Home page

supported by:
Vigil Logo


National
Skydiving
League

226 Pecan Street
Deland FL 32724
tel: (386) 801-0804

© 2003 - 2024
All Rights Reserved


supported by:
In Time Scoring


Valid HTML Valid CSS!

Did You Know...

... that the Shamrock Showdown has its 20-year anniversary in March?

Celebrations at the Shamrock Showdown 2002
posted Jan 19th, 2022 - NMP PCH HayaBusa and Arizona Airspeed have finalized their travel plans for the world's most anticipated new duel at the Shamrock Showdown 2022. Both teams have not met each other at a dropzone since the Belgian 4-way world champions visited the United States for the USPA Nationals 2019.

HayaBusa and Airspeed have been battling with each other at each world meet since 2008, even though other U.S. teams (DeLand Majik, DeLand Fire) outscored the original HayaBusa lineup in 2004 and 2006. Airspeed won the duel in 2008, 2010 and 2012 before HayaBusa took the indoor and outdoor top spot in 2014 and maintained it successfully ever since.

The FAI Tanay Mondial 2020 in August last year became the first world meet since 2008 where Arizona Airspeed did not represent the United States and had to watch SDC Rhythm XP trying to challenge the Belgian world champions.

The new Airspeed lineup that came together after the USPA Nationals 2019 won back the U.S. top spot at the next qualification, the USPA Nationals 2021, and this year's world meet in Eloy in October will feature the next showdown between HayaBusa and Airspeed.


Shamrock Showdown 2022
with Cash Prize Money and the popular Skins Game

March 3 - 6 at Skydive City

Shamrock Showdown 2022
FS4
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Total Avg
Rank AAA Class TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD Total Avg
- NMP-PCH Hayabusa  BE  E - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- Arizona Airspeed  US  E - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Shamrock Showdown 2002
12345678910TotalAvg
RankAAA Class12,H,2J,L,G,D,P6,Q,C,BK,N,7,16F,A,14,M5,13,1518,3,109,19,1817,4,2211,O,21TotalAvg
1DeLand MajikUS1934312322201721182122622.6
2Airspeed VerticalUS1934282423191719192122322.3
3Sebastian XLUK1727222023161417171819119.1
4Sinapsi PDIT1427182121141417151717817.8
5Punky FishNL1424211617131114131315615.6
6PhenixSE141919171711136141414414.4
7Blue Eye MajikUS1123141914101114121414214.2
8Space Center TeiwazUS121818121013111491513213.2
9JetstreamUS1115151313101112111112212.2
10SuperflyUS11151211109101171110710.7
11TBDUS5149912841098888.8

DeLand Majik - Airspeed Vertical at the Shamrock Showdown 2002
Awards at the Shamrock Showdown 2012
The new duel for the world's 4-way top spot has its preview at this year's Shamrock Showdown, and the occasion could not fit any better, despite the ongoing obstacles still created by the corona virus crisis. The Shamrock Showdown 2022 will be a celebration of the 20-year anniversary of the event.

The first Shamrock Showdown in 2002 was a result of the regular winter meets of the Florida Skydiving League. Many 4-way teams from the United States and across the planet traveled to Florida in the winter for outdoor training camps, and they used the monthly events for competition practice.

The March meet of the Florida Skydiving League became the most popular one and eventually turned into the Shamrock Showdown. DeLand Majik members Joey Jones and Solly Williams were brainstorming the event name with the National Skydiving League, and the Shamrock Showdown finally had its inaugural event in March 2002.

Several future world champions have launched their new competition season at the Shamrock Showdown, and chances are very good that this year's new 4-way world champions will be one of the two top contenders at the Shamrock Showdown 20 years later.


Shamrock Showdown 2011
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total Avg
Rank AAA Class N,H,3,1 J,4,C,13 7,17,19 B,20,15 12,22,M F,18,2 E,16,9 G,8,21 P,A,11,14 10,Q,D,L Total Avg
1 Arizona Airspeed  US  25 25 25 24 20 25 30 22 24 29 249 24.9
2 Aerodyne Aerokart  FR  23 24 23 24 19 23 29 23 24 24 236 23.6
3 NMP-PCH Hayabusa  BE  21 23 22 23 19 21 28 20 22 29 228 22.8
4 Paraclete XP4  US  18 21 20 19 16 20 24 18 23 20 199 19.9
5 DeLand Norgies  NO  21 19 20 20 15 18 25 19 20 21 198 19.8
6 SDC Rhythm XP  US  18 19 20 21 15 18 24 19 20 23 197 19.7
7 Aerodyne Deep Blue Defenders  FR  18 18 19 19 13 18 22 19 21 23 190 19.0
8 Black Cat  RU  18 18 19 17 16 18 21 17 17 16 177 17.7
9 Amphibious Attack Tigers  US  15 16 18 13 13 17 20 13 20 15 160 16.0
10 Bodyflight Voluntas  DK  16 17 14 13 12 14 21 13 16 17 153 15.3
11 SonicNutz  UK  15 17 14 15 13 16 18 15 16 13 152 15.2
12 Boogie Nights  UK  14 14 15 15 13 17 22 13 14 13 150 15.0
13 Teiwaz  US  15 15 14 15 12 16 16 14 15 17 149 14.9
14 Whooops  NL  15 14 14 13 12 12 17 13 15 16 141 14.1
15 SDC Furies XP  US  11 13 13 14 8 14 15 10 15 13 126 12.6
16 Bodyflight Atlas  DK  12 11 13 11 11 12 14 11 12 11 118 11.8
17 Fast Air  IE  10 15 10 8 12 10 15 12 14 11 117 11.7
18 Teiwaz  US  9 9 6 11 10 12 13 10 11 10 101 10.1

Still undefeated: Arizona Airspeed at the Shamrock Showdown 2021
It will not be the first time that NMP PCH HayaBusa visit Florida to compete at the Shamrock Showdown. The original lineup made their first trip to Skydive DeLand for the 2005 event and finished in 6th place. It took five years until they would be back for the Shamrock Showdown 2010 to finish 2nd behind the French national team, who would win the world championship title a few months later.

HayaBusa came back to Florida in 2011 and 2012 to meet Arizona Airspeed and prepare for the world meet in Dubai 2012 where they missed a jump-off for their first FAI title by one single point. The Shamrock Showdown 2012 was the last time that HayaBusa competed in Florida.

Ten years after their last visit, the Belgian 4-way world champions will be back for the 20-year anniversary and for the next duel with Arizona Airspeed, three years after the visit at Paraclete XP. Both teams have new lineups, as the NSL News reported with earlier updates, and Airspeed has a 2-year head start with the current lineup.

Arizona Airspeed are still undefeated at the Shamrock Showdown after 12 visits, the first one by Airspeed Odyssey in 2007. HayaBusa are busy bringing new member Neal Willems up to speed, while Airspeed work with new coach Joey Jones to maintain the flawless Shamrock record and win the world championship title on home turf in October. The Shamrock Showdown's 20-year anniversary will be a preview seven months before the world meet. The event is open for other 4-way and 8-way teams.


Shamrock Showdown 2012
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total Avg
Rank AAA Class Q,8,H,22 16,19,13 10,14,2 E,C,20,K 5,M,9 A,6,F,17 D,21,N,B P,O,G,J,1 18,4,7 12,15,3 Total Avg
1 Arizona Airspeed  US  25 20 18 35 36 25 33 31 23 20  266 26.6
2 NMP-PCH Hayabusa  BE  23 21 20 33 34 29 30 30 20 21 261 26.1
3 Aerodyne Aerokart  FR  23 21 19 33 29 28 28 29 23 21 254 25.4
4 SDC Rhythm XP  US  21 17 15 28 29 23 27 27 19 18 224 22.4
5 Thunder  BE  20 17 16 27 27 22 27 26 17 17  216 21.6
6 Deland Norgies  NO  18 16 15 22 26 20 26 26 18 14  201 20.1
7 Explosion  US  18 17 15 20 24 18 24 23 19 13  191 19.1
8 Satori  UK  15 14 12 23 26 23 22 23 16 16  190 19.0
9 CTR Optimum  BR  12 12 12 20 25 18 20 22 13 12  166 16.6
10 Carolina Turbo XP  US  17 11 13 21 15 17 19 20 14 13  160 16.0
11 Bodyflight Voluntas  DK  13 12 12 15 19 17 18 18 13 12 149 14.9
12 Dubai Asaar Red  AE  10 11 7 13 15 15 16 15 13 9  124 12.4
13 Dubai Asaar Gold  AE  11 11 7 15 15 16 14 12 12 10  123 12.3
14 Black Cat  RU  19 14 15 21 27 - - - - - 96 19.2
15 Anima  BR  7 9 5 11 13 8 13 10 11 8 95 9.5

comments / feedback
Previous Article | Next Article