posted Oct 26th, 2015 - The excitement of the event opening with the competition draw is obvious - and still nothing compared to the mental challenge and the emotional situation on the first morning of the competition.

2004 Airspeed 8-way world champion Chris Talbert went back in his memory and recalled as much as possible his own mental status when it was time for competition. He had commented for the Sun Path Products NSL News regularly during the FAI World Cup 2015, as well.

The NSL-TV camera was running when the top teams of the Open Class competition got ready for Round 1 on Monday morning. Chris Talbert explained that there has always been a huge difference between training and competition, and it will always be like that. Teams try to simulate competition atmosphere as much as possible during their training, and the mental challenge is still never the same compared to the situation in the boarding area on Monday morning.

20 minutes later, the same teams landed from their Round 1. This time, Golden Knights coach Solly Williams was in the landing area, and the point of interest was a different one.

The NSL-TV camera zoomed in on the teams to check the immediate reactions, body language and team dynamics after the arguably most important round of a competition.

The three landing teams showed three different reactions, and they reflected the scores for the meet opener. SDC Rhythm XP knew that it was not the greatest start, while the Airspeed members seemed to be happy with the performance. Then there were the Golden Knights who must have enjoyed to be jumping from a plane again after a lot of indoor training and the indoor competition in Prague. They would also be very happy with the score for Round 1...