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Did You Know...

... that NMP-PCH Hayabusa's new lineup tries to defend the indoor top spot this weekend?

Wind Games 2014 at Windoor
posted Jan 20th, 2015 - There are still a few other events on the new competition schedule for the 2015 season before the "Bedford Paraclete Showdown" will bring most of the world's top performers and many other teams together in 4-way competition.

The next indoor meet is scheduled for this weekend in Spain. The Wind Games will be held for the second time after the inaugural event in January 2014.

The field has grown from a total of nine teams in 4-way Open and 4-way Women last year to 16 teams this weekend. It is a strong field, and it includes the first direct confrontation between NMP-PCH Hayabusa and Arizona Airspeed with their new lineups. The scores at the Wind Games will set the the starting point of the race for gold medals at the World Meet 2016 in Ottawa.

Wind Games 2014Rd. 1Rd. 2Rd. 3Rd. 4Rd. 5Rd. 6Rd. 7Rd. 8Rd. 9Rd. 10TotalAvg
RankAAA ClassC,20,1716,A,D,7J,P,13,LN,21,22M,8,15K,3,6F,4,1B,G,H,O,105,18,9Q,2,12TotalAvg
1NMP-PCH Hayabusa (BE)2936332731302941322631431.4
2Arizona Airspeed (US)3235302732263238322130530.5
3Thunder ISR (BE)2626272224232731252325425.4
1Aerodyne French Girls (FR)2126272024212529242023723.7
4EXL3Maubeuge (INT)2225271822222328232123123.1
5FlyZone Espoirs Saumur (FR)2024231918192125211920920.9
2Kaizen (UK)1824231521212227181920820.8
3EmpuriaGatas BBD (ESP)1717181717171920161517317.3
6Monaco Vitalsea (MC)1316181415131519101715015.0
Videos: NMP-PCH Hayabusa and Arizona Airspeed at the Wind Games 2014
France at the World Challenge 2010
It's a big meet for the three Belgian 4-way world champions (Dennis Praet, Andy Grauwels, David Grauwels) and new member Jeroen Nollet, while world champion videographer Danny Jacobs will not be needed for the indoor competition.

NMP-PCH Hayabusa has been the undefeated unofficial indoor 4-way world champion for four years before they also won the outdoor gold medals last year. The French national team of 2010 (Jeremie Rollett, Julien Degen, Mathieu and Guillaume Bernier) and XL (Thomas Hughes, Pete Allum, Steve Hamilton, Brian Johnson) were the last teams finishing ahead of the Belgians at the World Challenge 2010. Hayabusa has won each indoor competition ever since.

It will be a challenge for the reigning world champions to fend off the new Airspeed lineup and maintain the clean indoor record. Hayabusa has been on a holiday break since the 5th DIPC 2014, where they finished in 2nd place behind Evolution.

World Challenge 2010Rd. 1Rd. 2Rd. 3Rd. 4Rd. 5Rd. 6Rd. 7Rd. 8Rd. 9Rd. 10TotalAvg
RankAAA Class5,4,12J,M,E,D,L20,17,815,18,722,A,F,K21,C,G,69,19,16B,13,14H,P,O,3N,2,10TotalAvg
1Aerodyne Aerokart (FR)2263232631282928322330530.5
2XL2157242535292825372330430.4
3NMP-PCH Hayabusa (BE)2257232536282826342230130.1
4Perris Fury (US)2166232433272626331929829.8
5Arizona Airspeed (US)2355232530292627362229629.6
6Aerokart PCs (FR)2062222430252726362229429.4
Indoor world leader since 2011: NMP-PCH Hayabusa at the World Challenge 2014
Center Outside Andy Grauwels told the Sun Path Products NSL News that his team just started with indoor training last week. He said that switching back to prepare for a tunnel competition always requires some targeted training:

"After winning all attended indoor meets in the last four years we know how different they are from skydiving competitions. In overall it's much faster, and if you make a mistake or go too fast you have the risk of losing lots of points."

He said that the entry into the flying chamber also creates different technical possibilities. Coach Gary Smith has been working with Hayabusa, and Andy Grauwels said that his team is very happy with the progress of the new lineup, especially considering the short amount of training time so far: "I would say we are on the right track!" Round 1 is scheduled for Friday, January 23rd at 10:30 AM.

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