posted Nov 28th, 2022 - The next national team that competed at the FAI Outdoor World Meet last month and then made a quick transition to indoor competition was Echochamber Oceanside from Sweden. The country's national indoor championships took place less than a month after Round 10 in Eloy.

Echochamber had to make a few adjustments in the lineup, as Ann-Marie Jarzebowski was heading back to Australia after the outdoor world meet, and Mattias Nord had planned a trip to France. Result of the situation before the national indoor championship was a reunion of the original Echochamber lineup of 2016.

Martin Backlin and Johan Edvall both trained and competed with the team indoors and outdoors in 2016 and 2017. The original lineup won the Swedish outdoor championship title for the first time in 2017 and qualified for the next outdoor world championship in Australia 2018.

Martin Backlin then stepped back after the FAI European Indoor Championship 2018 when his work situation did not allow him to train enough with the team for the outdoor world championship. Echochamber's coach Mattias Nord took the outdoor slot, and Echochamber finished in 5th place with an impressive 21.5 average in Australia 2018.

Sweden Indoor Nationals 2022		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class	17,F,7	20,12,L	A,6,15	K,8,18	13,H,G,3	Q,1,19	21,D,P,E	16,C,M,14	22,O,5	J,11,2	Total	Avg
1	Echochamber Oceanside	30	21	27	22	25	23	31	26	22	24	251	25.1
2	Aurora	29	17	22	19	15	20	26	21	19	19	207	20.7
3	Edge	21	15	16	16	16	18	22	18	16	17	175	17.5

Martin Backlin was back in his slot for the next indoor winter season, and Echochamber finished in 7th place and a 27.4 average in a very strong field at the FAI Indoor World Championship in Lille 2019. The 28.3 indoor average in Norway and the 21.5 outdoor average in Australia are still Echochamber's team record numbers.

The next change in the lineup came at the end of the 2021 season. Echochamber eventually withdrew from the participation at the FAI Tanay Mondial in August 2021 when original member Johan Edvall had a back injury, and Swedish substitute Ann-Marie Jarzebowski was not eligible after competing for Australia in 2018.

Ann-Marie Jarzebowski competed with Echochamber at the national outdoor championship the same year before Johan Edvall was back for the indoor event in October.

However, he still had not recovered from the injury quickly and well enough for outdoor training and competition, and Echochamber eventually decided to invite Ann-Marie Jarzebowski to take the full slot. She spent the complete 2022 season with the Swedish national team in 4-way Open, including the FAI Indoor World Cup in Charleroi and the FAI Outdoor World Championship in Eloy.

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

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Chimera - Papea - Echochamber at the FAI Outdoor World Meet 2022 - Video Footage Courtesy of FAI/ISC and OmniSkore!HD

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Original members Ulf Liljenbäck and Rikard Rodensjö did not hesitate for too long when they had to replace Ann-Marie Jarzebowski and Mattias Nord for the national indoor championship this month. Martin Backlin came back after more than three years of hibernation, and Johan Edvall was ready to return to indoor training and competition a year after his previous comeback attempt.

Ulf Liljenbäck and Rikard Rodensjö expected their former team mates to be ready for 4-way action, as Ulf Liljenbäck put it: "It's like riding a bike, there is no way you can forget how to. If you are a world-class flier, you can just watch your team mate say "ready, set, go" jump into the air and then rock it."

The original Echochamber lineup had a ball at their first complete reunion: "We scored a million points and then a million more having so much fun."

The next international FAI competition is the indoor world championship in Slovakia in April 2023. It seems like Echochamber is now facing one of the best problems that a team can have. The four original members might be available for more training and competition, as well as the two most current team members, Ann-Marie Jarzebowski and Mattias Nord. There will probably be more news from Sweden very soon...

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

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