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This page will be updated at least once a week with the latest news from the National Skydive League. Special thanks to Kurt Gaebel, founder of the league and webmaster of its web site. |
February 12, 2000England Skydiving League is expecting a a very exciting inaugural 2000 season. As the new league director, Beth Murray has put together all the pieces in the beautiful New England area. Skydive New England and Pepperell Skydive Center are the first two hosts for two meets each. But the new league is still open for other interested hosts, as well. Skydive New England is expecting four teams to participate in the league. Pepperell already has two teams committed for the first season. The whole area is very excited about the new project and is finding some overwhelming support. League director Beth Murray is enjoying positive cooperation with Mike Carpenter at Skydive New England and Paula Philbrook at Pepperell Skydive Center. Many helping hands have offered to do whatever it takes to launch the league this year: Philbrook has been in contact with NSL President Kurt Gaebel for a long time. |
Read more at the
NSL's web site
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| Finally, she succeeded in finding the necessary interest in New England. Gaebel met with Murray in January at Lake Wales in Florida to discuss details for the new league. A large group of skydivers from New England visited the Sunshine State to skydive and fly the SkyVenture wind tunnel while winter keeps their home drop zones asleep. But the spring will bring all the action and excitement to New England that other leagues have already been enjoying and more. For now, League director Murray will use the NSL website to post information. She is planning to build a website for the league at a later date. Welcome to the club. |
February 4, 2000Teams are still receiving penalties for the same old reason at block ten of the dive pool (Diamond - Bunyip). A few teams at the season opener of the Florida Skydiving League seemed to have forgotten that this block contains serious danger for penalties. The rules are stated as follows: 3.3.8 Assisting handhold Assisting handholds on other jumpers or their equipment within a subgroup or a scoring formation are not permitted. And still the tail of the Diamond (Fig. A) can be seen making contact with his/her piece partner (Fig. B) once in a while. The rule is not new, the same infringement has happened and has been penalized many times in the past. Here are some hints about the nature of this situation and ways how to make it a "busts-in block10-free year". |
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The problem is caused by the currently applied technique for this block. The rear piece with tail (A) and wing (B) are required to complete a 360' turn, while the front piece (fig. C and D) is turnning only 180'. The most popular technique is sending the tail with an action move as aggressively through the center as possible. The wing of the other piece (C) is following the tail to present the leg grip in the center for the catch. In the meantime, the rear wing (B) is holding the original position watching the action in the center. This makes sense since B needs to know where the leg will be presented for the snag. But this hesitation is causing the penalty situation at the same time. B's delay and A's action move is making the rear piece look like a side body, with A's right arm very close to B's right arm. |
The chance to make the illegal contact is even worse since A feels like B is in the way and wants to push B out of the way to get the space for A's own move. This is what the judges are just waiting for. Red flag. To make it right and avoid the penalty, A must keep the right arm far away from any contact with piece partner B with the same aggressive move. A also needs to know that the target for the move is the grip connection between B and D, not B's position. This is reducing the chance for the contact and is supporting a better technique at the same time. The whole move just requires good awareness by the tail (A) of the penalty situation. Good luck and have a bust-free year.
January 31, 2000 "Elsinore Storm" is launching a three-year assault at the U.S. championship title in 4-way. The game plan is beginning right now with the first season of the three-year plan. Elsinore Storm will be sponsored by Elsinore Skydiving. The team has recently been looking for a fourth member after the Elsinore locals John Hamilton, Todd Hawkins and Allan Brooks founded this team earlier.Last week, former Frost member and Advanced Class gold medalist Robert "Robob" Healy was jumping with Storm, trying out for the open slot. Healy had been highly recommended by several insiders. Now, Elsinore Storm closed the team deal and will compete with the Floridian. Healy has already competed once this year at the season opener of the Florida Skydiving League. His team, the new Frost 2000, took the first place in the FSL rankings afer winning meet one. Frost will have to look for a replacement.
Former Airspeed member John Hamilton, founder and godfather of Elsinore Storm, has been working on the Storm project for a while. Finally, he seems to have the right squad along with the best environment. The team is aiming at winning the U.S. Nationals in 2002 to qualify for the world championship in 2003. This year, they are planning to make up to 700 or even 800 training jumps prior to the nationals. This would most likely put Storm not too far behind the best teams in the country already in the first year. Elsinore Storm will also compete at the money meet in Eloy, all of the Southwest Skydiving League events and the nationals. Teams interested in training at Elsinore alongside the team, please contact Todd at Skydive Elsinore on (909)245-9939 or via e-mail at swoophawk@prodigy.net
January 26, 2000 The dive pool for the 2000 season has been announced by the IPC Formation Skydiving Subcommittee. The changes of the dive pool have been minimal, like never before in an off-year. The majority of teams and competitors will appreciate that. Only the random formation F mutated from "Spinner" into the "Twins". Block three received an additional arrow. The three-way piece can now turn either direction.The reasons for the current changes are again unknown. The NSL management has not heard of any complaints from teams and competitors regarding the existence of the Spinner (former random formation F) in the dive pool or of problems with the maneuever of block three.
However, the damage is very little this time. Teams do not have to forget techniques they just learned to master, or spend a lot of money to learn the new ones.
January 25, 2000 All signs are go for the former DeLand Genesis. Skydive DeLand, Performance Designs and the Relative Workshop have joined forces to create a professional environment for DeLand's home team, the former DeLand Genesis. Today is the last day that the NSL News will have used the name Genesis. In the future, Genesis will be "DeLand Performance Designs Blue".
With Blue going full-time, the top-notch competition in the United States will become even more exciting. The former weekend team will now have the chance to seriously challenge the other full-time teams in the country. The two Airspeed 4-ways, Elsinore Storm, FX and the Golden Knights seem to be the pro-competition this season. And Blue will have an excellent chance to bring the gold medal in 4-way back to DeLand where it used to be until Jack Jefferies moved from Florida to Arizona. The sponsoring group of Skydive DeLand, Performance Designs and the Relative Workshop are making this effort possible.
Ian Bellis, marketing manager at Performance Designs and team manager for the former Genesis is the godfather of the deal. He put the package together which includes many benefits for each party. A part of the package is also the second project team, DeLand Performance Designs Gold. Bellis himself, PD representative Edward "Bushman" Anderson, RWShop marketing manager Niklas Gummeson and Robert Chromy have formed the Gold team. This team will also compete at the same events with Blue, but will be spearheading the marketing and sales efforts out in the field at the same time. Blue will make over 1,000 training jumps until the nationals, Gold will probably make 300 or more. Both teams competed last Sunday at the season opener of the Florida Skydiving League.
The project is promising: Blue is young, hungry and committed, and they are already in full swing after almost 300 training jumps since the nationals. The teams on the west coast still seem to be in the forming phase and FX is still looking for a tail - only the Golden Knights Gold have been ready with Read more at the NSL's website.
January 24, 2000 Team Frost won the season opener of the Florida Skydiving League 2000. Ten teams competed at Skydive Sebastian and completed six rounds this past Sunday. DeLand PD Blue, former DeLand Genesis, finished with the highest raw average of 17.0. But after handicap, the top team placed only fifth due to their scoring history. DeLand PD Blue came into this meet with a 19.1 average, scored at the U.S. Nationals 1999. 17.0 at this meet was too far below the team's scoring history to beat other teams scoring above their previous team averages.
The new NSL handicap, invented by Optic Nerve member Dr. Joel Shugar, allows teams only to win if they perform above their average performance. Frost came into this meet with a 12.0 average and finished with 12.5 after six rounds. This was more than enough to leave all other teams far behind. 999 Advanced Class gold medalist Frost benefited from two personnel changes lowering the team average for the first season meet. Only Carlos Curti and Bob Healy of last year's Frost competed with the new Frost. Niklas Gummeson and Sally Hathaway were replaced by Tony Hathaway and Steven Johnson, lowering last year's Frost team average to 12.0. The new Frost members were skydiving very well, so Frost could walk away with the first ten league points. For the next FSL meet, the Frost average will go up a little bit and make it more challenging to repeat this success. The scores have been posted at the NSL's competition page.
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...more on the Skydive League's Website
| National Skydive League - Calendar 2000 |
| Date |
League |
Event |
Location |
Contact |
| 01/23 |
Florida Skydiving League |
Season Meet 1 |
Skydive Sebastian |
FSL@skyleague.com |
| 02/27 |
Florida Skydiving League |
Season Meet 2 |
Williston Skydivers |
FSL@skyleague.com |
| 03/25 |
Southwest Skydiving League |
Season Meet 1 |
Skydive Arizona |
GDHarding@aol.com |
| 03/26 |
Florida Skydiving League |
Season Meet 3 |
Skydive Space Center |
FSL@skyleague.com |
| 04/08-09 |
Georgia Skydiving League |
Season Meet 1 |
t.b.a. |
mrpink1@mindspring.com |
| 04/15-16 |
The Ranch Skydiving League |
Season Meet 1 |
The Ranch, Gardiner, NY |
blskyranch@aol.com |
| 04/23 |
Florida Skydiving League |
Season Meet 4 |
Skydive De Land |
FSL@skyleague.com |
| 04/29 |
Southwest Skydiving League |
Season Meet 2 |
Elsinore Skydiving |
GDHarding@aol.com |
| 04/29-30 |
Texas Skydiving League |
Season Meet 1 |
t.b.a. |
joehazel@flash.net |
| 05/13-14 |
Georgia Skydiving League |
Season Meet 2 |
t.b.a. |
mrpink1@mindspring.com |
| 05/20 |
Colorado Skydiving League |
Season Meet 1 |
Front Range Skydivers |
Jumpnkeith@aol.com |
| 05/20-21 |
Texas Skydiving League |
Season Meet 2 |
t.b.a. |
joehazel@flash.net |
| 05/20-21 |
The Ranch Skydiving League |
Season Meet 2 |
The Ranch, Gardiner, NY |
blskyranch@aol.com |
| 05/27-28 |
Carolina Skydiving League |
Season Meet 1 |
t.b.a. |
skydivin@usa.net |
| 05/27 |
Midwest Skydiving League |
Season Meet 1 |
Skydive Illinois |
freefall@execpc.com |
| 05/28 |
Florida Skydiving League |
Season Meet 5 |
Skydive Lake Wales |
FSL@skyleague.com |
| 06/10-11 |
Georgia Skydiving League |
Season Meet 3 |
t.b.a. |
mrpink1@mindspring.com |
| 06/17-18 |
The Ranch Skydiving League |
Season Meet 3 |
The Ranch, Gardiner, NY |
blskyranch@aol.com |
| 06/24 |
Southwest Skydiving League |
Season Meet 3 |
Perris Valley
Skydiving |
GDHarding@aol.com |
| 06/24 |
Midwest Skydiving League |
Season Meet 2 |
Skydive Illinois |
freefall@execpc.com |
| 06/24 |
Colorado Skydiving League |
Season Meet 2 |
Front Range Skydivers |
Jumpnkeith@aol.com |
| 06/24-25 |
Carolina Skydiving League |
Season Meet 2 |
t.b.a. |
skydivin@usa.net |
| 06/25 |
Florida Skydiving League |
Season Meet 6 |
Skydive America |
FSL@skyleague.com |
| 06/24-25 |
Texas Skydiving League |
Season Meet 3 |
t.b.a. |
joehazel@flash.net |
| 06/23-25 |
Great Lakes Skydiving League |
Season Meet 1 |
Aerohio |
info@aerohio.com |
| 07/08-09 |
Georgia Skydiving League |
Season Meet 4 |
t.b.a. |
mrpink1@mindspring.com |
| 07/15-16 |
The Ranch Skydiving League |
Season Meet 4 |
The Ranch, Gardiner, NY |
blskyranch@aol.com |
| 07/15-16 |
Great Lakes Skydiving League |
Season Meet 2 |
Pittsburgh
Skydiving Center |
info@aerohio.com |
| 07/15-16 |
Texas Skydiving League |
Season Meet 4 |
t.b.a. |
joehazel@flash.net |
| 07/22 |
Southwest Skydiving League |
Season Meet 4 |
Elsinore Skydiving |
GDHarding@aol.com |
| 07/22 |
Colorado Skydiving League |
Season Meet 3 |
Front Range Skydivers |
Jumpnkeith@aol.com |
| 07/23 |
Florida Skydiving League |
Season Meet 7 |
Skydive City |
FSL@skyleague.com |
| 07/29-30 |
Carolina Skydiving League |
Season Meet 3 |
t.b.a. |
skydivin@usa.net |
| 07/29 |
Midwest Skydiving League |
Season Meet 3 |
Chicagoland Skydiving |
freefall@execpc.com |
| 08/19-20 |
The Ranch Skydiving League |
Season Meet 5 |
The Ranch, Gardiner, NY |
blskyranch@aol.com |
| 08/19-20 |
Georgia Skydiving League |
Season Meet 5 |
t.b.a. |
mrpink1@mindspring.com |
| 08/19 |
Southwest Skydiving League |
Season Meet 5 |
Perris Valley
Skydiving |
GDHarding@aol.com |
| 08/19 |
Colorado Skydiving League |
Season Meet 4 |
Front Range Skydivers |
Jumpnkeith@aol.com |
| 08/19-20 |
Great Lakes Skydiving League |
Season Meet 3 |
Greene County Skydiving |
info@aerohio.com |
| 08/19-20 |
Texas Skydiving League |
Season Meet 5 |
t.b.a. |
joehazel@flash.net |
| 08/26-27 |
Carolina Skydiving League |
Season Meet 4 |
t.b.a. |
skydivin@usa.net |
| 08/26 |
Midwest Skydiving League |
Season Meet 4 |
Chicagoland Skydiving |
freefall@execpc.com |
| 08/27 |
Florida Skydiving League |
Season Meet 8 |
Skydive De Land |
FSL@skyleague.com |
| 09/09-10 |
Great Lakes Skydiving League |
Season Meet 4 |
Aerohio |
info@aerohio.com |
| 09/09-10 |
Texas Skydiving League |
Season Meet 6 |
t.b.a. |
joehazel@flash.net |
| 09/09 |
Colorado Skydiving League |
Season Meet 5 |
Mile Hi Skydiving Center |
Jumpnkeith@aol.com |
| 09/16-17 |
The Ranch Skydiving League |
Season Meet 6 |
The Ranch, Gardiner, NY |
blskyranch@aol.com |
| 09/16 |
Southwest Skydiving League |
Season Meet 6 |
Skydive Arizona |
GDHarding@aol.com |
| 10/21-22 |
National Skydiving League |
Playoffs Western Skies |
Texas |
NSL@skyleague.com |
| 10/21-22 |
National Skydiving League |
Playoffs Eastern Skies |
Georgia |
NSL@skyleague.com |
| 11/18-19 |
National Skydiving League |
Championship 2000 |
Skydive DeLand |
NSL@skyleague.com |
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