posted Mar 7th, 2025 - Arizona Airspeed won the Paraclete XP Indoor Championship 2024 by 46 points (310 - 264) over the team in 2nd place, the Golden Knights. It was the lineup who dominated 4-way AAA Class competition worldwide since 2021 (Niklas Hemlin, Mikhail Markine, Joey Marshall, Chris Kuhlmann).

There was no indication at the time of last year's U.S. national indoor championship that the lineup would change after the 26th FAI World Formation Skydiving Championships, where the same lineup won their second set of FAI gold medals consecutively. Only the camera position had changed, from Brendan Haddon in Eloy 2022 to Alex Swindle at Crystal Coast 2024.

The official announcement of the changes in the Airspeed lineup came for the NSL News after the completion of the outdoor world championship and the NSL Live Talk with the complete lineup on 12 October 2024, even though the preparations for the changes have been in full swing for a while by then. The overwhelming performance by the lineup of 2020 - 2024 at the Paraclete XP Indoor Championship in February 2024 was also the U.S. qualifier for the FAI Indoor World Championship 2025, which will take place at the same place next month. However, the new Airspeed lineup, with Allison de Vargas and Doug Hendrix for Niklas Hemlin and Mikhail Markine, is not eligible for the event, according to the FAI/ISC rules.

Paraclete XP Indoor Championship 2024			1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		Total	Avg
Rank	4-way Open		4,21,F		6,14,5		H,10,K,8		2,D,B,15		O,J,P,22		20,17,18		L,M,C,19		E,13,3		A,1,Q,G		11,12,16		Total	Avg
1	Arizona Airspeed	US	28		26	-1	29		33		34		28		38	-1	29		39		26		310	31.0
2	Golden Knights	US	30		25		22	-1	28	-2	27	-2	20	-3	31	-4	26	-1	31	-3	24		264	26.4
3	SDC Rhythm XP	US	23	-2	23	-1	23		25	-1	30		20	-2	33	-1	25	-1	31	-1	21		254	25.4
4	XPG4	US	24		23	-1	25	-1	28		28	-1	18	-2	33		24	-1	30		21		254	25.4
5	XPerimental	US	24		21		20	-1	24		25		17	-2	29	-1	21	-2	25	-3	19		225	22.5
6	RhEvolution XP	US	22		19	-1	19	-1	23	-1	23	-1	21		28		19	-1	25		19		218	21.8
7	Netunos	BR	22		18	-2	19	-2	17	-5	26	-1	16	-2	28	-1	17	-3	26	-2	19		208	20.8
8	Chicken Bolts	US	19	-1	19		19	-1	20		22	-2	16		26	-1	19		26		18		204	20.4

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Arizona Airspeed - Golden Knights at the Paraclete XP Indoor Championship 2024

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The NSL News covered the situation of new Airspeed member Allison de Vargas comprehensively after the official announcement of the changes, and the complete new lineup was also available for NSL Live Talk, first time from Skydive Arizona on February 12th, then again with Kamuran "Sonic" Bayrasli at Paraclete XP on February 22nd.

Returning members Joey Marshall and Chris Kuhlmann competed with their new team mates at the national indoor championship, even though they were aware of the fact that they could not win national medals before U.S. naturalization for new member Alisson de Vargas. They also had plans to compete for the U.S. delegation at the upcoming indoor world championship, where they would have to replace Alisson de Vargas once again to be eligible according to FAI/ISC regulations.

It took a little while for Joey Marshall, Chris Kuhlmann and their new team mate Doug Hendrix to make the final decision who will replace Alisson de Vargas in the outside center slot. Their team mate of 2020 - 2024, Niklas Hemlin, finally agreed to go back to his slot in the same time period. Niklas Hemlin had outscored his own former team mates with new indoor team Tunnel Vision at the national indoor championship by six points (277 - 271), together with the Golden Knights (284 - 271) who he has been coaching while training and competing with Arizona Airspeed.

Paraclete XP Indoor Championship 2025			1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		Total	Avg
Rank	4-way Open		10,O,F,7		21,20,3		Q,G,2,5		B,19,P,1		H,9,11		16,14,6		K,E,A,22		J,15,8		4,C,12		17,N,D,M		Total	Avg
G	Aethers Medjay	FR	33	-1	22	-1	32	-1	32		36		27		35		23	-1	27		45	-1	312	31.2
1	Golden Knights	US	31		21	-1	27	-2	31	-1	34		23	-1	30		24		23	-3	40	-1	284	28.4
2	Tunnel Vision	US	30	-1	20	-1	27	-2	27	-1	32		24		31		24		24		38		277	27.7
G	Arizona Airspeed	US	29		21	-1	24	-3	26		32		23		29		24		22	-1	41		271	27.1
G	Qatar Lions	QA	27	-2	20	-1	23	-3	27	-1	27	-2	20	-1	26	-3	20	-2	22		37	-1	249	24.9
3	SDC Rhythm XP	US	26	-3	17	-3	23	-3	26	-1	26	-4	18	-3	29		20	-2	22		37	-1	244	24.4
G	Qatar Cheetahs	QA	25		17	-2	24		24	-1	28		21		29		20	-2	20	-2	35	-1	243	24.3
4	Killers of Hopes and Dreams	US	23	-2	17	-2	24		23	-1	27		19		27	-1	20	-1	22		31	-1	233	23.3
5	XPerimental	US	25		15	-1	23		22		24		18		21	-2	19		19		28	-1	214	21.4
6	Buc-ee's and Boot-ee's	US	22	-2	15		19	-1	22		22	-1	18		22	-1	16	-2	19		22	-3	197	19.7
7	GPTNT	US	18	-1	15	-1	20		19	-1	21	-1	15		19		17		14		20	-1	178	17.8
8	Kirk and the Double D's	US	15	-4	12	-1	20		22		18	-1	15		19		15	-2	14	-2	27		177	17.7

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Golden Knights - Tunnel Vision - Arizona Airspeed at the Paraclete XP Indoor Championship 2025

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Arizona Airspeed would have been eligible to compete for the U.S. delegation at the indoor world championship with two returning members (Joey Marshall, Chris Kuhlmann), according to the U.S. indoor regulations. However, Allison de Vargas does not have eligibility status yet for FAI/ISC events, where each country's delegation has to follow FAI/ISC regulations, no matter who represents the country.

The combination of U.S. qualification and FAI/ISC eligibility rules eventually created the Airspeed lineup combination who will represent the United States at the indoor world championship. New Airspeed tail Doug Hendrix will compete together with three reigning indoor and outdoor world champions at his own first world championship.

Arizona Airspeed's complete new lineup finished behind Tunnel Vision, with competitor Niklas Hemlin, and Golden Knights, with coach Niklas Hemlin, at the national indoor championship. Joey Marshall, Chris Kuhlmann, Niklas Hemlin with Doug Hendrix will be facing the world's strongest international 4-way teams at the next event, including Aethers Medjay (FR), NMP PCH HayaBusa (BE), Lions (QA), Echochamber (SE). None of the teams are probably expecting to oppose the new French 4-way power seriously, while the event is also a re-match between NMP PCH HayaBusa and Niklas Hemlin. The Belgians outscored both U.S. teams (Tunnel Vision, Golden Knights) at the Wind Games. The next duel between NMP PCH HayaBusa and Arizona Airspeed will heavily depend on the performance of their new members, Ray Loden (BE) and Doug Hendrix (US).

Wind Games 2025			1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class		L,N,O,6		M,3,A,J		B,D,5,K		Q,10,7		22,1,C		15,11,F		E,14,17		8,21,4		9,20,H		G,19,P,13		Total	Avg
1	Aethers Medjay	FR	39	-1	43		48	-1	29	-1	26		29		32		25		38		32	-1	341	34.1
2	NMP PCH HayaBusa	BE	39	-1	37		42	-1	26	-1	26		25	-1	29		22		34	-1	28	-1	308	30.8
3	Tunnel Vision	US	38		37		44		27		23	-1	26		29		22		33		29		308	30.8
4	Golden Knights	US	38	-1	35		43	-3	27		25	-1	28		28	-1	21	-2	28	-5	32		305	30.5