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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.

Category: Vertical Formation Skydiving (VFS)

  • 2017 Paraclete XP Indoor Championships

    On February 25-26, Arizona X-FORCE attended the 2017 Paraclete XP Indoor Championships in Raeford, North Carolina. This was the first competition in VFS history where the discipline was expanded to 10 rounds with the addition of new blocks and randoms (18-22 & O-Q). Check out Skydivemag.com and NSL for more information about the event, and or watch…

  • Battle of the Blades at iFly Seattle

    On December 8-9, AXIS Flight School and Arizona X-Force attended the indoor skydiving competition “Battle of the Blades” at iFly Seattle, Washington.   This was the the 3rd and final stop of the 2016 IBA (international body flight association) competition tour. The event was streamed live online where anyone could watch the athletes compete in their…

  • Arizona X-FORCE takes 3rd at the 2016 USPA Nationals!

    The 2016 USPA Nationals were held at Skydive Arizona (SDAZ) in Eloy, AZ. In the 4-way VFS category there were 6 teams in open, and 4 in advanced –the same turnout as the previous year. Last year, Arizona X-Force took 3rd place at the 2015 USPA Nationals in Eloy with a 13.13 average. After completing close to 200 training jumps at Skydive Arizona, and spending about 20 hours in the Skyventure Arizona wind tunnel,…

  • AXIS Foundations of Flight: Head-down side-slides

  • AXIS Foundations of Flight: Exiting a double spock

  • 2016 Arizona X-Force Sequential Camp

    A quick video recap of the Arizona Vertical Challenge through the eyes of Isaac Hansen. Looking forward to next year!

  • Arizona X-FORCE on local newspaper cover

    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…

  • Luke & Greg

    Luke and Greg visited AXIS Flight School at the end of March 2016. The purpose of their visit was to be introduced to 2-way MFS (mixed formation skydiving) in a formally coached setting. During their week and a half long stay, the duo performed 28 training jumps and 10 hours of coached tunnel time, which…

  • AXIS Flight School – Dream of Flight

    Reposted from the PD Blog When you meet Nik Daniel and Brianne Thompson, the first thing you notice is their energy, passion, and boundless enthusiasm for the sport of skydiving.  These two founding members of AXIS Flight School seem like they are perpetually running between coaching, competing, tunnel flying, training, and fun jumping at their home dropzone Skydive Arizona.  But no matter…

  • 2016 Arizona Challenge Events