posted Oct 21st, 2015 - The latest scores before the 1st FAI World Indoor Skydiving Championships, beginning this Friday, came from Denmark, where the 4-way teams competed at Bodyflight Bedford for the second national indoor championships.

The Danish national 4-way team, the VAF Warriors, managed to squeeze in another meet after just coming back from the Netherlands and the FAI World Cup 2015.

The VAF Warriors were in the mix for a slot in the finals until Round 6 in Teuge, as the Sun Path Products NSL News reported on September 10th.

The VAF Warriors then lost some ground in the following three rounds and just made it into the semifinals of the European Championships.

Denmark's national 4-way team then had one week until the indoor championship began in Bedford.

FAI World Cup 2015			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		1,4,D	E,3,L,G	C,16,N,9	13,J,11	Q,2,A,14	K,7,8	P,18,21	15,12,F	B,22,O,10	20,5,M	Total	Avg
1	NMP-PCH Hayabusa	BE	22	32	32	24	23	24	24	22	23	24	250	25.0
2	Black Cat	RU	21	26	27	18	23	24	21	19	20	20	219	21.9
3	VR4 France	FR	20	26	25	19	23	20	22	18	20	24	217	21.7
4	Artemis Saumur Espoir	FR	18	23	21	18	21	21	19	17	20	20	198	19.8
5	4mula	UK	16	23	23	16	18	15	17	16	15	16	175	17.5
6	Final Fire	AT	15	19	21	15	17	19	16	16	15	18	171	17.1
7	AtomiX YUU-Skydive	DE	13	17	17	13	16	16	17	15	14	16	154	15.4
8	Barguzin	RU	15	21	18	14	19	14	18	16	14	-	149	16.6
9	XO Team	RU	17	20	12	14	17	17	16	13	12	-	138	15.3
10	M4trix	NL	15	17	17	14	14	13	16	14	14	-	134	14.9
10	eX3mo	IT	12	19	19	15	15	14	15	14	11	-	134	14.9
12	VAF Warriors	DK	16	19	13	15	17	14	13	11	15	-	133	14.8

The Danish Indoor Nationals turned out to be much better for the VAF Warriors and was a motivating warm-up for the upcoming competition in Prague.

The 21.6 average after the ten rounds in Bedford was a new team record.

The indoor title did not come without a fight. In fact, Pangaea made it quite difficult again for the VAF Warriors, after they had challenged the national team just as much at this year's outdoor championships.

Pangaea lost the meet actually in only one round, with a 15-point loss in Round 3.

VAF Warrior Martin Soeby Mikkelsen said that his team was just cruising for the seven remaining rounds: "We could definitely feel that a lot of the pressure was off.

The only pressure we felt, was the pressure to not mess up our very comfortable lead. So the rest of the rounds where a bit conservative, with regards to engineering and taking risks."

Danish Indoor Nationals 2015		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	17,A,1	14,21,22	D,P,2,B	20,6,19	18,3,N	J,8,12	Q,4,16	5,H,F,9	L,15,M,C	E,K,O,13	Total	Avg
1	VAF Warriors	22	17	28	18	17	16	21	28	25	24	216	21.6
2	Pangaea	22	17	13	18	16	15	21	29	27	24	202	20.2
3	Funzies	11	11	13	11	9	11	12	13	13	14	118	11.8
4	Retro	9	11	6	8	9	9	10	12	11	11	96	9.6

Pangaea actually won Rounds 4 - 10 by one point, however, the damage was done in Round 3, and VAF Warriors carried the lead over the finish line easily.

This year's last Danish 4-way competition had a special meaning, as well. The VAF Warriors accomplished something that had not happened in the recent Danish 4-way history.

For the first time ever, the same team won all three Danish 4-way meets: DFU Open, Outdoor Nationals and Indoor Nationals.

Martin Soeby Mikkelsen said that the VAF Warriors are very proud of this unique triple. In fact, this year's success makes it a 5-meet national winning streak for the VAF Warriors.

The team is now hoping to add three more 1st places next year...