posted Apr 5th, 2009 - All available scores have finally been posted, and Airspeed has made it a 17 - 0 streak with the new victory at the World Challenge 2009.

Paul Meyer organized a grande finale with a showdown in the viewing hangar. No big surprises were expected any longer on the second day of the competition, and the last viewing and award ceremony turned mostly into a social event. However, everything was prepared for a real showdown.

The start of Round 10 in the AAA Class was delayed until the judges were ready with Round 9 and the scores were posted. The teams knew their situation going into the last round of the meet. However, the top rankings did not change in the last two rounds, and another great World Challenge was concluded with the award ceremony.

As usual, the NSL News will follow up with many more stories and updates after the event. The judging videos of all jumps are stored in the computer and travel back to Florida for later reviews. The NSL-TV camera also captured more up close and personal videos of Round 10 from inside the chamber. Finally, a new interview with Airspeed after the award ceremony will also be uploaded soon.

Next stop on this year's Airspeed/NSL News tour will be the Paraclete XP Money Meet 2009, and Bodyflight Bedford owner Paul Meyer already announced next year's World Challenge with even more and better. So long from Bedford.

Closest race of the meet between Satori and Kaktus Hunter

The scores of Round 8 have been posted, and the race for the 2nd place has become even more exciting.

Airspeed Odyssey did not have the highscore for the round and still did not lose any ground, as Perris Fury scored a 24-pointer, as well, together with France Maubeuge. Hayabusa Defence and XL tied the highest score for the round, a 25-pointer. It was the first highscore for both teams. Now there are only three points between 2nd and 4th place.

The closest race of the whole competition takes place somewhere else and almost unnoticed. There was not one of the eight rounds yet where Kaktus Hunter or Satori could create more than a 1-point difference between their two teams.

Satori, with Brian Johnson replacing new member John McIver, has currently the 1-point lead. Satori won four rounds, Kaktus Hunter won three rounds, and both teams tied their score for Round 4.

Satori's original Center Inside, Liz Matthews, visits at the competiton site today. She brought her baby daughter and watches her team and the competition action. She hopes to be back in action very soon this year. Satori finished with a 22.9 average at last year's World Challenge and currently stands at a 25.1 average.

Kaktus Hunter was seven points behind Satori in 2008 with a 22.2 average. This year's current 25.0 average after eight rounds only indicates how far the young Russian team has already come. The extremely clean and accurate style moves Kaktus Hunter step by step closer to the very top level in Russia.

XL is back in the mix after a protest and high scores

New scores are posted, and Airspeed Odyssey is not even looking back any longer.

It seems as if the reigning world champions are not willing to give away another round after losing rounds three and four to Perris Fury. Airspeed has posted sole highscores for each round ever since, and the second day of the World Challenge 2009 is under strict Airspeed control so far.

The race left for the other teams seems to be more for the £3,000 for the 2nd place and the £1,500 for the 3rd place. This race is wide open though, and local favorite XL is back into it.

A protest for the score of Round 5 helped, and XL won back two points that first got lost in the judging room. XL is currently in 4th place and now only two points behind Hayabusa Defence and four points behind Perris Fury.

A new video clip of NSL Reality TV has been uploaded and includes a message from XL member Pete Allum to his daughter Sian in DeLand who had asked him for a sign from England. Pete still had to provide a few comments on camera for the NSL News, as well.

The same video clip begins with a few minutes on Kayla and Justin Tinucci's heels. They were busy handing out gifts to participants in the hallway on the flying floor. Justin was the presenter, and Kayla was steering her little brother around.

Team Future is showing an amazing performance in the AA Class competition and just posted the team's second score in the 20s. The youngsters dominate the AA Class competition even stronger than Airspeed in the AAA Class. The current 17.1 average will probably even increase significantly with the fast sequence of Round 10.

Team Future would leave several AAA Class teams behind with this scoring level. Many of the AA Class sequences are even slower than AAA Class rounds, especially when two blocks are drawn, as in rounds three, seven and eight. The scores for Round 8 will follow very soon.