Pathfinder: AXIS Badges
Our Curricula at a Glance

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Choose Your Own Adventure

AXIS has long offered an extraordinarily bespoke format for skydiving and tunnel training. In contrast to other schools and coaching entities, AXIS focuses on its students’ level of proficiency, rather than signing someone off merely for attending a course. Therefore, the AXIS training method is guided by a philosophy.

The AXIS Pathfinder Philosophy

Every skydiver has a unique relationship to the sport they love and therefore derives pleasure from their own definition of success. AXIS Flight School is for those who enjoy improving their skills and being exposed to new experiences. Through the implementation of a custom-tailored training program, AXIS coaches act as pathfinders who co-designs the customer’s experience with their clients. These custom curricula not only check the boxes of the world’s various skydiving clubs but help meet their own personal goals. To achieve a desired long-term goal, an effective training strategy will include S.M.A.R.T. (Specific, Measurable, Relevant, and Time-bound) short-term goals with concrete objectives that are needed. When done right, skill development keeps things fun and interesting. To define and celebrate each achievement along the path, AXIS developed the badges system.

AXIS Badges

AXIS has created badges for one central purpose: to help their customers create their own, highly individual definition of success. As there are no ratings or licenses within the USPA for many of the services we provide we came up with a system based on proficiency, knowledge and skill rather than attendance. To frame it as a metaphor, our badges are set up like a collectible card game. By mastering the skills set laid out in the training, you can create your own "Skill Deck". Each person's deck is unique in that each skydiver can create the collection that best benefits them and what they are after in the sport.

Overview

Body-flight Training

Sky Coaching

Sky Belly Flyer

Sky Back Flyer

Sky Head-up Flyer

Sky Head-down Flyer

Sky Angle Head-up Flyer

Sky Angle Head-down Flyer

Skydiving Recurrency Training

Load Organizer Ready

Wind Tunnel Coaching

Tunnel Belly Flyer

Tunnel Back Flyer

Tunnel Head-up Flyer

Tunnel Head-down Flyer

Tunnel NINJA

Canopy Competence Development

Essential Canopy Skills

USPA B-License Canopy Proficiency

USPA Live Water Landing Training

Advanced Accuracy

Pro Landings (SIM 7–2B)

Canopy Booster Course™

In-Air Canopy Skills

In-Air Canopy Skills: Formation Flying

In-Air Canopy Skills: Dynamic Formations

In-Air Canopy Skills: Team Landings

In-Air Canopy Skills: 1–on–1 CRW

In-Air Canopy Skills: XRW Canopy Pilot

Canopy Piloting

Canopy Piloting: Building Speed

Canopy Piloting: Performance Turns

Canopy Piloting: Flying Through Gates

Canopy NINJA

RDS Endorsement

Speed Skydiving

Speed
Competent

Speed
Advanced

Speed
Proficient

Speed
500-Club

Competition Dive Pools

4-Way Formation Skydiving

4-Way FS Intermediate (FAI:ISC / USPA / USIS)

4-Way FS Advanced (FAI:ISC / USPA / USIS)

4-Way FS Open (FAI:ISC / USPA / USIS)

2-Way Mixed Formation Skydiving

2-Way MFS Intermediate (USPA)

2-Way MFS Advanced (USPA)

2-Way MFS Open (USPA)

2-Way Vertical Formation Skydiving

2-Way VFS Intermediate (USIS)

2-Way VFS Advanced (USIS)

2-Way VFS Open (USIS)

4-Way Vertical Formation Skydiving

4-Way VFS Intermediate (FAI:ISC / USPA / USIS)

4-Way VFS Advanced (FAI:ISC / USPA / USIS)

4-Way VFS Open (FAI:ISC / USPA / USIS)

Camera Flying

Introduction to Camera Flying

Camera Wings Endorsement

Formation Skydiving Camera Flyer

Vertical Formation Skydiving Camera Flyer

Tandem & AFF Camera Flyer Proficiency

Camera NINJA

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