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News and Resources from AXIS Flight School
Category: Vertical Formation Skydiving (VFS)
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Skydive Arizona hosted its 5th Annual Halloween Boogie on October 25th – 27th. This event featured $21 jump tickets, free boogie beer every night, organizing by Arizona Airspeed and Arizona Arsenal, Cornhole Tournament, Saturday Night party with DJ, Costume Contest, and much more. In addition, Arizona Arsenal hosted the Women’s Vertical Record Camp which was designed…
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The 2013 USPA Nationals were held at Skydive Chicago (SDC) in Ottawa, IL. In the VFS category there were five teams in open (two of which were guests – SD Nexus & 4Speed SD), and five in advanced. The crisp 50 degree morning started with a 7am wheels-up for the 4-way VFS competitors. All 8 rounds were completed on…
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Photo by Amy Chmelecki Article by Sara Curtis “On July 6th, during the Patriots Boogie, Skydive Arizona and Arizona Arsenal hosted a 2-Way VFS competition. This will be a new test event at this year’s U.S. Nationals at Skydive Chicago in September. 2-Way VFS was developed by SoCal Converge and Arizona Arsenal in order to…
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The AXIS Flight School Draw Generator is now available to the public! Just visit the AXIS home page and scroll to the bottom menu. The Draw Generator is located in the second column, just above the Skydiving References link. Enjoy! First screen – enter the event name, date, and select your discipline and devision. You…
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Arizona Arsenal has been a competitive 4-way Vertical Formation Skydiving Team since the first test USPA Nationals in 2006. At this time VFS was called VRW, Vertical Relative Work. Since then Arsenal has maintained its status as a top tier medalling competitor winning gold and silver medals each year at both the National and World…
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“Here are some nuggets from the Vertical Challenge at Skydive Arizona. The song is Colours by Grouplove. Oh yeah, and The Final Countdown by Europe :)” – Video edited by Brandon Atwood The Az Vertical Challenge, ran along side the celebrated belly version, the Arizona Challenge, was held this year May 24- 27, 2013. The event…
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Turbine Madness Skydive Arizona hosted the annual Turbine Madness Boogie from May 24th to the 27th. The event featured $21 jump tickets, tons of load organizers, boogie beer, and a DJ. In addition Arizona Sponsored teams AZ Arsenal and AZ Airspeed hosted their annual Challenge events for their respective disciplines. Arizona Arsenal Vertical…
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I would like to thank 90Percent (Italian Skydiving Magazine) for utilizing one of my Freefly photographs for the March 2013 cover spot. It depicts Steve and Sara Curtis of Arizona Arsenal doing a fun jump over Skydive Arizona. To check out the PDF version of the magazine, please click here.
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