posted May 5th, 2020 - Germany's reigning 4-way Open Class champions of the national team Oceanside AtomiX were one of the teams who connected with the NSL News via the internet for the NSL Live Talk on April 14th.

The FAI Mondial Tanay 2020 had not been canceled and rescheduled by then. Oceanside AtomiX explained for the NSL News audience how the corona virus crisis impacted life and indoor and outdoor training and competition in Germany.

The cancellation and rescheduling of the next outdoor world meet for August 2021 followed ten days after the online conversation with the German team. Just two days later, the USPA competition committee informed U.S. teams and competitors unofficially that the qualified and selected national teams after the USPA Nationals 2019 (SDC Rhythm XP, Aviatrixx, SDC Core, Airspeed XP8) would also compete for the U.S. Formation Skydiving delegation at the FAI Mondial Tanay 2020 next year. Steve Hubbard, USPA Director of Competition, confirmed and explained the competition committee's decision on April 29th.

Germany's skydiving federation (DFV) did not need much longer to announce a similar decision. National coach Mathias Maushake recently informed the reigning German champions of 2019 (Oceanside AtomiX, Skynamite, Airbus 8) that they will also represent Germany next year in Tanay.

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German Nationals 2019		1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class	E,G,M,2		B,4,1		9,K,L,O		13,15,14		22,16,3		21,6,D		5,J,12		P,17,7		10,H,C,11		8,F,19		Total	Avg
1	Oceanside AtomiX	26		19		26	-1	15	-1	15		17		19		24		18		16		195	19.5
2	Airbus	22		18	-1	28		15		14	-1	15	-2	18		21		16	-1	19		186	18.6
3	Dark Energy	18	-2	14		20		11		13		16		14		17		13		14		150	15.0
4	Bardarbunga 2.0	20		14		22		13		8	-5	11	-2	14		17		13		16		148	14.8
5	Skynamite	18		14		17		11		11		14		12	-1	17		12	-1	14		140	14.0
6	NeVa FSZ Saar	19		14		15	-2	10		11		13		13		15		11		14		135	13.5
7	HorschD FSZ Saar	18		12		14		10		10		12		10		9	-2	11		11		117	11.7
8	Join Up	13	-1	13		15	-1	11		7	-2	12		10	-1	14		10	-1	11		116	11.6
9	Airgrips	10	-1	9		13		5	-1	7		10		8		9	-1	10		9	-1	90	9.0
10	4Motion	10		9		13		8		7		8		3	-1	9		6	-1	9		82	8.2

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The situations in the United States and Germany are very similar in 4-way Open. Both national championships in 2019 were competitive, even though it could not have been any closer than between SDC Rhythm XP and Arizona Airspeed. However, Oceanside AtomiX had more work than expected to shake off the Airbus 4-way team and did so with a new team record average.

As for SDC Rhythm XP, it would be the first world meet for Oceanside AtomiX, after many years of determined work to get to the national top spot. There is a new national championship scheduled for 2020, which would be the qualification event for any FAI/ISC world meets or world cups under normal circumstances. However, the German federation and national coach Mathias Maushake decided to send the same teams to Tanay in 2021.

A new qualification and selection could have become competitive again. In fact, in the United States, Arizona Airspeed's new lineup defeated SDC Rhythm XP at three events after the USPA Nationals 2019 (FAI Outdoor World Cup 2019, Wind Games, Paraclete XP Indoor Championship 2020. In Germany, the Airbus 4-way team also continued strongly after the national outdoor championship.

However, Sarah Mertes, Thomas Mack and Alexander Prendinger need a 4th team member, just as well as SDC Rhythm XP do when Andrew Starr leaves to rejoin the Golden Knights in 4-way. Markus Bastuck, who competed for Airbus in Australia 2018, is not available any longer for intensive 4-way training and competition.

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FAI Outdoor World Meet 2018			1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		Total	Avg
Rank	4-way Open		21,L,B,G		22,18,17		19,7,O		J,16,12		10,A,D,15		Q,M,F,C,N		H,20,P,13		6,14,11		E,2,5		4,1,3		Total	Avg
1	NMP-PCH Hayabusa	BE	32		21		27	-2	24		22	-3	62	-2	22	-2	20	-1	27	-1	22		279	27.9
2	Arizona Airspeed	US	26	-5	21		27	-1	24		24	-1	60	-1	26		22		27		20		277	27.7
3	Aerodyne Realfly	FR	29	-1	19		24	-2	23		24		52	-3	20	-3	17	-3	24		19		251	25.1
4	Qatar Tigers	QA	24	-2	14	-1	24	-1	21		22		53	-4	21	-1	18		20		17		234	23.4
5	Echochamber	SE	25	-1	16		21	-1	17	-2	20	-1	48	-4	14	-3	18		21	-1	15	-1	215	21.5
6	Amnesya	IT	24	-2	14		20	-1	18		18	-1	48	-5	18		14	-2	21	-1	15		210	21.0
7	Satori XL	UK	21		14	-1	21		19		19		37	-3	19		17		18	-1	16	-1	201	20.1
7	Airheads	CH	22	-3	14	-2	19	-2	17	-1	18		44		16		16	-2	18	-1	17		201	20.1
9	Evolution	CA	21	-1	13	-2	22		18	-1	15	-3	43	-2	15	-5	15	-2	19		15		196	19.6
10	Airbus FSZ Saar	DE	21	-1	14	-1	17	-5	17		16	-1	45	-1	15	-3	14	-1	18	-1	15		192	19.2
11	Tanay Wolves	RU	22		14		18	-1	17		16	-2	35	-3	17	-3	14	-1	18	-1	14		185	18.5
12	Rotor Out	AU	21	-1	13	-1	18	-2	14	-1	16	-1	32	-3	13	-7	13	-1	18		14		172	17.2
13	CTR Optimum	BR	19		10		17	-1	15		13	-1	31		14		14		18		13		164	16.4
14	Papea Masculino	ES	17	-1	13		18		13	-1	13		28	-3	14	-1	14	-1	13	-2	12		155	15.5
15	Out of the Blue Project 20+	NL	16	-1	11	-1	13	-3	14		15	-1	28	-2	15	-1	15		14	-2	12	-1	153	15.3
16	Meraki	ZA	14	-3	11		14		14		13		28	-1	12	-1	12		14		12		144	14.4
17	New Zealand	NZ	10	-4	9		12		11		10		21		7	-3	11		10	-1	11		112	11.2
18	Paraguay	PY	10	-1	8		10	-1	7	-2	9		17		7	-4	8	-1	10		8	-1	94	9.4
19	Cyprus	CY	13	-1	8		9	-2	8		7	-2	19	-1	7		8		9		5	-2	93	9.3

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The Airbus 3-way had Solly Williams in the lineup at the German Outdoor Nationals 2019, and Marco Arrigo competed for Airbus at the Fly Challenge at the end of February. Oceanside AtomiX is an indoor and outdoor team, as well, and they had posted a slightly higher indoor average a month earlier at the Wind Games in Spain.

The competition between the two strongest German teams later this year is not relevant any longer, which is also the same situation in the United States. Oceanside AtomiX have the security of the nomination for Tanay 2020 next year, together with Skynamite and the Airbus 8-way team.

Oceanside AtomiX team speaker Peter Ingenhaag is expecting a comeback for skydiving in Germany soon. The security of the Tanay 2020 nomination for the 2021 event will not slow down the AtomiX efforts, as Peter Ingenhaag emphasized: "That means for us again to go full throttle and train as hard as we can as soon as we are allowed to jump and tunnel again."

The German national team has all German indoor and outdoor meets on the agenda, plus the ESL Championship 2020 and the Wind Games 2021. Then they will launch the 2021 outdoor season once again with a longer outdoor training camp at Oceanside in California, as it was originally planned for this spring – before the corona virus crisis changed everything...