posted Jul 27th, 2015 - The teams of the Northern Plains Skydiving League completed their 6-round meet in all four categories on Sunday. NPSL Director Al BeVier said that his teams and competitors enjoyed the live atmosphere of the competition on Saturday, when the teams at the Texas Shootout competed at the same time.

Meet Director Devon Shows, Spaceland Lite member, made the scores from Texas available round by round, which gave all teams the opportunity to compare directly at any time. Al BeVier said that it added to the usual meet atmosphere: "Good times had by all."

There was even more behind the indirect competition between the teams at the two events. AAA Class teams Texas Crush and Free Radicals had created their own rivalry prior to the meet. Al BeVier reported that his team had to pay for the bet at the end: "Sadly, Texas Crush did exactly that and Free Radicals will PayPal a case (of beer) to the email address chosen by Texas Crush (sniff, tear drop)..."

Jul 25th, 2015				Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class			20,18,A	17,O,12	7,15,D	8,16,N	Q,M,1,19	H,9,F,L	Total	Avg
1	Texas Crush	US	TSL	8	9	8	8	11	16	60	10.0
2	Free Radicals	US	NPSL	7	5	7	7	9	11	46	7.7
Rank	AA Class			20,18	O,A,D,19	7,15	8,N,L	Q,M,1	H,9,F	Total	Avg
1	Heart of Texas	US	TSL	8	13	9	11	12	16	69	11.5
2	Spaceland Toxic	US	TSL	7	10	7	9	10	15	58	9.7
3	Plug It In Anywhere	US	NPSL	5	9	6	7	8	11	46	7.7
4	Altitude Anonymous	US	NPSL	5	8	5	7	9	9	43	7.2
5	4 Shades of Gray	US	TSL	5	9	5	4	7	10	40	6.7
6	SpaceCoast	US	TSL	5	6	6	7	6	9	39	6.5
7	FourGasm	US	TSL	4	8	6	5	7	7	37	6.2
8	Crazy Crew	US	TSL	3	5	1	3	6	9	27	4.5
9	Old School	US	NPSL	3	4	3	0	4	4	18	3.0
Rank	A Class			19,L	O,A,D	7,F	8,N	Q,M,G	H,9	Total	Avg
1	4 Locos	US	NPSL	4	8	5	0	4	9	30	5.0
2	Grippin Donuts	US	NPSL	2	4	5	1	5	4	21	3.5
2	3Ring Circus	US	NPSL	1	5	3	2	6	4	21	3.5
Rank	Rookie			L,K,J	O,A,D	F,C,B	N,P,E	Q,M,G	H,L,O	Total	Avg
1	Toxic Tiny	US	TSL	1	3	5	6	2	4	21	3.5
2	No Name	US	NPSL	0	2	1	2	0	0	5	0.8

Texas actually won the competition in all categories where both events had teams listed. The Northern Plains had their own leaderboard in the A Class, while the teams in Texas staid on top in the AAA, AA and Rookie categories.

It is not a big surprise that Texas won last weekend's competition. The Lone Star State has generated USPA medal winners year by year, and there is no doubt that it will not be much different at the USPA Nationals 2015. In fact, the first update of last weekend's competition introduced one of the potential 2015 contenders, Heart of Texas.

Two teams from Texas won AAA/Advanced Class gold (Dallas 350) and bronze (Dallas Khaos Black) at the USPA Nationals 2014. Spaceland SPX5 won the gold medals in the AA/Intermediate Class. Four other teams from Texas competed in the same category.

USPA Nationals 2014		Rd. 1	Rd. 2	Rd. 3	Rd. 4	Rd. 5	Rd. 6	Rd. 7	Rd. 8	Rd. 9	Rd. 10	Total	Avg
Rank	AAA/Advanced Class	L,F,3,D	8,C,Q,A	9,G,11	P,1,B,H	16,N,15	6,K,J,19	13,14,17	4,O,20	21,10,22	7,2,12	Total	Avg
1	Dallas 350	18	17	17	20	14	16	11	12	13	13	151	15.1
2	Misfits	18	17	16	20	13	14	10	14	9	13	144	14.4
3	Dallas Khaos Black	17	14	15	19	11	14	9	13	11	11	134	13.4

It is only the AAA/Open Class where Texas has not produced a USPA medal winner in the recent years. Spaceland Lite won the AAA/Advanced Class gold medals in 2011 and then had to compete in the AAA/Open Class, due to the USPA rules and regulations.

Lite has represented Texas year by year in the top category, where some of the best teams and competitors in the world share the medals between themselves as full time skydivers and competitors.

Dallas 350 will join Spaceland Lite in a similar situation this year. They won the AAA/Advanced Class gold medals at the USPA Nationals 2014 and have to move up into the AAA/Open Class. That's where they will meet Spaceland Lite and compete for the 4-way top spot in Texas...