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AXIS Flight School offers structured, progressive training designed to help sport skydivers of all levels achieve their personal and competitive goals. Whether you’re looking to improve your canopy skills, master new freefall techniques in the tunnel and sky, or prepare for competition, our world-class coaches will guide you every step of the way.

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  • 2016 Vexedart project

    Words by Vedi Djokich After the filming of vex 13 000 – skydive art project- https://youtu.be/sQFwrJ8M8jE , I wanted to revisit the concept of painting in freefall. This time though, the focus was on capturing the destructive passage of time. Documenting how it slowly erased the work and images that I created, until they ultimately disappeared. I wanted…

  • AXIS Foundations of Flight: Belly to Back backflip transition

  • Brianne Thompson receives USPA regional achievement award.

    USPA recognizes its members for contributions to the sport of skydiving and to USPA. The Regional Achievement Award is to honor an outstanding member of a USPA Region who, by their efforts over a period of time or one outstanding act, has made a significant contribution to that region’s skydiving community. Regional Director, Shawn Hill…

  • SDAZ FEATURED FRIDAY – BRIANNE THOMPSON

    View original post on Skydive Arizona website here. Interview by Melissa Lowe. Skydive Arizona is a big drop zone with many extraordinary people from local to visiting jumpers, staff, pilots, instructors, ground crew, maintenance, manifest to teams, event organizers and load organizers!!! The Featured Friday series is aimed at getting to know the people that make Skydive…

  • AXIS Foundations of Flight: Head-down side-slides

  • Face Off: AXIS vs. Grillets

    Published in Blue Skies Magazine Issue #79: July 2016 To learn more about Vector Camps, and to sign up for the upcoming CSC event, please click here.

  • Donna Bachler AFF training

  • AXIS at Skydive Suffolk 4th of July

    Over the 4th of July weekend, AXIS Flight School visited Skydive Suffolk in Virginia to coach and organize. Skydive Suffolk is the premier skydiving center in the Virginia Beach area and has been in operation since 1960. On the first day, the DZ enjoyed good weather with partly cloudy skies. Jumps were made from the DZ’s…

  • DropZone Marketing highlights AXIS

    DropZone Marketing specializes in effective marketing strategies for the skydiving industry. They help skydiving professionals connect with customers and grow their business via Social Media, Web Design, SEO, SEM, Branding, and Custom Consulting Services. In a recent newsletter, the company featured AXIS Flight School as one of 5 BRANDS KILLING IT WITH CONTENT. “There are several brands in the skydiving industry doing an…

  • Skydive Radio Interview June 2016

    I would like to thank Garnett for interviewing AXIS Flight School about current safety trends in the sport of skydiving, and Dave at Skydive Radio for having us on his show. Show #221, June 29th, 2016 on Skydiving Safety (The segment starts at 1:11:00) Skydive Radio is the world’s leading internet radio show dedicated to the sport of skydiving.  Weekly episodes include…