posted Jan 22nd, 2024 - The NSL News preview of the SkyVenture New Hampshire Tunnel Fest 2024 on January 9th included a short introduction of the Chicken Bolts lineup, who then competed with the mentioned members last weekend.

It was the first 4-way indoor meet for the New England team, while the complete lineup consists of experienced indoor and outdoor competitors. It could still not be expected that the Chicken Bolts lineup at SkyVenture New Hampshire would create a significant distance to the Reunion of Kim Hollander, Dave Grabowski and Andre Van Heerden, with Louis French completing the lineup.

Chicken Bolts eventually won by 35 points (199 - 164) and Jennifer Cook and Monique Lai defended their 4-way Open Class title of the SkyVenture New Hampshire Indoor Fest 2023 successfully. They had won with the SNE Fly Girls last year and joined Ben Liston and Doug Hendrix for this year's event.

The two Fly Girls, and also Doug Hendrix, surely had the advantage with Ben Liston in their lineup, who knows the flying chamber and the special techniques for certain AAA Class block maneuvers in the 12-foot flying chamber like nobody else. He created the indoor competition in 2008 and generated the special dive pool and categories tailored only for this event.

SkyVenture New Hampshire Tunnel Fest 2024		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	4-way Open/AAA	A,3,Q,6	16,J,13	22,1,E	K,L,18,7	9,C,11	O,21,14	20,15,M	P,B,H,17	G,F,1,7	D,N,5,10	Total	Avg
1	Chicken Bolts	23	18	16	20	20	17	17	25	24	19	199	19.9
2	Reunion	18	19	12	17	15	15	12	21	18	17	164	16.4
3	4-Titude	15	13	11	15	13	11	11	13	15	13	130	13.0

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Chicken Bolts - Reunion - 4Titude at the SkyVenture New Hampshire Fest 2024

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The Reunion opponents on the Open Class/AAA leaderboard were not far behind Ben Liston's experience level. In fact, their accumulated indoor and outdoor experiences are probably adding up to an even higher total. The name-giving reunion goes back to the times of Spaceland Lite XP, where Kim Hollander, Dave Grabowski and Andre Van Heerden spent three years with Katrina Shows in the lineup.

Lite XP lifted their performance level from 16.0 at the USPA Nationals 2017 to 17.9 at the USPA Nationals 2019 in these three years. Katrina Shows had also joined XPG4 for the FAI Indoor World Championship 2019 at Weembi Lille, where she won a bronze medal in 4-way Women.

Lite XP members Dave Grabowski and Andre Van Heerden had their own reunion in 2020 when they competed with Flying Spaghetti Monster, first at the SkyVenture New Hampshire Tunnel Fest in January, followed by the Paraclete XP Indoor Championship in February. Roger Cunha and Alex Jordaan completed the lineup. Dave Grabowski and Andre Van Heerden were back with Flying Spaghetti Monster at SkyVenture New Hampshire three years later, this time with Roger Cunha and Chris Diamantes.

USPA Nationals 2019			1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		11		Total	Avg
Rank	4-way Open Class		7,C,H,P		J,21,20		O,3,11		B,2,K,E		8,Q,10		15,D,F,12		N,L,M,14		6,1,9		A,18,13		G,4,5		17,16,22		Total	Avg
G	NMP-PCH Hayabusa	BE	45	-1	24		27		37		21		25		34		25	-1	26	-1	25	-4	-		289	28.9
1	SDC Rhythm XP	US	41		22		21	-1	33		21		23		27		25		24		25		21	-1	262	26.2
2	Arizona Airspeed	US	40	-1	24		22	-2	32		19	-2	24		29		25		21	-2	26	-1	20	-2	262	26.2
3	Defiance	US	30	-1	21		15	-4	28		16		19		22	-3	21		18	-1	18	-1	-		208	20.8
4	Ranch 2nd Generation	US	26		19		19		24	-2	16	-1	17	-1	24		18	-1	19		19		-		201	20.1
G	Kinetix	AU	26		18		17		22		13	-1	17		18	-1	17		17		17		-		182	18.2
5	Lite XP	US	24	-1	17		17		22		15		17		20	-2	16	-1	14		17		-		179	17.9
6	No Name	US	22	-4	17		14		19	-2	12	-2	13		14	-3	15		14		16		-		156	15.6
7	Aviatrixx	US	21		14		13	-1	18	-1	12	-2	15		17	-1	14	-1	12		14		-		150	15.0
8	Perris Force	US	20		13	-1	14		18		11	-1	11		18	-1	13	-1	12		12	-1	-		142	14.2

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Lite XP at the USPA Nationals 2019

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Kim Hollander and Dave Grabowski go even further back in time together. Their skydiving roots are at the Blue Sky Ranch in New York State, where they spent time together in different 4-way teams until they eventually joined forces with Ranch Fallout and won Advanced Class silver medals at the USPA Nationals 2008.

Kim Hollander and Dave Grabowski were attending the first indoor competitions at SkyVenture New Hampshire with Ranch Fallout between 2009 and 2016. They competed together with their Ranch team at one of the largest Shamrock Showdown competitions in 2010 and missed the USPA Nationals only once between 2009 and 2013.

They continued together with Spaceland Lite XP and Andre Van Heerden before Kim Hollander took a break and came back with RhEvolution XP last year at the USPA Nationals 2023. She was also in the Bra Nok XP 8-way team and competed at the 23rd FAI World Cup of Formation Skydiving in Norway.

Kim Hollander, Dave Grabowski and Andre Van Heerden peaked together at the USPA Nationals 2019 and posted their 17.9 average on the same leaderboard where Ben Liston finished in his first USPA 4-way Open Class medal position with Defiance. The finishing order between the same four competitors was eventually the same last weekend at SkyVenture New Hampshire.

SkyVenture New Hampshire Tunnel Fest 2024		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	4-way Advanced/AA	A,1,H	O,E,P,14	Q,G,15	6,7	J,C,K,N	L,D,21	9,F,B	1,14	7,H,E	6,A,K	Total	Avg
1	Roscoe’s Roundup	18	16	14	18	20	14	28	13	21	18	180	18.0
2	Would you like white, wheat or potato?	18	17	14	15	17	15	22	13	18	16	165	16.5
3	Snatch Force	15	13	9	18	16	14	15	13	22	13	148	14.8
4	Spicy Meatballs	15	18	8	17	9	14	22	13	17	11	144	14.4
5	Frenetic	14	16	11	13	17	11	22	8	18	13	143	14.3
6	Four Lost Souls Swimming in a Fish Bowl	13	15	11	13	14	13	19	11	17	13	139	13.9
7	Foxy & The Hounds	11	13	11	11	11	13	23	8	17	12	130	13.0
8	Brainlock	7	13	7	11	13	11	17	9	12	10	110	11.0
Rank	4-way Intermediate/A	O,B,F	C,J,G	H,A,E	K,7	Q,N,14	L,P,D	Q,B,L	E,F,J	9,14	K,G,H	Total	Avg
1	4-Eva	30	21	21	14	12	18	20	32	12	17	197	19.7
2	Fleischstäbchen	27	15	22	12	11	16	19	29	14	16	181	18.1
3	Dizzy Kitties	20	13	14	10	8	12	13	23	11	12	136	13.6
4	Winter Dopamine Project	14	12	10	12	12	11	8	19	10	12	120	12.0
5	Bootie Snatchers	19	12	9	12	9	9	13	16	5	10	114	11.4
6	United Differences	17	11	9	12	9	11	9	20	7	6	111	11.1
7	CT True Blue	18	10	10	8	9	9	8	16	4	0	92	9.2
8	Half Busted	18	5	12	7	8	10	7	12	6	5	90	9.0
9	Frenetic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0