posted Jul 21st, 2020 - NSL News updates from the Czech Republic have pointed out a few times that the reigning indoor world champions in 4-way Junior, HF Cubs, are now in training for outdoor skydiving. The story on July 6th was showing HF Cubs member Sabina Cioleková at her first outdoor competition with the Dream Team. Her team mates are trying to catch up with her as soon as possible.

The NSL News story on July 9th followed up with more information related to other former 4-way juniors who have transitioned to outdoor training and competition. This update did not include the youngest French 4-way competitors, who have been training as members of the Aerokart Ak'demie project even longer than their 4-way junior fellows from the other countries.

The French 4-way junior project was in fact the first one. It was launched even before FAI/ISC hosted its first indoor competition, the FAI Indoor World Cup 2014. There was only a AAA Class dive pool and competition draw for two leaderboards (4-way Open, 4-way Women) in Austin, and the French 4-way juniors posted their scores for the ten AAA sequences on the Open Class leaderboard.

The World Challenge had already offered the AA Class of the National Skydiving League format since 2008. FAI/ISC eventually adopted this category for the new 4-way Junior leaderboard, after another year of AAA Class competition for the juniors at the first FAI Indoor World Meet. This time, the two Czech 4-way junior teams completed their ten meet rounds using the AAA sequences.

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FAI Indoor World Cup 2014			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class		21,15,8	20,16,2	L,18,M,3	14,9,D	J,5,Q,10	22,F,C,O	N,7,H,K	P,17,B,A	19,E,11	4,12,6	Total	Avg
1	Aerokart Deep Blue	FR	20	19	23	26	26	26	29	37	22	19	247	24.7
2	Bad Boys	CZ	18	17	19	22	23	22	26	27	18	17	209	20.9
3	Monaco Vitalsea	MC	16	15	16	22	19	21	24	24	19	14	190	19.0
3	HF Chicks	CZ	17	14	17	21	19	17	27	24	19	15	190	19.0
5	Spaceland Lite	US	13	13	17	15	18	19	23	20	19	15	172	17.2
6	eXact	SE	15	15	17	20	13	21	19	20	16	13	169	16.9
7	Aerokart Ak'demie 1	FR	12	10	14	16	12	13	17	11	11	12	128	12.8
8	Aerokart Ak'demie 2	FR	8	13	11	8	10	12	15	11	10	9	107	10.7

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Aerokart Ak'demie teams at the FAI Indoor World Cup 2014

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HF Cubs and Aerokart Ak'demie's current lineup eventually meet each other for the first time at the World Challenge 2016. They still did not compete in the same category yet. The HF Cubs posted scores on the A Class leaderboard in Bedford, together with one of the two Aerokart junior teams. The Aerokart top team competed in the AA Class.

HF Cubs and Aerokart Ak'demie finally ended up on the same leaderboard when FAI/IPC officially included the 4-way Junior event with its own leaderboard at the FAI Indoor World Cup 2017 in Montreal, Canada. Tom Mattoni, Cameron Malie, Eliot and Oscar Massier won with a 28.8 average after the eight AA Class sequences.

The French junior team won this duel again at the FAI Indoor World Cup 2018 before the HF Cubs turned the table at the FAI Indoor World Meet 2019. Both teams then moved forward to AAA Class training and competition.

The Aerokart Ak'demie juniors would have been eligible for another FAI/ISC event in 2020, even though they have been training and competing with the AAA Class dive pool. However, the FAI Indoor World Cup 2020 was canceled, and neither HF Cubs nor Aerokart Ak'demie's top team will be back on any AA Class leaderboards.

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World Challenge 2016			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	AA Class		11,Q,22	G,A,K,21	P,14,13	F,6,19	2,4	J,8,L	7,H,20	1,C,B	E,O,D,18	M,9,15	Total	Avg
1	Equinox	LT	16	21	17	17	17	19	19	22	20	20	188	18.8
2	Flyspot Chicks	PL	16	20	14	20	15	19	19	18	18	20	179	17.9
3	Jetmax	BE	16	20	12	19	15	18	19	20	19	21	179	17.9
4	Aerokart Ak'demie	FR	14	21	16	17	13	15	20	20	19	20	175	17.5
5	VossVind Girls	NO	12	16	12	16	13	14	15	17	17	16	148	14.8
6	HF Skycentrum	CZ	11	15	12	16	13	15	12	19	14	17	144	14.4
6	Gintama	UK	11	14	11	15	13	16	14	15	16	19	144	14.4
8	Pointless	UK	8	18	12	16	11	12	17	16	15	14	139	13.9
9	Nova	CH	11	15	12	13	12	15	11	15	14	17	135	13.5
10	Tahma	FI	9	14	10	12	11	14	12	13	14	18	127	12.7
10	Helix	UK	10	11	10	14	11	15	14	12	12	18	127	12.7
12	SDC Rhemix	US	10	16	9	13	10	11	11	13	13	14	120	12.0
13	Ballista	IE	9	10	9	12	9	11	13	12	15	17	117	11.7
14	Fentastic 4	UK	10	13	10	11	11	14	12	13	8	13	115	11.5
15	Sapphire	IE	9	12	9	12	12	10	12	12	12	13	113	11.3
16	Booty and the Beast	UK	9	12	10	11	9	10	11	10	10	12	104	10.4
17	Atmosfera New	PT	7	13	10	11	7	10	9	11	8	11	97	9.7
18	Raijin	UK	9	11	7	9	5	10	11	12	9	8	91	9.1
19	Pixies	CH	9	12	8	11	9	8	7	10	9	7	90	9.0
Rank	A Class		9,C	L,7	19,8	B,H,A	O,2	K,M,6	P,J,F	E,Q,4	G,D,N	21,N	Total	Avg
1	Pro Team Extended	FI	37	26	19	47	24	31	49	22	31	19	305	30.5
2	Phoenix	CZ	24	20	9	23	16	19	34	17	17	15	194	19.4
3	Brain Storming	IT	19	15	11	23	17	19	35	17	15	14	185	18.5
4	One2Three	PL	19	20	12	24	15	16	32	15	13	13	179	17.9
5	HF Juniors Cubs	CZ	18	15	12	21	12	17	30	15	15	12	167	16.7
6	Alakran	ES	16	17	12	23	13	16	25	15	13	13	163	16.3
7	Aerokart Ak'demie	FR	15	16	11	18	12	16	27	14	15	14	158	15.8
8	Offaly SlowSpeed	IE	15	16	10	24	14	15	25	11	10	13	153	15.3
9	Levitation	ZA	13	14	10	24	11	16	25	14	13	12	152	15.2
10	Les Pierres qui Tombent	BE	13	12	10	16	12	16	22	13	12	11	137	13.7
11	Alate	AE	13	13	11	20	11	15	20	10	13	10	136	13.6
12	99 Problems	UK	15	11	9	19	14	12	18	14	12	10	134	13.4
13	HF Juniors Flies	CZ	13	14	10	17	12	16	19	14	10	7	132	13.2
14	ChatterChaps	UK	16	12	6	18	9	11	22	13	11	11	129	12.9
15	Dive Hard 4.0	UK	14	13	9	18	6	14	21	14	7	12	128	12.8
16	Falling Stones	UK	11	12	9	15	11	12	22	12	5	9	118	11.8
17	4getful	UK	9	8	5	11	8	10	12	7	6	9	85	8.5
18	Dock-Ness Monster	UK	5	9	3	8	6	5	7	6	3	4	56	5.6

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Aerokart Ak'demie and HF Cubs at the World Challenge 2016

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HF Cubs and Aerokart Ak'demie will probably meet each other on AAA Class leaderboards in the future, even though the Czech team could also sign up for the 4-way Women event at FAI/ISC events. They would still be able to compare their scores directly, as 4-way Open and 4-way Women teams use the same competition draw at FAI/ISC events.

French national coach Mathieu Bernier told the NSL News recently that the former French 4-way juniors have also become outdoor skydivers in the meantime. In fact, they seem to be ahead of the HF Cubs with their outdoor training. Mathieu Bernier said that they were jumping from planes in Maubeuge at the same time when his national senior teams were training in Lille.

The new French outdoor project for the former indoor juniors is at its beginning stage. Aerokart Ak'demie member Tom Mattoni has a total of 15 jumps, while his team mates are ahead with 50 to 300 jumps. Mathieu Bernier is not too concerned with the technical part of the 4-way training. First of all, he wants the young skydivers to become familiar with the very different environment. They know the 4-way dive pool more than well enough.

France has been long known for the young age of national team members. The Aerokart Ak'demie generation could set new records for average age of teams - together with the HF Cubs in the Czech Republic...

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FAI Indoor World Meet 2017			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Total	Avg
Rank	4-way Junior		F,7,L	19,A,K	11,N,E	22,H,9	Q,M,J,8	14,6	B,15,P	O,C,18	Total	Avg
1	Aerokart Ak'demie	FR	36(-3)	29(-1)	27	26	34	22	33	23(-1)	230	28.8
2	Air Devils	CA	32	29	26	23(-1)	28(-1)	22	22(-4)	26	208	26.0
3	HF Junior Cubs	CZ	34(-2)	17(-6)	19	19	24(-2)	18	28	22(-1)	181	22.6
4	Skyblockers Singapore	SG	29(-2)	24(-1)	10(-11)	19(-3)	19(-5)	19	21(-2)	22	163	20.4

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Aerokart Ak'demie and HF Cubs at the FAI Indoor World Meet 2017

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