Death diving

Death diving is a type of extreme diving from great heights that involves jumping with stretched arms and landing in a canon ball or shrimp position. The International Dds Federation manages competitions, including the official Dds qualification league (Dds Challenge) and the Dds World Championship. The World Championship is held from a 10-15 meter high platform. Classic and Freestyle competitions are held separately. Competitors in the Classic event must fly horizontally with their arms and legs extended until they hit the water, with no rotations.

To avoid serious injury, competitors curl into a fetal position just before entering the water and land first with their feet and hands or knees and elbows; dives are judged on speed, air time, complexity, how long the diver holds the original pose, the closing, and the splash. The name comes from the fact that competitors in Freestyle Dds perform various tricks while flying, including rotations and flips. The Norwegian Swimming Federation does not recognize the sport as a discipline. The International Døds Federation was founded January 1st 2012. The current world record in height is 31,5 meters and is held by three competing athletes: Ken Stornes, Tore Våge and Côme Girardot. In the women's class the record is at 20,4 meters and is set by Norwegian Asbjørg Nesje.

Location: Norway