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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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  • OEW Wind Tunnel Training 2021

    Kevin and Jonathon just completed flying with AXIS Flight School at the Skyventure AZ tunnel. Having flown 3.5 hours each over the course of three days, Kevin and Jonathon are part of the January 2021 Operation Enduring Warrior Skydive class (a veteran-founded nonprofit organization). The goal of this training camp was to best prepare Kevin and Jonathon for eventual AFF and skydive training…

  • 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…

  • The Crucible Indoor Tournament

    The Crucible is just over a week away! This fun event, created and organized by AXIS Flight School®, exposes participants to the challenges of competition, while meeting new likeminded flyers. The Crucible is a great learning opportunity for those who wish to take their flying abilities to the next level. Bring only yourself — everyone…

  • Quick Tunnel Edit

    Location: Skyventure Arizona

  • NEW YouTube Playlist – Skills and Fitness

    Brianne and Nik introduce fitness expert and skydiver Darrel Wang. Darrel has a lot of experience to draw from when it comes to training programs, as he was an olympic trialist and professional athlete for a number of years. He has worked with Team USA Track and Field as well as Cycling, and has consulted…

  • A Video Experiment

    AXIS Flight School is trying something new during the COVID-19 shuttdown.  Since jumpers and tunnel flyers are grounded for a while, AXIS is giving workout realted videos a try on its YouTube channel. The new content is intended to support physical skills relevant to skydiving, rather than focusing on aesthetics. In the first video, Nik…

  • Skydive Radio Interview on Visualizing

    AXIS Flight School would like to thank Garnett and Dave at Skydive Radio for hosting us on their show (#249). Brianne and Nik discuss the value of incorporating visualization parctices to enhace performance. Visualizing interview 1:37:20 – 1:55:00

  • AXIS introduces new HFS dive pools

    AXIS Flight School has introduced a new discipline – HFS (Horizontal Formation Skydiving), which is intended for indoor skydiving and utilizes both the belly and back-flying orientations simultaneously. It is therefore related to the horizontal rounds drawn during an MFS advanced event, but with an expanded dive pool in order to facilitate more rounds. These disciplines…

  • OEW in the Eloy Enterprise

    Disabled veterans learn how to skydive By MARIA VASQUEZ, Staff Writer Feb 7, 2020   ELOY — Two paraplegic military veterans have taken up a new hobby and recently began their journey of obtaining their skydiving license. Ryan Newell and Chris Wolff traveled to SkyVenture Arizona from Kansas and Texas for their first training session…

  • OEW January Tunnel video recap