posted Dec 27th, 2019 - The NSL News covered the ISR Grand Prix with several updates in the past weeks. The story on December 17th pointed out Falco's impressive performance and mentioned that the Dutch national team in 4-way Open, Out of the Blue, even touched the 23-average level for the first time.

It would be very difficult for both teams to copy the same results at the Belgian Indoor Nationals, a 10-round indoor meet just a few weeks later, and neither Falco nor Out of the Blue were able to match their own record scoring levels of the faster 8-round meet in Roosendaal.

However, both teams did set new team record averages for 10-round meets. They had both posted their previous indoor record averages at the World Challenge, Out of the Blue with 21.9 and Falco with 20.4 in April this year. In fact, both teams first posted their highest averages at the annual even in Roosendaal and then followed up with their highest 10-round averages.

The Dutch national team finished up the first year with the current lineup this month. The NSL News reported on 26 December 2018 that Out of the Blue's former videographer, Bart Daenen, had moved "in front of the camera". The Belgian Indoor Nationals 2018 were the first competition of the new lineup.

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FAI World Meet 2010			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	4-way Open		10,7,12	3,11,5	J,M,Q,P,L	19,1,13	N,18,20	K,17,8	2,15,H	4,D,6	O,E,9,G	22,B,16	Total	Avg
1	Aerodyne Aerokart	FR	21	22	56	20	22	24	22	24	40	26	277	27.7
2	Arizona Airspeed	US	22	21	53	23	20	24	23	25	40	23	274	27.4
3	Sky Panthers Barkli	RU	19	21	56	21	19	21	23	22	41	21	264	26.4
4	NMP PCH HayaBusa	BE	21	21	55	20	17	20	23	22	36	18	253	25.3
5	Evolution	CA	19	19	51	20	18	22	21	21	31	18	240	24.0
6	Sinapsi	IT	19	19	49	16	20	17	21	19	37	19	236	23.6
7	Paratec-Saar	DE	16	18	53	17	15	18	16	19	30	-	202	22.4
8	Satori	UK	18	18	47	16	17	18	17	18	29	-	198	22.0
9	Dynamic Fource	NL	17	18	44	16	16	15	16	18	26	-	186	20.7
10	Pro Team	FI	17	16	43	14	15	17	17	17	28	-	184	20.4
11	Bodyflight Voluntas	DK	17	15	37	16	15	18	16	18	-	-	152	19.0
12	Voodoo	UK	15	15	31	13	14	14	15	17	-	-	134	16.8
13	Bardagi	SE	12	13	35	12	14	12	14	16	-	-	128	16.0
14	X3M4S Elements	NO	14	11	30	14	13	15	13	16	-	-	126	15.8
15	China	CN	12	13	30	13	12	14	14	14	-	-	122	15.3
16	Atmosfera G4	PT	12	10	28	13	13	14	14	14	-	-	118	14.8
17	Sky Dragons	SI	12	12	21	12	12	11	13	13	-	-	106	13.3
18	Kazakhstan	KZ	10	7	17	9	10	11	10	11	-	-	85	10.6
19	Ukraine	UA	6	7	11	9	9	9	9	9	-	-	69	8.6

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The 12 months of training and competition have been very successful for Out of the Blue. The Dutch team attended a total of seven meets, two outdoor and five indoor, and consistently increased the scoring and performance level.

The new lineup improved all previous team records, including 10-round indoor and outdoor averages and the 8-round scores at the ISR Grand Prix.

It's the third different Out of the Blue lineup since July 2017 that is now making plans for 2020, after the successful 2019 season, and this year's results are more than promising. Out of the Blue is on the way to become the strongest Dutch 4-way team in the country's Formation Skydiving competition history.

Dynamic Fource, the Dutch national 4-way team between 2007 and 2011, still owns the record numbers for Dutch indoor and outdoor competition.

Dynamic Fource members Erwin van den Braak and Alex Egberink had launched a 4-way project in 2017 with the main goal to lift the performance level in the Netherlands back up to where it was when they were both training and competing, together with former Falco and new Oceanside AtomiX member Paul Hofstee.

The project came to an end in 2018, and Out of the Blue continued without the previous support.

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ISR Grand Prix 2010			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class		G,7,3	F,B,P,D,6	15,Q,16	H,M,C,9	L,2,18	21,11,10	E,17,N,4	Total	Avg
1	NMP-PCH Hayabusa	BE	28	43	25	52	23	20	39	230	32.9
2	Dynamic Fource	NL	24	35	22	49	18	17	34	199	28.4
3	Thunder	IN	23	33	22	41	19	18	29	185	26.4
4	Skytrax	IN	20	28	19	38	17	15	25	162	23.1
5	ISB Air	DE	20	32	18	33	15	15	26	159	22.7
6	Tunnel Vision	IN	17	24	16	28	14	11	20	130	18.6
7	Turbulence	NL	14	23	14	26	12	11	15	115	16.4

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The targets are still the same, and Out of the Blue has been getting closer to them meet by meet this year. Dynamic Fource have the 20.7 at the FAI World Meet 2010 in the team records, which was posted after only nine rounds, and the competition included a Super Sequence in Round 3. Dynamic Fource boosted their 20.7 average with a 44-pointer and added a 26-pointer for the fast Round 9. Out of the Blue is already on the same scoring level after a closer look at the other sequences.

Dynamic Fource also posted a 28.4 indoor average a few months later at the ISR Grand Prix 2010. This meet was concluded after seven rounds and two very fast sequences. In the other rounds, Dynamic Fource was not far ahead of the current Out of the Blue numbers.

It will be difficult to get to the standing Dutch record numbers of 2010. However, Out of the Blue is consistently moving closer, and each new competition draw could also generate a set of faster sequences that might eventually offer an opportunity to score higher. Out of the Blue has scheduled two indoor meets that are coming up soon, the Wind Games 2020 at the end of January and the FAI Indoor World Cup 2020 in April.

The 2020 season and the second year of the current Out of the Blue lineup could become a Dutch milestone if the team's progression continues. It would be a decade later when Out of the Blue might seriously challenge the Dynamic Fouce numbers, and the world meet takes place once again in Russia. Dynamic Fource posted the 20.7 in Menzelinsk 2010...