posted Oct 28th, 2016 - The completion of the 4-way and 8-way events at the USPA Nationals 2016 allows the Sun Path Products NSL News to continue with more aftermath of previous events.

There is a topic that is almost as important as the adventures of the Fun Flag, and sometimes the stories of both topics even connect.

The team videographers are usually not getting a lot of attention behind their cameras, even though running a Formation Skydiving competition would simply be impossible without them. There is more to it than just the fact that the sport completely depends on presenting the freefall footage visually to the judges. The success of a team is directly depending on the performance of the videographer, who is fully included in the rules and responsible for presenting the athletic performance of the team in a judgeable way. The videographer can cause point deductions just as infringements by the team.

Four team videographers decided to take action when the FAI Mondial 2016 went by once again without much attention to the important and skilled freefall performances by the 5th team members, and they protested officially at the Sun Path Products NSL News headquarters at Skydive Chigao.

Lars Naeve (Skymix - Germany) and Anders Krabbenhoeft (Valkyria - Denmark) scheduled a meeting to initiate a videographer's labor union, which took place in a rather casual atmosphere after the completion of the competition.

They invited Michel Laynaud (French Girls) and Simon Brentford (NFTO - Great Britain) and discussed the plan and the details of the project. Next step was the presentation of the complaint to the Sun Path Products NSL News, which was accepted and appreciated.

FAI Mondial 2016			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
R.	4-way Women		12,A,16	18,15,O	1,F,E,C	17,B,14	10,2,20	21,11,G	J,5,19	L,M,K,7	D,8,4	3,13,Q	Total	Avg
1	Golden Knights	US	21	21	30	20	17	19	24	35	20	17	224	22.4
2	French Girls	FR	21	18	30	23	17	18	24	34	18	14	217	21.7
3	NFTO	UK	17	15	21	19	13	16	18	26	17	13	175	17.5
4	Parachute Montreal Fuzion	CA	18	15	19	16	14	16	17	25	17	14	171	17.1
5	Les Stunts	BE	15	14	20	16	11	13	16	24	15	13	157	15.7
6	Bellatrix	AU	13	12	20	16	12	13	15	22	13	14	150	15.0
7	Skymix	DE	13	11	15	15	12	13	14	23	12	12	140	14.0
8	No Mercy	PL	14	14	19	13	9	11	12	19	14	11	136	13.6
9	Infra Red Band	RU	15	12	16	13	9	11	13	17	14	10	130	13.0
10	CZ Ladies	CZ	11	11	14	13	9	10	12	19	9	10	118	11.8
11	Valkyria	DK	10	8	16	10	9	10	11	17	12	10	113	11.3

Michel Laynaud has been filming the French Girls since the new lineup was formed in 2015 and collected his first world meet medal at the FAI Mondial 2016. Simon Brentford won the bronze medal together with his wife Ane, who performs for NFTO in front of his camera.

Anders Krabbenhoeft used to film the VAF Warriors, Denmark's national team in 4-way Open, who did compete at the Mondial. He switched to Valkyria when the team qualified for the event and needed an experienced videographer. Lars Naeve is an original AtomiX YUU member and joined Skymix for the world meet, together with AtomiX members Andrea Kleinschmidt and Janine Tillenburg.

The videographer's labor union was apparently initiated only for the 4-way Women event and did not include any female team videographers. There is still some work to do for the four original members...