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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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  • Blue Skies Magazine #94 Featured Photo

    I would like to thank Kolla, Lara & Pierre from  Blue Skies Magazine for making one of my recent images their featured photo!   BTW, if you don’t have a subscription to Blue Skies Magazine, what are you waiting for?  Click here to subscribe!

  • Skydive Radio Photo of the Week Show #233!

    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.

  • 2017 USPA National Championships

    The 2017 USPA Nationals were held at Skydive Perris, CA. AXIS Flight School members Brianne Thompson and Niklas Daniel entered three separate events: VFS open, MFS open, and Speed. In the 4-way VFS category there were 3 teams in open, and 4 in advanced. After completing close to 400 training jumps at Skydive Arizona, and spending about 30 hours in the Skyventure Arizona wind tunnel, the team…

  • AXIS Flight School’s Swiss Alps Vacation

    AXIS Flight School’s Swiss Alps Vacation

    After competing at the 2017 World Cup in Germany, Brianne Thompson and Niklas Daniel of AXIS Flight School attended the Mountain Gravity event to fly their parachutes in the Swiss Alps. Jumping out of the legendary Pink Skyvan, participants came from all over the world to take in the fantastic scenery at the Ambri Airport,…

  • USPA Parachutist Cover July 2017

    Mike Hall jumps with the American flag while the sun begins to set at Skydive Arizona in Eloy.

  • Acro Choppin’

    2016 Skydive Arizona film festival submission. Video edited by David Arnett.

  • Choppin’ with style

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

  • AXIS at CSC for 1st Vector Camp

    On August 11-14, AXIS Flight School went to  Vector Camp #1 at Chicago Skydiving Center (CSC) to organize and coach in both FS and free-fly disciplines. Brianne put together large belly groups and challenged them with formations AXIS put together. These jumps involved stepping out of the usual FS skill sets and rules and required participants…

  • PD Ad: Who’s ready for the weekend?

  • 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…