posted Dec 11th, 2019 - Teams from Italy like to travel to the Netherlands for the ISR Grand Prix at the end of the outdoor season and as a start into the indoor winter season. There has not been a Grand Prix without Italian 4-way teams since 2011.

The Italian delegation has also produced category winners her and there, and the 2019 event had another Italian 4-way team on the top of a leaderboard with the Big Bang Team, this time in the A Class. Italian teams have won in the Rookie Class and in the AA Class at previous events in Roosendaal.

The A Class medal winners came from three different countries, which was the same on the AAA and AA leaderboards. The Big Bang Team won this year's A Class competition with the second highest average (25.1) in the history of the event. Only the MAD Team from Poland scored higher (25.5) at last year's Grand Prix. The MAD Team was back this year and won the bronze medals in the AA Class with a 21.8 average.

Four teams competed for the Italian delegation in November, and the Big Bang Team could enjoy the support of their coach Luca Stranga, who is also training and competing with AAA Class team KetchUP ADV. Synergy was the second Italian team on the AAA leaderboard. KetchUP ADV and Synergy both posted AA Class scores last year in Roosendaal and won silver and bronze. Zero! competed in the AA Class, and Big Bang Team was new in the A Class field.

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ISR Grand Prix 2019			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Total	Avg
Rank	A Class		N,M,2	21,D	6,H	C,A,9	J,K,P	O,L,E	B,F,G	Q,7	Total	Avg
1	The Big Bang Team	IT	20	16	23	23	30	31	36	22	201	25.1
2	Go Figure	NL	19	16	16	23	28	26	30	20	178	22.3
3	Huayra	BE	16	12	18	19	21	23	28	20	157	19.6
4	High Voltage	BE	15	14	16	18	19	19	23	16	140	17.5
5	DEA	NL	11	11	15	19	23	22	27	8	136	17.0
6	Elevate	NL	13	10	13	18	24	17	24	16	135	16.9
7	Funky Falcon	NL	15	13	13	17	17	18	23	18	134	16.8
8	Encore une Fois	NL	12	15	13	16	16	21	25	15	133	16.6
9	PACT	NL	15	12	14	17	16	18	21	18	131	16.4
10	Rinivlight	NL	15	11	14	14	18	14	16	14	116	14.5
11	Oljakoda	BE	14	10	13	14	18	14	19	13	115	14.4
12	Jump4Joy	NL	13	10	9	11	14	15	20	15	107	13.4
13	Fast Fox	HU	12	11	13	10	11	16	17	14	104	13.0
14	Spare Rib Masters	NL	13	11	13	11	14	9	18	14	103	12.9
15	FouRRRR	NL	9	10	9	12	13	13	14	13	93	11.6
16	4Getit	NL	8	6	7	9	13	10	12	11	76	9.5
17	Try Fourisami	NL	7	7	8	8	12	7	15	8	72	9.0

Big Bang Team - Go Figure - Huayra at the ISR Grand Prix 2019

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The ISR Grand Prix 2019 was still not the first 4-way competition for Big Bang Team. In fact, they posted their first scores at the Italian Outdoor Nationals 2019, where they won with a 10+ average at the team's first competition.

All three A Class medal winners in Roosendaal were teams who train and compete indoors and outdoors both. The A Class was the only one of the four NSL categories at the ISR Grand Prix without a Top 3 team that trains and competes exclusively in wind tunnels. Big Bang Team plan to continue with indoor and outdoor training and competition.

Big Bang coach Luca Stanga explained that the team name originates from an American TV series, The Big Bang Theory, which ran between 2007 and May 2019. He said that the team members were "wild fans" of the TV series. They came together in 2018 and bonded quickly, also due to the great potential that coach and team members recognized soon.

After the great start at the Italian Outdoor Nationals, Big Bang Team decided to make plans for the rest of the year and for the 2020 season. They will conclude A Class competition at the World Challenge 2020 and move up into the AA Class at the Italian Indoor Nationals 2020. Panik won the AA Class competition this year with a 16.8 average. Big Bang Team will then continue in the AA Class at the national outdoor championship.

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Italian Outdoor Nationals 2019		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class	1,8,11	D,J,M,C,21	L,Q,P,A,7	15,O,K,E	14,F,22	17,18,16	13,N,12	H,10,4	5,9,6	G,19,B,20	Total	Avg
1	Marche in Volo Amnesya	17	26	29	23	16	14	16	17	19	20	197	19.7
2	eX3MO	15	25	28	21	16	8	16	17	19	20	185	18.5
3	Ketchup ADV	13	19	22	12	13	10	11	14	14	14	142	14.2
4	Ca' del Bosco	11	12	17	16	12	11	12	13	12	15	131	13.1
5	Oblvion	10	15	14	10	9	7	10	11	11	11	108	10.8
6	Slack	7	12	14	11	8	8	7	7	10	10	94	9.4
Rank	A Class	6,F	21,E	M,11	8,K	20,O	H,19	C,J,7	4,B	N,Q,14	L,P,A	Total	Avg
1	The Big Bang Team	13	9	9	10	10	7	11	11	8	17	105	10.5
2	Full Speed	10	9	6	7	8	9	10	7	6	12	84	8.4
3	Turbo Baghin	6	9	5	3	4	5	3	5	7	10	57	5.7
Rank	Rookie	E,J,G	K,N,Q	M,C,B	A,L,H	P,D,F	O,M,A	L,C,F	D,O,N			Total	Avg
1	Ikigai	11	9	11	10	7	11	13	-	-	-	72	10.3

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The 25.1 average is a very promising starting point on the way to the A Class competition at the World Challenge 2020. In fact, the 1st place in Bedford is almost guaranteed with a 25+ average. Only the extraordinary Pro Team Extended, with 4-way junior Kalle Pohjola in the lineup at his first A Class competition, posted a higher average in 2016.

Olczyk Flyspot Team won with 23.6 in 2017, Oman Wolf with 21.8 in 2018 and the Polish MAD Team with 22.2 this year in April.

There was actually not even much opposition at the ISR Grand Prix 2019, neither for Big Bang Team on the top of the leaderboard, nor for the other two medal winners, Go Figure from the Netherlands and Huayra from Belgium.

The Big Bang members are still young in the sport, with inside center Monica Carniti's total of 170 jumps. Outside center Matteo Arienti and tail Luca Angoletta are both still below 300 jumps. The same three Big Bang members made their first jumps in 2014/2015. Only point Maddalena Chiaudrero started earlier (2012), with a total of 800+ jumps. Big Bang Team have their home at Skyteam Cremona and train indoors at Aerogravity Milano, host of the Italian Indoor Nationals 2020.