posted Jun 19th, 2017 - The scores of the Paraclete XP Summer Classic 2017 are still on the front page, and the Sun Path Products NSL News follows up with the meet videos of the fourth team that competed in the AAA/Open Class on the June 10 weekend.

Ranch 2nd Generation (R2G) actually finished in 3rd place behind the two best 4-way teams in the United States, Arizona Airspeed and SDC Rhythm XP, and ahead of Phoenix XP. In fact, R2G also outscored one of the best British 4-way teams, 4mula, in Round 1.

The Sun Path Products NSL News introduced R2G on 14 March 2016 and has followed the young team's impressive progression ever since.

The latest performance at the outdoor competition in Raeford was another step in the same direction, which has been upward with scoring averages meet by meet. The 16.5 average is significantly ahead of the 15.0 average that R2G posted at the USPA Nationals 2016 to claim the silver medals in the Advanced Class competition.

Paraclete XP Summer Classic 2017		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class	K,20,17	8,7,11	P,G,14,N	H,C,9,15	J,F,3,5	Q,E,M,13	2,21,L	6,12,B	22,O,10	A,1,19	Total	Avg
1	Arizona Airspeed	24	21	27	33	33	33	21	23	19	24	258	25.8
2	SDC Rhythm XP	23	20	28	30	31	31	21	22	20	24	250	25.0
3	R2G	16	14	19	20	20	20	14	14	14	14	165	16.5
4	Phoenix XP	14	15	17	17	14	18	14	13	13	14	149	14.9

The first R2G update of the year on 8 January 2017 came after the annual indoor competition at SkyVenture New Hampshire, which had provided more scoring evidence of the promising team career.

R2G's 16.5 average is so close to the record number of 16.9 for USPA's Advanced Class winner that SDC Rhythm XP (2008) and SDMW NEXT (2016) could be outscored this year in Perris. They have owned the Advanced Class record average together.

SDMW NEXT is not eligible for USPA's Advanced Class medals any longer and will compete in the AAA/Open Class.

Ranch 2nd Generation would be eligible to compete again in the same category and turn silver into gold this year with a new record average.

USPA Nationals 2016		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	Advanced Class	20,D,E,22	M,9,5	12,8,7	H,L,16,15	F,A,N,J,17	G,6,3	K,B,Q,P,C	18,10,11	13,21,4	14,1,19	Total	Avg
1	Skydive Midwest NEXT	16	21	12	13	26	16	31	11	14	9	169	16.9
2	Ranch 2nd Generation	13	17	13	15	20	14	24	11	13	10	150	15.0
3	AF Bachelor Party	13	19	13	15	18	14	20	11	12	12	147	14.7
4	CSC Survival Instinct	12	20	11	14	23	13	23	11	7	12	146	14.6
5	AZ Defiance	13	18	12	14	18	13	22	9	12	11	142	14.2
6	AF Obsidian	13	18	11	12	18	14	21	9	10	10	136	13.6
7	Four Horseman	11	15	13	15	19	11	19	7	13	11	134	13.4
7	CSC Swift	12	16	10	14	20	12	21	8	11	10	134	13.4
9	DeOrbit Burn	12	16	11	13	16	11	20	8	10	10	127	12.7
10	Perris Event Horizon	11	15	11	13	17	12	20	10	10	6	125	12.5
11	Fabio's Angels	11	16	10	12	16	12	15	7	10	10	119	11.9
12	Surge	11	15	9	10	16	10	17	8	9	9	114	11.4
13	Southern Mix XP	11	16	8	10	15	12	16	7	9	9	113	11.3
14	Synthesis	11	12	8	12	15	10	17	7	7	10	109	10.9
15	Perris Quattro	12	9	10	7	17	9	19	7	9	9	108	10.8
16	Perris Flight SP	10	13	9	10	11	12	18	9	8	7	107	10.7
17	Quatre Francais Invite	10	14	9	8	13	9	17	8	9	9	106	10.6
18	Perris Dauntless Five	10	14	9	11	16	9	11	8	8	8	104	10.4
19	Nimbus	11	14	8	10	15	9	14	8	4	6	99	9.9
20	Dallas Momentum	6	13	9	10	14	10	16	7	7	5	97	9.7
21	Dallas Disturbio	10	10	9	7	14	9	14	8	6	9	96	9.6
22	SDC Jetstream Tango	7	14	9	6	10	10	12	8	9	9	94	9.4
23	Elsinore Vortex	10	12	8	10	11	8	13	6	6	6	90	9.0
24	Dallas Disturbed	8	13	9	7	11	7	11	7	8	6	87	8.7
25	Deland Momentum	9	11	7	6	13	7	7	7	6	5	78	7.8

Coach Niklas Hemlin has been helping R2G as much as he can since the beginning of the 2016 season. He said that last year was slow with outdoor training, and R2G completed only approx. 80 training jumps. However, a busy indoor training schedule compensated to a certain extent.

R2G scheduled more outdoor training for the 2017 season, with three of taking place them in Eloy.

Niklas Hemlin said that outdoor training is more challenging for the young team than for other more experienced lineups. The lower outdoor jump numbers are limiting the team when the weather conditions are not perfect. Outdoor training has been more successful than last year, and the results are obvious.

The training is also very efficient with the help of Niklas Hemlin. However, he contributes most of the R2G success to the team's dynamics: "It's a well-functioning team. They are very coachable, talented and driven, they listen and apply."