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Classic death diving, also known in Norwegian as "Dødsing" (lit. "deathing"), was invented by guitarist Erling Bruno Hovden at Frognerbadet during the summer of 1969. In Norway, Døds events still dominate. The world championship has taken place in Oslo, Norway, every August since the event debuted in 1969. Jumps are performed from a platform ...
The Døds Diving World Tour is the official competition circuit that serves as a qualifier for the Døds Diving World Championship. The Døds Diving World Championship is the pinnacle event of the sport of death diving, and has taken place in Oslo, Norway every August since it debuted in 2008 as the first official death diving competition on ...
Fatalities from wingsuit flying have occurred almost from the inception of the sport. Listed below are notable examples where wingsuit pilots were publicly named in the press, including when wingsuit practice was not the first cause of death. This incomplete list is frequently updated to include new information. Date Name Age Location Details 4 February 1912 Franz Reichelt 33 France The ...
There, she took up serious free-diving and with Ferreras as her instructor was soon reaching record depths. In 1999 the two diving aficionados married and the following year, off the coast of Fort Lauderdale, Audrey Mestre broke the female world record by free diving to a depth of 125 meters (410 ft) on a single breath of air. A year later she ...
Natalya Anatoliyevna Avseenko (Russian: Наталья Авсе́енко; born February 13, 1975) is a Russian freediver, former free diving world champion in the team competition in 2006 and 2008, featured in a photographic series illustrating the Orda Cave, a gypsum crystal cave underneath the western Ural Mountains.
With its sights on the Paris Olympics, China is turning in another dominant diving performance on the world stage. Wang Zongyuan and Xie Siyi finished 1-2 in the men's 3-meter Wednesday, while ...
Iffland's victory was part of cliff diving's marquee event, which came to the hub of New England as the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series made the 100th stop in its history.
Osmar Olvera Ibarra gave Mexico its second diving gold medal in the history of the World Aquatics Championships, winning the men's 1-meter springboard on Saturday. ... Paolo Espinosa is the only ...