posted Oct 29th, 2014 - The Sun Path Products NSL News covered the last outdoor competition of the Florida Skydiving League on 23 October 2014 and mentioned that the Northern California Skydiving League concluded the 2014 season on the same weekend.

The Florida story featured the impressive scoring progression of AA Class team Zhills TranZend after the six meets this year. NCSL team Safeish competed in Lodi on the same weekend in the same category and also finished with the team's best meet average of the 2014 season.

Counterpoint FX and High Anxiety were actually the busiest teams in Northern California with six meets each, and Counterpoint's scoring progression in the A Class looks very similar to the one of AA Class team TranZend in Florida. Counterpoint, with NCSL Director Lori Connor in the lineup, finished with the team's highest 2014 average, as well.

October 18th, 2014		Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Total	Avg
Rank	AA Class	22,J,4	1,9	N,2,14	H,6,K	7,A,11	18,F,M	Total	Avg
1	Safeish (US)	7	9	8	10	9	11	54	9.0
Rank	A Class	J,4	9,K	N,2	H,6	7,A	F,M,Q	Total	Avg
1	Counterpoint FX (US)	8	8	5	8	-	-	29	7.3
2	High Anxiety (US)	5	3	2	3	-	-	13	3.3
Rank	Rookie	J,C,E	K,D,B	N,P,G	H,L,J	A,O,K	F,M,Q	Total	Avg
1	Last Minute (US)	2	3	3	0	-	-	8	2.0
2	Ice Cream (US)	0	1	0	1	-	-	2	0.5
3	Flair Flare (US)	1	0	0	0	-	-	1	0.3

The last NCSL meet at the Parachute Center in Lodi had beautiful fall weather. Lori Connor said that the teams "worked hard to score well, have fun and enjoy the rides in the Otters who flew over 40 loads on Saturday". She also served once again as the meet director for this competition, while she is helping to re-energize 4-way competition in Northern California.

High Anxiety's center inside John Verley has been guiding his A Class team through the busy 2014 season. He is a regular competitor at the USPA Nationals, where only the AA dive pool is available for teams in the Intermediate Class.

Rookie Class team Last Minute attended all of the NCSL meets but one with changing lineups. Sergei Vladimirovich and Christian Trefault were alternates at the last meet for Ido Ofir and Lukasz Weber. Christian Trefault usually flies the point slot for A Class team Dirty Low, who couldn’t make it to the final meet of the season.

Ice Cream was a new Rookie Class team, with former SDC Rhythm XP videographer Jason Imamura on camera. Lee Wilcox recruited the lineup, who was "motivated to have fun and help younger jumpers, as he always does", Lori Connor said, and she added that Jeff Saxton was the "self-proclaimed team ringer".

Flair Flare was another new Rookie Class lineup (Kiran Shivaram, Ron Ashcraft, Thomas Gerber, Angelique Kamara), also with Jason Imamura on camera. Kiran Shivaram has participated at several NCSL outdoor and indoor events this year and joined his first pickup 4-way team at the last meet. Lori Connor said that Flair Flare was awarded as the "Judge's Choice" due to its stable albeit entertaining exits...

Jason Imamura, who has been donating his time to support the NCSL, also provided insight and encouragement for his Rookie Class teams all along the way. He has his roots in Northern California, as he was filming R4 (Julius Frank, Deanna Frank, Rob Radez, Jon Martens) when the team won the Intermediate Class competition at the USPA Nationals 2008. Julius and Deanna Frank and Rob Radez are regular NCSL coaches at iFLY SFBay and other outdoor events.

Mike Deglau was Lori Connor's official meet coach in Lodi. He helped the teams at the creeper pad and the mockup. He competes regularly at the USPA Nationals in 4-way and 8-way and just won 8-way Intermediate Class gold with Motiv8 at Skydive Chicago.

Lori Bartlett-Harness was judging the last NCSL meet, with assistance by Brian Fairhurst. She is a USPA judge with a national rating, and she is excited about 4-way competition being revived in Northern California.

The Parachute Center Inc. (Bill and Kathy Dause) sponsored the winners of the meet with one discounted 6-jump training day for $10 per jump. Pete Swan's Independent Parachute Service supported each team member with $10 off a reserve repack, and Para Gear sponsored two $25 gift certificates. The next NCSL event is the Indoor Cloud League Tunnel Kicker at iFLY SFBay on November 12th, while Lori Connor has also begun to make plans for the 2015 outdoor season.