posted Feb 20th, 2023 - It was on Tuesday last week, four days before the start of the Paraclete XP Indoor Championship 2023, when the NSL News visited Skydive City on the last day of NMP PCH HayaBusa's recent outdoor training camp. The NSL News update from Zephyrhills included NSL Live Talk with the complete lineup.

There was a 4-minute part of the video that had to be muted due to a copyright claim, caused by background music during the interview. The copyright claim was withdrawn after disputing it, and the complete interview is now available.

Less than a week later, Arizona Airspeed won the national indoor championships at Paraclete XP with a 34.0 average, and the reigning 4-way outdoor world champions also took the time for NSL Live Talk after the completion of the ten rounds and before the award ceremony.

Airspeed's Inside Center Chris Kuhlmann missed most of the NSL Live Talk, as he was treated with physical therapy right after the last round. However, Arizona Airspeed had an alternate, not only for the interview. XP8 member Andrew Happick joined Airspeed unexpectedly for the interview, and Niklas Hemlin explained why 8-way world champion Andrew Happick was not only an alternate for the 4-way world champions from Arizona.

Paraclete XP Indoor 2023			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	4-way Open		15,14,5	19,9,1	10,J,17	M,B,G,E,F	3,18,4	Q,6,C,D	11,7,8	16,H,2	K,N,L,13	A,20,P,O	Total	Avg
1	Arizona Airspeed	US	26	28	31	60	25	42	25	29	37	37	340	34.0
2	Golden Knights	US	20	27	30	58	20	34	23	26	30	28	296	29.6
3	Qatar Tigers	QA	21	26	26	58	22	34	21	24	29	31	292	29.2
4	SDC Rhythm XP	US	20	23	25	52	19	32	23	25	30	27	276	27.6
5	Paraclete XP4	US	21	25	24	43	21	30	21	24	28	26	263	26.3
6	XPG4	US	18	23	24	48	18	29	20	23	25	26	254	25.4
7	Skydive Midwest NEXT	US	19	20	19	45	18	32	19	18	26	24	240	24.0
7	Lightspeed XP	US	19	23	23	38	17	31	19	20	23	27	240	24.0
9	Greenlight	US	18	19	20	45	19	25	18	18	27	26	235	23.5
10	Qatar White	QA	16	23	19	39	17	27	20	20	28	25	234	23.4
11	Qatar Maroon	QA	15	20	21	37	18	23	20	20	23	20	217	21.7
12	Figjam	US	12	14	15	37	11	23	15	17	20	19	183	18.3
13	SNE Fly Girls	US	10	15	16	36	12	17	15	14	20	14	169	16.9

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Arizona Airspeed at the Paraclete XP Indoor Championship 2023 - Video footage courtesy of Paraclete XP

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Niklas Hemlin was recently compromised with Airspeed training, as he was dealing with an infection on his knee bone. He finally needed surgery and could not train at all. Airspeed did not interrupt the training and asked Andrew Happick to fill the slot until Niklas Hemlin would be back in full action.

It became an opportunity for Airspeed point Joey Marshall to get even more training in his B-slot, as SDC Rhythm's former Point took the Airspeed slot that he was most familiar with. Joey Marshall switched to outside center for the front piece with Andrew Happick, and for the time without Niklas Hemlin.

The recovery after the surgery went well for Niklas Hemlin, and he felt good enough to come back for the indoor competition. However, the sequences included situations that could cause collisions and jeopardize the successful recovery process after the surgery.

Airspeed took a very close look at the sequences and then decided which ones Niklas Hemlin could perform without a risk and when Andrew Happick would step in. Result of dealing with the situation was a more "intuitive performance", as Joey Marshall explained during the NSL Live Talk.

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NSL Live Talk with Arizona Airspeed at the Paraclete XP Indoor Championship 2023

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Paraclete XP Indoor 2023			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	4-way Open		15,14,5	19,9,1	10,J,17	M,B,G,E,F	3,18,4	Q,6,C,D	11,7,8	16,H,2	K,N,L,13	A,20,P,O	Total	Avg
1	Arizona Airspeed	US	26	28	31	60	25	42	25	29	37	37	340	34.0

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Rounds 1,7,8 with Andrew Happick - Rounds 2,3,4,5,6,9,10 with Niklas Hemlin

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