posted Nov 2nd, 2004 - Twelve teams competed at the fifth and last meet of the Texas Skydiving League 2004 season. The event was also the TSL Championship 2004 and the last competition of all leagues in the country this year. Only the NSL Championship at SkyQuest 2004 is still to come on November 19 - 21 at Fantasy of Flight.

The TSL teams received a warm welcome at Skydive Spaceland with the fastest competition draw of the 2004 season. The six rounds included two rounds with only random formations and another round with Block 9 (CatAcc - CatAcc) plus three random formations. This competition draw was a perfect opportunity for all teams to finish the 2004 season with new record highscores and the highest meet averages. All teams in the AAA Class and AA Class except one used this opportunity well.

Dallas Thunder posted a 16.3 average as the highest 2004 meet result with a 23 in round two and a 22 in round five. Touch'n Go and Dallas Tantrum both ended up in second place with a season-high 13.7 average. 4 of a Kind took the first place in the AA Class with an 8.3 average. The competition draw for the AA Class was slower compared to the AAA Class draw since the shorter sequence gave up a total of three random formations at the end of the sequences.

The competition draw was similar to the one that Golden Knight and Skydiving Magazine writer, John Hoover, had presented in the September issue of the magazine. Hoover challenged the teams in his article with the "possibly fastest 4-way draw ever". He hand-picked the random formations and blocks for his draw to find out what the maximum score for a team could be.

The eleven rounds also included two sequences with five random formations (B-H-D-J-E and K-F-L-N-P). Block 9 appeared together with Block 7 (7-M-G-9). Blocks 11 and 21 were in the same sequence with a random formation (C-11-21), as well as Blocks 1 and 4 (Q-1-4).

Hoover and Skydiving have not posted any scores yet after encouraging teams to test the maximum scoring potential. However, it would be interesting to compare the fast sequences directly with each other. The recent TSL draw had slightly different random sequences (B-C-H-J-E and F-Q-N-P-K) and a different situation for Block 9 (G-9-O-M). The sequences with the blocks were very similar, as well (11-21-L and 1-4-A). Round three (14-15-6) had the slowest sequence at Skydive Spaceland.

By the way: it is election day and time to go and cast the vote. Skydiving Magazine editor, Michael F. Truffer, explains carefully in his latest editorial (October issue) which candidate for the US Presidency might be the better choice for skydivers ("A Tough Decision on November 2"). No matter which candidate - voting is a citizen's duty in a democratic system. The polls are open all day long today.