posted Feb 11th, 2018 - Kylian Forsans is not the only 4-way competitor who started in the 4-way Junior category (AA) and now competes as a 4-way senior in the AAA Class. He grew up as a 4-way competitor in the French Aerokart Ak'demie project, has recently become a full member of the Monaco Parachute and Indoor Skydive Team and attended his first three AAA Class competitions since November 2017, including the Wind Games 2018.

The NSL News has mentioned another 4-way junior on a regular basis in the past, following his career progression. He was not yet performing in the active lineup when his name, Kalle Pohjola from Finland, was first mentioned on 3 May 2010. He was packing parachutes for his parents, Outi and Kimmo Pohjola, and the Pro Team.

His parents eventually signed him up for his first competition in the Rookie Class of the World Challenge 2013. The three Pohjolas (Outi, Kimmo, Kalle) end Eija Suvala posted a never seen 39.1 average at his first 4-way competition when he was 12 years of age.

Finland does not have enough 4-way juniors to recruit a 4-way team, and Kalle Pohjola was fortunate enough that his parents integrated him happily with creeping sessions in Rovaniemi at the arctic circle and randomly some indoor training, even though the nearest wind tunnel is very far away from their home.

Finnish Indoor Nationals 2018		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class	22,D,7	14,5,H	E,3,K,20	10,O,15	C,B,L,16	18,F,12	17,9,J	19,8,Q	A,M,4,6	P,2,G,21	Total	Avg
1	Pro Team	20	22	20	20	28	20	31	21	23	23	228	22.8
2	Telakka	15	15	16	15	18	13	23	15	17	15	162	16.2
3	Blackjack	13	12	11	15	19	13	18	13	18	13	145	14.5
Rank	AA Class	22,D,7	14,H,Q	E,K,20	O,15,6	C,B,L,21	18,F,N	9,J,11	19,8	A,M,4	P,2,G	Total	Avg
1	Tempo	16	18	19	18	17	18	18	15	24	19	182	18.2
2	Tahma	12	15	13	13	16	11	14	11	18	11	134	13.4
Rank	A Class	D,7	H,Q,21	E,K,G	O,6	C,B,L	F,N,P	9,J	19,8	A,M,4	P,2	Total	Avg
1	Flailing Sirkus	15	13	12	10	15	21	17	8	14	10	135	13.5
2	4K	13	11	14	9	16	19	15	8	10	9	124	12.4
3	EFOU	11	11	13	10	12	15	12	6	8	9	107	10.7

Kalle Pohjola was back in Bedford three years later as a 16-year old teenager, and the Pro Team signed him up for the A Class competition this time. Former alternate Juha Mikkola competed with Kalle's parents Outi and Kimmo Pohjola in 2016, and the Pro Team won the A Class competition with a 30.5 average.

The Pro Team traveled to Bedford without Kalle Pohjola last year and competed in the AAA Class where they finished in the middle of the 33-team field with a 22.3 average. His parents Outi and Kimmo Pohjola had Emilia Sormunen and Eija Suvala in last year's World Challenge 2017 lineup.

Kalle Pohjola had turned 17 and studied the AAA Class dive pool after the A Class competition in 2016. He was ready when his next opportunity came up this weekend at the Finnish Indoor Nationals 2018.

This time, his mother Outi did not compete at the Sirius wind tunnel in the southeast of Finland. Emilia Sormunen and Eija Suvala were back in the lineup for Kalle Pohjola's first AAA Class competition, together with father Kimmo.

World Challenge 2017			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class		D,B,6,22	12,E,17	20,G,C,10	N,M,15,H	Q,19,K,4	8,21,L	P,9,J,7	O,11,1	13,A,16	3,18,5	Total	Avg
1	NMP PCH HayaBusa	BE	33	29	29	46	34	28	47	28	28	29	331	33.1
2	Weembi Lille	FR	33	31	29	43	35	28	46	29	29	27	330	33.0
3	French Weembi Girls	FR	30	29	28	38	32	24	43	28	26	25	303	30.3
4	RealFly-Sion	FR	29	29	26	38	31	26	42	27	24	23	295	29.5
5	SDC Rhythm XP	US	29	26	24	37	30	26	40	27	24	23	286	28.6
6	Gavroche Weembi	FR	27	26	23	35	29	23	39	23	21	21	267	26.7
7	IFS-Moscow	RU	26	26	23	35	29	21	40	24	24	18	266	26.6
7	Espoir Saumur Weembi	FR	27	26	23	33	28	23	37	24	23	22	266	26.6
9	Volition	UK	25	24	19	34	23	21	36	24	22	21	249	24.9
10	ISR FireFlash	BE	25	21	21	33	23	21	35	22	21	20	242	24.2
11	Chimera	UK	27	21	22	35	24	21	32	23	18	18	241	24.1
12	Amnesya Fly-In	IT	25	22	20	35	25	21	34	21	17	19	239	23.9
13	NFTO	UK	20	22	21	29	26	20	32	22	21	18	231	23.1
14	ACM	UK	25	15	18	31	25	19	34	21	21	20	229	22.9
15	Tenanine	MR	23	19	21	28	23	21	28	21	21	20	225	22.5
16	Pro Team	FI	23	20	16	32	22	21	30	22	19	18	223	22.3
17	Savoodoo	ZA	22	20	17	31	22	18	33	18	19	17	217	21.7
18	HF Flying Circus	CZ	20	18	16	28	19	18	29	19	17	15	199	19.9
19	Antimatter	UK	21	18	17	23	20	17	25	19	17	15	192	19.2
20	Flyspot Sky4four	PL	21	14	16	23	22	18	27	19	16	15	191	19.1
21	Flyzone Les Affranchise	FR	17	16	17	25	19	16	26	18	16	15	185	18.5
22	Aladeen	HU	18	17	15	22	18	15	29	16	16	15	181	18.1
23	JETMAX	BE	17	15	17	24	17	15	24	18	15	15	177	17.7
24	Equinox	LT	18	15	16	23	20	15	25	15	15	12	174	17.4
25	Corbas Coyotes JCM	FR	17	16	17	20	20	16	20	18	13	14	171	17.1
26	Eros	UK	17	16	17	24	14	16	25	17	12	12	170	17.0
27	H4O	IE	17	15	14	20	18	15	23	17	15	14	168	16.8
28	Formihyrodynamitevisionx	UK	16	12	16	22	19	16	24	16	14	11	166	16.6
29	Skyfool	UK	18	15	15	21	17	15	23	17	13	10	164	16.4
30	HF Skycentrum	CZ	16	11	14	21	17	15	20	15	14	13	156	15.6
31	Nova	SE	15	13	13	18	16	13	19	12	12	12	143	14.3
32	Quasar	UK	15	11	12	14	15	12	20	14	10	10	133	13.3
32	Mental BloX	UK	15	11	11	17	12	12	21	13	11	10	133	13.3

The Pro Team did not only post the team's highest 10-round average without a Super Sequence. The 22.8 is also the highest average that a former 4-way junior has posted at his/her first AAA Class competition.

The Aerokart Ak'demie 2 junior team has 19.2 and 20.0 in the records at the recently attended indoor meets at Weembi and at the Wind Games. Kylian Forsans has posted 17.8 (Weembi) and 19.8 (Wind Games), after the eight rounds in Roosendaal (22.3) with the Monaco Indoor Skydive Team.

Canada's Yannick Bisson, member of the Air Devils 4-way junior team, had finished with a 20.1 average at his first AAA Class meet with his father's team 4Astrophe in March 2015 and followed up with 20.5 a year later.

The other two AAA Class teams from Finland, Telakka and Blackjack, could not keep up with Kalle Pohjola's Pro Team speed and will meet each other again at the World Challenge 2018, together with two more AA Class teams from Finland. Blackjack competed for the first time back in the AAA Class since the FAI World Meet 1997 in Turkey. The Blackjack comeback is complete and will continue in Bedford. The Pro Team has not signed up yet...