posted May 16th, 2022 - Sweden's best know team has been Echochamber Oceanside for many years. Echochamber was founded in 2016 and have represented Sweden at almost all of FAI/ISC's indoor and outdoor world cups and world meets ever since.

The corona virus crisis put a dent into this record, as it did for many other teams. The FAI Outdoor World Cup 2019 was the last FAI/ISC event that Echochanber attended before the comeback at the FAI Indoor World Cup 2022.

Echochamber have never missed a Top 10 position for Sweden at the world meets and world cups, and the 2018 season, with the 5th place at the FAI Outdoor World Meet 2018, followed by the 5th place at the FAI Indoor World Cup 2018 a few weeks later, was probably the best year for the Swedish team.

The first FAI/ISC indoor meet after the corona virus break at Airspace Charleroi was the first time that Echochamber had to work hard to claim a Top 10 position, as the NSL News reported on April 9th. At the end they ended up tied in 10th place, together with Dutch team Out of the Blue.

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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		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
12	Once Pakoi	FR	18		36	-2	24		31		19		18		24	-1	24		19		24		237	23.7
13	St Flow Weembi	FR	21		37		25		26	-1	19		19		23		25		19		22		236	23.6
13	Amnesya	IT	17	-1	33	-7	25		29	-1	21		19		24	-1	25		19		24		236	23.6
15	INIT-Y	BR	20	-2	39	-2	24	-1	22	-4	23		18	-1	27	-2	27		14	-3	20	-4	234	23.4
15	Windabona Black Mantis	AT	18	-1	39	-2	25		29		21		18	-1	25		23	-2	14	-2	22		234	23.4
17	Bronteroc	HU	19		41		24		31		19		15	-3	22	-2	24		18	-1	20	-2	233	23.3
18	Chaotic Motion	NL	17	-2	35	-1	23		29		18		18		23		22		19		19	-1	223	22.3
19	Ayro	BE	18	-1	35	-1	22		25	-1	18		17		24		22		17		21		219	21.9
20	Aurora	SE	18		37	-1	23		24	-2	17	-1	17		22	-2	20		17		22		217	21.7
21	Windabona Angels	ES	18	-1	34	-4	20	-1	25	-1	18		17		24		18	-2	18		22		214	21.4
22	Synergy	IT	19		35		22	-1	25	-1	14	-5	17		24		21	-1	16	-2	19		212	21.2
23	Alakran	ES	16	-2	33	-3	24		25	-1	19		18		20	-1	14	-5	14	-2	22		205	20.5
24	So Pressao	BR	15	-1	30	-5	20	-2	25	-1	16		16		21		22	-1	17		22		204	20.4
25	Equinox	LT	14	-4	34		21	-2	25		19		14	-1	21		16	-3	15	-1	22		201	20.1
26	Shaka	UK	17		29		20		22		14	-1	15		17	-2	18		13	-2	19		184	18.4
27	Monaco Aerodyne	FR	16	-1	23	-4	19		21		16		15	-1	18	-1	18		13	-1	18		177	17.7
28	Phoenix	BE	15	-2	27	-2	21		20		13	-4	15		17	-2	17	-1	14	-1	17	-1	176	17.6
29	Flyboys	IL	16		26	-3	16	-3	16	-4	15	-2	14	-1	20	-1	16	-2	12	-1	19	-1	170	17.0

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Echochamber Oceanside - Aurora at the FAI Indoor World Cup 2022 - Footage Courtesy of FAI/ISC/Airspace Charleroi

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Echochamber Oceanside was not the only team from Sweden at the indoor world cup. The Swedish delegation in horizontal 4-way Formation Skydiving also included Aurora, a Swedish 4-way team that was launched even before Echochamber posted their first scores.

Aurora, with three of the current team members (Filippa Ebersjö, Asah Helenius, Zoltan Hubsch), had their team name on the leaderboard of the Swedish Outdoor Nationals 2015 when Echochamber's Mattias Nord was still competing for Gryttjom Volo and Ulf Lilienback for Team Fusion.

Aurora's 4th member, Bodil Almberg, joined the team when her former Team X did not come back after the corona virus crisis and their last 4-way indoor meet in January 2020. She replaced original member Jonas Homer Fransson, first time at the Swedish Outdoor Nationals 2019.

Bodil Almberg had attended several FAI/ISC indoor and outdoor events with Sweden's 4-way Women team, including a 4th place at the FAI Indoor World Meet 2017, two points behind the HF Cubs, and a 3rd place at the FAI Outdoor World Meet 2018 in Australia.

Aurora's current lineup, with the three original team members and Bodil Almberg, increased their performance and scoring level quickly close to the 20-average benchmark at the Swedish indoor Nationals 2021 and left it far behind at the indoor world cup in April this year.

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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		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
18	Chaotic Motion	NL	17	-2	35	-1	23		29		18		18		23		22		19		19	-1	223	22.3
19	Ayro	BE	18	-1	35	-1	22		25	-1	18		17		24		22		17		21		219	21.9
20	Aurora	SE	18		37	-1	23		24	-2	17	-1	17		22	-2	20		17		22		217	21.7
21	Windabona Angels	ES	18	-1	34	-4	20	-1	25	-1	18		17		24		18	-2	18		22		214	21.4
22	Synergy	IT	19		35		22	-1	25	-1	14	-5	17		24		21	-1	16	-2	19		212	21.2

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The 21.7 average at Airspace Charleroi is close to the indoor starting point of Echochamber (22.1) in February 2016, and Aurora finished closer to the strongest Swedish 4-way team than ever before.

However, Aurora were probably not looking at the Echochamber scores, which were crucial only for the Swedish national team's battle for the Top 10 position. Aurora had their own international leaderboard in the middle of the 4-way Open Class field, where teams from five different nations were engaged in their own tight competition.

This intense situation for the second Swedish team was probably helpful to push Aurora to the significantly increased meet average, which did not only break the 20-point benchmark for the first time. Aurora skipped the 20-average level and finished with their first 21+ finish.

Echochamber and Aurora both train and compete indoors and outdoors. Aurora have a 14.8 average with the current lineup in their outdoor records, which may also be history later this year. Echochamber is in the middle of the preparations for the FAI Outdoor World Meet 2022 in October, where only one team will compete for each country.