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News and Resources from AXIS Flight School
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Our friends in Ol’ Blighty invited us to share our work on slow flight (previously published by Parachutist on this side of the pond), and we were glad to oblige. We’re pretty pleased with how it came out! Any questions about the content? Hit us up.
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Concluding the 2025 ISSA World Cup Series The ISSA World Cup Series 2025 brought together over 61 competitors from 12 countries facing off across three continents in eight high-speed events to determine the world’s top speed skydivers. The ISSA World Series 2025 consisted of 8 separate meets, with the season culminating in Eloy, Arizona, with…
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How Long Should You Wait Before You Jump? You’re in the door. You’ve checked the spot. The group ahead of you just vanished into the blue. Okay. Now what?How long do you wait before you follow? Welcome to one of the most misunderstood—but most important—parts of skydiving: exit separation timing. Let’s get this nailed down.…
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Ever been the last one out of the plane and wondered if someone drew straws without telling you? Or found yourself floating solo in an ocean of skydivers and wondering how the exit order got so out of whack? Let’s sort that out. Here’s the good news: there is a system. A smart one. And…
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The 4th FAI World Speed Skydiving Championships were held at Skydive Arizona in Eloy Arizona, USA on October 21st – 24th. A total of 32 competitors from nine countries attended. At the world level Speed Skydiving has four categories: Open, Female, Male, and National Team. Many of the competitors set new personal bests, which resulted…
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Back in 2016 Nik published some articles about camera flying in Blue Skies Magazine. These came in three installments and covered some prerequisites, safety recommendations, physical conditioning, skill development, risk assessment, procedures, deployment, and equipment choices. Sadly these articles are no longer available online, therefore we have decided to repost them on our blog. Though…
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Chris Wolff has reached another milestone by being fully released on his last jump during the Operation Enduring Warrior October training camp at Skydive Arizona. Though there is still much to do before Chris gets off student status, we could not be prouder of his accomplishment. Just had to share this 🙂 We are looking…
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Back in February, OEW students Ryan Newell and Chris Wolff came to Skydive Arizona to learn how to fly their bodies during an intensive wind tunnel training camp with AXIS Flight School. Eight months later, they are back to start their jump training in pursuit of reaching the USPA A-License and beyond. The long break…
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Brianne and Nik introduce fitness expert and skydiver Darrel Wang. Darrel has a lot of experience to draw from when it comes to training programs, as he was an olympic trialist and professional athlete for a number of years. He has worked with Team USA Track and Field as well as Cycling, and has consulted…
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