Death diving

Death diving is a form of extreme freestyle diving from heights jumping with stretched arms and belly first, landing in a cannonball or a shrimp position. The roots of Death Diving are in Norway, where Døds events still dominates (see Døds Diving). The world championship has taken place in Oslo, Norway, every August since the event debuted in 2008. Jumps are performed from a platform of 10 to 15 meters in height.

There are two classes of death diving: Classic and Freestyle. In the Classic event, competitors fly horizontally with their arms and legs extended until they hit the water, with no rotations.[1] Competitors curl into a fetal position just before entering the water, landing first with their feet and hands or knees and elbows to avoid serious injury; dives are judged on speed, air time, complexity, how long the diver holds the original pose, the closing and the splash. In Freestyle, the competitors do various tricks during the air travel, including rotations and flips.

The current world record in height is 36.5 meters and is held by The Swiss men Lucien Charlon and the French men Côme Girardot In the women's class, the record is at 24.8 meters and is held by Norwegian Asbjørg Nesje.