posted May 18th, 2022 - Three teams from the Netherlands completed the Dutch delegation at the FAI Indoor World Cup 2022. Out Of The Blue and Chaotic Motion competed in 4-way Open, Fatal Four in 4-way Women.

The NSL News covered the impressive performance by the Dutch national indoor and outdoor champions a few times during the battle for the Top 10 positions. The new team record average of 24.0 eventually claimed the last Top 10 position, tied with Echochamber Oceanside from Sweden.

The same lineup had a previous 22.5 average in their records, posted at the Wind Games 2020, the team's last meet before the heavy impact of the corona virus crisis. Two years later, OOTB were back for indoor competition action at Airspace Charleroi and lifted the 22.5 to 24.0 after an exciting 10-round battle for the 10th place with several teams.

It was the first Top 10 finish for OOTB with the current lineup. The 2018 lineup finished in 15th place at the FAI Indoor World Cup 2018, followed by the 15th place at the FAI Indoor World Meet 2019. The 22.5 of the new and current lineup at the Wind Games 2020 won the 11th place.

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FAI Indoor World Cup 2022			1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		Total	Avg
Rank	4-way AAA/Open/Women		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	HF Cubs	CZ	24		47	-2	24	-5	34	-2	23	-2	23		30		32		22		26	-1	285	28.5
5	ISR FireFlash	BE	22	-1	41	-4	27	-2	36		22	-1	21		31		28		21	-1	27		276	27.6
6	Nephtys	FR	22		44	-1	28		33	-2	23		20	-1	29		29	-1	21	-1	23	-1	272	27.2
7	Skydive Midwest NEXT	US	22		44		28		30	-2	20	-1	22		26	-1	27		20	-1	24		263	26.3
8	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
9	Meraki	UK	19	-1	43		25	-1	30	-1	23		20		26		27		20		24		257	25.7
10	Papea Masculino	ES	20	-1	41	-1	26	-2	31		21	-1	17	-2	25	-1	27	-1	21		24		253	25.3
11	SDC Rhythm XP	US	20		39	-2	25		31		17	-2	20		25	-1	22		18	-2	24		241	24.1
12	Out of the Blue	NL	20		39	-2	25		30		17	-2	19		27		23		18	-1	22		240	24.0
12	Echochamber Oceanside	SE	19	-1	43		24	-1	31		18	-2	17	-1	26		23		17	-2	22		240	24.0
14	Once Pakoi	FR	18		36	-2	24		31		19		18		24	-1	24		19		24		237	23.7
15	St Flow Weembi	FR	21		37		25		26	-1	19		19		23		25		19		22		236	23.6
15	Amnesya	IT	17	-1	33	-7	25		29	-1	21		19		24	-1	25		19		24		236	23.6
17	INIT-Y	BR	20	-2	39	-2	24	-1	22	-4	23		18	-1	27	-2	27		14	-3	20	-4	234	23.4
17	Windabona Black Mantis	AT	18	-1	39	-2	25		29		21		18	-1	25		23	-2	14	-2	22		234	23.4
19	Bronteroc	HU	19		41		24		31		19		15	-3	22	-2	24		18	-1	20	-2	233	23.3
20	Piteraq	DE	19		37		23		30	-1	17	-2	17		24		21		16	-1	22		226	22.6
21	Chaotic Motion	NL	17	-2	35	-1	23		29		18		18		23		22		19		19	-1	223	22.3
22	Skynamite	DE	17	-1	35		23	-1	25	-3	19		16	-1	25		22		15	-2	22		219	21.9
22	Ayro	BE	18	-1	35	-1	22		25	-1	18		17		24		22		17		21		219	21.9
24	Aurora	SE	18		37	-1	23		24	-2	17	-1	17		22	-2	20		17		22		217	21.7
25	Windabona Angels	ES	18	-1	34	-4	20	-1	25	-1	18		17		24		18	-2	18		22		214	21.4
26	Synergy	IT	19		35		22	-1	25	-1	14	-5	17		24		21	-1	16	-2	19		212	21.2
27	Alakran	ES	16	-2	33	-3	24		25	-1	19		18		20	-1	14	-5	14	-2	22		205	20.5
28	So Pressao	BR	15	-1	30	-5	20	-2	25	-1	16		16		21		22	-1	17		22		204	20.4
29	Equinox	LT	14	-4	34		21	-2	25		19		14	-1	21		16	-3	15	-1	22		201	20.1
30	Windwerk EOS	CH	14	-2	30		20		25		17		16		21		19		14	-1	17	-3	193	19.3
31	Shaka	UK	17		29		20		22		14	-1	15		17	-2	18		13	-2	19		184	18.4
32	Monaco Aerodyne	FR	16	-1	23	-4	19		21		16		15	-1	18	-1	18		13	-1	18		177	17.7
33	Phoenix	BE	15	-2	27	-2	21		20		13	-4	15		17	-2	17	-1	14	-1	17	-1	176	17.6
34	Flyboys	IL	16		26	-3	16	-3	16	-4	15	-2	14	-1	20	-1	16	-2	12	-1	19	-1	170	17.0
35	Squadra Militare Femminile	IT	12		19	-3	15		14		12		11	-1	14		15		9	-1	14		135	13.5
36	Fatal Four	NL	11	-1	18	-2	14		16		12	-1	12		14		8	-3	9	-2	15		129	12.9

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Out Of The Blue - Chaotic Motion - Fatal Four at the FAI Indoor World Cup 2022 - Footage Courtesy of FAI/ISC/Airspace Charleroi

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The current OOTB lineup have been training and competing together since December 2018. That's when Ralf Pijnenburg replaced Rick Verbunt, who spent only one year with the Dutch national indoor and outdoor team.

Rick Verbunt joined forces with another former OOTB member to form Chaotic Motion in 2019. Danny Dörfel was in the original lineup of 2017, together with Mandy Feijen, Mechie Voermans and Leon van Leeuwen. Current member Bart Daenen was filming the OOTB lineup at that time.

Danny Dörfel and Rick Verbunt added Sofia van der Vlist and Manuel Klinis to the lineup of their new team in 2019 and consistently increased their performance and scoring level, as well.

Sofia van der Vlist started in the 4-way project that former Dutch national 4-way competitors Erwin van den Braak and Alex Egberink launched in 2017, as the NSL News reported on 30 May 2017. In fact, most of the Dutch 4-way Open Class competitors at Airspace Charleroi originated in the same "Project Dutch FS4 20 Plus" of 2017.

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FAI Tanay Mondial 2020			1		2		3		4		5		6		Total	Avg
Rank	4-way Open		O,19,Q,5		17,B,E,P		H,15,12		M,N,7,F		K,L,C,4		J,18,16		Total	Avg
1	NMP-PCH Hayabusa	BE	32		41	-1	23		43		30	-4	24	-1	193	32.2
2	SDC Rhythm XP	US	25	-2	35	-5	22		39		26	-4	22		169	28.2
3	Qatar Tigers	QA	24	-1	38	-2	19		34		26		19	-2	160	26.7
4	Aerodyne Cypres Lille	FR	23		33		19		32		24		21		152	25.3
5	Papea Masculino	ES	18	-2	27	-2	14		24	-4	19		16	-1	118	19.7
6	Kazakhstan	KZ	19	-1	23	-1	13		24	-1	17		15		111	18.5
7	Out of the Blue	NL	12	-2	25		15		23	-2	18		15	-1	108	18.0
8	Adventure Flyers	PY	12		15		11		14	-1	14		7		73	12.2
9	Indonesia	ID	3	-2	6	-1	1	-3	10	-4	1	-2	5	-1	26	4.3

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Out Of The Blue at the FAI Tanay Mondial 2020 and at the FAI Indoor World Cup 2022 - Footage Courtesy of FAI/ISC/Airspace Charleroi

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Flawless Dutch 4-way participation at FAI World Championships of Formation Skydiving since 1985

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Out Of The Blue have left the targeted 20+ average far behind, at least at indoor competition. The project was actually aiming at lifting the Dutch outdoor average to that level. The financial support of the project was eventually discontinued, while Out Of The Blue keeps getting closer to the same goal.

The 19.0 average at the NSL Cloud Mondial 2020 was a very promising outdoor start of the new lineup into the 2020 season, after the two previous 22+ indoor averages. The corona virus crisis then interrupted the progress.

However, the new OOTB lineup still decided to compete at the FAI Tanay Mondial 2020 in August 2021 and followed up at the Dutch Outdoor Nationals 2021. The indoor world cup in Charleroi now became the end of the indoor part of the 2022 season.

The 20+ outdoor average is probably back on the top of the priority list for this year. The 24.0 indoor average indicates that Out Of The Blue could be well on track to accomplish the much desired goal of Dutch 4-way teams this October in Eloy...