Døds Diving Explained

Døds is the original Norwegian style of death diving administered, produced and promoted by the International Døds Federation through its Døds Diving League consisting of Døds Diving World Tour, Døds Diving World Championship and other proprietary events. The Døds Diving World Tour is the official competition circuit that serves as a qualifier for the Døds Diving World Championship. The Døds Diving World Championship is the pinnacle event of the sport of death diving, and has taken place in Oslo, Norway every August since it debuted in 2008 as the first official death diving competition on the global stage. Under its Døds trademarks, the International Døds Federation produces everything from events, media productions, merchandise and training courses at Døds Academy. International Døds Federation, headquartered in Oslo, Norway, is a fully commercial organisation that works to build the sport and the death diving community internationally.

Døds is a form of extreme freestyle diving from heights jumping with stretched arms and belly first, landing in a cannonball or a shrimp position. There are two classes of death diving: Classic and Freestyle. In the Classic event, competitors are to fly horizontally with their arms and legs extended until they hit the water, with no rotations.[1] Competitors curl into a fetal position just before entering the water, landing first with their feet and hands or knees and elbows to avoid serious injury; dives are judged on speed, air time, complexity, how long the diver holds the original pose, the closing and the splash. In freestyle, the competitors do various tricks during the air travel, including rotations and flips, hence the name.

The current world record in height is 40.5 meters and is held by Ken Stornes (NOR).[2] [3] In the women's class the record is at 30.5 meters and is set by Norwegian Asbjørg Nesje.

History

"Døds Diving" has roots as a distinctive style of diving at Frognerbadet ("the Frogner Baths") pool complex since the 1970s, where youths from the different districts of Oslo competed in performing the toughest stunts from the 10-meter.[4] Døds is said to have been started in the summer of 1972 and was pioneered by Erling Bruno Hovden, then guitar player in Raga Rockers.[5]

Each year since its launch in 2012, the Bruno Award is given to the best classic døds or to honour an extraordinary performance or achievement (winners below) to honour his memory. Since 2008, the Døds Diving World Championship (Norwegian: VM i Døds) has been held annually competition at Frognerbadet.[6] In recent years the capacity has been filled with 6,000 spectators and tickets being sold out.[7] The events have been broadcast nationally (TV2, TV2 Sport, Viasat) and internationally (ESPN).

Døds World Championship winners (Men)

Bruno Award winners

World Championship winners (Women)

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Døds World Championship 2022: After-movie (Death Diving) . .
  2. Web site: Stornes . Ken . New world record! 40.5m / 132ft. . 3 December 2023 . Instagram.
  3. Web site: Niamh. Shackleton . 'Insane' footage of man breaking death dive world record leaves people mind-blown . 4 December 2023 . Unilad.
  4. https://www.hadeland.no/sport/dods/vm/to-lokale-dodsere-gikk-videre-til-vm-i-dag/s/5-21-402975 Hadeland - To lokale dødsere gikk videre til VM i dag
  5. Web site: Filip (19) er verdensmester i "dødsing" for tredje år på rad: – Er jo livredd når man står der. 15 August 2015. 11 March 2019.
  6. Web site: Dødsstup med løpefart: – Har blitt en manndomsprøve . 13 August 2016 . 17 August 2019.
  7. Web site: VM i Døds – 17. August 2019. 17 August 2019. 17 August 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190817200350/https://kreativtforum.no/kalender/2019/08/vm-i-dods-17-august-2019. dead.
  8. Web site: 20 June 2010 . Stupte i det og ble «verdensmester» . 17 August 2019.
  9. Web site: Dødsemester Filip: - Aldri trodd jeg skulle vinne! . 17 August 2019.
  10. Web site: 10 June 2012 . De slår seg halvt ihjel, rister av seg vannet, klatrer opp timeteren og stuper igjen . 17 August 2019.
  11. Web site: 15 August 2015 . Filip (19) er verdensmester i «dødsing» for tredje år på rad: – Er jo livredd når man står der . 11 March 2019.
  12. Web site: 13 August 2016 . Truls Torp (17) vant verdensmesterskapet i dødsing: – La inn favoritttrikset . 17 August 2019.
  13. Web site: 14 March 2018 . Truls Torp - rebellen fra Øyenkilen . 17 August 2019.
  14. Web site: 20 August 2018 . (+) Vant VM i dødsing . 17 August 2019.
  15. Web site: NRK . 18 August 2019 . VM i Døds . 18 August 2019 . nb-NO.
  16. Web site: Citroën presents Døds World Championship 2020 (English commentary) - YouTube . 1 September 2020 . www.youtube.com.
  17. Web site: Citroën presents Døds World Championship 2021 (English commentary) - YouTube . www.youtube.com .
  18. Web site: And AGAIN!! He is back! @trulstorp is WORLD Champion 2023 . www.instagram.com.
  19. Web site: VM i Døds 2018 . YouTube.
  20. Web site: Miriam Hamberg defends her title in Døds World Championship 2019! . YouTube.
  21. Web site: Døds World Championship 2020: The complete women's competition . YouTube.
  22. Web site: Døds World Championship 2021: The complete competition . YouTube.

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