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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.

Category: Formation Skydiving

  • 2019 USPA Nationals Recap

    Silver Medal for X-Force in 4-Way VFS Open! During the 2019 USPA National Skydiving Championships Arizona X-Force came in second in the 4-Way VFS Open event. The vertical formation skydiving event completed all 10 scheduled rounds, with four teams in each of the open and advanced divisions. One team, “Why Not”, competed in the intermediate…

  • 4-way FS block videos updated

    Earlier this year the IPC made some changes to the 4-way FS dive pool, replacing blocks 1 and 13 with new versions. Special thanks to Arizona Airspeed‘s camera flyer David French for sharing the team’s training footage. Block 1 Block 13 If you wish to see all the blocks of the 4-way FS open dive pool, check…

  • Skydive Radio Photo of the Week Show #243!

    I would like to thank Dave at Skydive Radio for making my image below their pic of the week! Skydive Radio is the world’s leading internet radio show dedicated to the sport of skydiving.  Weekly episodes include commentary, feature interviews with industry insiders, listener-contributed photos, and e-mails from an audience that spans the globe.

  • 2-Way Mixed Formation Skydiving (MFS) 2019 Competition Updates

    The USPA Board of Directors, with guidance from seasoned mixed formation skydiving competitors, approved changes to the MFS event for the 2019 National Skydiving Championships. Based on competitor feedback from the 2018 Nationals, changes were made to allow for closer synergy between the advanced and open classes, as well as to continue to increase national…

  • 2019 Arizona Airspeed Challenge

    This years Arizona Airspeed Challenge proved to be especially difficult as it unfortunately did not complete. The 88-way formation consisted of a combination of “donuts” and “compressed accordions”. Special thanks to Arizona Airspeed for hosting the event during the Skydive Arizona Turbine Madness Boogie.

  • Ty’s 2019 AZ X-FORCE Experience

    Some of the highlights of Ty’s special day. Thanks to all who supported Arizona X-Force during the 2018 season, especially Skydive Arizona, Skyventure Arizona, and all who participated in the Experience Raffle!

  • AXIS Foundations of Flight: Exiting a 2-way Vertical Compressed

  • Fly Smart. Train Hard.

    Fly Smart. Train Hard.

    Being competitors at heart, Niklas and Brianne do their best to improve on a daily basis. This applies not only to competitions, but also their business and life’s work – AXIS Flight School. AXIS has gone through an incredible online transformation, which could be called a “Cyber Grand Re-opening”. These changes have been taking place behind the…

  • Mixed Formation Skydiving Block Videos

    AXIS Flight School has created a YouTube playlist to help demonstrate how the new 2019 MFS blocks can be executed. This recourse is great for competitors learning the new formations, coaches who need a visual aide, and judges who can use the footage as a warm up in formation recognition. Special thanks to Nate Roth…

  • AZ X-Force takes 3rd at 2019 USIS Nationals!

    The 2019 US Indoor Skydiving Open National Championships were held at iFly Virginia Beach on January 11th – 13th. Arizona X-Force attended its first indoor competition with its current line up established early last year. Some of the same teams competed at last year’s USPA Skydiving Nationals: SDC Core, Army Golden Knights, SDMW Chemtrails, and…