Carolina Turbo XP

Saturday, February 15, 2014

Carolina Turbo XP is one of the top 4-way teams in the United States having improved steadily since they broke out onto the national stage in 2009 as Team VTSD (Virginia Tech Space Dockers). The VTSD team was made up of four students from Virginia Tech who made weekly trips to Skydive Carolina to train. They won the 2009 US Collegiate National Championships and the 2009 US National Championships in the same year. Their early success fueled their progression to train and compete against the best teams in the world.

Carolina Turbo XP 2014

Team Lineups

2009 – Doug Barron, Joey Coffineau, Andrew Happick, Jamie Sides, Ben Worrall
2010 – Doug Barron, Joey Coffienau, Andrew Happick, Jamie Sides, Ben Worrall, Jan Lane
2011 – Doug Barron, Joey Coffineau, Joey Freeman, Andrew Happick, Chad Wilcox
2012 – Doug Barron, Joey Coffineau, Joey Freeman, Andrew Happick, Chad Wilcox
2013 – Doug Barron, Joey Coffineau, Joey Freeman, Andrew Happick, Chad Wilcox
2014 – Doug Barron, Joey Freeman, Nick Grillet, Andrew Happick, Chad Wilcox

Team Sponsors

CompanyEquipmentWebsite
Airtec (Cypres)AADhttp://www.cypres.cc
CookieHelmetshttp://www.flycookie.com/
Larsen & BrusgaardAltimetershttp://www.l-and-b.dk/
Paraclete XPWind Tunnel Traininghttp://www.paracletexp.com/
ParagearSkydiving Equipmenthttp://www.paragear.com/
Performance DesignsCanopieshttp://performancedesigns.com/
Sun Path ProductsContainer Systemshttp://sunpath.com/
Skydive CarolinaDropZone Sponsorshiphttps://www.skydivecarolina.com
Vertical SuitsJumpsuitshttp://verticalsuits.com/

Competition Record

Competition

Class

Location

Point Total

Point AVG

Rank

2009 Collegiate Nationals

Open

Skydive Spaceland

138
(6 rnds)

23

1 / 5

2009 US Nationals

Intermeidate

Skydive Spaceland

131

13.1

1/33

2010 US Nationals

Advanced

Skydive Chicago

145

14.5

1/11

2011 US Nationals

Open

Skydive Arizona

150

15.0

10/13

2012 US Nationals

Open

Skydive Arizona

179

17.9

6/11

2013 US Nationals

Open

Skydive Chicago

197

19.7

4/11

2014 US Nationals

Open

Skydive Chicago

213

21.3

4/7

2015 US Nationals
Oct 22 – Nov 1

Open

Skydive Arizona

TBD

TBD

TBD

Team Notes

  • 2009 Collegiate National Champions as VTSD (Virginia Tech)
  • 2009 US National Champions – Intermediate Division
  • 2010 US National Champions – Advanced Division (first team to win nationals in consecutive years in different divisions)
  • 2010 US Nationals – Ben Worrall joined the team at the last moment at the US Nationals to win gold despite Jan Lane being in the lineup for the whole year. Lane graciously stood aside allowing Worrall to join his teammates on the medal stand as they had done in 2009. Worrall enlisted in the USAF at the beginning of the 2010 season.
  • 2011 – Joey Freeman replaces Ben Worrall in the lineup.
  • 2011 – The team enters the Open Class for the first time.
  • 2013 – Team transitions to a full time skydiving team training Wednesday thru Friday’s.
  • 2014 – Nick Grillet replaces Joey Coffineau in the lineup.
  • 2014 US Nationals – Finished 4th, missing medal stand by one point.

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