posted Apr 19th, 2010 - The highest number of attended meets by any teams in 2010 is four at this point in time, and only one team can claim it. Aerokart Deep Blue, the French national 4-way team in the female category has competed once per month so far. Deep Blue's season opener was the Dubai Championship in January.

The Aerokart Indoor Championship 2010 on home turf was next for the French world class team in February. Shamrock Showdown in March and World Challenge in April completed the Spring Tour 2010 for Deep Blue. It seems as if the top contender in the female 4-way category is getting stronger meet by meet.

The second highest number of attended meets by any teams in 2010 is three at this point in time, and it comes in different variations. Arizona Airspeed, Aerodyne Cypres Maubeuge and NMP-PCH Hayabusa all competed in Dubai in January. Airspeed continued with the Valentine's Meet 2010 before traveling to Bedford. The French national team in the Open Class attended the Shamrock Showdown instead and then the World Challenge, both together with Hayabusa.

One more team just completed the same number of three meets last weekend and with a new combination. SDC Rhythm XP started with the Shamrock Showdown, continued at the World Challenge and added the April meet of the Florida Skydiving League to the team's own Spring Tour 2010. The NSL News was live at Skydive Sebastian and had time for a new round of NSL Talk with the Rhythm members on Sunday morning.

NSL Talk with SDC Rhythm XP after the FSL April Meet

Rhythm had made the Top 10 at the World Challenge 2010 by one single point over the Russian team Kaktus Hunter, with a 25.3 average after all ten rounds. The 17.5 outdoor average at the Shamrock Showdown had been the first meet experience for the 2010 lineup with new Tail Thiago Muradas.

Rhythm now followed up with an 18.2 outdoor average after six rounds last weekend, and the team was satisfied with the performance. It was a relatively slow competition draw, and Rhythm had a 17-pointer for the lowest score. The faster rounds of this competition draw were still to come, and Rhythm was hoping to complete the meet later on Sunday.

Meet judge Cherie Schuch agreed to be lenient with the video angles, as Rhythm had a new videographer only for this meet. She discussed with the team which and how many points would most likely not be counted at a major and more relevant competition.

SDC Rhythm XP at the FSL 2010 April Meet

SDC Rhythm XP will add more meets to the team's competition agenda and might end up with the highest number of meets in the Rhythm 4-year career. At least two more meets are scheduled before the USPA Nationals 2010.

The NSL Talk is the first review of Rhythm's Spring Tour 2010. The team members explained how exciting it was to compete side by side with the best teams in the world. Especially the Top 10 position at the World Challenge meant a lot, as the field of teams at Bodyflight Bedford was probably the strongest one in the history of 4-way competition, indoor or outdoor.

Then the new full time skydivers and competitors provided their first impressions of a very different life style after the first months of full time commitment to skydiving and 4-way competition. The Rhythm members have their own ways how to live their new lives.

JaNette and Steve Lefkowitz moved to Sebastian for the winter season and will go back to Skydive Chicago in May. They run 4-way and 8-way coaching projects in both places.

Thiago Muradas is still working the same job that he had for UPT and does a lot of this work at night time and at the end of the training days. He said that it can be very tiring to do both. However, he is fully committed to always come up with enough energy for both jobs.

Rob Radez still lives in California and will move to Skydive Chicago as soon as the summer season begins in Illinois. He is also still working on projects of his previous job. However, he does not have to travel back and forth to do this kind of computer work, while Thiago Muradas still lives and works in DeLand. The NSL Talk provides some additional information.