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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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OEW in the Eloy Enterprise

February 12, 2020

Disabled veterans learn how to skydive By MARIA VASQUEZ, Staff Writer Feb 7, 2020 ELOY — Two paraplegic military veterans have taken up a new hobby and recently began their journey of obtaining their skydiving license. Ryan Newell and Chris Wolff traveled to SkyVenture Arizona from Kansas and Texas for their first training session…
Photography website update

January 13, 2020

Nik’s photography website recently got an overhaul. It now features portfolios of various topics and new content. Enjoy!
AXIS Flight School launches its first App!

December 27, 2019

Over the past 3 years, AXIS Flight School has been working with Good Goblin Games to develop a new kind of skydiving app. Featuring Woody, an animated and interactive figurine that helps demonstrate body-flight and canopy-piloting concepts. In addition, the app features many more useful tools for everyone from the casual jumper to instructors and…
Tailors of Training – AXIS interview

August 14, 2019

AXIS Flight School would like to thank Annette O’Neil for writing the following article about the new AXIS Merits System. AXIS provides bespoke education for Smart Skydivers: Now with (Gorgeous) Merits! Ask anyone who’s been in the sport for more than a couple of seasons: the times, they are a changin’. For the first 15 to 20…
AXIS Foundations of Flight: Head Position

July 24, 2019
Skydive Radio Photo of the Week Show #243!

July 20, 2019

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: Belly to Head-up transition

June 3, 2019
AXIS Foundations of Flight: Exiting a 2-way Vertical Compressed

May 3, 2019
Fly Smart. Train Hard.

April 11, 2019

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…
AXIS Foundations of Flight: Angle Flying – Head First on Belly

April 3, 2019

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