posted Feb 23rd, 2014 - The team name Black Majick appeared on the NSL leaderboard for the first time at the World Challenge 2011.

Bodyflight Bedford's owner Paul Mayer had decided to participate by himself in the event that he had launched in 2006.

However, as a passionate backflyer, he did not really have a home category. The World Challenge included Freeflying from the beginning, which was not his real territory.

He discussed the situation with Joey Jones, probably over a few drinks, and came up with the plan to simply join the traditional Rookie Class competition.

Along with the plan came the team name, which reminds on Joey Jones' history as a 4way world champion in 2004 with DeLand Magic.

World Challenge 2011		Rd. 1	Rd. 2	Rd. 3	Rd. 4	Rd. 5	Rd. 6	Rd. 7	Rd. 8	Rd. 9	Rd. 10	Total	Avg
Rank	Rookie	O,P,D	K,J,L	C,E,F	N,G,Q	M,B,A	H,D,L	P,B,C	E,J,H	M,F,O	N,K,A	Total	Avg
1	Raykipo (UK)	10	12	16	13	19	11	14	18	29	11	153	15.3
2	Team EB (UK)	15	10	12	14	15	12	11	21	22	14	146	14.6
3	Bodyflight Black Majik (UK)	8	9	15	11	13	11	11	9	19	11	117	11.7
4	Atmosfear (UK)	9	6	10	6	11	10	8	9	18	8	95	9.5
5	Noo Your Other Left (IE)	9	6	9	5	7	8	8	9	17	5	83	8.3

Paul Mayer and Joey Jones recruited Tristan Hampson and Rob Silver for the first Black Majick competition in 2011.

Black Majick did well with the ten Rookie Class sequences and earned a very respectable 3rd place with an 11.7 average.

The Black Majick members had more than enough fun in 2011 to make plans for the World Challenge 2012, as well.

They did not come back in the Rookie Class though. Joey Jones, as an eager competitor, did not have to twist Paul Mayer's arm much to have Black Majick sign up for the A Class competition.

The A Class dive pool includes eight of the 22 blocks and requires a very different skill level and training - especially when flying upside down.

The rules and dive pool are not taylored to match the event, as it is in Freeflying, VFS 4way and Dynamic 4way.

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	A Class	6,M	O,K,8	D,F,N	H,4	G,Q,21	A,C,9	19,2	L,7	P,B,J	E,O,H	Total	Avg
1	Raykipo (UK)	19	15	26	14	15	26	11	18	21	30	195	19.5
2	Erosion (UK)	16	14	23	15	12	16	12	14	23	26	171	17.1
3	UK Lockstock	16	13	23	11	15	19	10	17	21	21	166	16.6
4	Italy No Rules	15	13	18	13	12	18	10	13	20	16	148	14.8
5	Blue Rebels (GR)	13	13	18	10	11	11	11	14	20	21	142	14.2
6	NYOL (IE)	12	10	15	11	10	14	7	15	17	18	129	12.9
7	UK Bodyflight Black Majik	13	11	12	11	10	14	11	11	15	12	120	12.0
8	Atmosfear (UK)	12	8	14	6	7	13	8	8	13	13	102	10.2
9	Anti Gravity Ninja Swans (UK)	10	8	11	8	9	11	7	11	15	10	100	10.0

Paul Mayer, Joey Jones and Tristan Hampson came back with Jay Richardson to take on the A Class dive pool in 2012.

It was also a larger field of teams in the A Class, compared to the Rookie Class competition in 2011.

Black Majick's 12.0 average beat the team's 11.7 with only random formations in 2011 and was very impressive. However, it was only good enough for the 7th place of nine A Class teams.

It is hard to imagine, literally, for a bellyflyer how a team could perform the eight blocks and the sequences upside down.

Black Majick did not win the A Class competition, but they had surely made the point that it is possible to do it.

World Challenge 2013		Rd. 1	Rd. 2	Rd. 3	Rd. 4	Rd. 5	Rd. 6	Rd. 7	Rd. 8	Rd. 9	Rd. 10	Total	Avg
Rank	A Class	19,G	8,21	C,D,K	L,M,O	H,9	N,E,F	P,6	Q,J,2	B,7	A,4	Total	Avg
1	Heroes of the Arctic Circle (FI)	16	14	26	38	30	31	20	16	23	18	232	23.2
2	Blue Rebels (GR)	14	11	19	30	16	26	16	14	16	16	178	17.8
3	Fathers 4 Justice (UK)	13	12	22	27	22	17	16	14	17	13	173	17.3
4	Golden Lockpins (NO)	14	13	17	24	21	24	14	15	17	10	169	16.9
5	Mental Blox (UK)	11	11	14	22	20	21	16	10	16	15	156	15.6
6	DNA Reloaded (IT)	12	11	13	24	19	21	11	13	17	11	152	15.2
7	4Getit (IL)	10	11	13	22	16	22	15	10	20	11	150	15.0
8	Magical Innuendo (UK)	10	5	10	16	17	21	15	14	18	9	135	13.5
9	TR4CK (UK)	10	9	14	24	16	19	12	11	14	4	133	13.3
10	Fragment (UK)	10	7	12	22	14	21	12	11	16	7	132	13.2
11	AirPlay Blue (DK)	10	9	10	18	13	20	11	7	11	8	117	11.7
12	Tail Spin (IE)	3	8	12	21	12	20	11	9	9	10	115	11.5
13	Bodyflight Black Majick (UK)	9	9	10	10	13	16	12	8	14	11	112	11.2
13	Amnesia (UK)	8	7	12	16	12	18	9	9	12	9	112	11.2
15	Equinox (LT)	9	8	8	15	17	13	10	5	12	8	105	10.5
16	Inbetweeners (IE)	9	8	7	12	11	14	11	5	9	6	92	9.2

Showing that it can be done was not all for Joey Jones' and Paul Mayer's team. They also had a lot of fun, together with the audience, and decided once again to come back a year later.

This time, it was exactly the same lineup that competed in the A Class of 2013.

It was an even tougher deal for Black Majick to be competitive, with a new record participation of 16 teams in this category last year. The overall average was significantly higher, and Black Majick's 11.2 brought the 13th place of 16 teams.

However, Black Majick will be back this year, again with the same lineup of the past two years. The A Class competition will be just as challenging as last year, with 14 teams registered early.

There is no doubt that Black Majick wants to beat the team's previous averages and climb up the leaderboard. They have shown that it is possible to master the A Class dive pool upside down. Now it's about the scores...