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Death Diving is a form of extreme freestyle high diving jumping with stretched arms and belly first, landing in either a cannonball or a pike position. 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.
Døds is the original Norwegian style of death diving administered, produced and promoted by the International Døds Federation through its Døds Diving League consisting of Døds Diving World Tour, Døds Diving World Championship and other proprietary events. The Døds Diving World Tour is the official competition circuit that serves as a ...
Tor Rathje Eckhoff (22 November 1964 – 27 November 2021), also known as Apetor (Norwegian pronunciation: [ˈɑ̂ːpəˌtuːɾ]), was a Norwegian YouTuber known primarily for his videos where he drank vodka while performing daring activities on frozen waters, like ice skating, swimming in ice holes and diving. He died in 2021 after he fell ...
There have, however, been a number of injuries and deaths. In August 1988, a diver exploring the cave tore the right leg of his diving suit on a sharp rock. He survived the incident, suffering only mild hypothermia. [6] On 16 August 2006, a Norwegian diver was reported missing. A team of British divers recovered his body on 28 August 2006. [17 ...
David Pleace, 57, died while scuba diving to a shipwreck in Scotland after part of his equipment disconnected.
The festival Norwegian Wood used to be hosted within its premises. It is also associated with the origins of death diving, and hosts the annual Døds Diving World Championship. [3] It has two 50-meter pools, one with 8 lanes for competitive swimming, and a diving pool with springboards and platforms at heights of 1, 3, 5, 7 and 10 meters. [4]
Söhnlein founded the deep-sea diving company with Titan passenger and CEO Stockton Rush in 2009. The now Barcelona-based executive served as CEO and then COO before stepping down in 2013. ...
Ocean Systems' bell showing drop weight. The Drill Master diving accident was an incident in Norway in January 1974 that resulted in the death of two commercial divers.During a two-man dive from the North Sea rig Drill Master, the diving bell's drop weight was accidentally released, causing the bell to surface from a depth of 320 feet (98 m) with its bottom door open and drag the diver working ...