posted Apr 13th, 2012 - Round 7 of the World Challenge 2012 did not only get special NSL News attention due to Just4Fun's re-flying session. The NSL News also followed AA Class team Hyrrokkin into the flying chamber to keep an eye on James Woods, former Satori member Katie Woods' little brother. The story on 7 April 2012 included the mention of Hyrrokkin's Round 7.

It was not a happy story at this point in time. Hyrrokkin had the worst round of the meet and lost three points in addition to a few hickups. The 11-pointer on the scoreboard allowed the team in 2nd place, DNOUT from Italy, to catch up with the leader after six rounds. The NSL News apologized to the Hyrrokkin members for the possible distraction, but the spiritful team had no problem with the situation.

In fact, Hyrrokkin was also lucky since DNOUT had a bad round, as well, and lost even four points in the judging room. However, it was a tie for the top position after Round 7. Both teams recovered well and posted great scores in Round 8, with DNOUT winning the round by two points and taking the lead away from Hyrrokkin for the first time. Hyrrokkin member Karen Nielsen then recalled the rest of the meet for the NSL News:

World Challenge 2012		Rd. 1	Rd. 2	Rd. 3	Rd. 4	Rd. 5	Rd. 6	Rd. 7	Rd. 8	Rd. 9	Rd. 10	Total	Avg
Rank	AA Class	9,6	F,A,13	E,8,20	21,14	J,2,7	D,K,18	H,L,G,15	P,O,B,4	Q,19,1	22,M,N	Total	Avg
1	Hyrrokkin	19	18	13(-1)	11	17	16	11(-3)	20	14	16	155	15.5
2	DNOUT	19	18	10(-4)	13	17	15	13(-4)	22	15	12(-1)	154	15.4
3	Airplay	12	14	13	12	15	14	17	15	15	13	140	14.0
4	Kinetix	15	15	12	10	11	13	16	17	11	14	134	13.4
5	Old Man Joel	14	17	9	9	15	14	13	18	12	11	132	13.2
6	Atmosfera High 5	15	15	12	11	13	10	14	16	12	13	131	13.1
7	J Force	12	15	11	11	15	12	12	15	8	15	126	12.6
8	Foursome	15	11	10	10	13	11	12	14	11	13	120	12.0
9	Strange Slots	12	12	8	10	12	11	10	15	9	13	112	11.2
10	Incognito	13	14	10	9	10	7	12	14	9	11	109	10.9

"We could not blame our confusion in Round 7 on 'the media' but sadly we just lost concentration... It's a great lesson for us though. At that point we all thought we'd waved goodbye to our chances of a win (though no one said it at the time). We took a real chance in our final round using some superb advice from Katie Woods and flying some moves we hadn't tried before!

I think we put our all into that last session, so much that I had a nose bleed when we came out. I'm blaming the air pressure but my team mates are still ribbing me... We hoped our gamble would at least increase our average and we all left the chamber on a real high - but when we made our way up to the bar we were told to go prepare for a jump off. We couldn't believe it.

An hour later, we still didn't know for sure if we would need to fly again but we knew the scores must be close. Finally, Paul announced that only the Rookie Class would have a jump off round and we smiled at each other - happy with the thought of a silver medal. A few minutes later the screens started to play the AA Class rounds.

"Still unsure of our final number we stood up to watch. We'd been in close competition with DNOUT the whole meet gaining and losing the lead throughout... We watched their round in silence - it was a great score but with one bust. We were next to play. With each green dot appearing in the corner we sqeezed each other tighter - were we really going to get the extra FOUR points we needed in our very last round?

16 points flashed up on the bright blue screen and we all screemed and cheered. I'm not sure if others in the room knew what all the commotion was about but it didn't matter, we'd snatched one extra point making us the overall winners in the AA Class. The most intense competition I have ever taken part in!

Experiencing such a close competition and knowing that we could pull through from what felt like a terrible jump and still get a great result will give us lots of confidence as we progress through the season. We couldn't have wished for a better first competition together - the rollercoaster of emotions and scores was incredible. This wouldn't have been the case if fantastic teams like DNOUT, Airplay and all the others hadn't shown up. All credit to Bodyflight for making the competition so appealing to such a wide range of teams. We're still enjoying the feeling of winning gold." Congratulations, Hyrrokkin.