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 ...

Vana Parker did not have the greatest start into her skydiving career when she made her first jumps in South Africa. In her first year of jumping, she had a bad landing accident where basically her ankle needed rebuilding. She remembers that the doctors were thinking about amputating it initially. ...

Pilcher's individual skydiving story is so closely connected to the story of DeLand Genesis/PD Blue that it is difficult to separate both stories.  And the whole story is almost like a skydiving fairy-tale.  As a skydiver, Pilcher grew up at the Freefall Ranch in Warm Springs, GA.  There he ...

The point flyers of 4-way teams have always been something special not only to me. They are considered the artists who have to master the position with very little sight of what's going on behind them. And then they have to fix whatever the center is not preparing well for building any ...

Eliana Rodriguez can brighten a room with just a smile. Young, intelligent and athletic, Rodriguez has become a shooting star in the world of skydiving competition since her first meet only three years ago. Rodriguez is a member of Synchronicity, the U.S. Women’s 4-way team that took the gold ...

It is coincidence that the four French skydivers on the current list of NSL Profiles are all coaches. Of course, they started as competitors, and each of them is a former 4-way or/and 8-way world champion. Jeremie Rollett has collected three gold medals, two in 4-way (2006 - 2008) and one in ...

Dr. Joel Shugar, one of the most passionate 4-way competitors and a true supporter of the sport, died in a skydiving accident in Eloy on May 26, 2008. It would fill books to cover his merits in his professional career as an eye surgeon and for skydiving as a sport. He will be in our minds ...

Imagine the opposite of a dare-devilish, adventure seeking, adrenaline-driven skydiver. Imagine a calm and casual thinker, a well educated and perfectly behaved gentleman, a healthy athlete in a great shape - simply a role model for other competitors. Imagine such an image turning into reality, and ...

Something is going on in the corn fields next to the landing area at the skydiving center in Ampfing, Germany. It s almost harvesting time, and the corn is taller than people's size. Seems like some people are having a good time racing each other, celebrating something in the middle of the ...

The addition of more female formation skydiving competitors to the NSL Profiles is briefly set aside to highlight a remarkable career story—one that is long overdue and far from reaching its conclusion. Jesse Stahler is the third Golden Knights team captain to receive an NSL Profile. It comes ...

Today (August 31st) is a very special day for Julia Swallow, not only because it is her birthday. She also made her first jump on this very same last day of August in 1991, making it an especially memorable birthday gift. It is also a coincidence that her NSL Profile is being published on an August ...

The NSL Profiles feature the most experienced Formation Skydiving competitors in the history of the sport. There are still not many even in this elite club of skydiving celebrities who have been training and competing throughout the whole time period of "modern Formation ...

Solly Williams is a full-time coach and part-owner of Skydive DeLand in Florida.  He competed with DeLand Equanimity, the South African national 4-way team.  At the World Championship in 1997, his team won the bronze medal.  Equanimity discontinued, but Williams remained in touch with the most ...