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Did You Know...

... that Gorka Amian has joined Skydive Midwest NEXT?

New SDMW NEXT lineup with Gorka Amian
posted Sep 29th, 2020 - The NSL News continues with updates of teams who have recently announced personnel changes. Golden Knights, Optimum CTR, Airbus Illertissen and Vega XP have used the corona virus break to make adjustments of lineups and plans.

It was the very first day of the year when the NSL News introduced the new lineup of Skydive Midwest NEXT and the team's comeback after a 2-year break.

NEXT competed with the new lineup at the Paraclete XP Indoor Championship 2020 and had an impressive start with a 22.4 average in 4th place.

New NEXT member Lauren Byrd also launched a new Indoor Cloud League team from the Midwest together with her team mates and started with the highscore on last month's leaderboard.

However, the same lineup does not continue when the operation of usual Formation Skydiving competition resumes at some point in time.

NEXT tail Chris Haslam, who was one of the original team members in 2015, together with Megan George, Crystal Prom and Matt Congdon, has stepped back.


USPA Nationals 2018
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1011 Total Avg
Rank 4-way Advanced J,19,K,22 P,13,A,E H,G,Q,B,21 9,2,L C,14,4 O,16,3 1,15,10 M,20,11 F,D,18,6 5,12,17 - Total Avg
1 Savage XP 18 17 24 17 14 17 14 18 20 15-  174 17.4
2 Seattle Swift 16 15 18 12 13 16 12 18 15 13-  148 14.8
3 Elsinore Elevate 14 17 19 17 13 14 10 14 14 15-  147 14.7
Rank 4-way Intermediate 15,7 A,E,Q,M 11,9 1,22 J,P,F,8 2,20 13,O,K B,D,6 4,G,14 21,N,19 C,L,H,18 Total Avg
1 TSC Cadence 11 23 14 10 19 11 13 17 8 12 -  138 13.8
G SDC RhEvolution XP 13 22 11 11 15 12 14 16 12 11 -  137 13.7
2 SDMW X 10 26 12 9 20 11 11 13 11 9 - 132 13.2
3 Hands Free 11 22 13 11 16 6 9 13 10 11 14  122 12.2
4 Cali4nia Kids 11 21 9 10 15 11 10 14 11 10 12  122 12.2

Savage XP and SDC Rhevolution XP at the USPA Nationals 2018
Gorka Amian (center) with SDC Rhevolution XP in 2018
Megan George is now the only original NEXT member. Lauren Byrd and Greg Oldendick continue with the team, and Elliot Byrd will be on camera as it was planned. They have selected a new team member for the tail slot in the meantime. Gorka Amian is filling the open slot and is joining his former team mate Greg Oldendick in the new NEXT lineup.

Gorka Amian and Greg Oldendick trained and competed together with SDC Rhevolution XP in 2019. Gorka Amian was one of the original team members in 2018 and competed in the AA/Intermediate Class of the USPA Nationals, where SDC Rhevolution XP placed 2nd as a guest team.

SDC Rhevolution XP continued with Greg Oldendick in 2019. The team was eligible for USPA medals this time and still moved up into the AAA/Advanced Class competition. Greg Oldendick was actually a defending champion in this USPA category, after winning Advanced Class gold medals with Savage XP at the USPA Nationals 2018.

SDC Rhevolution XP were not ready yet for an Advanced Class medal position in the team's first year with the complete AAA dive pool and finished in 9th place with a 13.8 average.


USPA Nationals 2019
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total Avg
Rank 4-way Advanced 7,C,H,P J,21,20 O,3,11 B,2,K,E 8,Q,10 15,D,F,12 N,L,M,14 6,1,9 A,18,13 G,4,5 Total Avg
1 Redline XP 19 17 16 21 14 16 21 17 17 17  175 17.5
2 Elsinore Elevate 23 14 14 22 15 17 19 14 14 16  168 16.8
3 SNE CenterCell XP 23 14 14 18 14 11 18 15 14 15  156 15.6
4 Air Force Shadow 20 15 13 21 10 13 18 15 15 13  153 15.3
5 Vega XP 21 14 14 21 14 13 15 16 11 12  151 15.1
6 AZ Crime 19 13 14 17 11 12 18 15 13 11 143 14.3
6 Air Force Boomers 20 14 12 15 13 10 16 15 14 14 143 14.3
8 Arizona Alpha 21 14 14 17 14 11 14 14 9 14  142 14.2
9 SDC Rhevolution XP 17 14 12 16 12 13 14 14 13 13 138 13.8
10 Space Force BTR 18 14 13 18 11 11 18 14 10 10 137 13.7
11 SNE Fly Girls 18 12 13 14 11 13 14 13 12 8 128 12.8
12 Chill: Bu 18 13 11 17 9 11 14 13 11 10 127 12.7
13 Perris Goldilocks and 4 Bears 16 11 10 15 10 10 12 10 12 10 116 11.6
14 TSC Cadence 14 9 12 14 10 11 12 12 12 9 115 11.5
15 Fast Break 15 10 10 12 10 12 14 8 10 11 112 11.2
16 Paragon 13 7 11 12 9 8 12 10 7 9 98 9.8
17 AZ Shift 9 9 9 13 9 9 10 11 8 8 95 9.5
18 Perris Section 4 15 8 9 11 8 6 10 10 9 8 94 9.4

SDC Rhevolution XP at the USPA Nationals 2019
Greg Oldendick and Gorka Amian (left) with SDC Rhevolution XP in 2019
Greg Oldendick then joined SDMW NEXT for the 2020 season, while Gorka Amian became a USPA judge. He assigned scoring points and penalties at the Paraclete XP Indoor Championship 2020 where the new NEXT lineup with his former team mate impressed with the 22.4 average.

Gorka Amian had also partnered with Dee Caminiti in the meantime to launch the Capital Region team for the Indoor Cloud League. The corona virus crisis brought the indoor activities to a halt after two successful months.

The open SDMW NEXT slot was a great opportunity for Gorka Amian to rejoin his SDC Rhevolution XP team mate of 2019, Greg Oldendick, and continue with his 4-way career in the AAA Class. The NEXT lineup of 2017 was already competing in the 4-way Open Class at the USPA Nationals, after winning Advanced Class gold in 2016, and Greg Oldendick won his own gold medal in the same category.

Gorka Amian will have to forfeit a USPA Advanced Class medal and compete in the USPA Open Class next year, where dive pool and rules will not be different. The ICL Midwest and ICL Capital Region teams will be opponents on the 14+ leaderboard, while they probably work closely together to bring new participants to 4-way competition.


Paraclete XP Indoor Championship 2020
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total Avg
Rank 4-way Open 21,15,10 7,5,G 13,L,11 3,K,B,6 19,8,9 M,P,14,C N,A,17,1 20,16,Q F,22,D,H O,2,4 Total Avg
1 Arizona Airspeed 22 34 27 27 27 32 35 27 37 27  295 29.5
2 SDC Rhythm XP 23 35 26 25 26 34 31 25 35 27  287 28.7
3 Golden Knights Gold 21 28 24 24 25 28 29 22 29 24  254 25.4
4 Skydive Midwest NEXT 17 24 20 23 21 29 24 20 27 19  224 22.4
5 Befokte Dose 15 24 20 24 19 28 23 20 27 19  219 21.9
6 XPG4 16 24 21 23 19 30 20 18 24 20  215 21.5
7 Aviatrixx 16 22 18 21 20 23 20 18 24 19  201 20.1
8 Golden Knights Black 16 20 18 17 18 22 20 14 22 18  185 18.5
9 Air Force Apollo 15 18 14 17 17 20 18 14 22 14 169 16.9
10 Air Force Angels 13 18 16 15 15 22 17 15 19 15  165 16.5

Skydive Midwest NEXT at the Paraclete XP Indoor Championship 2020
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