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David Colturi takes first-ever Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series victory in Malcesine, Italy. He had a good start into the competition yesterday and performed his new dive – a triple triple – to take the lead in round three. American David Colturi won what was a closely fought competition on Italy’s Lake Garda on this hot Sunday afternoon, leaving more than 20,000 spectators over the whole weekend in awe. © Red Bull Media House

The enormous stream of people back in 2011, when the World Series came to the world famous Lake Garda for the first time, caused the police to close the roads around the charming town of Malcesine. The cliff diving elite is once again on its way to Italy and brings with exciting developments: After the last competition in the Azores archipelago, England’s Gary Hunt comes as the new intermediate ruler and rookie Jonathan Paredes might have heralded a new era with this latest podium finish. To...

Fitness is an absolutely important part for cliff divers not to get injured. One competition after the other within seven days – that’s hard for a cliff diver’s body. What’s the perfect training for bones and muscles to deal with a challenge like this? Is it an advantage to be a rookie diver in a young body or does experience play a role as well? © Red Bull Media House

It was Gary Hunt, the ‘brilliant Brit’ of the World Series, who decided the third stop – the second within seven days – would be his early this Saturday morning, cutting in on Artem Silchenko’s back-to-back wins. However, it was the youngest in the field of the ten permanent athletes who gave more than just a glimpse of his great talent with a third place finish. Mexico’s Jonathan Paredes won the qualification competition in Australia in February, made it into the top six in his first World S...

Pure cliff diving directly off the cliff face, the reigning champion on top of the rankings and the youngest athlete on the podium – the circular-shaped Vila Franca do Campo islet offshore from São Miguel in the Azores archipelago made the perfect backdrop for the third stop of the current World Series season. Despite rough conditions throughout the entire week, the previous seasons’ dominant figurehead from the British Islands took over the reigns from Russia’s Artem Silchenko in Portugal to...

In a seven-day period the divers will have to deal with a modern opera house in Denmark’s historic capital and return to the impressive volcanic rocks of the Azores archipelago in the middle of the Atlantic. Without any time to recover, the athletes will face one of their biggest challenges of the whole season: in the first all-natural competition of the current season an imposing monolith and the outside crater walls of the circular-shaped Vila Franca do Campo islet offshore from São Miguel...

85kph, aesthetic gravity-defying freefall – cliff diving is the purest extreme sport on earth. The world’s best cliff divers launch from 27 meters with no protection at all, except their concentration, skill and physical control. Let’s dive into the science of what the body endures upon a monumental 85kmph impact. The impact on the body is enormous and a cliff diver has to handle it over and over. What the divers need to do in the air in order to find a vertical position when they hit the wat...

Artem Silchenko’s outstanding performance left the huge crowd of people that had gathered below, around and opposite the opera speechless. The Russian had just nailed his back armstand with two and a half somersaults and two and a half twists for 10s from the judges. The dive has a Degree of Difficulty of 6.1 and, with its blind entry, it's one of the most exhilarating and jaw-dropping manoeuvres. The view across the water through royal Amalienborg, from which spectators were spotted, impress...

Artem Silchenko opened the competition, picked up exactly where he left off in France after racing into the lead during the first round and with an almost perfect execution of his blind-entry dive he took the highest score for a single dive as well as his second successive win in Denmark. On Saturday afternoon, 27,000 spectators witnessed the cliff diving masterclass from the 28m-stage atop the Copenhagen Opera House in a spine-tingling competition. Never before in a World Series competition...

Copenhagen is the first of three new locations on the 2013 calendar and hosts the world elite of cliff diving for the first time ever on June 22. During the first venue check it was the divers, though, who were left speechless, when they saw the spectacular view from the roof of the Opera House. After a great kick off in France, won by Silchenko (RUS) and the English duo of Gary Hunt and Blake Aldridge who completed the podium, long-time favourite Orlando Duque (COL) has promised to come back...

Despite all of the their professionalism, which is typical for the attitude and demeanor of the ten official divers taking part in the 2013 season the final decision – to dive or not to dive – always remains the big question right up to the very last second. Fear plays a significant role in this highly thrilling game. Only the appropriate awareness of the danger can ensure the desired happy ending: a great and safe dive. © Red Bull Media House

Artem Silchenko won the first competition of the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series 2013 in France, La Rochelle. The podium is completed by three-time World Series champion Gary Hunt in second and qualifier Blake Aldridge in third place. La Rochelle presented itself in the best way and welcomed the huge crowd of 70,000 enthusiastic spectators with bright sunshine. © Red Bull Media House

More than 70,000 spectators flooded La Rochelle’s old port this Saturday afternoon for the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series 2013 kick-off in France. In a sunny La Rochelle the 29-year-old Russian Artem Silchenko achieved his premiere goal – a victory ahead of reigning World Series champion Gary Hunt and former Olympic diver Blake Aldridge, both from England. The fifth season of the sport’s most prestigious series of competitions got underway at possibly the scariest location of them all a...

In the next five months, and during eight competitions, the cliff diving elite will launch from almost three times the Olympic diving height in venues all over the globe, showing their most spectacular and difficult tricks, and overcoming rational fear to impress the judges and spectators alike. And to spice it all up, the 2013 World Series comes to its scariest location first: La Rochelle, France. © Red Bull Media House

Nous sommes allés à Val Thorens pour un stage qui se terminait par une Coupe d'Europe de slopestyle, où Lucile se classe 1ère Chloé 2ème et Lou 5ème. Seb se classe 21ème en testant pour la première fois en compétition un double, Victor termine 9ème ! Le week-end suivant nous sommes allés à Avoriaz pour une étape du World Rookie Tour. Lucile termine 1ère rookie, Chloé 1ère grom, et Sacha 3ème grom. Pour finir nous sommes allés à Méribel pour un stage de halfpipe, qui c'est finit en stage poudr...

From an almost round volcanic islet on the Azores to a near-perfect rectangular blowhole in Ireland – the location for the fourth stop of the World Series is laden with myth as much as it is out of the ordinary. A sea serpent is said to make its presence felt with the help of screeching, stormy winds. The legendary Serpent’s Lair on Ireland’s Aran Islands provides the perfect pool for the world’s cliff diving elite at the halfway stage. Three different winners in as many competitions make the...

Despite the literal meaning of Grimstad -- 'sour town' -- its roughly 20,000 permanent residents are widely known for their genuine happiness. Probably because of the region's good weather and the picturesque landscape surrounding the archipelago that stretches 500km from Oslo to the southern tip of Norway. © Red Bull Media House

Cliff diving is a very spectacular and thrilling sport. The athletes perform multiple flips and twists in the air but the most critical part of each dive is the end. The barani and the water entry have to be perfect to bring a good dive to a perfect end. To get the high score of ten the divers need a rip entry with almost no splash. Even though this part of the dive looks simple, the athletes need years of practice to execute their entries perfectly. Before they can raise the degree of diffic...

From the southern tip of the Mediterranean, in Corsica, to the southern tip of Scandinavia – the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series heads north to Grimstad this weekend. All fourteen athletes from eleven countries, including three wildcard divers, make themselves familiar with the chilly conditions at the Skagerrak Strait in the days before the second World Series competition. Those who were on the podium in France – Orlando Duque, Steven LoBue and Michal Navratil – are the most talked-about...

We explain the basics of cliff diving: why is 27Metres (and not 25 or 29) the standard height? What is the scuba divers' job? Why does it only take 5 metres of water depth? What make the athletes dive from almost three times the Olympic height -- the thrill and the challenge of this spectacular sport? And is it possible to dive head from this height? For your reference: the height is comparable to an eight-storey building, the divers fall free for three seconds before they hit the water at 8...

It was his comeback competition and the Colombian began exactly where he ended last year: on top of the podium receiving the winner's trophy. In a thrilling head-to-head battle from 27 metres, reigning World Series champion Gary Hunt was the lucky loser and the last diver to go through to the final at the season opener on the island of Corsica on Saturday evening. More than 1,200 people on boats saw Steven LoBue, from the United States, take his first ever second place, with Czech diver M...

In 2012 this unique championship will once more be the platform for the world's most dizzying dives in seven stops between June and September in Europe, North America and the Middle East. In the blink of an eye, gravity lets the diver's bodies fall the equivalent of eight stories, reaching speeds beyond 85kph. With no protection whatsoever, and animated with thrilling tricks, the hand-picked athletes rely on their professionalism and experience as their bodies turn into Formula One torsos. Wh...

Sven Thorgren (SWE) and Celia Petrig (SUI) won the 2012 Protest World Rookie Finals in Ischgl, Austria, and were crowned WSF 2012 World Rookie Champions with a special prize giving ceremony including live music and special guests. It was the largest edition ever of the World Rookie Finals with more than 90 riders and 20 national team.

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