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Category: Brianne Thompson

Skydiving Fan Nation interviews Brianne Thompson

October 6, 2023

Brianne Thompson: ‘Purposeful Training’ Led to Rankings Jump at USPA Nationals Original interview by Jen Booton, Oct 06, 2023 Thompson took third in the Open class for speed, jumping from an 11th place finish in 2022. After showing up in 2022 without any focused training in speed and ranking 11th, Brianne Thompson jumped up to…
RECAP: 2023 USPA NATIONAL SPEED SKYDIVING CHAMPIONSHIPS

September 16, 2023

On September 14 – 16, Brianne and Nik of AXIS Flight School attended the 2023 USPA National Speed Skydiving Championships at Skydive Paraclete XP in Raeford, North Carolina. This year had one of the largest turn outs with 15 competitors, 4 of them female. The weather was great and the meet was completed in one…
Recap: 5TH FAI WORLD CUP OF SPEED SKYDIVING, PROSTEJOV, 2023

August 27, 2023

On August 19 – 25, 2023 the U.S. Speed Skydiving and Wingsuit flyers tested themselves against the world’s best in Prostejov, Czech Republic at the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (World Air Sports Federation) World Cup Championships. Brianne Thompson and Niklas Daniel of AXIS Flight School attended the competition representing the United States. Jumping out of a…
Foundations of Flight | Long Spots – Determining Range Potential

July 1, 2023
Blue Skies – Fun Days Ep 75: Finding a Skydiving Coach

June 22, 2023
Blue Skies – Fun Days Episode 72: Load Organizers – Why we need them

June 5, 2023
Foundations of Flight | Harness Position and Inputs

May 1, 2023
Foundations of Flight | Canopy Turns, Spirals and Spins

April 1, 2023
Foundations of Flight | Ram-air parachute anatomy – Cross-bracing

March 2, 2023
Niklas Daniel wins 2022 USPA Speed Skydiving Nationals

September 27, 2022

The 2022 United States Parachute Association National Championships were held at Skydive Chicago September 2nd – 21st. AXIS Flight School coaches Brianne and Nik participated in speed skydiving, which had a total of 14 competitors (see scores below). Over the course of two days, the competitors completed 8 jumps to attempt their fastest terminal velocity.…