posted Apr 1st, 2017 - The just completed French Indoor Nationals 2017 and the World Challenge 2017 have a lot of teams in common. There is even a connection of a team that does not attend both events.

Belgian's JETMAX 4-way team will be a part of the Belgian delegation in Bedford after competing at the Wind Games 2017 and then missing the Weembi meet last weekend.

The connection comes with the team's coach. Former Les Stunts member Maya Van Campenhout, who competed for Belgium in 4-way Women at the FAI Mondial 2016, has been working with JETMAX, and she was at the French Indoor Nationals, with ISR FireFlash in 4-way and the Fly-In Machine 44 in 8-way.

JETMAX and coach Maya Van Campenhout will now travel and compete together at the World Challenge next weekend.

Wind Games 2017			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	4-way Open/AAA		D,2,P,13	C,21,11	Q,O,17,A	6,10,18	5,E,K,22	19,1,F	8,20,J	L,N,7,9	16,M,15	14,G,H,4	Total	Avg
1	NMP PCH HayaBusa	BE	28	27	43	25	35	31	26	45	34	31	325	32.5
2	Weembi Lille	FR	29	27	46	24	32	31	27	43	30	31	320	32.0
3	RealFly-Sion	FR	25	28	46	23	29	30	26	39	29	28	303	30.3
4	Qatar Tigers	QA	23	27	38	21	26	30	23	39	29	25	281	28.1
5	Gavroche Weembi	FR	23	23	37	19	27	25	22	36	27	25	264	26.4
6	Ninja 4	IT	24	22	37	18	24	26	20	30	26	23	250	25.0
7	Airheads Realfly	CH	20	17	29	19	22	25	22	29	22	22	227	22.7
8	Chimera	UK	20	22	27	15	23	23	20	27	24	24	225	22.5
9	Amnesya Fly-In	IT	20	20	31	15	19	22	17	27	24	24	219	21.9
10	Tenanine	MA	17	20	23	17	21	22	20	29	21	20	210	21.0
11	Papea Masculino	ES	17	18	26	17	20	21	17	27	24	22	209	20.9
12	Monaco Tunnel Team	MC	17	18	24	14	18	20	17	25	20	18	191	19.1
13	Amrap	FR	16	17	29	15	13	17	18	24	20	17	186	18.6
14	Flyspot Sky4Four	PL	16	17	21	15	19	19	15	22	17	19	180	18.0
14	Jetmax	BE	17	18	24	14	17	18	16	21	17	18	180	18.0
16	4motion	PL	14	16	24	14	17	17	15	19	18	15	169	16.9
17	Aladeen	HU	17	15	25	10	15	15	15	16	19	18	165	16.5
18	Shamal Loutres	FR	15	16	20	12	14	17	16	21	15	16	162	16.2
19	Shamal Haut	FR	12	14	19	10	14	13	11	20	15	14	142	14.2
19	Alakran	ES	13	15	18	12	13	14	14	15	13	15	142	14.2
21	Mmmh Shamal	FR	14	13	16	11	14	11	11	18	12	16	136	13.6

There is even more that connects JETMAX with Les Stunts and coach Maya Van Campenhout. Her former team mate Julie Regnier was also looking for a new slot when Les Stunts did not continue after the Mondial.

JETMAX needed a new inside center when Steve Canas did not come back for the 2017 season, and Julie Regnier was glad to take the JETMAX opportunity. Ludovic Basset switched from outside to inside center to offer her the familiar slot.

Maya Van Campenhout had filled the inside center slot for JETMAX at the Wind Games before Julie Regnier joined the team.

The Wind Games were the first competition for the Belgians in the AAA Class, and JETMAX started with an 18.0 average in the new category. The World Challenge will be the first AAA Class competition with the new and complete lineup.

JETMAX started in the Rookie Class of 2013, and the 2016 lineup had its first competition at the World Challenge 2015. The Belgian team moved up into the A Class the same year and then continued in the AA Class throughout the 2016 season.

The 2015/2016 lineup had a total of 700 jumps together, including the videographer, when the outdoor training began. Team member Ludovic Basset said that they all looked up to Belgium's great role model teams, NMP PCH HayaBusa, Thunder ISR and Les Stunts.

Belgium's 4-way delegation in Bedford includes NMP PCH HayaBusa, ISR FireFlash and JETMAX in the AAA Class. Two more Belgian teams (Aeropotams, ACT One) have signed up for the Rookie Class competition at the World Challenge, Which was the JETMAX starting point, as well.

Ludovic Basset said that his team has also finally found the much needed support to help climbing "the steep AAA hill": "Local DZ Skydive Spa is now our official DZ and partner in crime, after we have been nomads until now. With Intrudair and Akando on our sides we are ready to rumble. We will participate at the FAI World Cup in Germany this summer and of course at the ESL Championship 2017 where we hope to see as many teams as possible from as many countries as possible."