The Drop
News and Resources from AXIS Flight School
Category: Events
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Skydive Arizona hosted its 5th Annual Halloween Boogie on October 25th – 27th. This event featured $21 jump tickets, free boogie beer every night, organizing by Arizona Airspeed and Arizona Arsenal, Cornhole Tournament, Saturday Night party with DJ, Costume Contest, and much more. In addition, Arizona Arsenal hosted the Women’s Vertical Record Camp which was designed…
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The 2013 USPA Nationals were held at Skydive Chicago (SDC) in Ottawa, IL. In the VFS category there were five teams in open (two of which were guests – SD Nexus & 4Speed SD), and five in advanced. The crisp 50 degree morning started with a 7am wheels-up for the 4-way VFS competitors. All 8 rounds were completed on…
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This event is for licensed skydivers who are new to the sport. You must have fewer than 300 jumps to participate (some exceptions may be made for jumpers re-entering the sport after a significant amount of time off). Come jump all day Saturday and Sunday and receive FREE freefall and canopy coaching from Arizona Airspeed…
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Skydive Vienna located at the biggest and oldest grass-only airfield in Europe (LOXN) organized the Skydive Vienna Boogie : Alien Invasion 2013 (1st August to 11th August 2013). The boogie started with the AXIS Flight School Tunnel Camp at Skydive Arena in Prague. All the skydivers from several nations did not only enjoy the blue…
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Photo by Amy Chmelecki Article by Sara Curtis “On July 6th, during the Patriots Boogie, Skydive Arizona and Arizona Arsenal hosted a 2-Way VFS competition. This will be a new test event at this year’s U.S. Nationals at Skydive Chicago in September. 2-Way VFS was developed by SoCal Converge and Arizona Arsenal in order to…
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“Here are some nuggets from the Vertical Challenge at Skydive Arizona. The song is Colours by Grouplove. Oh yeah, and The Final Countdown by Europe :)” – Video edited by Brandon Atwood The Az Vertical Challenge, ran along side the celebrated belly version, the Arizona Challenge, was held this year May 24- 27, 2013. The event…
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This morning Ernie Torres set a new World Record for the number of pine boards broken in freefall! The previous record was 7, set by Jason David Frank, best known for his role as the Green Power Ranger Tommy Oliver. Ernie shattered the old record by breaking 12 boards. He was supported by Skydive Arizona,…
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I would like to thank CanPara (Canadian Skydiving Magazine) for utilizing one of my VFS Team Evolution photographs for the February – March 2013 cover spot.
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Sweet footage of World Champions France VC2 flying their CF Storms & Comp Velocities.
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I would like to thank 90Percent (Italian Skydiving Magazine) for utilizing one of my Arizona Airspeed photographs for the January 2013 cover spot. The photo depicts the U.S. Arizona Airspeed 4-way formation skydiving team’s videographer, Bill Schmitz, filming Thomas Hughes, Josh Hall, Niklas Hemlin and Mark Kirkby as they fly their way to become the 2012 USPA National Skydiving…
