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The 2022 United States Parachute Association National Championships were held at Skydive Chicago September 2nd – 21st. AXIS Flight School coaches Brianne and Nik participated in speed skydiving, which had a total of 14 competitors (see scores below).
Over the course of two days, the competitors completed 8 jumps to attempt their fastest terminal velocity. This is measured by a Speed Measuring Device (SMD) worn on their helmets. This device records GPS positioning and the judges use the data to view the speeds reached on each jump. The fastest 3 consecutive seconds recorded during a jump determines the final score. The competitor with the highest accumulative score at the end of the meet wins. For more information about speed skydiving, check out the USPA Skydiving Competition Manual (SCM Chapter 15).
2022 National Speed Skydiving Champion Niklas Daniel. Photo by David Cherry. Nik took first place with a total of 4,043.62kmh (2512.59mph), averaging 505.5kmh (314.10mph). He is only the second person, after Marco Hepp during the German Nationals 10Sep22, to consistently break the 500kmh barrier in all 8 rounds. 2021 World Champion Kyle Lobpries reached a total of 4,021.04 (avg 502.6kmh) for second place, and TJ Landgren got third with a total of 3,865.45kmh (avg 483.2kmh).
In Time Scoring 
In addition, Brianne and Nik set two Illinois state records with their highest scoring rounds in the female and open categories respectively:
Brianne – 395.20kmh / 245.57mph
Nik – 509.45kmh / 316.56mph
Both Nik and Brianne secured their slots on the USA Speed Team for the 2023 World Cup in Prostejov, Czech Republic.
Illinois State Speed Skydiving Record – Nik’s round 8: 509.45kmh / 316.56mph in score 
Illinois State Female Speed Skydiving Record – Brianne’s round 1: 395.20kmh / 245.57mph 
Nik and Kyle on the podium during the awards ceremony. Unfortunately TJ was not present. Photo by David Cherry. With the World Championships with less than a month away, Nik is looking forward to competing at his home dropzone – Skydive Arizona.
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AXIS Flight School would like to thank Arizona Airspeed for including us in their annual invitational event – The Arizona Airspeed Challenge. Over the course of the memorial day weekend, members of the USA National 4-way Formation Skydiving Team organized some tricky 60-ways over Skydive Arizona. Jumping from an altitude of 16,000 feet, there were multiple successful completions. The last formation was built and held for 12 seconds!
“There’s No Speed Like…AIRSPEED!”
Prints of the completion shots below are available in 11×14 inches by using the links below:
Completion #2 by Niklas Daniel 
Completion #3 by Niklas Daniel More of Nik’s work can be found on his photography website: https://niklasdaniel.photography
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