posted Apr 7th, 2026 - Alongside South Africa, Australia is one of the well-established nations in formation skydiving that must adapt to the reversed seasonal schedule of the Southern and Eastern Hemispheres. In fact, Australia has missed only two outdoor world championships in 4-way Open since 1985, as illustrated in the NSL News update on April 6th.

Australia also hosted the FAI Outdoor World Championship 2018 on the Gold Coast near Brisbane, a location many participants still remember for its spectacular scenery. The country’s east coast features many similarly scenic areas, and this year’s national outdoor championship took place in Moruya, on the southern end of the coastline. The venue easily matched the visual appeal of the 2018 Gold Coast event, and a total of 21 teams traveled to southeastern Australia for the competition last month.

Havoc claimed the 4-way AAA Class title at the national championship for the third consecutive year, following the team’s formation in 2024. The same lineup represented Australia at the FAI Outdoor World Championship 2024, held at another picturesque venue—the Crystal Coast Skydiving Center in North Carolina—comparable to both the Gold Coast and Moruya locations. The NSL News took the opportunity at Crystal Coast to introduce the team shortly before the award ceremony. Havoc has now qualified to represent Australia once again at Skydive Arizona this October.

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	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
8	Apex	UK	15		18		21	-2	25		21	-2	13	-2	18		14	-1	15	-2	15		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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Havoc at the Australian Outdoor Nationals 2026 and at the FAI Outdoor World Champiosnhip 2024

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Havoc has made a clear effort to match the scenic environments where they have competed since 2024. The team photo from last month’s national outdoor championship shows that the weather conditions were more than favorable—so much so that jumpsuits were not even necessary for ground photos. In contrast, the competition videos feature Havoc in their traditional jumpsuits, equipped with proper grips.

Australian 4-way teams held their indoor championship in August last year, shortly before the FAI Outdoor World Cup 2025 in Teuge, Netherlands. Havoc secured both the national indoor and outdoor titles, while this year’s runner-up, Chop Chop!, traveled from Australia to Europe in August 2025 to represent their country in the Netherlands. This followed a similar path to Whitefish, who had represented Australia at the FAI Outdoor World Cup 2023 at Skydive Voss in Norway.

Chop Chop! faced unexpectedly strong competition in a tight battle for second place against Random Fixation. The latter had competed in the AA Class at the 2024 outdoor championship before moving up to AAA at the indoor championship later that same year. While Chop Chop! managed to hold them off comfortably last season, the contest turned into a one-point thriller in Moruya last month.

Australia Outdoor Nationals 2026		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class	13,P,L,N	12,17,J	F,K,10,15	20,19,D	B,7,A,4	22,G,5	6,H,M,1	11,E,14	Q,9,C,16	3,8,18	Total	Avg
1	Havoc	15	12	13	12	16	11	15	13	17	11	135	13.5
2	Chop Chop!	14	10	10	11	15	10	11	10	13	9	113	11.3
3	Random Fixation	9	7	11	11	15	9	13	11	15	11	112	11.2

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Chop Chop! - Random Fixation at the Australian Outdoor Nationals 2026

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Australia Outdoor Nationals 2026		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	AA Class	14,H,6	M,15,18	G,20,P	19,21	L,K,C,13	9,J,22	D,7,N	O,2,11	Q,F,E,1	8,4	Total	Avg
1	Jam Donut	2	6	8	6	8	6	7	8	10	5	66	6.6
2	Last Minute	2	4	3	3	4	1	0	5	4	2	28	2.8
Rank	A Class	H,P,L	K,F,M	7,2	B,O,9	21,Q	G,8	D,E,J	C,A,19	4,N	6,M	Total	Avg
1	In Flight Entertainment	13	17	11	14	9	8	11	9	-	-	92	11.5
2	Phantom	11	18	9	11	6	5	12	7	-	-	79	9.9
3	Pull Party	6	15	7	11	7	6	10	5	-	-	67	8.4
4	Double Date	11	14	7	11	1	7	8	7	-	-	66	8.3
5	A Team	4	12	4	7	6	1	2	2	-	-	38	4.8
6	RAVSTASS Ravens	5	9	4	7	4	2	3	0	-	-	34	4.3
7	RAVSTASS Master Ravens	6	5	3	3	2	1	6	3	-	-	29	3.6
8	RAVSTASS Blue Ravens	2	4	1	5	3	1	2	3	-	-	21	2.6
Rank	Rookie	O,M,G	Q,H,D	A,J,B	P,N,C	F,L,K	E,P,D	K,N,J	E,G,Q	F,O,M		Total	Avg
1	Parachutamol	4	5	6	5	4	3	6	-	-	-	33	4.7
2	Slick 70s	1	4	6	3	7	3	4	-	-	-	28	4.0
3	Hopeless Payload	6	0	3	3	4	2	3	-	-	-	21	3.0
4	AIDS Before Beauty	0	4	2	2	1	6	3	-	-	-	18	2.6
5	Shooting Starfish	5	0	1	1	3	3	3	-	-	-	16	2.3
5	Powered by Gravity	4	2	1	1	2	3	3	-	-	-	16	2.3
7	Earth Magnets	3	0	0	2	1	2	6	-	-	-	14	2.0
8	RAVSTASS Blast Ravens	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	-	-	-	2	0.3