Shallow diving
Shallow diving is an extreme sport, whereby enthusiasts attempt to dive from the greatest height into the shallowest depth of water, without sustaining injury. It is typically associated with travelling circuses along with the strongman, performing animals, clowns and other such attractions.
Technique
Divers aim to hit the water horizontally in a manner akin to the Belly flop. This spreads the impact over the greatest surface area, and achieves the fastest deceleration.
World record
- Professor Splash (ne. Darren Taylor) successfully dove from 37.8 feet (11.52 m) into a paddling pool of depth 1 foot (30 cm) breaking his record for a successive 20th time.[1]
- Roy Fransen successfully dove from 110 feet (33.5 m) into 8 feet (2.4 m) of water.
References
- ↑ "Guiness World Records - Shallow diver breaks world record for paddling pool jump". guinnessworldrecords.com. 2015-08-18. Retrieved 2017-06-25.
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