly for the 4th place, as well.
Thyra won the bronze medals in 4-way AAA/Women at FAI's European Championship that was a part of the FAI Outdoor World Cup 2023. The Thyra team project was launched in 2022 with the support of former DeLand Norgies member Carl-Erik Tuv. A year later, they... (more)
Did you know that six national teams of 2024 are back at Skydive Teuge? posted: Jul 9th, 2025 Nine countries were represented in 4-way AAA/Open at the FAI Outdoor World Championship 2024 in North Carolina and have also registered teams for the FAI Outdoor World Cup 2025 in Teuge, Netherlands. Six of the national teams in 2024 are the same who competed at Crystal Coast last year.
The newly adjusted NSL Power Rankings consider the fact that these six national teams bring their international competition experiences into the next 4-way game, and they are now in the top positions behind the medal rankings. All six teams were inside of the Top 10 positions at the outdoor world championship,... (more)
Did you know that the Golden Knights are on a long road to FAI world championship gold? posted: Jul 8th, 2025 No country has won outdoor world championships in 8-way more often since 1985 than the United States. The U.S. national teams have taken home the William H. Ottley Sword for the 8-way world champions, also known as the Excalibur, at 16 of the 21 events since the current competition format was introduced in 1985.
The Golden Knights 8-way teams of the U.S. Army have contributed heavily to the account of the U.S. delegations in these 40 years of formation skydiving competition. In fact, the U.S. Army won ten of the 16 sets of FAI gold medals for the United States with their Golden Knights lineups.... (more)
Did you know that British and Czech teams shared leaderboards last weekend? posted: Jul 7th, 2025 A total of 14 teams shared last weekend's synchronized NSL competition draw, ten at the third meet of the United Kingdom Skydiving League in Netheravon, four at the second meet of the Czech Republic Skydiving League in Most.
It was a small AAA Class leaderboard with three teams, which still offered some interesting insights. Two of the three teams are registered for the FAI Outdoor World Cup 2025 and posted their first outdoor scores of the year. Skywalkers Junior and British Army Volt4ge took on the same AAA Class sequences in Netheravon and Most before they will face each other directly at... (more)