posted Jun 13th, 2021 - The AA/Intermediate Class rules and dive pools had settled for good at the USPA Nationals 2002. The 16 blocks without any slot-switchers and all 16 random formations have created the ten sequences for the event in 2002 and until now.

Increasing the number of rounds from six to ten was the last move that was made for the 2002 championships. Teams in USPA's Intermediate Class completed only six rounds until 2001. Six rounds on 2-day meet weekends were also the standard for National Skydiving League events from the very beginning.

Juggernaut won the first 10-round meet in the new Intermediate Class at the USPA Nationals 2002, and the Texas team was a part of the story that pointed out teams and competitors who won USPA Intermediate and Advanced Class gold medals consecutively. The NSL News update on January 23rd had covered Jim "Bu" Klinge's achievement. Windline Lightning, another team that competed frequently at the Florida Skydiving League meets, won the next AA/Intermediate Class gold medals in 2003, after ten rounds on their home turf in Lake Wales.

USPA now applies the 6-round format for the new "Beginners Class" that will be introduced as a test event at this year's national championships. This USPA category is identical with the A Class of the international NSL 4-way network.

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USPA Nationals 2003		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	4-way Intermediate	2,14	G,M,H,7	E,20,11	21,C,Q	13,D,N	K,A,B,O	15,6	P,19,1	18,L,J	F,8,9	Total	Avg
1	Windline Lightning	8	15	12	13	12	19	11	10	14	10	124	12.4
2	O2 Project	9	14	12	12	11	18	11	10	11	12	120	12.0
3	Cross Keys Vision	9	9	12	11	11	16	9	11	11	12	111	11.1
4	Relatively Serious	7	12	8	12	10	17	9	11	11	12	109	10.9
4	Out of the Blue AerOhio	9	14	8	7	11	16	8	12	12	12	109	10.9
6	Enigma	11	12	7	12	11	14	10	9	11	11	108	10.8
7	Tye Breakers	8	13	9	12	10	14	7	11	10	10	104	10.4
8	Revolution	8	12	9	9	10	15	9	10	9	12	103	10.3
9	Carolina Ice	8	12	10	13	8	14	9	7	10	9	100	10.0
10	Money Shot	8	12	10	7	9	13	9	7	8	12	95	9.5
11	ID	6	12	9	11	9	14	8	6	10	9	94	9.4
12	Up Dog	9	5	8	10	8	15	8	9	9	10	91	9.1
12	M4	7	12	9	11	9	12	7	7	9	8	91	9.1
14	Elevation	8	11	9	10	10	9	9	6	9	9	90	9.0
14	CIA	9	10	9	9	6	14	8	6	9	10	90	9.0
16	Taco Party	4	7	7	10	6	17	9	7	10	12	89	8.9
16	Air Force Lightning	5	6	9	11	7	16	7	10	9	9	89	8.9
18	Tempest	7	11	7	10	4	14	7	6	8	9	83	8.3
19	YaYa Sisters	7	9	7	10	8	10	7	7	8	9	82	8.2
19	Quantum Leap	8	8	7	9	6	11	8	9	7	9	82	8.2
21	Fastrax Select	8	11	7	9	4	10	9	7	7	9	81	8.1
22	Air Force Blue	5	7	7	10	6	14	9	6	4	10	78	7.8
23	Galileo	7	9	5	11	7	9	8	4	9	6	75	7.5
24	Quattro	6	9	7	9	7	11	7	7	5	6	74	7.4
24	Event Horizon	7	10	6	9	8	7	7	7	7	6	74	7.4
26	Airtight	7	10	3	7	7	10	7	8	7	7	73	7.3
27	Frogs in a Blender	5	10	5	5	4	13	8	7	7	8	72	7.2
27	Air Force Falcons	9	5	7	10	9	8	7	0	9	8	72	7.2
29	Fox Force 4	3	9	6	9	8	8	5	7	6	7	68	6.8
30	Zephyrhills-Quest	6	10	4	4	6	11	5	9	4	6	65	6.5
31	Rancheros	7	5	7	9	6	11	7	9	3	0	64	6.4
32	Scratch	5	5	7	10	3	9	7	3	1	8	58	5.8
33	Mucho Carne	6	0	5	5	6	9	5	5	5	7	53	5.3
33	Cross Keys Air Pollution	4	2	4	6	5	10	5	7	5	5	53	5.3
35	Screwdriver	6	5	6	4	0	1	5	4	5	5	41	4.1
36	The Parliaments	5	0	2	6	2	6	5	3	1	4	34	3.4
37	The Cunning Stunts	3	0	4	2	3	5	5	0	2	3	27	2.7

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The USPA Advanced Class winner of 2003, Spaceland Inferno, was the second half of Jim Klinge's story. Inferno was also a continuation of USPA Advanced Class winners who were not seen again on the 4-way Open Class leaderboards in the following years.

Jim Klinge and his Inferno teammates Dave Burton and Clint Hillis (Camera) did continue as individuals and competed with Dallas Thunder in the Texas Skydiving League, as well as in the Open Class of the USPA Nationals 2004.

Jim Klinge is still active now and won a USPA gold medal in the 4-way Open Class with Defiance at the USPA Nationals 2019.

Inferno member Alex Pincus continued with 4-way Open Class team DeLand Mojo, and Jim Walker completed the presence of all Inferno gold-medal winners in the 4-way Advanced Class of 2002 on the Open Class leaderboard a year later.

He had trained and competed with Texas Skydiving League team Rave, who were also on the Advanced Class leaderboard when Inferno won the gold medals. Jim Walker had a 4-way comeback in 2019 at one of the Indoor Cloud League events at iFLY Dallas.

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Defiance at the USPA Nationals 2019

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USPA Nationals 2003		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	4-way Advanced	8,A,Q,F	15,3,G	4,N,22	J,7,B,H	O,13,17	16,K,1	21,D,L,14	6,5,2	12,P,11	10,19,18	Total	Avg
1	Spaceland Inferno	17	14	14	23	13	14	16	13	12	11	147	14.7
2	Elsinore Adrenaline	17	11	13	22	14	12	16	13	13	12	143	14.3
3	Warp Factor	17	12	14	20	15	14	14	13	12	11	142	14.2
4	Juggernaut	16	12	12	21	15	10	13	13	11	11	134	13.4
4	Elsinore GT	17	10	12	21	14	13	13	12	12	10	134	13.4
4	Beez	16	10	12	21	13	11	14	14	12	11	134	13.4
7	Fastrax	16	9	12	21	13	12	13	13	14	9	132	13.2
8	Rave	15	11	12	20	13	12	13	12	12	11	131	13.1
8	Nexus	14	11	11	22	12	13	15	11	11	11	131	13.1
10	Mr. Pink	15	11	13	20	12	10	11	11	11	10	124	12.4
11	Super Cruise	16	11	9	17	13	11	10	9	11	10	117	11.7
11	Perris Mud Hens	16	11	11	17	8	13	11	12	11	7	117	11.7
13	DeLand TBD	15	11	12	18	11	10	13	9	11	5	115	11.5
14	Perris Katalyst	13	10	12	17	12	9	11	10	11	9	114	11.4
15	GMG	14	9	10	17	10	11	10	11	10	9	111	11.1
16	Superfly	9	10	12	19	11	12	12	11	6	2	104	10.4
16	Sun Path LM	12	9	11	16	8	11	9	10	9	9	104	10.4
16	Skydive.com	14	9	8	16	8	9	11	9	11	9	104	10.4
19	GT Inviscid	13	7	7	17	9	10	11	9	9	10	102	10.2
20	Tsunami	10	10	7	15	8	9	10	10	10	9	98	9.8
21	Arizona Audacity	11	8	9	13	8	6	9	9	9	7	89	8.9
22	Arizona Affinity	12	8	4	15	8	7	8	7	8	8	85	8.5
23	Alchemy	9	6	9	12	7	6	7	8	6	5	75	7.5
24	Pepperell Blast	3	6	9	13	8	9	9	8	6	0	71	7.1

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