posted Mar 9th, 2023 - Thursday was the last opportunity for training before Round 1 of the Shamrock Showdown 2023, which is scheduled for Friday morning. The French national team in 4-way Open had their last day of the 1-week outdoor camp at Skydive DeLand, as the NSL News reported on March 7th.

Arizona Airspeed completed five training jumps on Thursday, and Pour Decisions, with former Airspeed members Craig Girard, Eliana Rodriguez and videographer Taylor Buffington, joined them with their own jumps from the Cessna Caravan.

Jill Stephenson and Jonathan Perl complete the Pour Decisions lineup and will continue with their two player-coaches throughout the complete 2023 season until the USPA Nationals at Paraclete XP in September. Jill Stephenson competed recently with Greenlight at the Paraclete XP Indoor Championship 2023, where Jonathan Perl did not show up this year.

He had spent the 2021 season with Platinum XP and player-coach Kirk Verner at the Paraclete XP Indoor Championship 2022. Jonathan Perl was one of the original Mr. Pink members, a 4-way team from Georgia that competed at the first NSL Championship in 1998.

Shamrock Showdown 2023			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
-	SDC Rhythm XP	US	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Qatar Tigers	QA	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Pour Decisions	US	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	NMP-PCH Hayabusa	BE	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	France 4-way Open	FR	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Arizona Airspeed	US	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rank	AA Class		TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	Total	Avg
-	Project Danny	US	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Anion Flux XP	US	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rank	A Class		TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	Total	Avg
-	Waitin' on a Woman	US	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Funderbirds	US	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	DeLand's Hit Show	US	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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NSL-TV Unfiltered: Shamrock Showdown 2023 training on Thursday

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The NSL News pointed out earlier that the Shamrock Showdown 2023 is a new version of the last world championship, with the Top 4 in Eloy 2022 (Arizona Airspeed, NMP PCH HayaBusa, Qatar Tigers, France) lined up to check their starting position into the new 2-year cycle. The same Top 4 of the current 4-way world have continued with exactly the same lineups that they competed with in October last year.

The situation in DeLand becomes even more interesting and exciting compared to the last outdoor world championship, as a second U.S. national team is also getting ready for the same Shamrock Showdown competition beginning tomorrow morning.

SDC Rhythm XP competed for the U.S. delegation at the FAI Tanay Mondial in August 2021. Doug Barron attended his first world championship in Russia with the SDC Rhythm XP lineup of 2021 (Christy Frikken, Steve Lefkowitz, Andrew Happick, Justin Wageman on camera).

Doug Barron is the only current team member who competed in Russia, and he knows some of his opponents after meeting them live at his own first world championship. NMP PCH HayaBusa won with Andy Grauwels and the previous Belgian lineup in Russia, and Doug Barron outscored Qatar Tigers and France with SDC Rhythm XP. The French 4-way Open Class team is now in DeLand with three members of the 2021 lineup (Damien Gouriou, Alban Rumolo, David Ricard).

FAI Outdoor World Meet 2022			1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		Total	Avg
Rank	4-way Open		20,16,B		P,D,21,13		17,K,11		E,A,19,22		2,9,M		C,14,F,12		3,6,18		4,10,1		8,Q,O,H		5,7,J		Total	Avg
1	Arizona Airspeed	US	21	-1	28		27		27		31		23		21		20		32		31		261	26.1
2	NMP-PCH Hayabusa	BE	20	-1	25	-2	21		23		28		20	-2	19		17		29		26		228	22.8
3	Qatar Tigers	QA	19	-2	23	-1	22	-1	21	-1	26		18		17	-1	17		28		28		219	21.9
4	France 4-way Open	FR	19		23	-1	22		23		27		20	-1	18		15	-1	20	-5	27	-1	214	21.4

SDC Rhythm XP's current lineup, with three new team members since August 2021, will probably not be able to challenge the Top 4 teams of the last outdoor world championship in Eloy yet. However, the new Rhythm lineup delivered an impressive performance at the Paraclete XP Indoor Championship 2023, where they won the bronze medals.

Rhythm is still in winter training in Sebastian, and the new team members will now meet the best teams in the world in competition. Doug Barron did not want to miss this unique opportunity to share the international experiences with his new team mates.

Five other teams from Florida have the same opportunity at the Shamrock Showdown and signed up to watch the best 4-way teams in the world this weekend.

It is not new that Florida 4-way teams can meet the world's top teams once a year. The Shamrock Showdown has brought national 4-way teams from many different countries to DeLand since 2001, including reigning and future world champions. Airspeed's Niklas Hemlin is glad to see a comeback situation for the Shamrock Showdown in DeLand. Airspeed lineups have been undefeated at the event since 2007, and the winner of the event became usually the next world champion...

FAI Tanay Mondial 2020			1		2		3		4		5		6		Total	Avg
Rank	4-way Open		O,19,Q,5		17,B,E,P		H,15,12		M,N,7,F		K,L,C,4		J,18,16		Total	Avg
1	NMP-PCH Hayabusa	BE	32		41	-1	23		43		30	-4	24	-1	193	32.2
2	SDC Rhythm XP	US	25	-2	35	-5	22		39		26	-4	22		169	28.2
3	Qatar Tigers	QA	24	-1	38	-2	19		34		26		19	-2	160	26.7
4	Aerodyne Cypres Lille	FR	23		33		19		32		24		21		152	25.3