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  • Chasing the Worlds Fastest Man

    The 2021 United States Parachute Association National Championships were held October 18-30 at Skydive Arizona. The aim of the event is to: 1) recognize and honor U.S. National Champions in the following disciplines:​ Artistic Events, Canopy Formation, Formation Skydiving, Accuracy Landing, Canopy Piloting, Mixed Formation Skydiving, Vertical Formation Skydiving, Wingsuit Flying, Speed Skydiving, and 2) to…

  • AXIS Decennial at Skydive AZ!

    November 2020 marks AXIS Flight School‘s 10 year anniversary at Skydive Arizona! In celebration of our ‘tin anniversary‘, we reflect on some of our favorite highlights and exploits over the past decade and give thanks to our Students, Sponsors, Team Mates, and Skydive Arizona. Without you, we would not be living the dream. We also want…

  • Double Bronze for Brianne Thompson

    In addition to competing in 4-way VFS with Arizona X-Force during the 22nd FAI World Cup of Formation Skydiving, Brianne Thompson also participated in 4-way FS female with team Phoenix XP. Having medaled in both events, Brianne is the first American and third person in skydiving history to medal in FS and VFS at the…

  • 2019 World Cup Recap

    2019 World Cup Recap

    Bronze Medal for Arizona X-Force in 4-Way VFS! The 22nd FAI World Cup of Formation Skydiving was held at Skydive Arizona in Eloy from October 7th to the 12th. Arizona X-Force attended after having just completed the USPA Nationals in mid September. The competition started out strong, with the top three teams being neck and…

  • 2019 USPA Nationals Recap

    Silver Medal for X-Force in 4-Way VFS Open! During the 2019 USPA National Skydiving Championships Arizona X-Force came in second in the 4-Way VFS Open event. The vertical formation skydiving event completed all 10 scheduled rounds, with four teams in each of the open and advanced divisions. One team, “Why Not”, competed in the intermediate…

  • Fly Smart. Train Hard.

    Fly Smart. Train Hard.

    Being competitors at heart, Niklas and Brianne do their best to improve on a daily basis. This applies not only to competitions, but also their business and life’s work – AXIS Flight School. AXIS has gone through an incredible online transformation, which could be called a “Cyber Grand Re-opening”. These changes have been taking place behind the…

  • AZ X-Force takes 3rd at 2019 USIS Nationals!

    The 2019 US Indoor Skydiving Open National Championships were held at iFly Virginia Beach on January 11th – 13th. Arizona X-Force attended its first indoor competition with its current line up established early last year. Some of the same teams competed at last year’s USPA Skydiving Nationals: SDC Core, Army Golden Knights, SDMW Chemtrails, and…

  • AZ X-Force takes 2nd at the 2018 USPA Nationals.

    AZ X-Force takes 2nd at the 2018 USPA Nationals.

      After nearly two full days on the ground due to weather, the first events wrapped up at the 2018 USPA National Skydiving Championships at Chicagoland Skydiving Center in Rochelle, Illinois. The vertical formation skydiving event completed five of 10 scheduled rounds, with five teams in each division.   In the open class, SDC Core…

  • AXIS FlightSchoolTV a top 30 Skydiving Youtube channel winner

    According to Feedspot (a modern RSS reader), the AXIS Flight School YouTube Channel (AXIS FlightSchoolTV) is one of the 30 best Skydiving Youtube Channels on the web. This ranking is based on several criteria, such as: Total youtube channel subscribers, video views, and video uploads Quality and consistency of videos Youtube search ranking Feedspot editorial team’…

  • 2017 USPA National Championships

    The 2017 USPA Nationals were held at Skydive Perris, CA. AXIS Flight School members Brianne Thompson and Niklas Daniel entered three separate events: VFS open, MFS open, and Speed. In the 4-way VFS category there were 3 teams in open, and 4 in advanced. After completing close to 400 training jumps at Skydive Arizona, and spending about 30 hours in the Skyventure Arizona wind tunnel, the team…