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Did You Know...

... that there was tunnel traffic between Finland and Sweden last weekend?

Tunnel traffic from Finland to Sweden
posted Feb 15th, 2016 - Sweden and Finland are neighboring countries in Scandinavia. However, the southern parts of both countries are separated by a large body of water, the Gulf of Bothnia, which eventually connects with the Atlantic Ocean, through the Baltic Sea and the North Sea.

Both capital cities (Stockholm, Helsinki) are located in the southern parts where most of both countries' citizens live. It takes about ten hours to cross the Gulf of Bothnia from the Finnish shores (Turku) to Stockholm by ferry.

Teams and competitors from Finland have made the same or similar trips in the past to attend events in Sweden, and there has also been some traffic in the other direction once in a while. Last weekend, the traffic was again coming from Finland to Sweden, and it was catching the attention of the Sun Path Products NSL News.

Sweden/Finland Indoor 2016
12345678910TotalAvg
RankAAA Class8,5,17.12,M,911,2,L3,19,B20,C,G,4F,10,6A,14,21D,22,O,J18,Q,K,H15,P,E,7TotalAvg
1Team VoloSE2224211817222126282722622.6
2EchochamberSE2121212021222221262622122.1
3TigersFI1817182119181922202219419.4
4TelakkaFI1016151617172218182117017.0
5Gryttjom RocksSE1314151514151618191815715.7
6Team C4SE1315131314141417191815015.0
7AuroraSE1315141612131617171614914.9
8Team XSE1117131315141717141714814.8
9PuumatFI1416121315141511161814414.4
Joint Meet Venture at Bodyflight Stockholm
Organizers in both countries finally succeeded in putting together a Scandinavian event for teams and competitors from both countries at the same place and at the same time. It was in fact the national indoor championship that both countries held together at Bodyflight Stockholm.

Finnish FAI judge Jukka Olkkonen said that it was the first time that Finland and Sweden held their national championships together, after several years of discussing this option.

The event generated three different and separated leaderboards in 4-way FS, one for Sweden, one for Finland, while the third combined leaderboard is not only a SKYLEAGUE.COM feature this time. Additional leaderboards came with other events, including 4-way VFS.

Sweden/Finland Indoor 2016
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RankAA Class20,4C,E,2A,M,11P,J,219,N,14F,7,8D,H,G,6K,B,L,QO,22,19.15,18TotalAvg
1TahmaFI916161415151523101014314.3
2CornixSE1212141816171413101113713.7
3Funnel BoysFI101412131413152071012812.8
4KRAMSE813101412141220101012312.3
5RW4SE1012131414138159911711.7
6Ace is NicerSE991211111281610810610.6
23.6 at the FAI Indoor Meet 2015
Team Volo, who are Sweden's reigning 4-way outdoor champions, had more competition in the AAA Class than they might have expected. Volo, with former Arcteryx member Matthias Nord, had finished in 5th place at the 1st FAI World Indoor Skydiving Championships with a 23.6 average.

Echochamber, with other former members of Swedish top teams, was three points ahead of the national outdoor champions after Round 7. Volo then picked up the pace and won the last three rounds to turn the 3-point deficit into a 5-point victory.

Finland's national team, the Tigers, finished in 3rd place on the combined leaderboard. The Tigers competed with a different lineup in Sweden. Emilia Sormunen replaced Joonas Karjalainen for the indoor competition. The Tigers are one of the teams who are also registered for the World Challenge 2016.

Sweden/Finland Indoor 2016
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RankRookieC,O,MN,A,BD,L,EK,F,JH,P,GQ,N,CJ,E,GH,K,AO,B,DM,F,PTotalAvg
1Penguines of the Sky SE2317132018181819--14618.3
2SpeedbombersFI141610131715161192114214.2
34KFI161411151291010162213513.5
4Flailing SirkusFI10951311121310142512212.2
5In-FormationSE7866558688676.7
AAA Class awards at the indoor championship
Telakka, the next AAA Class team from Finland, finished right behind the Tigers, while the all-female Puumat lineup battled with two Swedish teams for the best spot at the bottom of the AAA Class leaderboard.

Finland had the upper hand in the AA Class competition. The Sun Path Products NSL News mentioned recently that Tahma would move up from last year's A Class competition to the AA Class at the upcoming World Challenge. The national indoor championship was a great test, and Tahma finished on the same scoring level as in the A Class last year. The Funnel Boys added a 3rd place for Finland in the same category.

Two of the three Finnish Rookie Class teams (K4, Flailing Sirkus) came back for their second national indoor championships after last year's inaugural event at the Sirius wind tunnel in Finland. The Speedbombers were the third Rookie Class team from Finland in Stockholm and took the 2nd place.

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