posted Apr 24th, 2011 - The three Scandinavian teams at the International Bunny Meet were not the only ones competing this weekend. Three other teams from Norway and Bodyflight Atlas from Denmark attended the Viking Challenge in Perris. In fact, it was almost an exclusively Scandinavian affair, as Finland opened the 2011 season at the same time.

Germany's Final Four DeLand was the only team that is not from Scandinavia. This weekend's constellation is pure coincidence, as the hosts of those three meets scheduled their events independantly from each other.

The NSL News covered the DeLand event live at the competition site, while Perris Blitz member Kjetil "Cookie" Nordin, member of Norway's national 4-way team last year, provided the information from Perris. The scores from Finland have not been available so far.

International Bunny Meet 2011		Round1	Round2	Round3	Round4	Round5	Round6	Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class	M,20,17	1,4,J	N,K,E,O,7	H,C,9,8	Q,A,3,L	5,P,14	Total	Avg
1	Sweden Bardagi	17	14	25	17(-1)	20	14(-2)	107	17.8
2	Germany Final Four DeLand	17	14	21(-1)	20(-1)	17(-1)	16	105	17.5

The NSL News zooms back in on the first one of two very exciting battles at the International Bunny Meet. Sweden's national 4-way team of 2010, Bardagi, and one of Germany's top teams, Final Four DeLand, both posted new team record averages while they were pushing each other to bring out their best.

Both teams won and lost two rounds and tied the other two. Both teams also collected the same amount of point deductions, and Bardagi came out two points ahead after the 6-round meet.

The video clip features all six rounds of this battle. It also presents the impressive camera performance by Sweden's team videographer Niklas Rodensjö. The video angle and the quality of the footage makes this a real eye candy for the audience. Niklas Rodensjö makes Bardagi's record performance look even better.

The Bunny Meet applied the same Skins Game rules for a few prizes that were donated by NSL and Skydive DeLand. The Shamrock Showdown handicap system was applied for rounds four, five and six. The average after the first three rounds was the foundation for the handicap.

Bardagi's great performance in Round 5 earned the team a set of NSL Gloves. The other two prizes for Round 4 and Round 6 went to the teams that were engaged in an even closer race. Bodyflight Factum and CADO were separated by one single point after Round 6. This battle will be featured later on.

The first Bardagi and Final Four scores of the 2011 season are obviously very promising. Both teams now have to go back and try to win their national titles if they want to compete at the World Meet 2012. This will be much easier for Bardagi in Sweden than for Final Four in Germany where the amateur world champions of Paratec-Saar are dominating the 4-way competition.