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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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USPA Parachutist Cover December 2016

December 8, 2016

EagleBear (Andre Gerner, Joseph Gerner and Nathan Roth) turn points on the way to taking the silver medal in open mixed formation skydiving at the USPA Nationals in Eloy, Arizona. Parachutist online
Skydive Radio Photo of the Week Show #227!

November 26, 2016

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.
AXIS Foundations of Flight: 2-way MFS Block 7

November 21, 2016
PD Ad: Who’s ready for the weekend?

October 11, 2016
AXIS Flight School article: Why Stall?

September 19, 2016

AXIS Flight School printed publication in USPA Parachutist, September 2016.
2016 Vexedart project

September 16, 2016

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…
AXIS Foundations of Flight: Belly to Back backflip transition

September 5, 2016
Arizona X-FORCE on local newspaper cover

May 13, 2016

The Eloy Enterprise – words by Tanner Clinch, photo courtesy of Kevin Mitchell 4-way VFS Team Arizona X-Force exits the Dentri (formation M of the IPC dive pool) over Skydive Arizona. As the clock struck noon on a recent Sunday, the four-man vertical formation skydiving team at Skydive Arizona was 10 minutes from taking off…
Playing with Fire: Valkyrie Photoshoot with Brianne Thompson

May 9, 2016

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…
The greatest and best camera helmet in the world

May 6, 2016

Recently I put together a series of articles that cover many different aspects of camera flying that were published by Blue Skies Magazine. After several inquires, I wanted to follow up with what my current camera helmet actually looks like. Over the past decade I have experimented with many different helmets, cameras, mounts, and accessories. Given that…

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