posted Jul 30th, 2023 - The Norwegian Outdoor Nationals 2023 did not take place at the skydiving center in Voss, host of the upcoming FAI Outdoor World Cup 2023. The teams at this year's national championship were jumping from the Twin Otter at Skydive Tonsberg, south of Oslo, and home drop zone of many Norwegian skydivers who live in or near the country's capital city. The 4-way teams at the outdoor world cup in Voss will jump from a Cessna 208B Grand Caravan, 8-way teams from a Twin Otter.

The two Norwegian national teams in horizontal 4-way Formation Skydiving, Agera in 4-way Open and Thyra in 4-way Women, confirmed their Norwegian top positions in the respective categories. Thyra did not have opposition in 4-way Women, while the situation for Agera was once again completely different.

Agera had to deal with the ongoing presence of the Norgies in 4-way competition since they won three sets of bronze medals at FAI World Championships in 1999, 2001 and 2003. The original members of the Norgies (Outside Center Lise Aune, Point Pal Kolbenstvedt, Tail Carl-Erik Tuv, Inside Center Torstein Valen) still enjoy 4-way competition enough to return year by year for the national championships.

The Norgies had their comeback after the corona virus crisis at the national championships of 2022 and won their next 4-way title with former Arctery member Ole Petter Hjelle in the lineup. The team name of the original DeLand Norgies changed to Norgyx with the slightly different lineup.

Norway Outdoor Nationals 2023		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class	22,4,G	5,6,17	O,1,C,7	A,21,L,M	J,12,15	19,11,B	P,K,D,20	16,18,10	N,14,Q,3	E,H,F,9	Total	Avg
1	Agera	14	17	19	21	14	16	20	15	15	36	187	18.7
2	Norgyx	15	18	19	20	12	17	21	14	15	34	185	18.5
3	Grenland Grumsen All Star	12	11	13	10	9	13	11	10	9	23	121	12.1
4	Thyra	12	13	10	15	8	11	13	8	8	16	114	11.4
5	IRIS	8	9	8	13	8	9	11	5	8	19	98	9.8
6	Gloriasses	8	9	11	11	7	8	7	5	7	15	88	8.8

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Agera - Norgyx at the Norwegian Outdoor Nationals 2023

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The same Norgyx lineup challenged the new Norwegian national team in 4-way Open once again this month, and Agera had to work harder than ever to hold off Norgyx. In fact, Norgyx and Agera were tied after Round 9, and Round 10 became the jump-off for the national 4-way title.

It was coincidence that the 10-round competition concluded with a manually drawn Super Sequence of the 2nd Grade (E,H,F,9) for the unofficial jump-off. It became the ultimate test for Agera's new team member in the tail slot, Amund Meyer, who attended his first outdoor competition with Agera last week.

The NSL News had introduced Amund Meyer after the completion of the FAI Indoor World Championship 2023, where he explained his competitive history in sports and demonstrated it live on NSL-TV with a backflip. The Agera lineup with the new tail was obviously ready for the challenge, as the official Norwegian national team in 4-way Open won Round 10 by two points.

Agera was fortunate to have their well trained team videographer available throughout the ten rounds. Kristoffer Overli Andersen gave away only two points in the ten rounds due to camera angles, while his visiting colleague on camera for Norgyx, Anders Krabbenhoft from Denmark, lost three points. The Norgyx players themselves added eight points to the damage, and the total of eleven point deductions allowed Agera to win their second national 4-way title.

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Grenland Gremsen All Stars - Thyra at the Norwegian Outdoor Nationals 2023

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The situation became even more interesting when original Norgies member Lise Aune-Nansen joined the competition for the second half. Arcteryx member Ole Petter Hjelle was not available for the second half of the competition, and the original DeLand Norgies lineup performed Rounds 6 - 10 in their original slots.

Norgyx was one point behind Agera after Round 5 (84 - 85) and DeLand Norgies won the total for the next four rounds (67 - 66) to tie the game after Round 9. Both teams then completed the same number of points withing working time in the unofficial jump-off Round 10, and a real extra round was only avoided by two point deductions for the DeLand Norgies.

Original DeLand Norgies member Carl-Erik Tuv was once again in a very special situation at the national championship. He is the Meet Director of the FAI Outdoor World Cup 2023 and has his hands full with getting the event site ready for the most relevant competition of the year. However, he could not resist joining the original DeLand Norgies lineup and challenge the national team that he was competing with at the FAI Indoor World Championship 2023.

The NSL News had reported the Carl-Erik Tuv's Agera situation on 21 November 2022, including NSL Live Talk with himself and his Chairman of the World Cup Organising Committee, Victor Engholmen. Agera made the Top 10 in Eloy last year with Carl-Erik Tuv in the tail slot. Now he challenged his national 4-way Open Class team to the extreme with Norgyx/DeLand Norgies, while his daughter's team in 4-way Women, Thyra, competes for Norway in 4-way Women.

FAI Outdoor World Meet 2022			1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		Total	Avg
Rank	4-way Open Top 10		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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Agera at the FAI World Meet 2022 - Video Footage Courtesy of FAI/ISC and OmniSkore!HD - NSL Live Talk with Carl-Erik Tuv and Victor Engholmen

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