posted Dec 15th, 2010 - The NSL News story on 1 December 2010 completed the NSL-TV coverage of the race for bronze medals at the USPA Nationals 2010 between the Golden Knights, Paraclete XP4 and SDC Rhythm XP.

Earlier stories after the USPA Nationals had first broken the news of Arizona Airspeed's new lineup and then Perris Fury's new member Todd Hawkins. This year's USPA gold and silver medalists both would not continue with the same lineups and had their first personnel changes, Airspeed since 2007 and Fury since the team was formed in 2005.

It was somehow coincidence that the NSL News packaged the videos of the three teams together, which would continue without any personnel changes for the 2011 season. It made sense to feature the competition for the USPA bronze medals. However, there was no indication that the same three teams would also share the same continuity.

USPA Nationals 2010		Round1	Round2	Round3	Round4	Round5	Round6	Round7	Round8	Round9	Round10	Total	Avg
Rank	4-way Open	16,21,11	3,L,K,10	6,22,1	12,20,4	Q,M,2,N	H,D,9,G	19,5,13	F,E,17,O	C,8,7	A,18,14	Total	Avg
3	Golden Knights Gold	17	21	17	15	27	32	18	33	22	18	220	22.0
4	Paraclete XP4	18	20	15	15	26	28	20	29	22	19	212	21.2
5	SDC Rhythm XP	17	19	16	15	23	30	19	32	20	14	205	20.5

Paraclete XP4 has actually a few internal slot switchers, as the NSL News reported earlier.

John Eagle, former Tail, and John D'Annunzio, this year's Point, both switch their slots vice versa, just as Kirk Verner and Andy Honigbaum do in the center.

This move keeps the XP4 pieces intact, while exits and block techniques change significantly.

That's not a big deal for John Eagle who has spent most of his competition career in the Point slot. The other three XP4 members have to get familiar with the new slots, and their professional coaching jobs have prepared them well for these changes.

The Golden Knights and SDC Rhythm XP have no changes at all. The US Army team still has priority on the 8-way event, even though there will be more time for training and competition in 4-way than before. Rhythm has no changes at all and can focus only on 4-way.

SDC Rhythm XP at the USPA Nationals 2010

The Rhythm members are all excited about the upcoming new season. They feel a great advantage of beginning on such a high performance level and not having to introduce a new team member. They are now also more familiar with the life of a full time skydiver and competitor and can focus even more on the team progression.

The first full time season was extremely busy in many ways. SDC Rhythm XP was in fact the US AAA Class top team with the most attended meets. Rhythm competed seven times this year, including the World Challenge 2010 indoor meet.

The Rhythm members also organized tunnel camps and outdoor training for the team's following, which is growing consistently. The new Team-For-A-Day project in Florida is the latest Rhythm effort that provides coaching and guidance for the Formation Skydiving community, especially on the grassroot level. The NSL News has invited Rhythm members to lay out the team plans at a new NSL Talk session, which will be featured very soon.