posted Jan 25th, 2014 - The headline sounds familiar. The annual Indoor Skyfest at SkyVenture New Hampshire is over. All ten competition rounds were completed by all 28 teams in the four competition categories on Saturday. VFS 2way teams and Freeflyers will have their turn on Sunday.

The latest showdown between defending AAA Class champion Shmeland and Minimal Compliance ended up exactly as it did last year. Shmeland won by two points after a rollercoaster competition. Both teams scored higher than in January 2013 and made it just as exciting in a different way.

They once again exchanged heavy blows, and Shmeland was only three points up after Round 6. The scores of Round 7 seemed to change everything for good, as the defending champion added six points to the lead and was ten points ahead after Round 8.

New Hampshire 2014		Rd. 1	Rd. 2	Rd. 3	Rd. 4	Rd. 5	Rd. 6	Rd. 7	Rd. 8	Rd. 9	Rd. 10	Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class	9,P,K,G	11,O,H,5	18,N,6	16,10,D	17,14,15	21,A,J,7	C,E,Q,B,K	F,22,L,M	3,F,O,A	18,M,P,J	Total	Avg
1	Shmeland	30	23	19	15	20	24	40	24	24	22	241	24.1
2	Minimal Compliance	29	23	17	17	19	23	34	23	29	25	239	23.9
3	Fallout Reunion	24	19	16	15	14	21	32	18	19	20	198	19.8
Rank	AA Class	P,C,K,B	A,9,D	O,E,F,J	N,7,H	15,L,Q	G,6,M	11,14	L,11,H	N,15,7	9,E,B	Total	Avg
1	Fallout	27	25	34	18	16	18	12	14	14	22	200	20.0
2	No Strong Preference	20	23	37	19	16	17	9	13	15	29	198	19.8
3	CT True Blue	21	22	27	18	11	18	10	12	12	27	178	17.8
Rank	A Class	K,H,O	N,9	J,E,7	B,Q,L	D,7	A,J,Q	D,A,9	P,H,M	K,E,F	C,L,9	Total	Avg
1	JPC	21	18	20	18	12	24	19	25	25	16	198	19.8
2	Four Fun	16	21	18	18	15	15	17	22	21	12	175	17.5
3	Shark Heads	15	18	16	15	17	22	11	24	20	13	171	17.1
Rank	Rookie	B,H,O	C,M,L	Q,D,J	E,K,A	N,F,P	D,P,O	Q,M,A	H,E,N	J,K,L	D,F,P	Total	Avg
1	Half Half	11	4	3	7	11	7	7	8	9	13	80	8.0
2	Shortbus	7	6	6	3	9	10	6	9	7	9	72	7.2
3	Jumpin Tunnels	4	3	2	1	6	6	3	8	5	7	45	4.5

It was hard to imagine that Minimal Compliance could have a chance to come back after that. Eventually, and after two lost rounds at the end of the meet, Shmeland was happy to carry home the 2-point advantage with a 24.1 average.

The Fallout Reunion (Kim Hollander, Kim Schuyler, Bob Schuyler, Dave Grabowski) was rewarded with bronze medals in the AAA Class, and the current Fallout lineup also competed in the AA Class. Kim and Bob Schuyler added a gold medal to their collection after a busy 20-round day, with Dave Gifford and Hollie Reno in the lineup.

Meet director Ben Liston was even busier. He tried to defeat the Shmeland archrivals, while running the event. Then he also competed with his former Mass Defiance videographer Steve "Scuba" Feldman in the AA Class for Ride it like its Stolen. His AA Class team missed the bronze medals after a similar rollercoaster competition.

The visitors from Florida, Four Fun, ended up in 2nd place at the wind tunnel that they usually compete against in the monthly Indoor Cloud League events. Coach Ari Perelman had prepared Grant Underland, Erica Gorski, Gary Fox and Frederic Bonneville for the meet on Friday evening. All four members now have plans for the 2014 outdoor season in three different teams from Skydive City. The Sun Path Products NSL News will follow up on this topic.

The SkyVenture New Hampshire facilities looked differently this year. Last year's visit at the same event showed a construction area next to the wind tunnel building. The "Surf's Up" amusement park, with the "Fish Pipe", climbing wall and Tiki Bar was in the works.

All the dots and walls were connected this year, and the water was flowing during the competition - on the other side of the wall...