by Red Bull TV
Cliff divers discuss the intensity, precision, and high stakes of performing extreme dives from towering heights. Along the way it covers Pool Diving vs. Cliff Diving, Conquering Fear and Disorientation and Winning the World Series. Divers express gratitude for making a living in cliff diving and connecting with fans who resonate with overcoming fear.
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Cliff divers discuss the intensity, precision, and high stakes of performing extreme dives from towering heights.
On screen: Silhouettes of athletes are projected onto a white screen as graphic title text appears in the foreground.
Divers highlight the contrast between controlled indoor pool conditions and the unpredictable, changing environments of cliff diving.
On screen: An overhead top-down view captures a diver springing off a branded platform into choppy ocean waters.
Athletes describe the psychological impact of jumping from 27 meters and how they use fear as a focus tool during free fall.
On screen: A male cliff diver stands at the edge of a high platform decorated with Red Bull and København branding overlooking Copenhagen.
Competitors reflect on the challenge of winning an entire season title and how the sport's difficulty has drastically increased.
On screen: Archival footage shows young Orlando Duque standing at the edge of a high cliff diving platform above a river canyon.
Divers express gratitude for making a living in cliff diving and connecting with fans who resonate with overcoming fear.
On screen: An end screen shows a high-angle view of a cliff diver descending into the sea surrounded by floating boats filled with spectators.
0:01 Speaker A: Setting records. Speaker B: Cliff diving is a real test of human capability. Speaker A: Massive dive. Speaker B: Oh, my Lord. Speaker A: Unstoppable, unmatchable. Speaker C: It is staring your fists straight in the face. Speaker A: Five 10s. Speaker D: It's a competition. Speaker D: It's a world series. Speaker D: You have to do your best dives. Speaker A: Yeah, buddy.
0:26 Speaker A: That's how you do it. Speaker B: He's like no other sport in the world, taking a deep breath and making that leap. Speaker A: That is what you call a rift entry. Speaker C: For us as cliff divers, the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series is the pinnacle event in our sport. Speaker D: It's the toughest event that we can face.
0:54 Speaker B: I mean, the partner is not just about being the best on that day. Speaker D: You. Speaker B: You have to perform at a level throughout the whole year, and that's why it's the toughest challenge. Speaker D: What makes cliff diving different from pool diving?
1:20 Speaker D: If you go to diving in a pool, a pool in France, in Colombia, in Australia, they all look the same, you know, same height, same depth, same color of the water. Speaker D: All the conditions are controlled. Speaker D: Everything is there for you to dive. Speaker D: So you're only going there to thinking about, yeah, the dive you're gonna do. Speaker D: When you go to cliff diving, we're gonna change everything for you. Speaker D: Almost every dive.
1:50 Speaker B: One thing I've learned over the years in cliff diving is planning what you're going to do at which competitions. Speaker B: It just doesn't work. Speaker B: You have to be able to adapt, and you need to be mentally prepared for these sort of things, but also prepared to have all your plans be thrown in the bin. Speaker D: Sometimes you're going to be standing on a bridge and you look down and it's fine. Speaker D: You know, you're just dropping straight out. Speaker D: Some other time, you're going to be on a cliff.
2:16 Speaker D: You can barely place your feet in the right position for the takeoff. Speaker D: And sometimes at a platform where there's this big swells and the water is constantly moving. Speaker D: So it's a big challenge every single dive. Speaker A: Macaulay, not bad. Speaker A: Joey. Speaker A: Handling the swells and the waves. Speaker A: Torpedo like brilliant dive. Speaker D: And I think that's what we like. Speaker D: It makes us think it makes you, you know, stay a little bit more sharp.
2:41 Speaker D: It doesn't become, like, repetitive or automatic. Speaker B: You. Speaker D: You have to stay sharp constantly. Speaker C: Yeah. Speaker C: There's five judges looking and picking the dive apart. Speaker C: They're looking for a strong takeoff, grace and elegance and good form in the air.
3:06 Speaker C: And then as little splash and a vertical entry as much as possible. Speaker B: Cliff diving is a real test of human capability. Speaker B: You're tested mentally and physically. Speaker B: The fear you feel going up 27 meters onto a cliff or a building, and putting yourself through that challenge is like no other sport in the world.
3:39 Speaker B: And, yeah, you really see what you've got in your guts and what you're made of up there on the platform. Speaker D: Naturally, there is an element of fear in cliff diving. Speaker D: Personally, I've always interpreted that as a defense mechanism.
4:05 Speaker D: We have. Speaker D: It's natural, it's in our brains. Speaker D: It just tells you, be careful. Speaker D: This is high. Speaker D: You're gonna get hurt. Speaker D: There is a second element of fear and is the difficulty of the dives we're doing. Speaker D: We know what we're doing.
4:30 Speaker D: However, there is always a chance that something goes wrong in the air. Speaker D: And what happens if something goes wrong in the air? Speaker D: It's less than three seconds of free fall. Speaker D: You're going to hit the water and you're going to hit it hard. Speaker D: So that also makes you scared. Speaker A: A lot going on in the air on that one, Joey. Speaker B: These dives carry a lot of risk, and one of the big fears of all the athletes is getting lost in the air. Speaker B: And particularly with a dive like this,. Speaker C: You know, you're trying to get rid of that little voice in your head that's telling you pretty much not to do what you're about to do.
5:02 Speaker B: It's not just the best divers are fearless. Speaker B: I think it's more the best divers learn how to use that fear to their advantage and to make that fear become your weapon and to make sure that that keeps you on your toes. Speaker B: Gary Hunt. Speaker B: It is very rare you ever an. Speaker D: Athlete of this caliber when you have a World Series. Speaker D: To win one of the events is really difficult, however, to win the whole season, to be the overall champion.
5:32 Speaker D: It's so difficult that it's only been, I think, in the men, four champions, and in the women, too. Speaker B: There we go. Speaker B: Champagne splash. Speaker D: Brianna. Speaker C: Nick Flynn. Speaker A: So, Rochelle Simpson. Speaker A: The series championship. Speaker D: The sport has grown so much from when we started 99 to today. Speaker D: I think the level of competition has just gone to a point where we never thought it was going to get to, not just in terms of difficulty, but quality.
6:02 Speaker D: The dives being done today we couldn't even dreamed of before. Speaker A: Popovic. Speaker A: 1, 2, 3, 4, And 5 tens. Speaker B: Amazing. Speaker B: I have to pinch myself that I can choose cliff diving as a career path. Speaker B: And people are blown away that that's what I do for a living.
6:30 Speaker A: That was insane. Speaker B: It just shows how much the fear and the challenge connects with everyone. Speaker B: Everyone knows what it feels like to jump in the water, to be scared, and I think it's that. Speaker B: That connects with the people. Speaker A: There it is. Speaker A: Nice. Speaker A: Lexi. Speaker B: Unsure.
6:55 Speaker D: You're not jumping. Speaker D: Of course. Speaker A: Okay. Speaker A: Okay. Speaker A: That's fine. Speaker B: Okay. Speaker D: No, no, no, no, no, no. Speaker D: Lean a little bit. Speaker C: No. Speaker C: No. Speaker D: You're sure? Speaker A: Yes, I'm sure. Speaker D: Work. Speaker D: Crash. Speaker C: I was gonna say ouch. Speaker C: Backwards.
7:20 Speaker B: Champagne. Speaker C: Win. Speaker C: Success. Speaker B: Diving. Speaker B: Nah. Speaker B: You know, it's easy. Speaker C: It.