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News and Resources from AXIS Flight School
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This event is for licensed skydivers who are new to the sport. You must have fewer than 300 jumps to participate (some exceptions may be made for jumpers re-entering the sport after a significant amount of time off).Come jump all day Saturday and Sunday and receive FREE freefall and canopy coaching from Arizona Airspeed members, Arizona Arsenal members, Axis Flight School coaches, and Skydive Arizona’s load organizers.
Saturday Night – FREE BBQ & Beer – Hang with the coaches and get to know other new jumpers. There is no registration fee, but you must be registered to participate. Slots are limited and registration closes September 28th at 5 p.m. TO REGISTER: Email events@skydiveaz.com with the following information:
Name / Home Dropzone / Number of jumps
ALSO:
Rookie Tunnel Time with FREE coaching!
Friday evening October 4th
Cost is $75 for tunnel time and space is limited
To register email annette@skyventureaz.com
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Skydive Vienna located at the biggest and oldest grass-only airfield in Europe (LOXN) organized the Skydive Vienna Boogie : Alien Invasion 2013 (1st August to 11th August 2013). The boogie started with the AXIS Flight School Tunnel Camp at Skydive Arena in Prague. All the skydivers from several nations did not only enjoy the blue sky – but also the available coaching for FreeFly and FS with Niklas Daniel & Brianne Thompson from Axis Flight School and the Canopy Control Seminars with Curt Bartholomew from Team Alter Ego. Nice Sunset jumps combined with the awesome Vienna scenery and nightly barbecues made this event unforgetable. The boogie ended with a big celebration party and a Alien costume competition – the winner received a free Mirage Container.
Additional Information:
Visitors from : Austria, USA, Italy, Hungary, Germany, Switzerland
Plane Type : Dornier DO 28 D2 (12 Minutes to 13.000 ft with 15 skydivers)
Just in case you were wondering what is up with the Champaign bottles and the fancy bottle opener…
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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.
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I would like to thank Parachutist Magazine for utilizing one of my Todd Love photographs for the August 2013 cover spot. It depicts Todd doing 9-way over Skydive Arizona.
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I would like to thank 90Percent (Italian Skydiving Magazine) for utilizing one of my Todd Love photographs for the July/August 2013 cover spot. It depicts Todd doing some head up flying during his A-License check dive over Skydive Arizona.
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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 bridge the gap in competition between Artistic Freefly and 4-Way VFS. It also provides a stepping stone for smaller groups to learn the basics of VFS while adding in elements of belly/back flying.
Six teams took part in the competition and Arsenal provided video for teams who did not come with their own camera flyer. The draw included both vertical and belly/back points which made the inside flying and the camera flying uniquely challenging.
The official competition will be six rounds. However, due to the very hot weather, Arsenal decided to keep this competition to four rounds. When the competition jumps were complete, the participants went up for a large group flock as a final fifth jump.
First place went to AXIS Flight School with Niklas Daniel, Brianne Thompson, and Dave Rhea (camera) at a total of 42 points. Second place was taken by Ludicrous Speed with Vince Arnone of SkyVenture Arizona, Paige Milligan, and Steve Curtis (camera) with a total of 32 points. The third place award went to team 3-D with Chazi Blacksher and Amy Benton, both Skydive Arizona freefly organizers, and Nik Blacksher on camera. 3-D scored a total of 28 points.
Thanks to all participants for braving the Arizona heat, contributing to this worthy cause, and helping to test this exciting new discipline.”
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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 will notice that the generator will include or omit the formations that are found in your selected division. Then click Generate.
Second screen – displays your custom draw
Click “Pictures” in the top right corner to view images of the individual moves
Click Generate PDF (top right corner) for a print friendly version and to share it with your team. If you have any questions of suggestions please send them to Info@AXISFlightSchool.com
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