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Did You Know...

... that a very strong U.S. delegation travels to Norway in August?

4-way Open: Arizona Airspeed
posted Jun 1st, 2023 - FAI World Cups of Formation Skydiving usually do not offer the same competitive level as the FAI World Championships do, even though all participating countries may register more teams (up to four) than only one national team in each event.

The U.S. delegation has never missed any of the three horizontal events (4-way Open, 8-way Open, 4-way Women) at outdoor world championships since 1985. However, there have not been many U.S. teams at the outdoor world cups in the same time period.

In fact, complete U.S. delegations posted scores only in the same three FS events when the outdoor world cups were hosted by Skydive Arizona in Eloy. That happened three times, first in 2000, then again in 2005, and last time in 2019, when four U.S. teams swept the 4-way Open Class leaderboard. Russia won in 8-way, France in 4-way Women.

It is rare enough that the same nation wins all three sets of gold medals. This happened only twice since 2001, the year when the 4-way Women event was officially added to the outdoor world championship format. DeLand Majik (4-way Open), Arizona Airspeed (8-way Open) and Synchronicity (4-way Women) won all gold medals for the United States in 2004, and France did the same in 2010. The current U.S. delegation could change the situation this year in Norway.

FAI Outdoor World Cup 2019
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total Avg
Rank 4-way Open 13,11,16 P,22,4 O,7,21 9,20,G 18,15,L K,10,3 6,14,C 1,M,A,17 F,D,Q,8 2,5,E Total Avg
1 Arizona Airspeed US 20 -1 22 28 29 21 21 -1 21 -2 29 31 -2 24 -2 246 24.6
2 SDC Rhythm XP US 19 -1 22 25 21 -2 20 -1 20 23 25 29 -1 24 -2 228 22.8
3 Airspeed Odyssey US 14 -2 17 -2 22 -2 21 -2 18 -1 16 -3 21 23 26 -3 17 -2 195 19.5
4 Defiance US 17 17 21 -1 22 16 -2 15 -2 21 20 -2 26 16 -2 191 19.1
5 Aerodyne Cypres Lille-Bondues FR 15 -1 16 19 21 16 -1 17 18 22 25 21 190 19.0
6 Echochamber SE 17 14 -3 22 20 -3 17 16 -1 19 20 23 -1 21 189 18.9
7 Chimera UK 14 -1 16 -1 21 19 -1 17 16 -1 18 -1 22 26 -1 18 -1 187 18.7
8 Pro Team FI 15 -1 18 20 17 -1 17 15 18 21 26 18 -1 185 18.5
9 Kinetix AU 14 -1 17 19 19 15 -1 17 18 19 23 -1 16 177 17.7
10 China CN 12 -1 17 19 17 -1 14 -1 13 -1 16 20 24 15 -1 167 16.7
11 Eros UK 12 -2 16 20 18 15 -1 13 -2 12 -4 17 -1 22 16 -1 161 16.1
12 eX3MO IT 13 13 -2 17 -2 13 -4 12 -1 14 13 16 -1 22 -2 14 147 14.7
13 Pajama Pumas UK 10 -2 12 17 14 -1 13 12 15 16 15 -2 13 137 13.7

Arizona Airspeed - SDC Rhythm XP - Airspeed Odyssey - Defiance - Video Footage Courtesy of FAI/IPC/OmniSkore!HD
8-way Open: XPGK8
The FAI Outdoor World Cup 2023 will feature a complete U.S. delegation at an outdoor world cup in Europe. Not only be the three national teams (Arizona Airspeed, XPGK8, XPG4) will compete in the respective events in Norway, there will also be additional U.S. teams using the biennial international FAI/ISC opportunity to measure up with strong European opposition.

SDC Rhythm XP's Doug Barron will bring his new lineup to Norway for their first international FAI/ISC outdoor competition experiences. He competed with Keith Conner and Chris Webb at the FAI Indoor World Cup 2022, and the new lineup with Steve Loufek also met the four best 4-way teams in the world at the Shamrock Showdown 2023. They will probably have the same opportunity at the outdoor world cup in Norway.

Doug Barron, Keith Conner, Chris Webb and Rhythm videographer Charlie Mcgee will also compete in 8-way, as their Prison 9 team mates Gorka Amian, Brian Ball, Doug Hendrix, Scott Latinis, Greg Oldendick travel to Norway together with SDC Rhythm XP. Keith Conner and Chris Webb replace Matt Accord and Lauren Byrd in Norway, Charlie Mcgee is filming the 4-way and 8-way teams both. The 4-way Women leaderboard will feature at least two U.S. teams, as well. The NSL News reported on 7 October 2022 that the SNE Fly Girls were planning their own trip to Norway, as well.

FAI Outdoor World Cup 2019
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total Avg
Rank 8-way Open 13,11,16 P,22,4 O,7,21 9,20,G 18,15,L K,10,3 6,14,C 1,M,A,17 F,D,Q,8 2,5,E Total Avg
1 Tanay 8 RU 19 26 18 20 23 21 -1 20 24 20 16 207 20.7
2 France FR 20 24 18 19 -1 21 22 -1 19 23 19 17 202 20.2
3 Paraclete XP8 US 21 -1 24 -1 16 -1 18 21 20 -2 19 22 -1 19 18 198 19.8
4 Arizona Airspeed US 18 21 16 18 16 -3 21 -1 17 17 -1 16 14 -1 174 17.4
5 Qatar Falcons QA 16 -1 20 -1 14 -1 13 -3 17 -1 12 -5 15 19 15 14 155 15.5
6 Airbus DE 14 -1 15 12 15 15 -1 15 12 -1 15 14 -1 12 139 13.9
7 Monster US 12 13 -1 10 -1 12 14 13 12 15 11 -1 10 122 12.2
8 Amphibious Attack Tigers US 11 16 10 11 9 -3 13 -1 14 10 -1 13 11 118 11.8
9 Groomed UK 7 -2 9 8 -1 9 10 7 8 -1 10 13 7 88 8.8

Paraclete XP8 - Arizona Airspeedish - Monster - Amphinious Attack Tigers at the FAI World Cup 2019 - Video Footage Courtesy of FAI/IPC/OmniSkore!HD
4-way Women: XPG4
The three leaderboards in Voss will include more U.S. scores than ever before at an outdoor world cup that is not hosted by Skydive Arizona. The results may also indicate what can be expected at the next outdoor world championship in Israel 2024: the next attempt of the U.S. delegation to win the three sets of gold medals for a new FS sweep.

NFTO interfered with the potential of a U.S. sweep at the FAI Outdoor World Championship 2022 by winning the gold medals in 4-way Women. Arizona Airspeed and the Paraclete's XP8 lineup won easily on home turf in Eloy last year and could still be out of reach this August in Norway.

The new Paraclete/Golden Knights combination XPGK8, which includes the three Golden Knights Andrew Starr, Jeshua Stahler and Mike Connors, will compete for the first time at an outdoor competition. They already had a very impressive indoor performance and will probably be as far out of each in 8-way as Airspeed was in 4-way.

The sweep pressure will probably and once again be on Paraclete's XPG4 lineup. However, Jeana Billings has been back with XPG4 after the Paraclete XP Indoor Championship 2023, and the 2022 lineup were very close to the 4-way Women top spot at the FAI Indoor World Championship 2023. It would not be a big surprise if the third U.S. national team takes the top spot in 4-way Women already at the upcoming outdoor world cup...

FAI Outdoor World Cup 2019
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total Avg
Rank 4-way Women 13,11,16 P,22,4 O,7,21 9,20,G 18,15,L K,10,3 6,14,C 1,M,A,17 F,D,Q,8 2,5,E Total Avg
1 Aerodyne Weembi Girls FR 17 19 25 20 20 19 20 23 25 -1 21 209 20.9
2 NFTO UK 17 17 23 19 -1 17 17 19 21 23 -1 20 193 19.3
3 Phoenix XP US 13 13 17 14 13 12 -1 14 17 18 -1 14 145 14.5
4 Skynamite DE 13 12 18 16 11 -2 13 13 15 -1 16 -3 16 143 14.3
5 SNE Fly Girls US 11 11 -1 15 -1 14 11 12 13 14 -1 16 12 129 12.9
6 Victorious Secret US 9 11 -1 14 10 -2 11 11 12 16 -1 14 14 122 12.2
7 Alola UK 9 -1 10 -2 13 10 -1 9 -1 9 -1 9 -1 12 -1 16 11 108 10.8

Phoenix XP - Fly Girls - Victorious Secret at the FAL Outdoor World Cup 2019 in Eloy - Video Footage Courtesy of FAI/IPC/OmniSkore!HD
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