Whats in a name?
In 1999 Doug and Kim were watching part of the Reno Air Races on television. One of the leaders in this incredible event was a plane named Nemesis. This plane was very successful having an winning streak of 44 races while flying at speeds approaching 300 MPH.
Doug and Kim looked at eachother and thought that Nemesis would be a great name for a skydiving team. While neither Doug or Kim had ever participated on a competitive 4-way team, they were thinking about competing the the 1999 US Nationals since the meet was going to be in Florida, where Doug currently lived.
Beginnings...
Doug lived in Florida at the time and the 1999 US Nationals were hosted by Skydive Sebastian, so Doug and Kim decided to team up with two other people to create a 4-way team to compete at nationals in the intermediate division. Since they already had plans to move to Atlanta, Georgia shortly after nationals, the team with Steve Graves and Steve Johnson was a short term "pick-up" team......
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