The Drop
News and Resources from AXIS Flight School
Category: Boogies
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Here is a little video I put together from one of the jumps during the Skydive EXPO. Enjoy 🙂
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Thanks to Cameron, one of my skydiving students, I was able to make some test jumps on a couple of new Canon lenses that he let me borrow: Canon EF 8-15mm f/4L Fisheye and Canon Super Wide Angle EF 14mm f/2.8L. Let me just start by saying that both of these lenses are fantastic. Even though they…
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Sisters in Skydiving is the U.S. Parachute Association‘s female mentorship program. SIS invites experienced women skydivers to sign up to act as mentors to student and novice female jumpers. By giving new women jumpers experienced female role models to help guide and support them, SIS is be able to increase retention of female students, adding depth and…
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Hey all Skydiving Ladies attending the Eloy Christmas boogie. On Dec 27 and 28 we will be having a fun Arizona Women’s State Belly Record. Freeflyers welcome!!! Last year we did a 27 way. Come and join the fun and register ASAP! In addition, on January 27th – 29th 2012, Skydive Arizona will be hosting…
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December 24 (Saturday): **Day one! Cheap jumps, load organizers and beer truck all begin and continue all boogie! **FREE appetizers at the Bent Prop from 6-9 PM. December 25 (Sunday): **Christmas day with your Arizona Family! **Yummy holiday dinner special at the Bent Prop. December 26 (Monday): **Load Organizing (Airspeed, Arsenal, AXIS) **Canopy safety seminar relating to canopy flight at…
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The United States Parachute Association (USPA) held its National Skydiving Championships at Skydive Arizona in late October and early November 2011. Competitors enjoyed near-perfect weather throughout and performed many complex maneuvers in a range of categories, including 4-way, 8-way, 10-way, and 16-way formation skydiving; vertical formation skydiving; canopy formation; freefall style & accuracy landing; and the…
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Australian jumpers Brad and Emma spent five weeks at Skydive Arizona to train in the sky and tunnel to improve on their overall body-flight. During their stay they completed 100 jumps and 16 hours of tunnel! Here are some of the highlights: Thanks for visiting us. It was great flying with you guys. Can’t wait…
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The M.O.A.B. Boogie (or Mother Of All Boogies) is an annual skydiving event held at Skydive Moab, Utah. AXIS Flight School attended the 8th annual event to organize formation and freefly jumps. In addition, I was able to take part in some of the off-site jumps, such as MOAB Airpark and Castle Valley in order to…
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A few days ago I meet with world class skydivers Brianne Thompson and Sara Curtis to take pictures for an upcoming ad that is to be featured in Parachutist. The images will be processed by graphic designer Benjamin Forde for this years Thanksgiving and Holiday Boogies. Here are some of my select with a “graphic novel”…