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Thunder ISR and ISR FireFlash have been the topic of many NSL News updates since 2009, the year when the Thunder lineup started together with a different team name (4XTT). The topics always included one of the team members who turned out to be the heart and soul of any team that he was training and competing with, including HayaBusa, Sven Ibens.
Only one of the original team members, David Grauwels, is still in the current NMP PCH HayaBusa lineup in the camera slot. He used to work the center (outside) together with Sven Ibens (inside) when the first lineup of the future Belgian 4-way world champions got on their way towards the top of the world.
Sven Ibens could not commit to the full-time career that his HayaBusa team mates Roy Janssen, David and Andy Grauwels decided to start after their first two world championship experiences in Rijeka 2004 and Gera 2006. Luc Verstrepen took his slot after the 3-way had successfully completed their military training, and full-time team NMP PCH HayaBusa won their first FAI world championship medals with the 3rd place in Maubeuge 2008.
FAI Outdoor World Meet 2006 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Total | Avg | ||
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Rank | 4-way Open - Top 10 | N,20,16 | K,J,C,G,3 | D,19,B,6 | L,14,10 | F,17,M,2 | Total | Avg | |
1 | DeLand Fire | US | 20 | 27 | 25 | 17 | 28 | 117 | 23.4 |
2 | Gap Nice Icarius Autrement | FR | 17 | 25 | 23 | 21 | 25 | 111 | 22.2 |
3 | Sinapsi PD | IT | 19 | 26 | 22 | 19 | 24 | 110 | 22.0 |
4 | Sky Panthers Barkli | RU | 21 | 23 | 23 | 17 | 25 | 109 | 21.8 |
5 | Arcteryx | NO | 18 | 25 | 21 | 17 | 24 | 105 | 21.0 |
6 | Spa HayaBusa | BE | 19 | 25 | 18 | 17 | 23 | 102 | 20.4 |
7 | EADS | DE | 17 | 23 | 20 | 16 | 18 | 94 | 18.8 |
8 | Danez | DK | 15 | 22 | 15 | 17 | 21 | 90 | 18.0 |
9 | Spain | ES | 16 | 18 | 17 | 14 | 19 | 84 | 16.8 |
9 | Evolution | CA | 15 | 14 | 19 | 14 | 22 | 84 | 16.8 |
The NSL News recognized his extraordinary contribution to the sport in April 2016 with the NSL Profile, ten years after he had left the Belgian national team. The time-frame itself speaks for itself, as he was obviously still strongly engaged in 4-way competition.
It took Sven Ibens three years to find the right lineup for his next team project, Thunder ISR, which staid together for eight years and made it to the world's 4-way top level behind the full-time teams, including his former HayaBusa team mates.
The first NSL Live Talk of the new year took place once again on the Zoom online platform, and it was only Sven Ibens alone who took all the time needed to answer NSL News questions and provide an update of his team situation and a professional career change.
ISR Grand Prix 2016 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Total | Avg | ||
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Rank | AAA Class - Top 10 | A,17,9 | 12,P,L,18 | C,B,O,11 | 14,21,M | 6,K,D,E | N,3,J,15 | 22,16,F | 7,Q,H,2 | Total | Avg | |
1 | Thunder ISR | BE | 35 | 23 | 33 | 25 | 33 | 28 | 26 | 31 | 234 | 29.3 |
2 | Flying Squad | FR | 31 | 22 | 30 | 22 | 31 | 26 | 20 | 26 | 208 | 26.0 |
3 | Amnesya | IT | 24 | 19 | 22 | 21 | 30 | 22 | 19 | 27 | 184 | 23.0 |
4 | Energy Garzigliana | IT | 26 | 19 | 24 | 21 | 27 | 20 | 19 | 25 | 181 | 22.6 |
5 | Monaco Tunnel Team | MC | 23 | 18 | 24 | 19 | 25 | 19 | 17 | 23 | 168 | 21.0 |
6 | M4trix | NL | 22 | 16 | 21 | 18 | 23 | 19 | 16 | 21 | 156 | 19.5 |
7 | Flyzone Les Affranchis | FR | 20 | 16 | 22 | 19 | 22 | 15 | 17 | 21 | 152 | 19.0 |
8 | Ludo's Pinkcakes Deluxe | DE | 17 | 13 | 22 | 16 | 21 | 17 | 14 | 19 | 139 | 17.4 |
9 | Murphy Mania | NL | 19 | 13 | 18 | 16 | 20 | 14 | 14 | 17 | 131 | 16.4 |
9 | Crash Test Dummies | BE | 17 | 13 | 19 | 15 | 19 | 15 | 14 | 19 | 131 | 16.4 |
The bad luck continued when Maya Van Campenhout suffered an injury after the very successful ISR FireFlash performance at the FAI Indoor World Cup 2022. Sven Ibens also explained that his team will integrate the next FireFlash member soon, as Wesley Claessens, his team mate of 2009 - 2022, had plans only until the end of the 2022 season. However, ISR FireFlash will be back with Lena Clynhens, and Maya Van Campenhout has already resumed indoor training cautiously.
In the meantime, Sven Ibens himself had a significant change in his professional life. The recent update by NSL supporter VIGIL announced him officially as the company's new Team Leader & Managing Director. It is obviously a good choice by VIGIL, as Sven Ibens has been leading his 4-way teams to maximum success. He explained more of his new life situation and the team plans in the NSL Live Talk interview.
By the way, the video begins with a review of a conversation with Jack Jefferies at the USPA Nationals 2022 that included a “technical problem”. Today's recording with Sven Ibens was more successful...
FAI Indoor World Cup 2022 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Total | Avg | ||||||||||||
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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 |