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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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  • 2025 ISSA World Cup Series Event #2 Recap

    The 2nd ISSA World Cup Series Event of 2025 hosted by AXIS Flight School has concluded at Skydive Arizona. Over the weekend five competitors gave it their all to fly as fast as possible. Although day one brought some clouds and strong winds, the competitors we able to complete four out of eight rounds as intended. The conditions aloft…

  • SPEED Skydiving wants YOU!

    Written by Niklas Daniel. Special thanks to Eugene Ciurana for translating! Scroll down for 🇪🇸 Spanish and 🇫🇷 French texts. Do you like to go fast? Would you like to join an incredible community of athletes that are pushing the limits of what is humanly possible? Would you like the opportunity to represent your home…

  • 90percent WebNews Cover Nr. 197 – December 2024

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  • USPA Foundations of Canopy Flight Webinar with AXIS Flight School

    For a list of the articles referenced in the video, please visit the Knowledge section on our website.

  • Upcomming AXIS Webinar

    Join us for The Foundations of Canopy Flight webinar hosted by USPA on December 11th at 5:30pm eastern. This session dives into the core skills every skydiver needs for safe, effective canopy control, from proper harness positioning and weight shifting to toggle inputs and managing canopy dynamics. Perfect your landings, maneuvers, and turns with expert…

  • 2024 USPA National Skydiving Championships Recap

    The 2024 United States Parachute Association National Championships were held at Skydive Chicago on August 31st – September 26th. AXIS Flight School’s Brianne Thompson and Niklas Daniel competed in Speed Skydiving, which ran from the 16th to the 18th. In total there were 19 competitors, the largest turn out in US history for the discipline.…

  • AXIS sets two new Arizona Speed Records

    On April 20th, Brianne Thompson and Niklas Daniel of AXIS Flight School set out to break the Arizona State absolute record for greatest freefall speed (Female and General respectively). Skydive Arizona flew one of their twin otters to 17,650 ft AGL which gave the team extra working time to accelerate. The freefall performance lasted approximately…

  • Nik sets new Arizona Speed Record

  • Brianne on Arizona’s Family

    Arizona woman wins medal at Skydiving Championship Watch Video

  • Skydiving Fan Nation interviews Brianne Thompson

    Brianne Thompson: ‘Purposeful Training’ Led to Rankings Jump at USPA Nationals Original interview by Jen Booton, Oct 06, 2023 Thompson took third in the Open class for speed, jumping from an 11th place finish in 2022. After showing up in 2022 without any focused training in speed and ranking 11th, Brianne Thompson jumped up to…