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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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  • Protect the Neck

    Check out Nik’s latest publication in the Skydive the Mag App (British Skydiving). In the “Smarter Every Day” section, he shares his experience recovering from a neck injury—and how to prevent future issues. The video below is a compilation of Nik’s first production after coming back from that injury in 2014. It’s…illuminating. Fun, true story:…

  • CYPRES How to Videos

    AXIS Flight School deepdives the use and technical specs of CYPRES AADs in this 11 part video series. For more tutorials and fun videos, check out the AXIS YouTube Channel and subscribe.

  • AXIS Decennial at Skydive AZ!

    November 2020 marks AXIS Flight School‘s 10 year anniversary at Skydive Arizona! In celebration of our ‘tin anniversary‘, we reflect on some of our favorite highlights and exploits over the past decade and give thanks to our Students, Sponsors, Team Mates, and Skydive Arizona. Without you, we would not be living the dream. We also want…

  • XF Dive Pool and Rules Updated

    On January 4th, 2015 AXIS Flight School created an experimental dive pool for what was then referred to as XRW (Extreme Relative Work). This is a still developing discipline where canopy and wing-suit pilots build formations. In essence, an XRW skydive is a dissimilar formation flight. The first dive pool developed by AXIS was called XF. The…

  • Photography website update

    Nik’s photography website recently got an overhaul. It now features portfolios of various topics and new content. Enjoy!

  • 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…

  • FOX 10 News Camera flying interview

    PICTURE PERFECT: Man takes pictures, 15,000 feet up in the air “Skydiving, as one can imagine, is dangerous enough, but try to imagine the added element of trying to capture the perfect picture, 12,000 feet up in the air. One photographer does exactly that, as a career. “As a kid, I’ve always been pretty active, always enjoyed extreme sports, whether it…

  • Night XRW on Discovery Canada

  • Rockhouse Motion: Sports & Outdoor Lifestyle Reels

    Here are a couple of reels put together by Rockhouse Motion that include some of the wing suit footage I shot back in July.

  • Skydive Radio Photo of the Week Show #216!

    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. Click here for a behind…