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Australia's reigning Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series champion remains unbeaten while Dublin's record weekend crowd of 145,000 witnessed the first-ever Romanian winner. With a dominant 30 point win Australia's Rhiannan Iffland was the pinnacle of perfection in the women's competition when the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series debuted in Ireland's Dún Laoghaire Harbour. Canada's Lysanne Richard took her second podium this season while Adriana Jimenez of Mexico completed the top three. Cons...

Constantin Popovici, Olympic diver from Romania, earned the top score from the jury and put an end to Gary Hunt’s (GBR) winning streak from the 27m platform in one of the closest results to date. America’s David Colturi placed third in an event held with an adjusted format due to cold water. It was the immaculate execution of his final round dive, an inward 4 somersault half twist pike, that earned the 30-year-old his first ever 10, the highest possible score, in the World Series, becoming th...

Reigning Red Bull Cliff Diving Women’s World Series champion from Australia back on top in Azores while American 'Spinmaster' makes it two in a row in Portugal. In the men's, a fascinating final saw Steven LoBue sneak past his fellow American David Colturi, who had earlier posted the highest score for an individual men's dive, with the final dive of the day to secure his second victory in a row. Cheered on by 1,000 spectators on boats and kayaks, former champion Gary Hunt of England completed...

The 33-year-old spun his way to a stunning victory at the second stop of the 2018 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series in Bilbao, Spain, earning top spot on the podium for the first time since his win in the very same location back in 2015. He was joined in the celebrations by reigning champion Jonathan Paredes of Mexico, who grabbed a much needed second place following a poor start in Texas. LoBue's fellow American David Colturi, who currently possesses the hardest dive, finished third. Six-ti...

The 33-year-old spun his way to a stunning victory at the second stop of the 2018 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series in Bilbao, Spain, earning top spot on the podium for the first time since his win in the very same location back in 2015. He was joined in the celebrations by reigning champion Jonathan Paredes of Mexico, who grabbed a much needed second place following a poor start in Texas. LoBue's fellow American David Colturi, who currently possesses the hardest dive, finished third. Six-ti...

2018 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series returns to the Basque city to perform its fine art during the 2nd stop of 10th anniversary season. After a record-breaking season opener in Texas, USA with the maiden win of Poland’s biggest diving talent Kris Kolanus, the 27m platform on top of Bilbao’s La Salve Bridge is the take-off strip for the year’s first aesthetic free falls on European soil. The men will continue their battle for the King Kahekili trophy when they dive in front of the iconic Gu...

A summit of a particular nature took place where the Gulf of California meets the Pacific Ocean: cliff divers Jonathan Paredes of Mexico and America’s David Colturi dived at the famous Arch of Cabo San Lucas. With their aesthetic dives from up to 24m into the ocean, the athletes joined forces and flexed their muscles towards the 6-time champion Gary Hunt from England prior to the most unpredictable season in Red Bull Cliff Diving history. Ever since they qualified for the World Series in 2012...

Colombia’s Cartagena hosted the season-opener of the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series 2015 on April 25th. The world’s best cliff divers gathered at the Convention Center in Cartagena to leap aesthetically from the 27 meters platform. The beautiful seaside city, surrounded by 400-year-old city walls was a convenient venue for the kick-off event of this brand-new cliff diving season. 30.000 enthusiastic spectators witnessed cliff diving legend Orlando Duque (COL) and 13 of his most talented c...

It was a season-start in style for four-time World Series champion Gary Hunt, who dominated the first competition of the 2015 season in Colombia’s Cartagena, making it his 20th victory in seven years of the World Series. The Brit's haul of 526.20 points is his second-highest score to date, and just 0.20 points short of his personal best. 30,000 vocal spectators cheered their local hero Orlando Duque (477.60pts) to a podium finish from the 27m-platform on the Centro de Convenciones and secured...

Fear is a major part in cliff diving. And safety is always the priority. Does a cliff diver need the feeling of fear to dive safely? What is it exactly, that scares them - the height, the risk of injury? How do scuba divers, a stable platform and the experience of overcoming your fears influence the diving performance? Is fear, in the end, something positive? © Red Bull Media House

The divers showed breathtaking action at the first stop of the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series 2014 in Cuba’s capital Havana. 60.000 spectators couldn`t believe how high the level in professional Cliff Diving has become. Blake Aldridge was the insuperable man. After a moderate performance in the first round on Friday he showed 3 great dives on the main competition day and took home a well-deserved first place, followed by Jonathan Paredes in 2nd and Gary Hunt in 3rd....

Blake Aldridge takes debut win at 2014 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series kick-off in Cuba. With his first victory in a World Series competition, the former Olympic diver has reached his highest goal yet. After his only podium finish in La Rochelle last year, Blake Aldridge made it to the top position in front of 60,000 enthusiastic Cuban spectators along the famous Malecón on a hot Saturday afternoon. It was a tight fight between the top six athletes in this season’s first 27m battle off Mo...

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

Cliff Diving Crowns a new Lord - David Colturi won first-ever Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series in Malcesine, Italy. The fourth competition of the 2013 World Series marks the midway stop and saw another American, Steven LoBue, finish second and England’s Gary Hunt completing the podium and leading the rankings going into a six-week break before the next stop in Boston, USA. © Red Bull Media House

Boston is widely known as a sports-mad city and today’s fifth stop of the World Series proved this nickname true. 47.000 spectators and more than two hundred boats crowded the area around the Institute of Contemporary Art building late Saturday afternoon to see US diver David Colturi take his first ever podium in front of his home crowd. Englishman Gary Hunt repeated his victory from the 27.5m platform on America’s East Coast after 2011 and Colombia’s Orlando Duque made up eleven positio...