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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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  • The Profiles of Skydiving Club. BOOYAH!!!

    Brian Giboney wrote his first “Profile” column for the February 1999 edition of Parachutist, and he hasn’t slowed down since. A few days ago, AXIS Flight School received a letter from Brian that explained he had reached his 200th profile, which took him 17 years without missing an issue! A feat AXIS respects and is blown away…

  • Choppin’ with style

    Another cutaway photo by Mark Kirschenbaum; this time as the featured photo in Blue Skies Magazine! i82: Oct 2016

  • Cutaway!

    I would like to thank Mark ‘Trunk’ Kirschenbaum of Hypoxic for accompanying me on some fun jumps over Skydive Arizona. A couple of weeks ago, Trunk captured some great footage of some intentional cutaways, which AXIS Flight School intends to enter in a film festival contest later this year. Congratulations Trunk, on snagging the October 2016  Parachutist…

  • 2016 Vexedart project

    Words by Vedi Djokich After the filming of vex 13 000 – skydive art project- https://youtu.be/sQFwrJ8M8jE , I wanted to revisit the concept of painting in freefall. This time though, the focus was on capturing the destructive passage of time. Documenting how it slowly erased the work and images that I created, until they ultimately disappeared. I wanted…

  • Transitions from hell

  • AXIS summer fun

    AXIS Flight School instructors Brianne and Nik cooling off in style at Skydive Arizona.

  • Playing with Fire: Valkyrie Photoshoot with Brianne Thompson

    Originally posted by Performance Designs on May 3rd, 2016 “For the one year anniversary of launching the Valkyrie, we wanted to create a continuation of the original Valkyrie Ad (see below) first released early last year. Sticking with the same theme, we aimed to showcase a strong female figure as the personification of the Valkyrie. Brianne Thompson of AXIS Flight…

  • SDAZ 2016 Wingsuit Rally

    For more info, please click here.

  • AXIS/PD Dream of Flight Ad

  • 2016 Skyventure AZ promo video #1

    Here is a quick edit to highlight what experienced flyers can do in a wind tunnel.