posted Feb 14th, 2025 - The NSL Profiles now include the skydiving careers of seven female Formation Skydiving competitors after adding Jeana Billings to the list of celebrities in the sport. The male profiles still have a vast majority, even though every year there is a rising number of female competitors who perform on the same level of skills, talent and scores. The NSL News will try to catch up as quickly as possible.

Jeana Billings has almost a twin sister in her skydiving career, who will be next on the list of celebrities in Formation Skydiving competition. Jeana Billings is only one 8-way gold medal ahead of her former XPG4 team mate Michelle Karamon, who decided to focus only on 4-way training and competition after winning her second 8-way gold medal at the FAI Tanay Mondial 2020 in August 2021.

Jeana Billings and Michelle Karamon both joined 4-way Formation Skydiving competition in 2015/2016, Jeana Billings with Southern Mix in the AA/Intermediate Class of 2015, Michelle Karamon with Ranch 2nd Generation a year later for AAA/Advanced Class training and competition. Paraclete XP's John D'Annunzio was player-coach for Southern Mix where he met Jeana Billings. A decade later they have now won three 8-way world championship titles together, two of them with Michelle Karamon in the lineup (Tanay 2021, Eloy 2022).

USPA Nationals 2015		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Total	Avg
Rank	4-way Intermediate	22,K,F	B,11,21	D,Q,H,13	8,1	P,15,J	L,O,N,C	20,4	19,2	18,14	6,7	M,E,A,G	Total	Avg
1	SDMW Next XP	13	14	15	12	15	21	12	12	9	15	-	138	13.8
2	Ragnarok	14	12	15	11	15	17	12	12	11	14	-	133	13.3
3	Air Force Allegiance	13	8	12	11	12	18	10	11	9	15	23	119	11.9
4	Southern Mix	13	12	12	11	12	17	9	11	9	13	22	119	11.9
5	4Mative	13	8	14	8	13	14	9	11	9	13	-	112	11.2
6	De Orbit Burn	12	13	12	8	8	16	10	10	8	13	-	110	11.0
7	Team Speed XF	11	10	10	10	13	14	8	9	9	13	-	107	10.7
7	Shockwave	11	9	12	11	8	13	11	11	8	13	-	107	10.7
9	SDC Jetstream Tango	8	11	12	9	12	14	9	10	9	12	-	106	10.6
9	AZ Defiance	10	12	10	10	12	17	9	9	7	10	-	106	10.6
11	DeLand Flashpoint	13	9	12	9	9	16	8	10	5	13	-	104	10.4
12	Dallas Disturbance	10	11	10	8	11	15	9	8	8	12	-	102	10.2
13	Zhills TranZend	10	10	11	9	12	14	6	9	8	11	-	100	10.0
14	Dallas HOT	11	10	12	10	10	11	5	10	7	13	-	99	9.9
15	Swift FS	10	10	13	6	10	12	8	8	6	12	-	95	9.5
16	Ranch 2nd Generation	9	10	9	9	12	7	9	9	7	10	-	91	9.1
17	MeXtreme	9	9	10	9	12	12	8	7	5	9	-	90	9.0
18	Exit Strategy XP	9	8	10	7	7	11	9	9	8	8	-	86	8.6
19	.38 Special	10	8	7	7	6	12	8	8	6	13	-	85	8.5
20	Holograms 4.0	9	9	10	8	7	9	6	9	6	8	-	81	8.1
20	Flight SP	9	7	9	7	8	12	7	6	7	9	-	81	8.1
22	Plug It In Anywhere	9	8	9	7	9	12	7	6	5	8	-	80	8.0
23	Rhemix	6	7	10	7	10	8	7	7	7	9	-	78	7.8
24	Spaceland Toxic	9	10	9	8	10	6	4	7	4	9	-	76	7.6
24	L4S	9	7	10	7	7	9	8	7	6	6	-	76	7.6
26	STF Vega XP	8	9	9	7	10	6	6	3	6	9	-	73	7.3
26	Platinum VE	8	9	10	6	3	6	7	6	7	11	-	73	7.3
28	4 Shades of Grey	8	5	9	6	7	6	6	8	5	8	-	68	6.8
29	Nacho Key	8	7	6	6	6	9	5	6	6	8	-	67	6.7
30	Grand Theft Otter	9	6	5	7	4	7	5	6	7	8	-	64	6.4
31	Netflix and Chill	7	7	5	7	8	8	7	3	3	8	-	63	6.3
31	Elsinore Airscrewz	7	9	7	6	6	2	7	6	6	7	-	63	6.3
33	Don't Fear the Creeper	5	7	5	5	7	8	6	6	5	3	-	57	5.7
34	Luau	5	6	4	4	5	5	4	2	2	4	-	41	4.1
35	Screaming Eagles	5	4	4	1	3	3	4	2	2	6	-	34	3.4
36	The Filthy Five	3	4	4	3	0	3	3	4	3	2	-	29	2.9

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Southern Mix at the USPA Nationals 2015

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Michelle Karamon and her R2G team mates Joey Marshall and Chris Kuhlmann quickly became over-achievers in the sport. They needed a new team member when original team mate Brenn Richards did not continue at the end of the 2017 season, and after spending a year (2018) with former SDMW NEXT's Chris Haslam in the tail slot.

Jeana Billings had the same driving force and passionate energy to contribute to the R2G power towards the top of the world's 4-way competition. The new R2G lineup broke through the 20-average outdoor benchmark at their last competition, the USPA Nationals 2019 and then moved on in different ways.

Joey Marshall and Chris Kuhlmann joined Arizona Airspeed, Jeana Billings and Michelle Karamon continued with Paraclete XP8 and 4-way Women team XPG4. In fact, the two female competitors had to carry a very heavy load already in 2019, which became probably the most intensive year in their short careers. They were the newest members of the Paraclete XP8 lineup in 2018 and represented the United States at the indoor world championship at Weembi Lille 2019, where they won the FAI gold medals in 8-way Open.

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
1	NMP-PCH Hayabusa	BE	45	-1	24		27		37		21		25		34		25	-1	26	-1	25	-4	-		289	28.9
2	SDC Rhythm XP	US	41		22		21	-1	33		21		23		27		25		24		25		21	-1	262	26.2
3	Arizona Airspeed	US	40	-1	24		22	-2	32		19	-2	24		29		25		21	-2	26	-1	20	-2	262	26.2
4	Defiance	US	30	-1	21		15	-4	28		16		19		22	-3	21		18	-1	18	-1	-		208	20.8
5	Ranch 2nd Generation	US	26		19		19		24	-2	16	-1	17	-1	24		18	-1	19		19		-		201	20.1
6	Kinetix	AU	26		18		17		22		13	-1	17		18	-1	17		17		17		-		182	18.2
7	Lite XP	US	24	-1	17		17		22		15		17		20	-2	16	-1	14		17		-		179	17.9
8	No Name	US	22	-4	17		14		19	-2	12	-2	13		14	-3	15		14		16		-		156	15.6
9	Aviatrixx	US	21		14		13	-1	18	-1	12	-2	15		17	-1	14	-1	12		14		-		150	15.0
10	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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XPG4 at the FAI Indoor World Championship 2019 - Ranch 2nd Generation - Paraclete XP8 at the USPA Nationals 2019

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Jeana Billings and Michelle Karamon had also launched the 4-way Women team XPG4 (Katrina Autry Shows, Morgan Womble) and won FAI bronze medals at the same event. XPG4 was not yet an outdoor team, and they could invest the rest of their time in 2019 to 4-way training and competition with Ranch 2nd Generation and 8-way with Paraclete XP8, including USPA Nationals and FAI Outdoor World Cup the same year.

Ranch 2nd Generation discontinued at the end of the 2019 season, and Jeana Billings and Michelle Karamon had only Paraclete XP8 and XPG4 on their shared agenda since 2020. The XPG4 lineup changed a few times, and original R2G member Brenn Richards was back in action until winning her world championship title in 4-way Women last year.

Jeana Billings and Michelle Karamon won their second set of 8-way gold medals together in Eloy 2022, where XPG4 won their first FAI outdoor medals with the 3rd place. Michelle Karamon then continued only in 4-way with XPG4, while Jeana Billings won her third 8-way gold medal, together with Kirk Verner, at Crystal Coast 2024, and she added the 4-way Women gold medals with XPG4. Paraclete XP8 continue this year with Jeana Billings, Kirk Verner and John D'Annunzio, while XPG4 have come to an end. Michelle Karamon and Brenn Richards have joined forces with Niklas Hemlin and Keith Conner for Tunnel Vision and had an impressive start at the Wind Games 2025 a few weeks ago.

FAI Outdoor World Championship 2022			1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		Total	Avg
Rank	4-way Women		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	NFTO	UK	18		23		21		21		25		15	-2	17		14	-1	23		23		200	20.0
2	Nephtys	FR	16	-2	20	-1	19		21		23		14		17		14	-1	24		21		189	18.9
3	XPG4	US	17	-1	21	-1	18	-1	20	-1	20	-3	16		15		15		21	-2	21		184	18.4
Rank	8-way Open		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	Paraclete XP8	US	25	-1	20		20	-1	18	-1	18		19	-1	23		26	-1	16	-2	20	-2	205	20.5
2	Qatar Falcons	QA	21	-1	14	-2	16	-1	17		16		15	-1	19	-1	20	-1	14	-1	12	-4	164	16.4
3	Airbus	DE	18		14		14		13		4	-1	12	-2	16		16		12		14		133	13.3

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XPG4 - Paraclete XP8 at the FAI Outdoor World Championship 2022

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