posted Jun 7th, 2016 - The month of May brought an exciting change to the Indoor Cloud League. It was the first time that two different leaderboards separated the teams in the 12-foot flying chambers from the others in the larger wind tunnels.

The separation offers the teams the new opportunity to learn and practice more block techniques of the complete dive pool and compete on a broader level. In fact, there are only two blocks (1,13) that are not included in the monthly Indoor Cloud League sequences for the AAA Class teams in the larger flying chambers.

Logically, there are also two BEST OF THE MONTH videos with more top performances, as there are three more sequences. The three Rookie Class sequences are still identical for teams and lineups on both leaderboards. One ICL team, iFLY Houston, performed all six AAA/AA/A sequences in the 14-foot chamber and has complete sets of six scores and videos on both leaderboards. The Indoor Cloud League also welcomes iFLY Sacramento, where NCSL Director Lori Connor put together the newest team last month.

Indoor Cloud League - May 2016
Category		AAA	AA	A	RRR	RR	R	Total
12-Foot Chamber		E,15,Q,5	E,6,15	E,Q,6	E,Q,H	M,E,Q	M,E	Total
1	iFLY SF Bay (US)	20	19	17	31(-1)	23	31	141
2	iFLY Orlando (US)	16	19	24	30(-2)	23	20	132
3	iFLY Sacramento	-	11	15	15	27	22	90
4	iFLY Houston (US)	16	6	6	25	14	16	83
5	SkyVenture New Hampshire (US)	14	16	17	-	-	-	47
6	Flyspot (PO)	-	-	24	-	-	-	24

Lori Connor's iFLY SF Bay team still finished far ahead of the new iFLY Sacramento team, which did not have a AAA Class team at the starting point. However, the RR Class lineup (Noah Thornquest, Caleb Thornquest, Matt Stephens, Lori Connor) posted the highscore for this category.

Noah and Caleb Thornquest, 15-year old 4-way juniors, also had their parents with them at the ICL night in Sacramento. Valerie Armstrong was in the RRR Class lineup (Karen Woolem, Angela Stroman, Matt Stephens), and her husband Nick Armstrong competed in the A Class (Maria Sheets, Ron Ashcraft, Matt Stephens). The Thornquest twin brothers have been freeflying for several years and now started with 4-way training.

The videos from iFLY SF Bay also feature once again former SDC Rhythm XP member Rob Radez as a player coach. He had another experienced 4-way competitor in his AAA Class lineup with Deanna and Julius Frank. The Sun Path Products NSL News had reported earlier that M4trix and M8trix member Leander van Schriek from the Netherlands has moved to California for two years, and he attended his first Indoor Cloud League event at iFLY SF Bay.

Indoor Cloud League - May 2016
Category		AAA	AA	A	RRR	RR	R	Total
14- and 16-Foot Chamber		E,4,Q,5	E,2,4	E,Q,4	E,Q,H	M,E,Q	M,E	Total
1	iFLY Dallas (US)	23	18	18	26	26(-1)	30	141
2	Hurricane Factory (CZ)	25	22	19	30	9	13	118
3	iFLY Seattle (US)	14	15	15	24	20	23	111
4	iFLY Houston (US)	20	14	19	25	14	16	108
5	iFLY Portland (US)	-	10	12	16	16	8	62

The Bad Boys dominated the AAA/AA Class categories once again in May. Dallas 350 put up some opposition for the AAA Class sequence and still ended up six points behind for the two sequences. The Hurricane Factory's Junior Cubs won the RRR Class with a 30-pointer over several other impressive scores in this category.

The six iFLY Dallas lineups eventually combined for an impressive total of 141 points, which matched iFLY SF Bay's number for the six 12-foot sequences. The top videos of May also feature a new team from Poland. The Airwolves train at Flyspot, host of this year's FAI Indoor World Cup, and they posted the highscore for the A Class sequence.

It is an interesting aspect that the ICL Rookie Class teams in the 12-foot flying chambers outscored their opponents in the 14-foot flying chambers, even though all Rookie Class sequences are identical for both chamber sizes. It was a very close competition though, with 1-point differences in all three categories.

Indoor Cloud League 2016		Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Total
Flying Chamber: 12-Foot
1	iFLY Orlando (US)	102	105	136	142	132	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	617
2	iFLY SF Bay (US)	109	122	139	105	141	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	616
3	iFLY Houston (US)	20	102	101	142	83	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	448
4	SkyVenture New Hampshire (US)	72	45	-	83	47	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	247
5	iFLY Sacramento (US)	-	-	-	-	90	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	90
6	Flyspot (PL)	-	-	-	-	24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	24
Flying Chamber: 14/16-Foot
1	Hurricane Factory (CZ)	138	135	144	141	118	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	676
2	iFLY Dallas (US)	120	82	126	95	141	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	564
3	iFLY Seattle (US)	119	100	108	114	111	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	552
4	iFLY Houston (US)	20	102	101	142	108	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	473
5	SkyVenture Montreal (CA)	88	87	-	66	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	241
6	iFLY Portland (US)	-	57	54	56	62	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	229
7	iFLY Virginia Beach (US)	58	34	44	33	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	169
8	Bodyflight Bedford (UK)	-	-	-	27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	27

The impressive May totals from iFLY Dallas and iFLY SF Bay both had their impact on the 2016 rankings, as well.

The latest leaderboard for the 2016 season is now also showing the totals for the different sequences.

However, all ICL teams carried over their totals for the identical sequences between January and April, and the May scores for the different sequences were added accordingly.

iFLY Dallas climbed up the rankings by two slots and passed iFLY Seattle and iFLY Houston both. iFLY SF Bay's 141 points reduced the distance to iFLY Orlando by nine points and brought Lori Connor's team back to a 1-point difference (617 - 616) after five months. It's a race - and it's a long year...