Did you know that Bob Hallet and Tom Piras connected in many ways? posted: Jul 6th, 2025 The NSL News published a sad update on June 12th, which reported the tragic death of Skydive DeLand owner Robert C. "Bob" Hallet in a car crash on May 13th. The brief story of his life covered primarily his position and history in the skydiving world.
Bob Hallet's part in the development of a skydiving community in DeLand was actually documented much more comprehensively by John Sox Rostoks in a video that he created in 2020 for DeLand's 60-year anniversary as a skydiving operation, together with young local videographer Dean Nordstedt.
The anniversary video was made five years before Bob... (more)
Did you know that Kirk Verner and Brian Krause worked together in the judging room? posted: Jul 4th, 2025 Paraclete XP's Summer Classic 2025 was comprehensively covered by the NSL News from the competition site in Raeford, North Carolina. It was a rematch for Golden Knights and Arizona Airspeed after the first direct outdoor confrontation of the two U.S. teams with their complete current lineups at the Shamrock Showdown 2025.
It was a duel for the 1st place at the Summer Classic, while they were facing the French Aethers at Skydive DeLand, who traveled from North Carolina to Florida after winning the gold medals at the FAI Indoor World Championship 2025. Neither Golden Knights nor Arizona Airspeed... (more)
Did you know that Skywalkers Junior launch their outdoor competition season this weekend? posted: Jul 3rd, 2025 The upcoming meet weekend includes the second competition of the Czech Republic Skydiving League 2025. It will feature the first outdoor competition of Skywalkers Junior this year, who did not attend the first event in Prostejov. The second event takes place on their home turf in Most, where they turned from indoor juniors to outdoor seniors, as the NSL News reported on 26 May 2023.
In the meantime, Skywalkers Junior have become a world-class team in 4-way indoor competition, as they were proving with the 4th place at the FAI Indoor World Championship 2025 at Paraclete XP. In fact, the Czech... (more)
Did you know that the Falcons could win the first FAI gold medals for Qatar in Teuge? posted: Jul 2nd, 2025 The most recent NSL Live Talk conversation with Gary Smith was mostly related to the upcoming 4-way competition at the FAI Outdoor World Cup 2025 in Teuge, Netherlands. The coach of the Qatar 4-way delegation, together with Luc Verstrepen, had some thoughts of the 8-way competition, as well, which will be well attended.
He agreed with the NSL News that a battle for the FAI gold medals could be possible this time, as it was indicated in the first NSL Power Rankings for the 8-way competition. The recent changes in Paraclete's XP8 lineup and the continuity and consistency of the Qatar Falcons might... (more)
Did you know that input from Gary Smith changed the first version of the NSL Power Rankings? posted: Jul 1st, 2025 The first unofficial NSL Power Rankings of the horizontal formation skydiving events at the FAI Outdoor World Cup 2025 were a part of the update on 12 January 2025. The unofficial rankings are showing the registered teams according to their scoring history and any available information. Newly registered teams will be added until registration closes on July 13th. 19 of the 20 teams in 4-way AAA/Open had this scoring history that can be used to create preview power rankings. Only Austria has a registered team without any more detailed information at this point in time.
The NSL News discussed the... (more)
Did you know that SDD Intravenous had a promising start into AA Class competition? posted: Jun 30th, 2025 The NSL News has covered the Paraclete XP Summer Classic 2025 with two duels so far, the battle for the U.S. top position between Golden Knights and Arizona Airspeed, followed by Platinum XP versus XP Angels. Both exciting duels took place on the AAA/Open Class leaderboard.
There were still two more teams at Paraclete XP who competed in the AA/Intermediate Class, and they were just as competitive in their duel as the AAA Class teams were. Unfortunately, this duel lasted only for the first four rounds, as one of the Brazilian team members injured his shoulder during the exit of Round 5, and the... (more)
Did you know that Bob Hallet and Tom Piras connected in many ways?
Did you know that Kirk Verner and Brian Krause worked together in the judging room?
Did you know that Skywalkers Junior launch their outdoor competition season this weekend?
Did you know that the Falcons could win the first FAI gold medals for Qatar in Teuge?
Did you know that input from Gary Smith changed the first version of the NSL Power Rankings?
Did you know that SDD Intravenous had a promising start into AA Class competition?