posted Jul 23rd, 2021 - The winner of the USPA Advanced Class competition in 2007, Perris Aftermath, was only a 1-year project and did not follow the path to the 4-way Open leaderboard that Mass Defiance and Arizona Divewerkz had set in 2005 and 2006.

Aftermath prepared themselves for the USPA Nationals at the August meet of the new Southern California Skydiving League, which was enough to win the USPA gold medals with a new Advanced Class record average, as the NSL News pointed out on 3 October 2007.

The Perris team had left a statement at the end of the 6-round meet on home turf with a 16.0 average, and they carried the momentum on to Skydive Chicago a month later. The 15.8 average at the USPA Nationals lifted the performance level in the Advanced Class once again, even though it lasted only for one year.

Mass Defiance and Arizona Divewerkz competed at the same event, now in 4-way Open. AZDW lifted their own scoring level by more than an average-point, compared to the Advanced Class winning average in 2006, and Perris Aftermath were still able to match the 15.8 in 2007.

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USPA Nationals 2007		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	4-way Advanced	11,6,K	12,E,C,A	18,17,F	4,8,P	M,20,D,9	19,16,5	B,3,O,G	13,H,2	7,22,15	N,21,L,J	Total	Avg
1	Perris Aftermath	16	14	14	14	20	15	18	15	15	17	158	15.8
2	Perris Katalyst	15	16	14	15	19	14	17	14	12	15	151	15.1
3	CSC Rhythm	13	15	13	12	19	14	16	13	13	17	145	14.5
4	Cross Keys Vision	15	16	11	12	17	12	15	13	11	15	137	13.7
5	CT Centerline	12	15	12	13	15	10	15	13	10	16	131	13.1
6	Ranch Pulse	13	14	12	11	13	11	16	13	10	15	128	12.8
6	Carolina Ice	13	11	10	13	15	11	15	13	11	16	128	12.8
8	Spaceland Havoc	13	14	11	11	13	13	14	12	10	15	126	12.6
9	Perris Ice	11	13	12	11	14	12	14	12	9	13	121	12.1
10	SDC Furies	11	13	9	12	14	10	12	12	7	11	111	11.1
11	STL Harmony	10	12	10	11	14	9	12	11	10	11	110	11.0
12	Ranch Fallout	12	10	11	10	14	6	12	11	10	12	108	10.8
13	Max Power	9	10	9	6	12	9	11	11	9	12	98	9.8
14	Dallas Shapeshifters	6	7	8	8	8	7	8	10	8	10	80	8.0
15	Perris Mini Smack	6	7	4	6	6	4	8	7	8	9	65	6.5

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Mass Defiance were a year ahead of Arizona Divewerkz on the 4-way Open leaderboard, and two years ahead of Perris Aftermath as the 4-way Advanced Class champions.

The original Mass Defiance lineup was already at 16.7 in 2006 and 19.3 at AZDW's first appearance on the 4-way Open leaderboard.

The 4-way Advanced leaderboard of 2007 was still a big mile-stone in U.S. 4-way competition, even though the new Advanced Class winner did not come back after winning USPA gold medals in 2007.

The 2007 season was the first competition season for SDC Rhythm XP, who were home at Chicagoland Skydiving at that time and posted scores under CSC Rhythm.

The original lineup competed only once in the AA Class at the Shamrock Showdown 2007 and followed up in the AAA Class at two meets of the Midwest Skydiving League.

The 14.5 average behind Perris Aftermath and Perris Katalyst at the national championships in 2007 was the beginning of a unique team career that continued with USPA Advanced Class gold medals and a new record average in this category a year later.

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USPA Nationals 2007			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	4-way Open		11,6,K	12,E,C,A	18,17,F	4,8,P	M,20,D,9	19,16,5	B,3,O,G	13,H,2	7,22,15	N,21,L,J	Total	Avg
1	Airspeed Odyssey	US	23	26	26	23	32	24	28	23	21	27	253	25.3
2	Fastrax	US	22	26	26	22	29	21	27	24	20	27	244	24.4
3	Golden Knights Gold	US	20	25	24	23	29	21	25	21	19	23	230	23.0
4	Perris Fury	US	20	23	19	20	28	19	21	20	17	22	209	20.9
5	Arcteryx	NO	20	22	22	21	24	19	22	19	16	23	208	20.8
6	Aerokart Seloger.com	FR	18	21	16	18	26	19	24	18	17	22	199	19.9
7	Mass Defiance	US	18	20	18	18	25	16	22	19	15	22	193	19.3
8	FooZa	US	18	18	20	16	23	16	24	17	16	22	190	19.0
9	Arizona Directe	US	16	20	18	16	21	15	20	15	16	21	178	17.8
10	Nice Maubeuge Holidays	FR	17	20	16	15	19	17	21	16	15	18	174	17.4
10	Fastrax Blue	US	18	18	18	16	19	17	20	16	15	17	174	17.4
12	Arizona Ace	US	16	18	18	15	21	16	21	16	14	17	172	17.2
13	Arizona Divewerkz	US	16	13	15	15	20	14	17	16	13	19	158	15.8
14	Golden Knights Black	US	13	14	14	14	16	13	14	11	12	17	138	13.8
15	Optik Nerve	US	13	14	12	13	14	12	14	14	11	18	135	13.5
16	Team Twisted	US	13	0	9	13	18	9	17	12	11	14	116	11.6

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SDC Rhythm XP is now the only 4-way Advanced champion in USPA history who continued in 4-way Open and then won USPA gold medals later. The 1st place at the USPA Nationals 2019 also qualified SDC Rhythm XP as the U.S. national team in 4-way Open, and Rhythm will compete for the U.S. delegation at the FAI Tanay Mondial next month.

Robert Chromy was still Rhythm's player-coach at the USPA Nationals 2007, after starting with JaNette and Steve Lefkowitz, Laurent Beaudouin and Kevin Nafzger (Video) in the AA Class competition of the Shamrock Showdown.

However, Rhythm with player-coach Robert Chromy were only a guest team at the USPA Nationals 2007. JaNette and Steve Lefkowitz, Laurent Beaudouin and team videographer Kevin Nafzger thus decided to recruit a new team member to replace the player-coach, and Brian Ball joined the team.

The door to USPA medals was now open, and Rhythm came back for one more USPA Nationals in 4-way Advanced. That's the beginning of the next segment in USPA's Advanced Class history...

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CSC Rhythm at the Shamrock Showdown 2007

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