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The fourth stop of the World Series might bring about the beginning of a new era: for the first time in the history of Red Bull Cliff Diving a female competition will be held. Brave female cliff divers will fight for victory from 20m. The requirements for both male and female athletes are the same, their tricks are the same, they are all courageous; and yet there are differences mainly in the physical constitution. And this means differences in the height of the platform compared to the...

The fourth stop of the World Series might bring about the beginning of a new era: for the first time in the history of Red Bull Cliff Diving a female competition will be held. Brave female cliff divers will fight for victory from 20m. The requirements for both male and female athletes are the same, their tricks are the same, they are all courageous; and yet there are differences mainly in the physical constitution. And this means differences in the height of the platform compared to the...

It has been another incredible race this year at the Megavalanche. We have followed Bluegrass Factory Team member Hannah Barnes during her week in l'Alpe d'Huez and have produced a video showing what it was like. Here is a short teaser. Enjoy! bluegrasseagle.com

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Red Bull Cliff Diving has its first female winner – Anna Bader from Germany. It was the eagerly-awaited competition and this Saturday afternoon four athletes proved why they were chosen to compete in the first-ever Red Bull Cliff Diving women’s competition. In a close fight, 29-yearold Anna Bader (214.70pts) took victory ahead of America’s Ginger Huber (207.90) with Tara Hyer-Tira (184.55) from San Francisco completing the podium and Canadian diver Stephanie De Lima (158.10) finishing fourth....

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...

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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

Every friday night at Allobroge, with my friend Hugo, we do trampoline like mad, we love that and that's it ! ;) #Thomas Lefort

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...

All Joel's run at Freeride World Tour 2013, Revelstoke, Courmayeur, Kirkwood and Fieberbrunn. He missed Chamonix because of injury at Courmayeur and had surgery and of January. Finish 8th overall, hope to see him competing again next year!

First day opening les 2 Alpes 2013, with Thomas Delfino, Victor Daviet, Ben TJ, Tom Picamoles, and Anouck Grau Filmed by Felix Carlier Edited by Felix Carlier

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...

The summer season is here! Blue skies, tons of snow, fresh features, and jump lines for days. What more do you need? After an incredible week with the APO Team, it's easy to say that the good vibes of Session 1 will stick around all summer long. Let's keep it going! Featured Skiers: Will Wesson, Paul Bergeron, Sammy Carlson, Will Berman, Reid Lewis, Jamie Crane-Mauzy, John Kutcher, Steve Stepp, Shay Lee, Jack Borland, Tim Sargent, Tim Gage, Nick Goepper, Maks Gorham, Nicky Keefer, Jeff Curr...