posted Mar 16th, 2012 - The Paraclete XP Outdoor Championship 2012 is in full swing, and the first two rounds kept the three top contenders in the Open Class close together. That was to be expected since the sequences of the first three rounds of the competition guarantee a very slow start. It would be very difficult for any team to create a significant difference to the others.

Arizona Airspeed had the best start in Round 1 and almost contradicted the expectation that not much would happen at the beginning of the competition. Winning Round 1 by two points was a great start for Airspeed and a blow to NMP-PCH Hayabusa and Aerodyne Aerokart. It did not last due to a point deduction for Airspeed in Round 2. France had lost a point in Round 1, and the 3-pack is back together. Round 3 completes the "warmup rounds".

The Aerodyne Deep Blue Defenders have taken a much stronger position in the female 4way competition, where Polaris is also surprising the Golden Knights with a very strong start into the meet.

The new NSL Reality TV begins at the beginning, the reception and competition draw Thursday evening at the DeLand Clarion Hotel.

It was a dangerous place, as the video shows. The first part of the clip provides visual evidence of Arizona Airspeed members assaulting the NSL News. Help came from the Golden Knights ladies who fought back to save the NSL News reporter who went down during the first Airspeed assault.

It became more peaceful at the reception later on. Jerry Bird introduced all teams, including the 8way lineup of the Golden Knights and Dubai Asaar. As usual, the teams also drew the sequences for the competition manually by themselves. Airspeed videographer Bill Schmitz missed the opportunity to grab another, and the 5th, random formation in Round 8...