posted Nov 15th, 2022 - The NSL News has recently covered the transition from outdoor to indoor training and competition, and vice versa, as the first and easier part of this transition is happening right now. The outdoor competition season is basically over after the national championships and the major FAI/ISC events, either a world championship or a world cup.

Some teams continue with regular outdoor training throughout the whole winter season, which usually requires traveling to a location where the weather conditions are good enough. It is worth the effort, as it makes the unavoidable reverse transition to outdoor training and competition easier and breaks the less attractive indoor routine.

The NSL News mentioned that the Czech national team in 4-way Open, HF Flying Circus, were the first with initiating the transition, as the first indoor meet of the Czech Tunnel League was scheduled for the beginning of November, little over two weeks after Round 10 of the FAI Outdoor World Meet 2022.

HF Flying Circus actually beat Poland's national team, Flyspot Sky4Four, only by two days to the quickest transition to an indoor competition. Sky4Four competed right next to HF Flying Circus at Skydive Arizona, and both teams were aiming at a Top 10 position.

FAI Outdoor World Meet 2022			1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		Total	Avg
Rank	4-way Open		20,16,B		P,D,21,13		17,K,11		E,A,19,22		2,9,M		C,14,F,12		3,6,18		4,10,1		8,Q,O,H		5,7,J		Total	Avg
1	Arizona Airspeed	US	21	-1	28		27		27		31		23		21		20		32		31		261	26.1
2	NMP-PCH Hayabusa	BE	20	-1	25	-2	21		23		28		20	-2	19		17		29		26		228	22.8
3	Qatar Tigers	QA	19	-2	23	-1	22	-1	21	-1	26		18		17	-1	17		28		28		219	21.9
4	France 4-way Open	FR	19		23	-1	22		23		27		20	-1	18		15	-1	20	-5	27	-1	214	21.4
5	Chimera	UK	16		21	-2	19		19	-1	18	-5	18	-1	16		14	-1	23	-1	24		188	18.8
6	Papea Masculino	ES	17	-1	20	-1	18	-1	21		21	-2	18		15		15		21	-1	20	-3	186	18.6
7	Echochamber Oceanside	SE	14	-1	21		19		19		20	-1	17		16		15		24	-1	20	-1	185	18.5
8	Airbus Oceanside Illertissen	DE	16		18	-2	19		16	-1	20	-1	13	-3	15		14		19	-2	22	-1	172	17.2
9	Agera FS 2022	NO	16		16	-2	17	-1	17		18	-1	15		15		13	-1	18	-3	21		166	16.6
9	4Astrophe	CA	15	-1	20		19		15	-2	21		15		15	-2	14		16	-3	16	-2	166	16.6
11	Out of the Blue	NL	16		16	-3	17		17		14	-2	17		12	-1	13	-1	21	-1	18		161	16.1
12	Ripper	AU	14	-1	16	-1	18		16	-1	21		15		12		10	-3	19	-1	19	-1	160	16.0
13	Sky4Four	PL	13	-1	14	-3	14		16		16	-2	12	-1	12		13		21		18	-1	149	14.9
14	HF Flying Circus	CZ	13		10	-7	16		15	-1	18	-2	12	-1	13		11	-3	16	-5	17	-1	141	14.1
15	Sequenz	DK	10	-2	16		15		14	-1	17	-1	12	-1	12		11	-1	17	-1	11	-3	135	13.5
16	INIT-Y	BR	12	-2	14	-1	14	-1	13	-4	16		11	-2	10	-3	12		17	-1	15	-3	134	13.4
17	HSV Red Bull Aerodynamix	AT	10	-2	16		14		15		15	-1	8	-3	9	-2	10	-1	15	-1	13	-1	125	12.5
18	Adventure Flyers	PY	9	-1	13		12	-1	11		16		11		10		9		14		14	-1	119	11.9
19	Equinox	LT	10	-1	12	-2	12		12	-1	13	-1	10		10		9	-1	12	-4	14	-1	114	11.4
20	Tina & The Dinosaurs	NZ	5		8	-1	4		9		9	-1	8		5		4	-2	10		8		70	7.0
21	La Playa	GT	2	-1	7	-2	5	-1	3	-3	7		5		3	-1	5		-		-		37	4.6

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Flyspot Sky4Four - HF Flying Circus at the FAI Outdoor World Meet 2022 - Video Footage Courtesy of FAI/ISC and OmniSkore!HD

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It was only a 2-day difference that made the Czech team the first one to switch from outdoor to indoor competition. The Flyspot Open 2022 was scheduled to begin on Friday last week, two days after HF Flying Circus completed their ten rounds at the Hurricane Factory in Prague.

The NSL News reported yesterday that the two Czech junior teams HF Flying Rebels and HF Chameleons competed at both events, together with HF Flying Circus member Martina Vavackova, who filled an open slot for the Moravian Cats. Jan Klapka traveled to Poland with his 4-way juniors, as well, after competing on Wednesday with his M Team.

Flyspot Sky4Four mastered both environments and the transition very well. The final rankings at the outdoor world meet, after the 10-round duel between the Czech and the Polish teams, meant that Sky4Four had defeated HF Flying Circus for the first time.

HF Flying Circus had won all previous indoor meets that both teams attended, and the showdown in Eloy was the first time that the same duel took place at a dropzone with exits from jump planes.

Flyspot Open 2022			1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class		21,N,18		10,B,19		3,22,E		5,20,16		D,8,6		12,14,A		F,4,15		H,C,Q,J,P		2,9,M		17,O,G,L		Total	Avg
1	FLY X	IT	23		23		23		23		20		19		23		38		29		31		252	25.2
2	FlySpot Sky4Four	PL	20	-1	16	-5	19		20		22		18	-1	22		30	-6	26	-1	25		218	21.8
3	Magic 4	LT	21		19		19		15		19		17		21		28		24		25		208	20.8
4	Flyspot Omega	PL	17		18		16		16		16		15		18		38		24		21		199	19.9
5	HF Flying Rebels	CZ	15	-4	21		16	-2	15		20	-1	16		19	-1	28	-6	23	-3	24	-2	197	19.7
6	HF Chameleons	CZ	13	-5	17	-3	16		17	-1	21		17	-1	17	-1	30	-4	24	-4	20	-7	192	19.2
7	MAD Team	PL	14		19		15		17		17		6		21		32		24		20		185	18.5
8	Crazy Donut	PL	11		14		12		15		18		12		16		26		21		15		160	16.0
9	Bandits	IT	14		14		11		10		16		11		14		26		17		17		150	15.0
10	Fire Phoenix	IT	10		14		13		10		12		13		13		21		18		14		138	13.8
11	Panik	IT	14		13		10		9		12		10		12		24		16		16		136	13.6

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Flyspot Sky4Four at the Flyspot Open 2022

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Flying Circus and Sky4Four both attended their first world meet, and the stage was set perfectly for their first outdoor duel. Poland's national team won the duel with the cleaner performance and benefited to a certain extent from the bad luck that the Czech team had with their video footage in Round 2. The 7-point loss alone was enough to fall well behind.

However, HF Flying Circus recovered to get back into the duel. There was only a 2-point difference before they lost another five points in Round 9. SkyFour lost a total of eight points, while Flying Circus ended up with the highest number of point deductions (20) of the whole 4-way field.

Sky4Four almost matched their highest outdoor average of 2021 (15.0) while Flying Circus still came close to the team's own 15.0 record average of 2019.

The Polish national team in 4-way Open is one of the busiest 4-way teams in the world, too. There is no doubt that Sky4Four and Flying Circus will meet each other again at some place and some time soon. Sky4Four will be eager to copy the outcome of the outdoor competition, while Flying Circus want to defend their indoor top position. They posted a 23.7 average in Prague last week, two days before Sky4Four followed up with a 21.8 in Katowice.