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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.

Category: Body-flight

  • Freshly published: Principles of Fitness For Flying

    🪂 What actually separates good bodyflight athletes from great ones? It’s not how many jumps you have. It’s not raw talent. It’s whether you understand the instrument you’re flying—your own body. How you train that body is foundational. We set out to address the best protocols to do just that, and we covered them for…

  • Throwback: The Day We Dropped a Bowling Ball Out of a Plane Over Moab

    We’ve had a pretty big YouTube channel for a pretty long time, but there are certain videos that never stop finding new eyeballs. This is one of ’em. If your own eyeballs haven’t found it yet, we hope you like it. Right?! Here’s the the full backstory. The Setup It’s 2011. Prince William marries Kate…

  • ISSA World Cup Series Final 2025

    The AXIS Flight School hosted the ISSA World Cup Series Event of 2025 at Skydive Arizona has wrapped, following a full-throttle weekend of Speed Skydiving on December 13–14, 2025. Over the weekend, 14 competitors gave it everything they had, chasing one simple goal: fly as fast as humanly possible. 👉 Competitor Snapshot 👈11x male |…

  • To Go (Unbelievably) Fast, Slow Down

    Wind tunnel time improves balance, control, and safety for speed skydivers. Here’s why training slow helps you fly fast. Body-flight is balance in motion Body-flight, in all its forms, is a study in balance. By fine-tuning the drag forces around their centre of mass, a flyer can maintain control and maneuver efficiently through the relative…

  • Hey, France: It’s Time to Pick Up the Pace! Speed Skydiving in ParaMag

    Big news from France: AXIS Flight School co-founder Niklas Daniel has just published a two-page feature on Speed Skydiving in ParaMag, France’s premier skydiving magazine. This article, created in collaboration with ParaMag publisher Bruno Passe, marks a milestone. For the first time, Speed has been introduced in depth to French readers—bringing a fresh perspective on…

  • New MFS Blocks? Why, Certainly

    You love to play with blocks. Everybody does. And you know where to find ’em, too: the AXIS Flight School YouTube channel. Et voilá—here are more sweet, buildable blocks for you. The MFS 18-22 videos are now available for your watching (and team training) pleasure. But wait! There’s more The AXIS Draw Generator as been…

  • Speeding Toward the Future

    Who Says Solos Can’t Be Fun? The Challenge of Speed Skydiving ISSA.one

  • Blue Skies Fun Days Ep 112: Niklas Daniel talks about SPEED SKYDIVING

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  • 2024 MFS 2-way Block videos now online!

    The AXIS MFS dive pool images and videos have been updated. Blocks 6, 11, 14, 15, 16, and 17 have been replaced / added. Also, Random A has been updated. The new content is now availble on the AXIS Draw Generator. Videos courtesy of FliteShop / Taylor Buffington.

  • AXIS sets two new Arizona Speed Records

    On April 20th, Brianne Thompson and Niklas Daniel of AXIS Flight School set out to break the Arizona State absolute record for greatest freefall speed (Female and General respectively). Skydive Arizona flew one of their twin otters to 17,650 ft AGL which gave the team extra working time to accelerate. The freefall performance lasted approximately…