posted Jan 14th, 2023 - The NSL News reported on 28 November 2022 that the Swedish team's original lineup was back in action and won the national indoor championships. The performance with a 25.1 average and the atmosphere were so inspiring that the original Echochamber members began thinking about the near team future shortly after.

Result of the Echochamber reunion aftermath were new plans for upcoming events. Echochamber will represent Sweden once again at the FAI Indoor World Championships 2023 in Slovakia, and there is even a chance that they may add the FAI Outdoor World Cup 2023 in Norway to the team schedule.

The original lineup has been Echochamber's most successful one since Martin Bäcklin, Johan Edvall, Ulf Liljenbäck and Rikard Rodensjö launched their own team project to dethrone Gryttjom Volo, the home team of Sweden's major skydiving center, who dominated 4-way competition since 2013.

Echochamber coach and team member Mattias Nord, Sweden's most experienced 4-way competitor, trained and competed with Gryttjom Volo when Echochamber launched the new team project in 2016 with the same lineup that won the national indoor championship in November 2022.

FAI Indoor World Cup 2016			1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		Total	Avg
Rank	4-way Open		15,11,6		7,2,A		J,B,18,5		E,19,Q,3		8,P,21		12,L,O,C		G,20,F,16		10,D,22		N,9,K,4		14,M,17		Total	Avg
1	NMP PCH HayaBusa	BE	25	-2	32	-2	33		31	-2	24	-2	31	-3	32	-1	26		41		31		306	30.6
2	Weembi	FR	24	-3	30	-1	33		33		25	-1	33		31		26		36		31		302	30.2
3	France 4-way Open	FR	20	-3	27	-1	29		29		26		30		29		23		35		31		279	27.9
4	Qatar Tigers	QA	22		27	-1	27	-1	29		25		28		24	-1	21		36		27		266	26.6
5	Gryttjom Volo	SE	23		24	-2	24	-2	26		24		27		26		20		29	-1	25		248	24.8
6	Echochamber	SE	20	-1	27	-1	27		22	-1	20	-1	26		25		18		29		24	-1	238	23.8
7	XOTeam	RU	19	-1	24	-1	26	-1	25	-1	18	-3	24	-1	22	-2	19		28	-1	25		230	23.0
8	Sky Dragons	SI	18	-2	24		23		26		21		20	-2	23		18	-1	27		20	-3	220	22.0
9	ACM	UK	19		22		21		22		19		22		23		15	-1	26		22	-1	211	21.1
10	Bad Boys	CZ	19		23	-1	19	-2	22	-1	21		19	-2	22	-1	17		26		21	-2	209	20.9

Volo and Echochamber faced each other three times directly, and Volo discontinued undefeated after the last duel at the FAI Indoor World Cup 2016. Echochamber have represented Sweden at all FAI indoor and outdoor world cups and world championships ever since.

Mattias Nord transitioned from Gryttjom Volo to Echochamber first as the team coach and alternate only. Then he took the outdoor slot for Martin Bäcklin who could only continue with indoor training and competition, and finally the indoor slot, as well.

Eventually, the second original member Johan Edvall stepped back, and only Ulf Liljenbäck and Rikard Rodensjö represented the original lineup of 2016. It seemed like Echochamber slowly came to the end of the team project, and the low performance and scoring level at the FAI Outdoor World Championship 2022 did not promise a quick recovery.

Then the surprising reunion of the original lineup at the national indoor championship in November 2022 changed the whole situation. The performance level was lifted back to the times when Mattias Nord had replaced Martin Bäcklin.

FAI European Indoor Championship 2018			1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		Total	Avg
Rank	4-way Open		G,12,20		F,16,22		N,E,D,21		17,L,4		18,14,O		19,2,5		7,15,Q		6,B,M,P		K,11,9		8,H,J,C		Total	Avg
1	Aerodyne Realfly	FR	25		29		39		31		26		26		32	-1	45	-1	33	-2	38	-2	324	32.4
2	Black Cat	RU	23		31		36		32		25	-2	26		32	-1	46		30	-2	35	-2	316	31.6
3	Echochamber	SE	21	-1	26		34		27		23		23	-1	29	-2	38	-1	27	-2	35	-1	283	28.3
4	Airheads	CH	21	-2	26		35		26	-1	22	-2	23		29		40	-1	28	-2	32	-4	282	28.2
5	Amnesya	IT	21	-1	28		29	-2	22	-3	24		22		29	-1	39	-2	27	-2	38	-3	279	27.9
6	ACM Weembi	UK	19	-1	24		29		24	-1	20	-1	22		29		35	-2	25	-2	28	-3	255	25.5
7	FlySpot Sky4Four	PL	16	-1	18	-1	20	-3	19		17		16	-1	21		25	-2	21	-1	20	-4	193	19.3
8	Skydive University Slovakia	SK	14		18		21	-1	17		15	-1	14	-1	19	-1	27		21		25		191	19.1
9	Norway	NO	13		14	-1	19	-1	13	-2	14		15		16	-2	26		19		15	-3	164	16.4
10	HF Bad Boys	CZ	16	-1	22	-2	22		21	-1	-		-		-		-		-		-		81	20.3

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Echochamber at the FAI European Indoor Championship 2018

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The original Echochamber lineup was not back right away to their own indoor level of 2018/2019, when they posted their highest meet averages in team history, while it was a starting point in the right direction. At least, the event initiated new Echochamber plans for the near future.

Echochamber decided in a team meeting at the end of last year that they will represent Sweden again at the upcoming indoor world championship in Slovakia, and three original team members (Johan Edvall, Ulf Liljenbäck, Rikard Rodensjö) will be back in action.

Martin Bäcklin will not be available for the trip to Slovakia, while Johan Edvall continues with Echochamber. However, Johan Edvall, Ulf Liljenbäck and Rikard Rodensjö reactivated Mattias Nord for a comeback of the same lineup that trained and competed together in 2018, 2019 and 2020 when Martin Bäcklin was not available.

That's the same lineup that placed 5th twice at the FAI events of 2018, first at the outdoor world championship in Australia, then at the indoor world cup in Bahrain. The tied 6th place at the FAI Indoor World Championship 2017 is the best indoor placement for a Swedish team so far, with Echochamber's original lineup. The lineup with Mattias Nord in Slovakia will try to at least copy the placements of 2018.

FAI Indoor World Meet 2017			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	4-way Open		16,P,12	2,8,H	22,20,3	15,D,4	A,J,6,L	7,M,19	5,Q,21	18,B,17	G,14,C,N	K,E,10,11	Total	Avg
1	NMP PCH HayaBusa	BE	30	29	25	30	47	33	34	34	37	28	327	32.7
2	Weembi High Rollers	FR	30	29	26	30	41	35	32	32	37	28	320	32.0
3	Arizona Airspeed	US	29	28	24	29	41	32	27	31	35	26	302	30.2
4	Black Cat	RU	30	27	24	30	39	34	32	28	33	25	302	30.2
5	Qatar Tigers	QA	28	21	24	27	36	31	23	27	29	26	272	27.2
6	Satori XL	UK	23	23	21	21	38	29	25	26	32	23	261	26.1
6	Echochamber	SE	24	24	22	25	34	28	27	28	28	21	261	26.1
8	Amnesya Fly-In	IT	25	21	18	23	29	28	24	22	31	20	241	24.1
9	Papea Spain	ES	24	20	18	21	29	26	23	21	26	20	228	22.8
10	Inlaws	CA	23	22	17	21	31	28	20	20	22	18	222	22.2
11	HF Bad Boys	CZ	21	20	17	20	32	21	22	21	23	22	219	21.9
12	China 4-way Gold	CN	19	18	16	18	26	22	19	18	22	20	198	19.8
13	Monaco	MC	17	15	14	15	22	21	19	15	21	17	176	17.6
14	Bahrain	BH	10	13	11	11	17	19	12	8	16	12	129	12.9

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Echochamber at the FAI Indoor World Championship 2017

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