That's nuts. I thought the guy was just going to step off and drop feet first, nice and simple. I had no idea he was going to do a triple back flip on the way down.
I wondered about that as well. I noticed they put platforms at different spots, and it was a judged competition and maybe he needed to do more than a foot if he wanted higher.
But at that height they are coming pretty close to killing themselves (I think he'd seriously injured himself on lower dives) and I wonder how much they can push it without just being suicidal.
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Wed 1 Oct, 2008 12:10 pm
@Robert Gentel,
That is insane.
I knew it ended well (you said "start dying" so presumably this one didn't) but I could barely watch in the run-up. Ugh.
When did this happen anyway? Everyone looked super 80's.
When did this happen anyway? Everyone looked super 80's.
As in, has the record been beaten yet?
I don't think the record has been beaten, I can't find any other references to a higher record.
As to when it happened I didn't find anything specific on that but you can guess the range from his bio here:
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In 1974, at the age of 13, Dana Kunze began his professional high diving career. In 1977, at the age of 16, Dana won his first World Championship and set a new World Record for the highest dive, all in one weekend! Dana began a winning streak that would last for 7 years and make him the most successful professional diver in history. By the age of 23, he had captured 8 World Championships, set and broke his own World Record for the highest dive 7 times and was featured on ABC Sports over 25 times! In 1985, Dana opened Watershow Productions, Incorporated, and with the same determination that made him a World Champion Athlete, he set out to produce the very best in professional High Dive Shows.
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