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Did You Know...

... that XL has not registered a lineup yet?

First XL lineup in 2007
posted Jan 15th, 2012 - The NSL News reported on 9 January 2012 that there are only three competitors who have competed at each World Challenge since Bodyflight Bedford launched the event in 2006. Arizona Airspeed and NMP-PCH Hayabusa are the only teams who attended each of those events, both of them year by year and with different lineups.

One team joined Airspeed and Hayabusa with their annual visits in Bedford in 2007 and has not missed a meet ever since. It's the mysterious XL project with its ever changing lineups that manages to threaten the best 4way teams in the world and steal serious portions of the jackpot without much training. In fact, XL has never left Bedford without at least the prize money for the 4th place in the pockets.

There are also several other competitors who have competed at World Challenges since 2007. However, only Airspeed, Hayabusa and XL have had their team names on the leaderboard since 2007.

World Challenge 2007Rd. 1Rd. 2Rd. 3Rd. 4Rd. 5Rd. 6Rd. 7Rd. 8Rd. 9Rd. 10TotalAvg
RankAAA Class19-O-5A-G-K-P-M13-9-NQ-10-F-B1-J-208-16-D11-14-7L-2-214-C-12H-15-3TotalAvg
1USA Airspeed Odyssey 26 42 31 31 24 26 24 24 24 2828028.0
2USA Fastrax 26 43 32 30 24 26 23 24 25 2627927.9
3UK XL 27 44 30 32 24 21 17 21 21 2426126.1
4Belgium HayaBusa Defence 23 41 29 27 21 20 21 20 21 2424724.7
5Russia Sky Panthers 24 43 30 28 8 23 20 21 21 2524324.3
2nd place in 2008
Pete Allum, Steve Hamilton and John McIver, outdoor team mates of earlier XL years, decided to have a reunion at the World Challenge 2007 where they would meet their team mate of the last outdoor lineup in 2003, Thomas Hughes. He was not available to make it a competitive and original reunion since he was training and competing with Fastrax that year. Brian Johnson had no other commitment and took the slot.

The XL 2007 lineup could not keep up with Airspeed and Fastrax who gave each other a 1-point battle. However, they outscored Hayabusa and Sky Panthers to win the bronze medals and a few thousand dollars. Not too bad for a pickup team and for the first XL reunion.

They all liked the idea and the fun that came with it, and the annual XL reunion project continued a year later. John McIver was not available in 2008, as he had a player coach commitment with Sonic V. Brian Johnson once again filled the open XL slot for three original members (Pete Allum, Steve Hamilton, Thomas Hughes). This lineup finished even in 2nd place and only two single points behind the winner, Airspeed Odyssey.

World Challenge 2008Rd. 1Rd. 2Rd. 3Rd. 4Rd. 5Rd. 6Rd. 7Rd. 8Rd. 9Rd. 10TotalAvg
RankAAA Class21-18-1315-11-FE-H-19-O14-2-N12-1-KQ-5-C-3P-9-A-J6-G-74-10-M16-20-BTotalAvg
1USA Airspeed Odyssey 21 26 37 23 22 33 45 29 21 2628328.3
2XL 22 25 38 23 23 30 43 29 24 2428128.1
3USA Perris Fury 21 21 33 22 21 27 43 29 22 2226126.1
4Norway Arcteryx 20 23 33 21 21 29 39 29 23 2226026.0
5Belgium HayaBusa Defence 20 23 35 20 21 22 42 26 23 2225425.4
6Russia Skylight Barkli 19 16 33 20 17 24 45 26 21 2124224.2

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World Challenge 2009Rd. 1Rd. 2Rd. 3Rd. 4Rd. 5Rd. 6Rd. 7Rd. 8Rd. 9Rd. 10TotalAvg
RankAAA Class17,10,419,Q,8G,7,D,9A,C,E,H,K14,M,J,3N,16,620,F,1215,21,L13,22,1811,2,BTotalAvg
1USA Airspeed Odyssey 23 26 36 53 29 27 24 24 21 2528828.8
2USA Perris Fury 22 20 38 59 22 26 21 24 22 2327727.7
3Belgium HayaBusa Defence 22 25 32 56 25 25 21 25 21 2327527.5
4XL 21 24 35 51 25 25 23 25 20 2427327.3
5Aerodyne Cypres Maubeuge 22 26 34 44 26 25 22 24 22 2326826.8
Original 2003 lineup at the World Challenge 2009
The original lineup of 2003 had still never competed together at the World Challenge, and it was time to change that. John McIver was now with Satori, however, the XL reunion in 2009 had first priority this year. XL alternate Brian Johnson filled in for him at Satori. Pete Allum and Stefano Hamiltoni had their own commitments with Sinapsi, the new Italian national 4way team. They still dedicated the World Challenge 2009 to the XL reunion.

Thomas Hughes was the 4th original member and was getting ready for a very strong 2009 season with Spaceland Force XP. Fortunately, his new team had no plans for the indoor competition in Bedford, and the real reunion was complete.

XL was once again in the mix for the medals and the money but ended up in 4th place only with the original lineup. Especially this year it did not matter much, as the actual reunion in Bedford was the most important thing. All four team members of 2003 had been in Bedford before for a World Challenge, but 2009 was the first time that they competed together again since the World Meet 2003 in Gap, France.

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
1France Aerodyne Aerokart 22 63 23 26 31 28 29 28 32 2330530.5
2XL 21 57 24 25 35 29 28 25 37 2330430.4
3Belgium NMP-PCH Hayabusa 22 57 23 25 36 28 28 26 34 2230130.1
4USA Perris Fury 21 66 23 24 33 27 26 26 33 1929829.8
5USA Arizona Airspeed 23 55 23 25 30 29 26 27 36 2229629.6
6France Aerokart PCs 20 62 22 24 30 25 27 26 36 2229429.4

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World Challenge 2011Rd. 1Rd. 2Rd. 3Rd. 4Rd. 5Rd. 6Rd. 7Rd. 8Rd. 9Rd. 10TotalAvg
RankAAA Class10,C,520,P,2H,M,Q,K,AL,J,16,12E,7,15O,11,2214,B,176,13,94,3,211,G,8TotalAvg
1Belgium NMP-PCH Hayabusa 27 25 65 29 33 23 28 28 22 2530530.5
2USA Arizona Airspeed 26 24 60 27 34 24 27 28 23 2529829.8
3France Aerodyne Aerokart 26 25 52 27 31 25 29 27 24 2429029.0
4XL 25 24 58 24 32 24 26 25 21 2328228.2
XL alternates Brian Johnson and Andy Delk
Pete Allum and Stefano Hamiltoni were still with Sinapsi during the World Championship season of 2010. However, the Italian team did not sign up for the World Challenge, and they both were ready for more XL action in Bedford.

Thomas Hughes did not really have any team obligations in 2010 after Spaceland Force failed to qualify as the US national team at the USPA Nationals 2009. He had no problem signing up for the next XL reunion at the World Challenge 2010. John McIver had to compete with his team this time, as Satori was getting ready for the World Meet 2010 in Menzelinsk. It was time again for Brian Johnson to fill the open XL slot, and it worked out very well once again. XL with Brian Johnson repeated the little miracle of 2008 and finished in 2nd place, this time only one single point behind the new winners from France, Aerodyne Aerokart.

The World Challenge 2011 saw a new XL member. Pete Allum and Steve Hamilton were back in again, this time with no other team commitment at all. Thomas Hughes was now with the new Arizona Airspeed lineup and John McIver still with Satori. Of course, Brian Johnson took one of the two open slots, and former Airspeed world champion Andy Delk made his XL debut with a 4th place. So, who will be with XL this year? Pete Allum and Steve Hamilton have not missed a meet yet since 2007, Brian Johnson is as available as always, and so is Andy Delk. The World Challenge could become the first time that XL comes back with the same lineup as the year before...

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