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Did You Know...

... that Mattias Nord and Kenneth Eriksson had a Volo reunion with Echochamber in Roosendaal?

First competition with the new lineup: NMP PCH HayaBusa
posted Nov 28th, 2023 - ISR FireFlash and Out Of The Blue did not have a real battle in their competition for the 1st place at the ISR Grand Prix 2023, as the NSL News reported on Sunday. Even OOTB's new indoor team record average (26.6) was not enough to threaten ISR FireFlash who came to Roosendaal with fresh competition experiences from the Weembinamic 2023. The Belgians won seven of the eight rounds and allowed the Dutch team only to tie one highscore in Round 6.

However, there was a very close battle between Echochamber from Sweden and NMP PCH HayaBusa for the 3rd place that ended with a 1-point difference. It was a surprising appearance of both teams in Roosendaal with a very unusual finish. Echochamber had never outscored NMP PCH HayaBusa in the team history, and the Belgians have not missed a podium position at any 4-way indoor or outdoor competition since the 4th place at the FAI Outdoor World Championship 2010, 23 years ago.

The new and youngest lineup in the team history was surely aware of the current situation, as they explained in the last NSL Live Talk on November 3rd. In fact, they had not even planned to compete at the ISR Grand Prix, as new team member Ray Lodens is currently in military training and not available for training and competition. David Grauwels was scheduled to fill the open slot at the upcoming Belgian national indoor championship.

They decided on a short call that the opportunity of a 1-day competition nearby would be a helpful experience for the new lineup of the near future and traveled to Roosendaal. There they met ISR FireFlash and Out Of The Blue out of reach, while Echochamber was an unexpected opponent on the current HayaBusa level.

ISR Grand Prix 2023
12345678TotalAvg
RankAAA ClassF,E,17,DO,14,15,B,L,1618,N,H,722,10,G6,C,P,MA,13,Q,2112,2,11TotalAvg
1ISR Fireflash BE 412430281936252022327.9
2Out Of The Blue NL 392329261736241921326.6
3Echochamber Stars SE 322227251834221719724.6
4NMP PCH HayaBusa BE 362425211732241719624.5
5Magic 4 LT 312123221830231718523.1
6Realfly Fire CH 311923241631191617922.4
7Phoenix BE 242222221428191516620.8
8Phinergy IT 291717191426161515319.1
9Garudas BE 161622171327231414818.5
10Trance Ition NL 251719181322191314618.3
10FSH2 BE 231517191326191414618.3
12Full Power IT 271820171222161314518.1
13Lux NL 211717181422181414117.6
14Aquila NL 191718191421161313717.1
15Atomic NL 171615171320161312715.9
16Pneuma BE 161314161321141111814.8
17Shinobi NL 161013121015141010012.5
18Patchwork NL 1310116812116779.6

Echochamber Stars - NMP PCH HayaBusa at the ISR Grand Prix 2023 - Video Footage Courtesy of Indoor Skydive Roosendaal
Echochamber at the FAI Indoor World Cup 2016
HayaBusa members Dennis Praet and Jeroen Nollet had actually plans for the ISR Grand Prix. Dennis Praet has been coaching Out Of The Blue to the team's current top level, and Jeroen Nollet had committed to a player-coaching position with Belgian team Phoenix. Neal Willems and Ray Lodens both became available, and HayaBusa decided to take on the the new team member's first eight competition rounds.

OOTB and Phoenix both finished with new peak performances, while NMP PCH HayaBusa collected meet experiences for their new team mate in a very competitive environment.

ISR FireFlash had already shown at the Weembinamic that they had integrated their own new team member, Lena Clynhens, carefully and successfully. The Dutch national indoor and outdoor champions competed with their current lineup, who have attended 17 events together since December 2018.

HayaBusa's surprising additional opponent came with Sweden's Echochamber who have never been in real contention with the two world champions of 2016, 2018 and 2021 (Dennis Praet, Jeroen Nollet). In fact, even the previous lineup with 2021 world champion Michele Silvi and new member Neal Willems easily outscored Echochamber at the last outdoor world championship in Eloy 2022. Two members of Echochamber's 2022 lineup (Ulf Liljenbäck, Mattias Nord) now traveled from Sweden to Roosendaal for the ISR Grand Prix. They had Echochamber indoor expert Johan Edvall in their lineup and a new team member, as well.

FAI Indoor World Cup 2016
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Rank4-way Open15,11,67,2,AJ,B,18,5E,19,Q,38,P,2112,L,O,CG,20,F,1610,D,22N,9,K,414,M,17TotalAvg
1NMP PCH HayaBusaBE2532333124313226413130630.6
2WeembiFR2430333325333126363130230.2
3France 4-way OpenFR2027292926302923353127927.9
4Qatar TigersQA2227272925282421362726626.6
5Gryttjom VoloSE2324242624272620292524824.8
6EchochamberSE2027272220262518292423823.8
7XOTeamRU1924262518242219282523023.0
8Sky DragonsSI1824232621202318272022022.0
9ACMUK1922212219222315262221121.1
10Bad BoysCZ1923192221192217262120920.9
11ChimeraUK1922222417192118242220820.8
12EnergyIT1721202318212316232120320.3
13Jazz RepublicZA1720172319211918252220120.1
14Qatar Falcons AQA1822182119212214222119819.8
15VAF WarriorsDK1720182218202018211819219.2
16Qatar Falcons BQA1820172120211715251518918.9
17MonacoMC1521182014211815231918418.4
18Sky4fourPL1919152219191710241618018.0
19AladeenHU1720162116201412202117717.7
20HF Michels ChicksCZ182118191817191591817217.2
21PhoenixUK1419141317181813201616216.2
22EquinoxLT131871516161712191715015.0
Gryttjom Volo at the FAI Indoor World Cup 2016
Kenneth Eriksson is not really a new team member for Echochamber though, at least not for Mattias Nord. Kenneth Eriksson and Mattias Nord trained and competed together for Volo, who dominated 4-way competition in Sweden before Echochamber was formed. Volo defeated Echochamber three times in 2016, the last year for the team. Mattias Nord then joined Echochamber, first as the coach, finally as a full member. Echochamber have worked their way up to the world's top level behind the medal positions ever since, and they had former Volo opponent Kenneth Eriksson in their lineup for a comeback and a reunion with Mattias Nord.

The lineup for the ISR Grand Prix had 30 minutes of indoor training time with Kenneth Eriksson. Echochamber's Ulf Liljenbäck had more details after the competition in Roosendaal:

"With only 30 min of training with Kenneth, who hasn't competed since 2016 in Warsaw, we are superhappy. He is a rockstar! After round 8 we were heading to the bar. We were one point up in the battle for the 3rd place. Then Anders came and said that he counted our jump to a 17, maybe 18, and HayaBusa to a 19 with at least one bust. We did the math and started to prepare for a jump-off, as did HayaBusa. Then a pretty long wait for the results started, and with that the rising nervousness. We couldn't see the judging, so there was a whole lot of updating on the webpage where the scores were posted. We got 17, a little disappointing. Then Dennis was the first to see their score, 19 down to 17, and we won 3rd place with one point. WOW! To the bar we went and it became a typical competition party..."

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