posted May 17th, 2025 - The Netherlands is one of the powerhouses in formation skydiving competition in a different and at least equally important way than just winning medals at FAI world championships and world cups. The small European country is one of the four that have never missed an outdoor world championship since 1985.

The same counts almost for indoor world championships, as well, where a Dutch team missed only the event in Montreal 2017. The Netherlands were represented at the indoor events in 2015, 2019, 2023 and 2025. Out Of The Blue (OOTB) have carried the Dutch flag since 2017, and only the fact that the indoor world championship in Montreal 2017 interfered with the ISR Grand Prix on home turf caused the only missing presence of a Dutch team at the FAI event.

OOTB traveled twice to the United States within six months to competed for their country, first at the 26th FAI World Formation Skydiving Championships at Crustal Coast in October 2024, then again in April this year for the FAI Indoor World Championship 2025. Even the personnel change, with two new OOTB members after the ISR Grand Prix 2023, did not deter the Dutch national team to make plans for the outdoor world championship in 2024 and the indoor world championship in 2025. In fact, the new OOTB lineup also traveled to China for the indoor world cup in April last year, and they will most likely compete at the outdoor world cup on home turf in Teuge, Netherlands, as well.

FAI Indoor World Championship 2025			1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		Total	Avg
Rank	4-way Open		D,4,17		C,22,10		5,P,Q,18		1,M,J,O		16,6,19		H,8,21		12,13,A		L,G,K,9		15,F,7		E,2,N,B		Total	Avg
1	Aethers Medjay	FR	32		23	-1	35		41		28		27		29		45		32		37	-2	329	32.9
2	Arizona Airspeed	US	27	-2	24		31		34		26		26	-1	27		49		34		36		314	31.4
3	NMP PCH HayaBusa	BE	29	-1	22	-2	33		40	-1	24	-3	23	-4	26		43	-4	28	-3	38	-3	306	30.6
4	Skywalkers Junior	CZ	28		22	-2	30		39		25		23	-4	25		38	-2	27	-3	33		290	29.0
5	NFTO	UK	24	-1	22		26	-1	28	-4	22	-1	22		22	-1	36		29		30		261	26.1
5	Fly X Amnesya	IT	26		19		25	-2	32	-1	23		22	-2	23		32	-5	27	-4	32		261	26.1
7	Qatar Lions	QA	26	-1	19	-3	28	-1	31	-5	24		21	-2	22	-1	34		24	-4	31		260	26.0
8	Echochamber	SE	23	-1	17	-2	27	-1	32	-2	22	-1	22		25	-1	34	-3	27	-2	28	-4	257	25.7
9	Papea	ES	26	-1	18	-3	25		35	-2	19	-2	21	-3	21	-2	33	-3	28	-2	29	-3	255	25.5
10	Out Of The Blue	NL	22		18		21	-3	29	-2	21		21	-1	20	-1	28	-3	25	-1	24	-2	229	22.9
11	Realfly Fire	CH	22		14	-3	23		31		19		18	-3	18	-1	26	-4	21	-3	25	-1	217	21.7
12	Netunos	BR	20	-1	16		20	-3	26	-2	18		18	-1	18		27		21	-1	19	-3	203	20.3
13	Singapore	SG	16		10	-4	11	-4	17	-5	14	-1	15	-2	11	-4	15	-3	15	-2	19	-1	143	14.3
14	Thailand	TH	8	-1	7	-2	7		11	-5	7		7	-3	5	-3	8	-4	11		8	-3	79	7.9

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Out Of The Blue at the FAI Indoor World Championship 2025

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Top Participation at FAI Outdoor World Championships between 1985 and 2024

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Out Of The Blue can always be expected to be one of the contenders for Top 10 positions at the world championships for the Netherlands. They finished in 8th place at Crystal Coast last October and 10th at Paraclete XP this April.

The indoor world championship enjoyed more participation compared to the outdoor event last year. Two more Top 10 contenders competed at Paraclete XP who were not present on the 4-way Open Class leaderboard at Crystal Coast. Fly X Amnesya from Italy competed only at the indoor competition and were out of reach for OOTB. Italy was not represented at the outdoor world championship last year.

NFTO were neither present in 4-way Women nor in 4-way Open at the outdoor world championship last year. Then the lineup with Pete Allum and Julia Swallow competed in 4-way Open at the indoor event, which was too much for OOTB, as well. Agera from Norway had placed ahead of OOTB in the Top 10 at Crystal Coast, as well, while Norway did not have a team at the indoor competition at Paraclete XP. The absence of Norway did not help OOTB much to move higher in the Top 10 rankings, as the Czech Republic took the 4th place with Skywalkers Junior. However, OOTB fended off Realfly Fire from Switzerland successfully to finish in 10th place. The 22.9 average was close to the highest one (23.2) of the new lineup.

FAI Outdoor World Championship 2024			1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		Total	Avg
Rank	4-way Open		14,G,13		J,C,17,12		D,A,21,P		18,B,H,F		E,L,O,8		22,2,K		6,7,16		9,20,15		3,M,N,4		5,1,10		Total	Avg
1	Arizona Airspeed	US	24		27	-1	33		36		31		23		26		26		25		22	-1	273	27.3
2	Aethers	FR	22		23	-4	33		32	-1	29		23		22		21		25		22		252	25.2
3	Qatar Tigers	QA	21		20	-3	26	-2	32		29	-1	20		21		20		19	-2	20		228	22.8
4	NMP PCH HayaBusa	BE	19		21	-2	25		25		25	-1	20		19		17		21	-1	20		212	21.2
5	Echochamber	SE	17		21	-1	24	-2	26		22	-1	16	-2	20		14	-2	19	-1	17		196	19.6
6	Airbus Illertissen Oceanside	DE	17		19		21	-1	26		23		16		19		15	-1	18	-2	16	-1	190	19.0
7	Agera	NO	14	-1	17	-2	18	-2	26		24		17		17		15		19		17		184	18.4
8	Apex	UK	15		18		21	-2	25		21	-2	13	-2	18		14	-1	15	-2	15		175	17.5
8	Out Of The Blue	NL	13	-1	17		22	-1	22	-1	22	-1	12	-1	19		14		18	-1	16	-1	175	17.5
10	Papea	ES	14	-1	15	-2	23		20	-1	23		14	-2	17		16		13	-1	15		170	17.0
11	Havoc	AU	13		13	-2	19	-1	16	-1	18		13		14	-1	12	-2	16		14		148	14.8
12	Netunos	BR	11		15	-1	17	-1	18	-1	19		13		15		10	-1	14	-1	12	-2	144	14.4

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Out Of The Blue at the FAI Outdoor World Championship 2024

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