posted May 12th, 2022 - The NSL News introduced the new RhEvolution XP lineup a few days ago. Two new members make half of a 4-way team, and only original member and team founder Chris Normandeau is still in the new lineup, together with his 2020/2021 team mate Alex Bucevicius.

The same story pointed out that former RhEvolution members Gorka Amian, Greg Oldendick (Skydive Midwest NEXT) and Chris Webb (SDC Rhythm XP) are now competing against each other for USPA medals on the highest level in the United States.

Their new teams have been facing each other already twice this year, first at the Paraclete XP Indoor Championship at the end of February, followed by the FAI Indoor World Cup last month.

Skydive Midwest NEXT finished ahead of SDC Rhythm XP at both indoor events, which was not a big surprise. The complete NEXT lineup is in its second year together, while the new Rhythm lineup was completed at the beginning of this year, as the NSL News reported on January 17th.

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Paraclete XP Indoor Championship 2022		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class	F,9,4	G,8,A,C	22,10,J	11,D,6	N,3,M,H	20,P,Q,L	12,17,B	18,2,13	E,7,14	5,19,K	Total	Avg
1	Arizona Airspeed	39	37	26	29	40	37	31	25	33	33	330	33.0
2	XPG4	30	25	16	24	32	28	20	20	26	25	246	24.6
3	Skydive Midwest NEXT	27	27	18	24	32	29	18	20	24	22	241	24.1
4	Bobba Fat XP	28	24	19	23	31	24	21	19	25	23	237	23.7
5	SDC Rhythm XP	27	27	19	21	28	28	20	19	27	20	236	23.6
6	Golden Knights	33	27	16	21	26	29	22	18	21	19	232	23.2
7	Lucky Chris Take 2	24	22	15	18	22	21	14	15	19	18	188	18.8
8	Sloppy Seconds	23	17	10	16	18	15	14	12	18	15	158	15.8
9	Three Men and a Katie	19	18	13	14	17	16	14	12	18	15	156	15.6
10	Platinum XP	14	15	11	14	15	13	12	10	14	12	130	13.0

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Skydive Midwest NEXT - SDC Rhythm XP at the Paraclete XP Indoor Championship 2022

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Last year, the current Skydive Midwest NEXT lineup were still facing SDC Rhythm XP with the same lineup that competed for the U.S. delegation at the FAI Tanay Mondial 2020 in August 2021 (Christy Frikken, Doug Barron, Andrew Happick, Steve Lefkowitz, with Justin Wageman on camera).

The only returning Rhythm member, Doug Barron, had even more work to do for recruiting his new Rhythm lineup than Chris Normandeau had for RhEvolution XP. Chris Webb was selected as one of the new Rhythm members and is now starting from behind his former RhEvolution team mate, Gorka Amian.

Chris Webb and former Kaos Theory member Carl Kallgren have not even competed in 4-way Open yet at USPA Nationals, where Skydive Midwest NEXT placed 5th with the current lineup last year. In fact, Carl Kallgren will even skip the AAA/Advanced Class leaderboard this year, after posting USPA scores only in the AA/Intermediate Class competition with his previous team. Looking at the recent history of both teams explains why the head start of Skydive Midwest NEXT at the first two events this year was not a big surprise.

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FAI Indoor World Cup 2022			1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		Total	Avg
Rank	4-way Open Top 10		O,18,14		L,C,F,9		1,J,H,19		3,E,P,Q		20,7,16		2,13,8		17,D,6		N,22,A,G		12,5,11		M,21,4		Total	Avg
1	Arizona Airspeed	US	29		54	-3	35		41		29		25		39		37		27		30		346	34.6
2	Aerokart Monaco Akdemie	FR	25	-1	58		28	-3	39	-2	25		25		33		32		24		28	-2	317	31.7
3	NMP-PCH Hayabusa	BE	23	-1	54	-1	30	-1	38	-2	26		23		32		31	-1	24		28	-1	309	30.9
4	ISR FireFlash	BE	22	-1	41	-4	27	-2	36		22	-1	21		31		28		21	-1	27		276	27.6
5	Skydive Midwest NEXT	US	22		44		28		30	-2	20	-1	22		26	-1	27		20	-1	24		263	26.3
6	HF Flying Circus	CZ	21	-1	39	-3	27	-2	33	-1	20	-2	21		28	-1	27	-1	21		23	-2	260	26.0
7	Meraki	UK	19	-1	43		25	-1	30	-1	23		20		26		27		20		24		257	25.7
8	Papea Masculino	ES	20	-1	41	-1	26	-2	31		21	-1	17	-2	25	-1	27	-1	21		24		253	25.3
9	SDC Rhythm XP	US	20		39	-2	25		31		17	-2	20		25	-1	22		18	-2	24		241	24.1
10	Out of the Blue	NL	20		39	-2	25		30		17	-2	19		27		23		18	-1	22		240	24.0
10	Echochamber Oceanside	SE	19	-1	43		24	-1	31		18	-2	17	-1	26		23		17	-2	22		240	24.0

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Skydive Midwest NEXT - SDC Rhythm XP at the FAI Indoor World Cup 2022 - Footage Courtesy of FAI/ISC/Airspace Charleroi

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Both teams were actually closer to each other than expected at the Paraclete XP Indoor Championship 2022, where the new Rhythm lineup impressed with the 23.6 average, and Skydive Midwest NEXT were only five points ahead of Rhythm (241 - 236) in February this year. Youngest Rhythm member Carl Kallgren had won the same event a year earlier with an 18.9 average in the AA/Intermediate Class, followed by 13.8 at the USPA Nationals.

Things were different a few months later when both teams met each other again at the FAI Outdoor World Meet. SDC Rhythm XP finished exactly on the same scoring level where Skydive Midwest NEXT were in February. The new difference of 22 points came with a significantly improved NEXT performance in Charleroi, as the NSL News reported on April 27th.

Both teams will be aiming at the runner-up position behind Arizona Airspeed at this year's USPA Nationals. The indoor season is over, and outdoor training has highest priority. Arizona Airspeed plan to offer an opportunity to measure the performance status on the run to the national outdoor championships. The Pre-Nationals of the Texas Skydiving League at the end of July will be extended to an international online event, and Airspeed will invite the international 4-way community to join. It would be an opportunity for Skydive Midwest NEXT and SDC Rhythm XP to check the progression, and for the new RhEvolution XP lineup, as well...

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USPA Nationals 2021		1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		Total	Avg
Rank	4-way Open	13,5,D		Q,9,4		F,14,C,10		H,L,20,N		18,22,19		11,J,E,8		6,7,K		G,15,12		M,2,21		16,A,P,O		Total	Avg
1	Arizona Airspeed	22	-2	28	-1	24		30		18	-1	25		26		20		24		35		252	25.2
2	SDC Rhythm XP	26		24	-4	21	-2	27	-1	19		23		26		21		24	-1	29		240	24.0
3	Golden Knights Gold	21		26		20		25	-1	16		23		21		17		16	-1	25	-1	210	21.0
4	The Jets	16	-1	20	-1	18		22		14		17		21		16		19		24		187	18.7
5	Skydive Midwest NEXT	18		21		18		20		14	-1	18		20		14		18		21	-1	182	18.2
6	XPG4	16		19		15	-2	22		13		19		18		14		18		21		175	17.5
7	Elsinore Bullet	16		18	-1	17		20	-1	12	-1	18		18		14		18		22		173	17.3
8	Aviatrixx	13		16		14		12	-3	10	-1	13		13		10	-1	14		16	-1	131	13.1
9	Golden Knights Black	12	-1	12	-3	14		13	-1	11		13		12		10		13	-2	16	-1	126	12.6

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SDC Rhythm XP - Skydive Midwest NEXT at the USPA Nationals 2021 - Footage Courtesy of USPA/Omniskore

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