posted Feb 17th, 2019 - The update from NMP PCH HayaBusa has been on the list of topics for the NSL News at least after the Wind Games 2019, where the Belgian indoor and outdoor world champions finished with a historic 35.4 record average.

The meet videos have been posted, the re-match with the Weembi High Rollers was covered with the story on February 3rd, and Arizona Airspeed's Niklas Hemlin commented the HayaBusa performance during the NSL Live Talk on February 10th.

However, direct and live feedback from a team member is still a different story, and HayaBusa's inside center David Grauwels took the time for a new NSL Live Talk on Saturday.

It was not only the actual HayaBusa performance and the new record average that was on the list of topics. The NSL News had mentioned earlier that David Grauwels is also the IPC delegate for Belgium (International Parachuting Commission), and he had provided some insights before. This time, his visit and participation at the most recent annual IPC meeting in Lille, France, was one of the two main topics for the latest NSL Live Talk.

No limits any longer: NMP PCH HayaBusa indoor progression between 2006 and 2019

NSL Live Talk with David Grauwels - NMP PCH HayaBusa at the Wind Games 2019

The conversation still began with the amazing HayaBusa performance at the Wind Games, where the team was well prepared this time for the new showdown with Weembi High Rollers. The intensive indoor training between the end of last year's outdoor season at the FAI World Meet and after the FAI Indoor World Cup paid back with the 1st place in Spain and the new record average.

David Grauwels said that a Belgian HayaBusa fan pointed out that the best 4-way team in the world has not only posted a new historic record average. NMP PCH HayaBusa has also arrived at the point where the average score for a round is higher than the working time of 35 seconds.

The 22 block maneuvers are not slowing down the team enough any longer, and the speed of the 16 random formations in combination with the fast transitions to and from the blocks compensate for the requirements of the time-consuming block maneuvers. HayaBusa was using an average of 0.99 seconds for each scoring formation at the Wind Games, randoms and block maneuvers both included.

David Grauwels said that the team surprised even themselves somehow, and he cannot see any limits any longer for the scoring level. In fact, HayaBusa's record performance included ten point deductions, which indicates that the team is already going on a 36+ pace.

Wind Games 2019			1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		Total		Avg
Rank	AAA Class		F,21,6		L,H,22,7		C,8,19		9,D,5		16,N,14		13,20,G		4,N,J,M		11,17,Q		3,O,K,E		A,12,2		Total		Avg
1	NMP-PCH Hayabusa	BE	33	-1	37	-1	31	-1	50		31		26	-2	46	-1	34		39	-2	27	-2	354	(10)	35.4
2	Weembi High Rollers	FR	29	-3	33	-2	26	-3	47		31		28	-1	44	-2	32	-1	34	-5	29		333	(17)	33.3
3	Arizona Airspeed	US	28	-3	34		28		46		29		25	-1	37	-5	30	-2	31	-5	26		314	(16)	31.4
4	Qatar Tigers	QA	31		29	-3	27		39		26		24		39	-2	29	-1	32	-3	24	-1	300	(10)	30.0
5	SDC Rhythm XP	US	29		29	-1	23	-2	41		27		26		37	-3	27	-1	35	-1	24	-1	298	(9)	29.8

The second major topic of the conversation was his position as the Belgian IPC delegate and his experiences with the procedures of the rules and regulations development in Formation Skydiving competition. David Grauwels and his team were directly involved in the creation and addition of the two new blocks to the current dive pool, and the final versions of Block 1 (Molar - Molar) and Block 13 (Mixed Accordian - Mixed Accordian) received their final approval at the recent IPC meeting.

David Grauwels explained his IPC work and the rule development in more details, and he also pointed out that another adjustment of the dive pool was confirmed in Lille. The Random Formation H (Bow) now has an optional grip connection between point and outside center.

The interpretation by the judges in the past, based on the graphics of the dive pool, demanded that the outside center has to take the grip on the point's arm, even though other similar options and variations for grip connections in the dive pool were accepted.

The U.S. national team in 4-way Women, Phoenix XP, became a victim of the previous rule interpretation and IPC graphics of random formations and blocks at the world meet in Australia with the exit for Round 7.

Center Outside and point actually had a double-grip for the first showing of the Bow, before outside center released the grip, probably for the break of the formation.

However, the controversy of this occasion caused the correction of the graphics, as David Grauwels explained. He also said that teams and competitors should always express any of their concerns and thoughts directly with their IPC delegates. He offered his own e-mail address for this purpose.