posted Dec 17th, 2023 - The recent updates from the Belgian open indoor championship included an overview of the competition time that Frenchman Julien Degen has spent together with NMP PCH HayaBusa members. He is only allowed to compete with one team per respective FAI/ISC category, and he has done this in 4-way and 8-way at indoor and outdoor world championships and world cups.

In fact, he has made a few double-gold attempts with the French national teams in both events at the same world championships, and the NSL News will cover this part of the double-duty history soon. So far, his former team mate and current national coach Mathieu Bernier is still the only Formation Skydiving competitor who has accomplished this Mission Impossible in Menzelinsk 2010.

Things change, not only for Julien Degen, when participation at any events is not restricted by FAI/ISC rules and regulations for the sanctioned world championships and world cups. The NSL News has pointed out regularly when Formation Skydiving competitors appear in more than one lineup and with different teams on the same leaderboard. Julien Degen is probably the world's leader in competing with multiple teams at the same event.

His own events in his home chamber at Weembi Lille, Weembinamic and Weembi FS Cup, allow him and others to join as many lineups as desired. Julien Degen competed with five 4-way teams at the recent Weembinamic 2023 (Black Hole Dynos, Weembi Unicorns, FCUK Weembi, Vedett Weembi, Madness), and he completed ten more rounds with three different teams in 8-way (Ultim8, Once FCUKed Pakoi, Pink Rabbits) on the same weekend.

Belgian Indoor Nationals 2023		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Total	Avg
Rank	AA Class	D,21,E	L,14,K	1,J,20	N,8,9	19,18	P,22,13	7,B,A	15,F,4	Total	Avg
1	Madness Kama	18	13	16	17	16	17	25	13	135	16.9
2	Hybris	16	15	14	17	9	14	21	15	121	15.1
3	Adventa	18	14	14	15	8	12	20	12	113	14.1
4	Electeam	13	13	12	12	11	13	20	13	107	13.4
Rank	A Class	2,O	6,8	L,Q,C	7,J	N,P,21	B,F,G	H,4	M,A,E	Total	Avg
G	The Loop	12	11	16	17	15	26	15	22	134	16.8
1	Weltraum Sauerkraut	10	12	11	13	14	22	13	25	120	15.0
2	Last Minut	12	8	13	19	13	21	9	21	116	14.5
3	Flying Poupouss	12	10	11	16	14	22	12	17	114	14.3
4	Sparks 1 Le Retour	9	4	0	10	4	7	3	1	38	4.8

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Madness Kama - The Loop at the Belgian Indoor Nationals 2023, Video Footage Courtesy of Airspace Indoor Skydiving

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It was obviously nothing unusual that Julien Degen's name then appeared twice on the same leaderboard at the Belgian Indoor Nationals 2023, where the host also permitted double-duties, at least in different categories. FCUK Weembi were ready for the next indoor competition three weeks after the Weembinamic and traveled to Charleroi in Belgium with the same lineup.

The guest team placed 2nd on the AAA Class leaderboard, and Julien Degen had his second assignment on the AA Class leaderboard for Madness Kama, the winning team in this category. His Belgian AA Class team mate Robin Vezant was the second competitor in Charleroi who competed in two teams and in two different categories.

Robin Vezant won the AA Class with Julien Degen and Madness Kama and placed 2nd with Weltraum Sauerkraut in the A Class. The Loop, winner of this category, competed as a guest team, which lifted Weltraum Sauerkraut to the top position on the A Class podium. The Loop had won the bronze medals of the open A Class competition at the ISR Grand Prix 2023.

AYRO and Garudas were the actual Belgian silver and bronze medalists behind NMP PCH HayaBusa on the AAA Class leaderboard of their national indoor championship. Garudas were finally rewarded with a place on the podium in their third 4-way competition within three weeks. They placed 14th on the traditional leaderboard of the Weembinamic, followed up with a 9th place in Roosendaal and then won bronze medals in Charleroi at the end of the team's first year in AAA Class competition.

Belgian Indoor Nationals 2023			1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class		G,18,O,M		14,B,1		6,F,C,21		D,22,H,10		2,3,A		E,11,20		13,12,5		P,J,7,16		8,L,15		K,N,17,Q		Total	Avg
1	NMP PCH HayaBusa	BE	32	-1	25	-1	29	-1	25		26		24	-1	23	-1	30	-3	23		38		275	27.5
2	FCUK Weembi	FR	26		21		23		23		22		20		21		29		15		30		230	23.0
3	AYRO	BE	20		18		23		15		18		18		18		24		16		24		194	19.4
4	Oblivion	FR	21		20		20		17		19		17		17		20		15		24		190	19.0
5	Garudas	BE	19		15		21		17		17		16		19		22		13		23		182	18.2
6	Trance Ition	NL	20		19		19		15		11		16		15		22		14		19		170	17.0
7	Full Flow	BE	18		15		18		13		13		12		13		17		14		20		153	15.3

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AYRO - Garudas at the Belgian Indoor Nationals 2023, Video Footage Courtesy of Airspace Indoor Skydiving

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