226 Pecan Street
Deland FL 32724
tel: (386) 801-0804
© 2003 - 2024
All Rights Reserved
As all other teams, the members spend the current meantime at their homes and with their families. JaNette and Steve Lefkowitz attended the online meeting at their house in Sebastian, Florida. Andrew Happick and Doug Barron were back in South Carolina near Chester, where they grew up with their families and in skydiving.
Andrew Starr is in North Carolina, where he is still on duty for the U.S. Army, even though the Golden Knights competition team is grounded, as well. New team videographer Justin Wageman spends his time in North Dakota, just a few miles from the Canadian border.
All Rhythm members connect with each other weekly for team updates, discussion of specific topics and some virtual engineering. They share a random draw and prepare the ten meet rounds together, including visualization of the sequences. Review of training and competition videos is a part of the team's online agenda, as well. They also maintain a schedule of physical training and follow it as a team.
SDC Rhythm XP have not only been switching to online training and meetings for the team purposes. JaNette and Steve Lefkowitz have also been offering online seminars for the Rhythm community twice a week.
It is a challenging time for professionals in the sport. The top teams and competitors are not only missing their regular training. State-employed teams, such as NMP PCH HayaBusa, Golden Knights or Qatar Tigers and Falcons, are at least in a secure financial position, and they only have to deal with the lack of training.
Most of the members of professional teams like SDC Rhythm XP or Arizona Airspeed are making their living within the skydiving world, and the corona virus crisis has a serious impact on their financial situation.
Shamrock Showdown 2007 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Total | Avg | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rank | AAA Class | 8,7,C | J,2,12 | O,E,19,5 | 3,21,16 | H,14,L,P | M,13,17 | K,9,1 | G,4,N,B | 6,11,20 | 18,F,A,22 | Total | Avg | |
1 | Airspeed Odyssey | US | 23 | 19 | 26 | 19 | 27 | 23 | 24 | 27 | 19 | 23 | 230 | 23.0 |
2 | Fastrax | US | 22 | 19 | 22 | 21 | 23 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 19 | 23 | 227 | 22.7 |
3 | Golden Knights Black | US | 22 | 19 | 27 | 20 | 25 | 22 | 23 | 25 | 17 | 22 | 222 | 22.2 |
4 | Arcteryx | NO | 19 | 17 | 21 | 18 | 22 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 17 | 19 | 197 | 19.7 |
5 | Optic Nerve | US | 16 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 157 | 15.7 |
6 | Fastrax Blue | US | 15 | 14 | 18 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 152 | 15.2 |
7 | Teiwaz | US | 16 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 148 | 14.8 |
8 | Danish Blaze | DK | 14 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 17 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 139 | 13.9 |
9 | Golden Leaf | CA | 15 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 128 | 12.8 |
9 | DeLand Groove | US | 21 | 19 | 24 | 19 | 23 | 22 | - | - | - | - | 128 | 21.3 |
11 | Chicas | DE | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 113 | 11.3 |
Rank | AA Class | 8,7 | J,2,20 | O,E,19 | 22,21 | H,14,L | M,13,15 | K,9,1 | G,4,N | 6,11 | 18,F,A | Total | Avg | |
1 | CSC Rhythm | US | 12 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 109 | 10.9 |
2 | FSC Wind Damaged | US | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 70 | 7.0 |
3 | Total Chaos | US | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 44 | 7.3 |
Rank | A Class | 8,7 | J,2 | O,E,19 | C,21 | H,L,P | M,B,D | K,9 | G,4 | 6,N | F,A,Q | Total | Avg | |
1 | ZT Mal4mations | US | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 50 | 5.0 |
As most other top teams and competitors in the world, the current SDC Rhythm XP members all started as amateurs in the sport. Original Rhythm members and team founders JaNette and Steve Lefkowitz, both graduates of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), were the first ones to drop their previous jobs and turn into professional skydivers.
Andrew Happick and Doug Barron, their latest team mates, followed their example in 2016. They were both graduates of the Virginia Tech University and then decided to become full-time skydivers. SDC Rhythm XP's new team videographer Justin Wageman does not have to make the same transition. He is able to keep his university position that offers him enough flexibility so far. However, it is also a new situation for him, and he is still learning the new ways with a professional team.
This topic was discussed during the conversation, while the recent NSL News step into the past, with a review of an interview with mental trainer John J. DeRosalia, connected with the current situation, as well. Teams and competitors have a lot of time at the moment to work on their mental skills...
Shamrock Showdown 2016 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Total | Avg | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rank | AAA Class | 3,13,9 | G,6,21 | 10,20,11 | 18,4,B | F,1,14 | 19,5,7 | P,Q,16,A | C,15,M,12 | J,L,K,2 | E,O,22,17 | Total | Avg | |||||||||||
1 | Arizona Airspeed | US | 23 | 24 | 19 | 22 | -1 | 24 | 24 | 29 | 25 | 29 | 24 | 243 | 24.3 | |||||||||
2 | Aerodyne French Girls | FR | 21 | 22 | 17 | 21 | 23 | 20 | -3 | 27 | 21 | -1 | 27 | 22 | -1 | 221 | 22.1 | |||||||
3 | Qatar Tigers | QA | 19 | 22 | 16 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 29 | 20 | 28 | 22 | 215 | 21.5 | ||||||||||
4 | SDC Rhythm XP | US | 19 | 19 | 15 | 19 | 21 | 20 | 26 | -2 | 19 | 25 | 21 | 204 | 20.4 | |||||||||
5 | Satori XL | UK | 19 | 18 | -1 | 16 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 26 | -1 | 18 | -2 | 24 | 22 | 202 | 20.2 | |||||||
6 | TurBu 2.0 | US | 15 | -1 | 19 | 15 | 15 | -1 | 19 | 20 | 24 | -1 | 15 | -1 | 21 | -1 | 20 | 183 | 18.3 | |||||
7 | Teiwaz | US | 11 | -2 | 13 | -1 | 12 | 13 | 12 | -2 | 13 | -2 | 16 | 11 | 17 | 12 | 130 | 13.0 |