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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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  • AOPA Pilot: Pure Speed by Bob Carlton

    Related Links: Vertigo Airshows – Bob AXIS Flight School – Nik and Brianne International Speed Skydiving Association (ISSA) Skydive Arizona – Dropzone FlySight – position logging device

  • 2025 FS 4-way Block 20 Video and Divepool images now online!

    The AXIS FS 4-way dive pool images and video have been updated to include the new block 20 (Zipper – Inter – Zipper). The new content is now availble on the AXIS Draw Generator. Video courtesy of Arizona Airspeed / Alex Swindel.

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

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  • 2025 ISSA World Cup Series Event #2 Recap

    The 2nd ISSA World Cup Series Event of 2025 hosted by AXIS Flight School has concluded at Skydive Arizona. Over the weekend five competitors gave it their all to fly as fast as possible. Although day one brought some clouds and strong winds, the competitors we able to complete four out of eight rounds as intended. The conditions aloft…

  • SPEED Skydiving wants YOU!

    Written by Niklas Daniel. Special thanks to Eugene Ciurana for translating! Scroll down for 🇪🇸 Spanish and 🇫🇷 French texts. Do you like to go fast? Would you like to join an incredible community of athletes that are pushing the limits of what is humanly possible? Would you like the opportunity to represent your home…

  • Speed Skydiving PSA

    The first offical information bulletin for the 6th FAI World Cup of Speed Skydiving at Hohenems Austria has been release (25th – 30th August 2025). For those competitors who are still interested in receiving their competition flysight tracks from the 5th FAI World Speed Skydiving Championships 2024, you can now put in a request to:…

  • 2024 ISSA World Cup Series Conclusion

    The International Speed Skydiving Association (ISSA) is a non-profit organization that promotes speed skydiving, organizes annual World Cup Series events, and develops the sport. The World Cup Series is a sequence of meets held around the world. The competitor with the most points at the end of the season is the ISSA Speed Skydiving World Series Champion.…

  • 90percent WebNews Cover Nr. 197 – December 2024

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  • The ISSA Earnest Holford Memorial Sword

    What is it? The ISSA Earnest Holdford Memorial Sword is a perpetual trophy that is presented to the ISSA World Cup Series Champion at the end of each year. The competition consists of several individual international meets. The overall result is determined by the sum of an athlete’s two best competition results regardless of the number of events…

  • 7TH ISSA WORLD SERIES EVENT 2024 Recap

    The 7th and final ISSA World Cup Series Event of 2024 hosted by AXIS Flight School has concluded at Skydive Arizona. Over two days 10 competitors gave it their all, many achieving new personal bests. Congratulations to all participants who came from near and far! Special thanks to Skydive Arizona and the judging team who…