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The 4-way event at the Bodyflight World challenge has fast become one of the most prestigious Formation Skydiving competitions in the world.
"This is the best competition I have ever taken part in." – Steve Hamilton – XL team member and 3 time British national FS champion.
More and more teams have entered every year, with a record breaking 47 teams competing in the 2009 event. Many of the teams who enter are the national teams who come to represent their countries and include some of the world’s most elite skydivers.
For the first four years of the competiton the professional category in FS was dominated by the American national team Airspeed Odyssey. The reigning champions took the Gold medals at every single World Challenge between 2006 and 2009, despite some serious competition over the years.
In 2010 the French put a stop to Airspeeds gold medal odyssey and took the golds with a massive 305 points, narrowly beating British team XL by one point and Belgium team Hayabusa by four points.
Below are the top three teams from each of the past events:
2011 Competition |
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AAA |
AA |
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| Place | Team | Points | Country | Team | Points | Country | |||
| 1st | NMP-PCH Hayabusa | 305 | BEL | Full Stop | 201 | UK | |||
| 2nd | Arizona Airspeed | 298 | USA | Creeps | 163 | NL | |||
| 3rd | Aerodyne Aerokart | 290 | FR | Peanuts | 159 | NL | |||
A |
Rookie |
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| Place | Team | Points | Country | Team | Points | Country | |||
| 1st | Kinetix | 154 | IRL | Raykipo | 153 | UK | |||
| 2nd | Enigma Block Party | 139 | UK | Team EB | 146 | UK | |||
| 3rd | Lockstock | 134 | UK | Bodyflight Black Majik | 117 | UK | |||
2010 Competition |
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AAA |
AA |
Rookie |
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| Place | Team | Points | Country | Team | Points | Country | Team | Points | Country |
| 1st | Aerodyne Cypres Maubeuge | FR | 305 | Usual Suspects | GER | 190 | Gr4vity | UK | 211 |
| 2nd | XL | UK | 304 | Kats | UK | 182 | Pinky and the Jets | UK | 188 |
| 3rd | NMP-PCH Hayabusa | BEL | 301 | Phantom Force | BEL | 172 | Shaven Eclipse | UK | 173 |
2009 Competition |
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Professional |
Amateur |
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| Place | Team | Points | Country | Team | Points | Country |
| 1st | Arizona Airspeed | 288 | USA | Team future | 184 | USA |
| 2nd | Perris Fury | 277 | USA | Fast Arrows | 152 | CZ |
| 3rd | Hayabusa Defence | 275 | BEL | Phantom Force | 148 | BEL |
2008 Competition |
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Professional |
Amateur |
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| Place | Team | Points | Country | Team | Points | Country |
| 1st | Arizona Airspeed | 283 | USA | S4 | 171 | UK |
| 2nd | XL | 281 | UK | Phobia | 155 | UK |
| 3rd | Perris Fury | 261 | USA | Kaizen | 152 | UK |
2007 Competition |
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Professional |
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| Place | Team | Points | Country | |||
| 1st | Arizona Airspeed | 280 | USA | |||
| 2nd | Fast trax | 279 | USA | |||
| 3rd | XL | 261 | UK | |||
2006 Competition |
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Professional |
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| Place | Team | Points | Country | |||
| 1st | Arizona Airspeed | 233 | USA | |||
| 2nd | Spa Hayabusa | 206 | BEL | |||
| 3rd | Team 42 | 178 | SWE | |||