posted Jul 13th, 2025 - Australian 4-way teams have been some of the most reliable and consistent participants in horizontal formation skydiving world championships since 1985. In fact, the Australian FAI/ISC delegation missed only the two events that were hosted by Russia, in Menzelinsk 2010 and Tanay 2021,

4-way teams from Down Under usually travel to the outdoor world cups, as well. It was last time in Banja Luka 2013 when no Australian teams appeared on any of the four formation skydiving leaderboards. However, a complete Australian formation skydiving delegation was back a year later in Prostejov 2014, and Impulse were on the 4-way Open Class leaderboard a year later in Teuge, Netherlands. Rotor Out competed as Australia's 4-way Open Class national team at the world championships in Prostejov 2014, Skydive Chicago 2016 and a third time on home turf in 2018.

Kinetix used the outdoor world cups in Saarlouis 2017 and Eloy 2019 to collect international meet experiences at the year's major outdoor events. Kinetix also competed at the USPA Nationals 2019 at Paraclete XP before traveling to Arizona for the outdoor world cup. Ripper. with two former Rotor Out members, were back for Australia in 4-way Open when FAI/ISC events were scheduled again after the corona virus crisis, first in Eloy 2022.

FAI World Championship participation between 1985 and 2024

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Whitefish became the next Australian 4-way Open Class team with the longest travel distance to an FAI/ISC event when they competed at the Outdoor World Cup in Voss 2023. The NSL News introduced Whitefish with NSL Live Talk on 25 August 2023.

Havoc then competed for Australia at the FAI Outdoor World Championship 2024, and Australia's national team became a part of the NSL News update from Crystal Coast on 18 October 2024.

Former Whitefish member Alex Cattaneo had joined Havoc after competing with Chop Chop! at the national outdoor championship in March 2024 and attended his first world championship last year. Havoc won this year's national outdoor championship in April again and did not commit to the trip to Skydive Teuge in the Netherlands. Alex Cattaneo's former Whitefish team mate Karen Hardy/Fuller had taken the open Chop Chop! slot in April this year and is now in the Chop Chop! lineup who will compete for Australia at the outdoor world cup (Stacey Brosnan, Karen Hardy/Fuller, Andrew Barker, Yuri Melo, David Bakkers on camera).

FAI Outdoor World Cup 2023			1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		Total	Avg
Rank	4-way AAA/Open Class		3,G,N,19		11,17,L		13,7,C		2,D,O,8		14,K,J,12		9,M,P,H		5,4,18		15,1,10		16,21,E		F,20,6		Total	Avg
1	Arizona Airspeed	US	26		27		26		25		22		48	-1	22		21		25		25		267	26.7
2	France 4-way Open	FR	23		25	-1	26		24		19		45	-1	19		19		23		23		246	24.6
3	NMP PCH HayaBusa	BE	20	-4	20	-2	25		23	-1	18	-2	45		20		19		24		24		238	23.8
4	Qatar Tigers	QA	20	-1	22	-1	23		20		19		40		13	-4	17	-1	22		19	-4	215	21.5
5	SDC Rhythm XP	US	18		17	-1	19	-2	19		17		38		16		17		18		18	-1	197	19.7
6	Airbus Illertissen Oceanside	DE	17	-1	18		20	-1	17		14		31	-1	15		15		18		18		183	18.3
7	Amnesya	IT	16	-1	17		19		17	-1	16		31	-1	15		14		18		18	-1	181	18.1
8	Papea	ES	14	-3	17	-1	18	-1	17		14	-1	32		14	-1	15		18		18		177	17.7
9	Qatar Cheetahs	QA	17		16		19		17		16		29		14		14		17		17		176	17.6
10	Out Of The Blue	NL	17		15	-1	18		16	-1	15		31	-4	14		13		16		18	-1	173	17.3
11	Agera	NO	15	-2	13	-2	16		18		12	-1	32	-1	13	-1	15		18		13	-4	165	16.5
12	Lightspeed XP	US	14		15	-1	17		15		12		30		13		13		15		17		161	16.1
13	Chaotic Motion VIXX	NL	15		13	-2	15	-3	16	-1	13		30	-1	12		11		15		18		158	15.8
14	Skydive Midwest NEXT	US	15	-1	11	-4	16	-2	16		13	-1	32		14		10	-1	15	-1	14	-3	156	15.6
15	Qatar Lions	QA	0		14	-1	16		18		13	-2	31	-2	15		14	-1	14		17	-2	152	15.2
16	Aurora	SE	14		14		15	-1	13	-1	12		26		11	-1	13		13	-1	17		148	14.8
17	Sequenz	DK	14	-1	12		15	-1	12	-1	10	-1	24	-1	12		11		12	-1	13		135	13.5
18	LUX	NL	12		11		13		13		10		23		10		9		11		15		127	12.7
19	Whitefish	AU	11	-1	10	-1	14		13	-1	11		20	-1	9	-2	11		12	-1	15		126	12.6
20	Mriya	UA	11		10		9	-2	11		10		20	-1	9		9		10	-1	14		113	11.3
21	Grumsen	NO	12	-1	9	-1	12	-2	13		10		21	-3	7	-2	10	-1	10		8	-3	112	11.2
22	DNF	UK	11	-1	9		12		11		9		21		9	-1	9		8	-1	10	-2	109	10.9
23	4igami	NL	8		8		8		9	-1	8		14	-1	7		7		10		11	-1	90	9.0
24	4Reigners	UK	9		8		7	-1	9		7		16	-1	7		0	-10	8	-1	10	-1	81	8.1

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NSL Live Talk with 4-way Open Class team Whitefish from Australia - Whitefish at the FAI Outdoor World Cup 2023

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It's the third year for Chop Chop! who placed 3rd at their three national outdoor championships, the second year with the current lineup for the outdoor world cup at Skydive Teuge. Karen Hardy/Fuller will make her second trip to Europe after the previous outdoor world cup in Norway.

The Australian team will cover once again the longest travel distance to get to the Netherlands, even significantly longer than the teams of the Qatar delegation, who had competed in Norway, as well.

Whitefish team mates Karen Hardy/Fuller and Alex Cattaneo finished in 19th place of 24 teams in 4-way Open at Skydive Voss in 2023, with a 12.6 average. Chop Chop! have their first 12.0 average in the team records after this year's outdoor championship in April. They will probably have the Whitefish scoring numbers and a higher placement as a team target. The unofficial NSL Power Rankings expect a competition for the 15th place between five potential contenders, according to the available scoring data and team history.

FAI Outdoor World Cup 2025			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Total	Avg
Rank	4-way Open Power Rankings		TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	Total	Avg
1	Aethers	FR	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2	Golden Knights	US	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
3	NMP PCH HayaBusa	BE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
4	Echochamber	SE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
4	Agera	NO	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
4	Out Of The Blue	NL	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
4	Papea	ES	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
4	Qatar Lions	QA	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
4	SDC Rhythm XP	US	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
4	XPG4	US	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
4	Qatar Cheetahs	QA	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
4	Skywalkers Junior	CZ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
13	RhEvolution XP	US	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
13	Ayro	BE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
15	Chop Chop!	AU	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
15	British Army Volt4ge	UK	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
15	Axis	UK	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
15	Les Hermines	FR	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
15	Bripac	ES	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
20	Austria	AT	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-