posted Feb 3rd, 2018 - The Wind Games 2018 are over, and the first 2018 scores of the world's best 4-way teams are on the leaderboard.

Not too much changed or turned out differently on the very top after yesterday's half-time update. Arizona Airspeed's new lineup won its first round over NMP PCH HayaBusa and added two more tied rounds on the second day with the highest indoor average at a regular 10-round indoor meet in Airspeed history. As expected, Airspeed also cut the distance to HayaBusa after ten rounds to under 20 points.

On the other side, and on the very top of the leaderboard, HayaBusa finished with another dominating performance and finished with a new historic 33.2 average and a significant distance to Airspeed. Both teams have more than enough reasons to be happy with their performances in Empuriabrava and work on their next goals.

Airspeed has to continue with finding ways to move closer to the indoor and outdoor world champions, while the still undefeated Belgian lineup with Jeroen Nollet cannot rest on the way to the next FAI gold medals.

Wind Games 2018			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	AAA Class		K,5,4	12,8,M	19,2,17	P,C,F,16	D,B,9,N	22,21,13	3,14,11	G,L,E,Q,10	6,20,H	A,O,18,1	Total	Avg
1	NMP-PCH Hayabusa	BE	31	26	27	46	54	23	24	38	31	32	332	33.2
2	Arizona Airspeed	US	29	26	27	41	51	24	24	35	31	28	316	31.6
3	Realfly Sion	FR	29	24	27	42	45	22	23	35	29	28	304	30.4
4	Qatar Tigers	QA	27	25	25	42	41	19	20	30	28	27	284	28.4
5	French Weembi Girls	FR	27	23	25	39	47	19	20	30	27	25	282	28.2
6	IFS-Moscow	RU	25	22	23	39	44	21	23	30	28	24	279	27.9
7	Gavroche Weembi	FR	25	21	24	40	42	17	20	31	27	27	274	27.4
8	Echochamber	SE	28	22	23	40	41	17	21	26	27	22	267	26.7
9	Amnesya	IT	24	22	20	40	40	17	20	29	28	26	266	26.6
10	Airheads	CH	26	22	24	37	47	17	19	26	22	22	262	26.2
11	XL	UK	23	20	22	35	37	17	20	28	25	24	251	25.1
12	NFTO	UK	20	20	21	34	40	17	16	25	22	22	237	23.7
13	Odin Parachute System	FR	23	14	22	33	40	16	17	23	23	21	232	23.2
14	Tenanine	MR	21	19	20	29	29	17	19	28	23	23	228	22.8
15	Weembi Legion	FR	21	18	19	32	34	17	17	24	21	20	223	22.3
16	Papea Masculino	ES	19	18	21	31	34	16	16	24	21	14	214	21.4
17	JETMAX	BE	18	18	16	29	31	15	16	20	18	21	202	20.2
18	Aerokart Ak'demie 2	FR	18	20	15	30	19	17	15	22	22	22	200	20.0
19	Monaco Indoor Skydive Team	MC	20	19	17	19	31	15	17	20	20	20	198	19.8
20	Los Puristos	FR	18	15	15	28	28	13	14	16	17	15	179	17.9
20	Le 4 Crétins	FR	17	14	16	29	30	11	12	20	15	15	179	17.9
22	Airbivores Annecy Pamiers	FR	17	15	15	23	27	13	14	19	15	17	175	17.5
23	Barak	ES	15	16	17	24	22	14	15	20	15	15	173	17.3
24	Be Air Force	FR	13	14	14	21	23	11	13	17	16	16	158	15.8
25	Papea Mixto	ES	13	14	13	24	22	10	12	13	16	15	152	15.2
26	Voss Vind Girls	NO	7	12	13	21	23	13	12	15	16	15	147	14.7
26	Pajama Pumas	UK	14	14	11	17	24	10	12	16	14	15	147	14.7

The French national team, Realfly Sion, might be disappointed with the distance to Airspeed and HayaBusa. However, there is only a 6-point distance to Airspeed without the painful French result for Round 5.

Realfly Sion is by far the youngest of the three top teams in the world and is far behind with meet experiences. French national coach Mathieu Bernier, one of the most experienced 4-way and 8-way competitors in history, will use the remaining time before the outdoor world meet in Australia to add as many meets and competition practice as possible to the team's 2018 schedule.

The graph that compares the standings after the first day with the final leaderboard and also with the NSL Power Ranking, which uses previous results of the teams for the expected finishing position, is showing the moves within the field, including the three teams who had their own Wind Games leaderboard and prize money in 4-way Women.

The French Weembi Girls lived up to all expectations despite the change in the lineup and allowed only the Qatar Tigers to move up and ahead into the 4th place.

NSL Power Ranking - Leaderboard after Round 5 - Leaderboard after Round 10

All other teams in the Top 10 took advantage of a weaker second day of the Swiss Airheads, who were the surprise team of the first day. They dropped back to the 10th place, which is still two slots better than expected in the power rankings.

Odin Parachute System, with father Arnaud Camproux and daughter Elisa in the lineup, finished as the most improved team with a 23.2 average, which is almost three average points higher compared to the performance at the French Indoor Nationals 2017. Odin has potential for much more, as the team lost a total of 17 points in the judging room.

The other French family, Stephane (father) and Tom Mattoni (son) competed in two different teams. The Monaco Indoor Skydive Team was ahead after the first five rounds, mostly due to Aerokart Ak'demie's Round 5 disaster with seven point deductions. The FAI 4-way Junior world champions of the AA Class fought back on the second day and eventually won the internal AAA Class competition by two points.

Last only on the leaderboard at the end of the first day and not least at all, the VossVind Girls from Norway, 4-way Junior team at the FAI Indoor World Cup 2016, caught up with Pajama Pumas, who attended their first competition in the AAA Class, as well, after winning silver medals at the UK Nationals 2017.