posted Nov 5th, 2010 - Paraclete XP, the 16-foot wind tunnel in Raeford, North Carolina, began a series of events actually with an outdoor meet. The Paraclete XP Money Meet was held the first time in July 2007 only as an outdoor competition.

A year later, Tim D'Annunzio was ready to run the first big indoor competition. He combined Paraclete XP Money Meet and Indoor Skydiving Championships in June 2008 for a very intense weekend package. It was an international world class field that completed ten indoor and ten outdoor rounds in Raeford.

The NSL News reported live from the competition site a few months before Arizona Airspeed would win the World Meet 2008 in France. NSL-TV has uploaded a video that shows the jumpoff round, which was necessary when the Golden Knights and Perris Fury were tied in 2nd place after ten rounds.

The same two teams had butted heads throughout the ten rounds of the outdoor competition, as well (227 - 226), and the US Army's Gold lineup won by a single point.

The outcome of the indoor jumpoff went the other way, and Fury won the 11th round by two points (26 - 24). The video also shows Arizona Airspeed doing the same jumpoff sequence from two different perspectives, the judging camera and the eye level.

Airspeed did not have to make this round since the upcoming 4-way world champions of 2008 were two points ahead in 1st place after ten rounds. Airspeed just continued with the same team rotation and finished the jumpoff sequence with a 29-pointer. The same video finished with some fun flying after the work...

Paraclete XP Meet 2008		Round1	Round2	Round3	Round4	Round5	Round6	Round7	Round8	Round9	Round10	Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class	22,14,D	K,C,B,6	E,G,A,11	13,3,21	H,9,F,M	12,J,P,17	O,Q,15,18	8,4,1	L,N,5,7	2,10,20	Total	Avg
1	Airspeed Odyssey	21	35	30	23	55	31	28	21	34	20	298	29.8
2	Perris Fury	22	36	32	23	57	28	27	19	33	19	296	29.6
3	Golden Knights	21	37	31	24	55	25	27	21	35	20	296	29.6
4	Paraclete XP	19	32	25	16	37	25	21	21	20	16	232	23.2
5	Sebastian Tempest	17	26	26	18	39	23	21	17	23	15	225	22.5
6	Teiwaz	16	29	24	16	38	24	19	16	25	15	222	22.2
6	CSC Rhythm XP	18	26	23	16	42	22	20	16	23	16	222	22.2
8	Mass Defiance	17	27	26	20	37	17	21	18	18	15	216	21.6
9	Norway Fortitudo	16	23	21	17	39	21	19	15	21	15	207	20.7
10	Denmark Blaze	14	24	17	16	41	19	20	16	19	11	197	19.7

Jumpoff Round at the Paraclete XP Indoor Championships 2008

There is a good reason for the review of this event, and more stories will follow. Paraclete XP eventually decided to focus mainly on the tunnel business and followed up a year later with the 2nd Indoor Skydiving Championships, once again held in June.

Paraclete XP then decided to change the date of the event and did not schedule the 3rd Indoor Skydiving Championships for this year. Instead the next big Paraclete XP tunnel meet will take place on 5 - 6 February 2011.

The event pages are showing what the participating teams can expect at the beginning of next year in Raeford. A jackpot of over $20,000 will be shared between three different events.

The biggest chunk of the money ($14,000) will go to the winners of the 4-way events. Paraclete XP4 member Kirk Verner said that he has commitments from some of the best VFS 4-way teams (Standard, Arsenal, 4Speed, Bad Lieutenants). He expects to have some of the best FS 4-way teams in the world at this event, as well.

The remainder of the cash prices will go to the winners in two other categories, VFS 2-way, 1-way Best Trick and 2-way Best Routine. The NSL News will report live from the competition site in February, and the NSL-TV coverage will surely include videos of those new events. Kirk Verner is excited about the show of flying tricks:

"I am really interested in watching the Best Trick category, it should be a great spectator sport. Speaking of which, this is what I like the most of tunnel comps, the ability to be virtually in the action. Fantastic to see athletes perform within inches of where you sit." The NSL News will follow up with more information.

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