posted Oct 13th, 2014 - The Sun Path Products NSL News has followed up on the FAI World Championship of Formation Skydiving 2014 with some updates of the best teams in the world, even though only Arizona Airspeed has yet published the team's new lineup and plans for the first part of the 2015 season.

Canada's bronze medalist Evolution plans to compete at the 5th Dubai Cup in December and then decide what to do in the next two years, while France is in the middle of the planning phase for the same time period.

There was a questionmark behind the plans of the new 4-way world champions from Belgium, NMP-PCH Hayabusa, who also took a break before making any decisions. However, the latest update from Belgium was provided by Hayabusa's tail Roy Janssen, who is one of the three original members, together with brothers David and Andy Grauwels.

World Meet 2004		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	B-P-C-18	9-15-16	K-11-19	E-F-7-5	A-J-21-12	6-4-10	17-Q-L-1	H-14-3	13-22-O	N-M-D-2	Total	Avg
1	DeLand Majik (US)	29	23	17	30	18	19	27	21	19	24	227	22.7
2	France Maubeuge (FR)	28	22	18	30	17	19	23	20	18	24	219	21.9
3	Sky Panthers (RU)	24	21	19	25	22	15	28	19	16	22	211	21.1
4	Sinapsi PD (IT)	22	21	20	28	21	18	23	19	16	22	210	21.0
5	EADS (DE)	20	18	17	24	17	16	19	17	16	19	183	18.3
6	Hayabusa (BE)	21	17	17	21	11	16	20	17	17	21	178	17.8

Roy Janssen confirmed what has been a rumor so far: NMP-PCH Hayabusa has a personnel change, and former alternate Jeroen "Bob" Nollet will take the tail slot. Founding member Roy Janssen explained for the Sun Path Products NSL News why he is leaving the team:

"Being part of a competitive team for 12 years takes it toll. It's been such a long journey with Hayabusa, starting in 2002 from nowhere to becoming world champions. The path has been very intense, and there was never any space left for anything but 4-way. A lot of sacrifices along the way, and that's also the only way to become a world champion, of course.

"It has been brilliant and I've learned so much, as a skydiver and as person. Looking back, it was all totally worth it. But right now, I just need some space, some time out from 4-way training. Not living out of a suitcase all the time, and sharing my life only with the guys. It's time to recharge my batteries, to refresh. Find pleasure in simple things again and enjoy the things I haven't been able to do for such a long time. I want to focus on other sports and hobbies that I love, catching up with my social life, which I had to sacrifice a lot to become a world champion. My mind really needs to get stimulated again with new impulses, find inspiration and motivation, become passionate and hungry again."

World Meet 2006		Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class	N-20-16	K-J-C-G-3	D-19-B-6	L-14-10	F-17-M-2	Total	Avg
1	DeLand Fire (US)	20	27	25	17	28	117	23.4
2	Gap Nice Icarius Autrement (FR)	17	25	23	21	25	111	22.2
3	Sinapsi PD (IT)	19	26	22	19	24	110	22.0
4	Sky Panthers Barkli (RU)	21	23	23	17	25	109	21.8
5	Arcteryx (NO)	18	25	21	17	24	105	21.0
6	Belgium Spa Hayabusa	19	25	18	17	23	102	20.4

The feeling of being kind of burned out was not completely new to him, as he explained:

"I never ever thought about stopping until a few months ago. All teams have their own problems, and we are no exception. You put five real competitors together for so many months each year, let them share the same appartment, put them always together in the same van, the same plane, the same tunnel, let them share a big part of their social life, put always pressure on them to perform, without much privacy and time off - That is an ideal cocktail for creating problems...

"I know this sounds hard core, but it's reality. In the beginning it is all fun and laughing, but after many years it starts weighing on everyone's mind. Don't get me wrong, we also had a lot of fun together. Still, the more I thought about it, the more obvious it became that I needed a change for my own health and happiness.

World Meet 2008		Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7	Round 8	Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class	B,17,7	H,N,13,A	10,J,C,6	18,12,2	E,3,9	19,O,4	D,M,5,16	14,20,21	Total	Avg
1	Airspeed Odyssey (US)	30	32	24	16	29	21	28	15	195	24.4
2	France Maubeuge (FR)	28	30	23	17	27	23	28	18	194	24.3
3	HayaBusa Defence (BE)	27	33	23	17	27	22	25	17	191	23.9

It was obviously not an easy decision for Roy Janssen to split, even though he is not alone as a new world champion making the same call. Airspeed members Josh Hall and Niklas Hemlin did the same after winning the 4-way gold medals at the Mondial Dubai 2012. Roy Janssen explained how hard it was:

"It was the hardest thing I've ever done. The decision to leave was very difficult, and I'm still not 100% happy with it. Even this morning when I was driving to the Army to fill out the paperwork I was asking myself what I was doing. I found myself thinking it's not too late, I could still change my mind.

"It was like that, right until the very last minute. But it is a battle between wanting to keep the good memories of being with Hayabusa, and at the same time also knowing very well the sacrifices it takes, plus realizing what I will get in return when leaving the team.

World Meet 2010		Rd. 1	Rd. 2	Rd. 3	Rd. 4	Rd. 5	Rd. 6	Rd. 7	Rd. 8	Rd. 9	Rd. 10	Total	Avg
Rank	4-way Open Class	10,7,12	3,11,5	J,M,Q,P,L	19,1,13	N,18,20	K,17,8	2,15,H	4,D,6	O,E,9,G	22,B,16	Total	Avg
1	Aerodyne Aerokart (FR)	21	22	56	20	22	24	22	24	40	26	277	27.7
2	Arizona Airspeed (US)	22	21	53	23	20	24	23	25	40	23	274	27.4
3	Sky Panthers (RU)	19	21	56	21	19	21	23	22	41	21	264	26.4
4	NMP-PCH Hayabusa (BE)	21	21	55	20	17	20	23	22	36	18	253	25.3

He continued with the things that he will be missing from here on:

"Being on top of your game, being a newly crowned world champion, still enjoying the sport and especially competing, makes a call like this very hard. Having a fantastic team like Hayabusa, it's hard to imagine possibly flying hard core with other people in the future. But in the end I don't want to stay there and take it just like a job. It would be very easy just to stay in the team, having won all the competitions you can win, and just see how it goes, and get paid every month by the Army. I chose differently. When I commit myself to something like this, I only want to do it when I feel 100% motivated and passionate about it. I had to be honest with my team mates and myself, and I knew I needed a break, so I decided to stop.

"I take the break now and want to make the best out of it. In a way, I am proud to make the hard choice. It would have been so easy to stay, as I knew what I had. The future doesn't give guarantees, and maybe I will regret things later, but I accept the risk and I just move on. It doesn't make sense to look back, that's the past. I am looking ahead, that's it."

Roy Janssen has plans for his future, and the Sun Path Products will follow up on the topic.