posted Jan 19th, 2022 - NMP PCH HayaBusa and Arizona Airspeed have finalized their travel plans for the world's most anticipated new duel at the Shamrock Showdown 2022. Both teams have not met each other at a dropzone since the Belgian 4-way world champions visited the United States for the USPA Nationals 2019.

HayaBusa and Airspeed have been battling with each other at each world meet since 2008, even though other U.S. teams (DeLand Majik, DeLand Fire) outscored the original HayaBusa lineup in 2004 and 2006. Airspeed won the duel in 2008, 2010 and 2012 before HayaBusa took the indoor and outdoor top spot in 2014 and maintained it successfully ever since.

The FAI Tanay Mondial 2020 in August last year became the first world meet since 2008 where Arizona Airspeed did not represent the United States and had to watch SDC Rhythm XP trying to challenge the Belgian world champions.

The new Airspeed lineup that came together after the USPA Nationals 2019 won back the U.S. top spot at the next qualification, the USPA Nationals 2021, and this year's world meet in Eloy in October will feature the next showdown between HayaBusa and Airspeed.

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Shamrock Showdown 2022 with Cash Prize Money and the popular Skins Game March 3 - 6 at Skydive City

Shamrock Showdown 2022 FS4				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class			TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	Total	Avg
-	NMP-PCH Hayabusa	BE	E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Arizona Airspeed	US	E	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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Shamrock Showdown 2002			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class		12,H,2	J,L,G,D,P	6,Q,C,B	K,N,7,16	F,A,14,M	5,13,15	18,3,10	9,19,18	17,4,22	11,O,21	Total	Avg
1	DeLand Majik	US	19	34	31	23	22	20	17	21	18	21	226	22.6
2	Airspeed Vertical	US	19	34	28	24	23	19	17	19	19	21	223	22.3
3	Sebastian XL	UK	17	27	22	20	23	16	14	17	17	18	191	19.1
4	Sinapsi PD	IT	14	27	18	21	21	14	14	17	15	17	178	17.8
5	Punky Fish	NL	14	24	21	16	17	13	11	14	13	13	156	15.6
6	Phenix	SE	14	19	19	17	17	11	13	6	14	14	144	14.4
7	Blue Eye Majik	US	11	23	14	19	14	10	11	14	12	14	142	14.2
8	Space Center Teiwaz	US	12	18	18	12	10	13	11	14	9	15	132	13.2
9	Jetstream	US	11	15	15	13	13	10	11	12	11	11	122	12.2
10	Superfly	US	11	15	12	11	10	9	10	11	7	11	107	10.7
11	TBD	US	5	14	9	9	12	8	4	10	9	8	88	8.8

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DeLand Majik - Airspeed Vertical at the Shamrock Showdown 2002

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The new duel for the world's 4-way top spot has its preview at this year's Shamrock Showdown, and the occasion could not fit any better, despite the ongoing obstacles still created by the corona virus crisis. The Shamrock Showdown 2022 will be a celebration of the 20-year anniversary of the event.

The first Shamrock Showdown in 2002 was a result of the regular winter meets of the Florida Skydiving League. Many 4-way teams from the United States and across the planet traveled to Florida in the winter for outdoor training camps, and they used the monthly events for competition practice.

The March meet of the Florida Skydiving League became the most popular one and eventually turned into the Shamrock Showdown. DeLand Majik members Joey Jones and Solly Williams were brainstorming the event name with the National Skydiving League, and the Shamrock Showdown finally had its inaugural event in March 2002.

Several future world champions have launched their new competition season at the Shamrock Showdown, and chances are very good that this year's new 4-way world champions will be one of the two top contenders at the Shamrock Showdown 20 years later.

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Shamrock Showdown 2011			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class		N,H,3,1	J,4,C,13	7,17,19	B,20,15	12,22,M	F,18,2	E,16,9	G,8,21	P,A,11,14	10,Q,D,L	Total	Avg
1	Arizona Airspeed	US	25	25	25	24	20	25	30	22	24	29	249	24.9
2	Aerodyne Aerokart	FR	23	24	23	24	19	23	29	23	24	24	236	23.6
3	NMP-PCH Hayabusa	BE	21	23	22	23	19	21	28	20	22	29	228	22.8
4	Paraclete XP4	US	18	21	20	19	16	20	24	18	23	20	199	19.9
5	DeLand Norgies	NO	21	19	20	20	15	18	25	19	20	21	198	19.8
6	SDC Rhythm XP	US	18	19	20	21	15	18	24	19	20	23	197	19.7
7	Aerodyne Deep Blue Defenders	FR	18	18	19	19	13	18	22	19	21	23	190	19.0
8	Black Cat	RU	18	18	19	17	16	18	21	17	17	16	177	17.7
9	Amphibious Attack Tigers	US	15	16	18	13	13	17	20	13	20	15	160	16.0
10	Bodyflight Voluntas	DK	16	17	14	13	12	14	21	13	16	17	153	15.3
11	SonicNutz	UK	15	17	14	15	13	16	18	15	16	13	152	15.2
12	Boogie Nights	UK	14	14	15	15	13	17	22	13	14	13	150	15.0
13	Teiwaz	US	15	15	14	15	12	16	16	14	15	17	149	14.9
14	Whooops	NL	15	14	14	13	12	12	17	13	15	16	141	14.1
15	SDC Furies XP	US	11	13	13	14	8	14	15	10	15	13	126	12.6
16	Bodyflight Atlas	DK	12	11	13	11	11	12	14	11	12	11	118	11.8
17	Fast Air	IE	10	15	10	8	12	10	15	12	14	11	117	11.7
18	Teiwaz	US	9	9	6	11	10	12	13	10	11	10	101	10.1

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It will not be the first time that NMP PCH HayaBusa visit Florida to compete at the Shamrock Showdown. The original lineup made their first trip to Skydive DeLand for the 2005 event and finished in 6th place. It took five years until they would be back for the Shamrock Showdown 2010 to finish 2nd behind the French national team, who would win the world championship title a few months later.

HayaBusa came back to Florida in 2011 and 2012 to meet Arizona Airspeed and prepare for the world meet in Dubai 2012 where they missed a jump-off for their first FAI title by one single point. The Shamrock Showdown 2012 was the last time that HayaBusa competed in Florida.

Ten years after their last visit, the Belgian 4-way world champions will be back for the 20-year anniversary and for the next duel with Arizona Airspeed, three years after the visit at Paraclete XP. Both teams have new lineups, as the NSL News reported with earlier updates, and Airspeed has a 2-year head start with the current lineup.

Arizona Airspeed are still undefeated at the Shamrock Showdown after 12 visits, the first one by Airspeed Odyssey in 2007. HayaBusa are busy bringing new member Neal Willems up to speed, while Airspeed work with new coach Joey Jones to maintain the flawless Shamrock record and win the world championship title on home turf in October. The Shamrock Showdown's 20-year anniversary will be a preview seven months before the world meet. The event is open for other 4-way and 8-way teams.

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Shamrock Showdown 2012			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class		Q,8,H,22	16,19,13	10,14,2	E,C,20,K	5,M,9	A,6,F,17	D,21,N,B	P,O,G,J,1	18,4,7	12,15,3	Total	Avg
1	Arizona Airspeed	US	25	20	18	35	36	25	33	31	23	20	266	26.6
2	NMP-PCH Hayabusa	BE	23	21	20	33	34	29	30	30	20	21	261	26.1
3	Aerodyne Aerokart	FR	23	21	19	33	29	28	28	29	23	21	254	25.4
4	SDC Rhythm XP	US	21	17	15	28	29	23	27	27	19	18	224	22.4
5	Thunder	BE	20	17	16	27	27	22	27	26	17	17	216	21.6
6	Deland Norgies	NO	18	16	15	22	26	20	26	26	18	14	201	20.1
7	Explosion	US	18	17	15	20	24	18	24	23	19	13	191	19.1
8	Satori	UK	15	14	12	23	26	23	22	23	16	16	190	19.0
9	CTR Optimum	BR	12	12	12	20	25	18	20	22	13	12	166	16.6
10	Carolina Turbo XP	US	17	11	13	21	15	17	19	20	14	13	160	16.0
11	Bodyflight Voluntas	DK	13	12	12	15	19	17	18	18	13	12	149	14.9
12	Dubai Asaar Red	AE	10	11	7	13	15	15	16	15	13	9	124	12.4
13	Dubai Asaar Gold	AE	11	11	7	15	15	16	14	12	12	10	123	12.3
14	Black Cat	RU	19	14	15	21	27	-	-	-	-	-	96	19.2
15	Anima	BR	7	9	5	11	13	8	13	10	11	8	95	9.5

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