shallow diving
{{Short description|Extreme sport}}
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Shallow diving is an extreme sport, whereby enthusiasts attempt to dive from the greatest height into the shallowest depth of water, without sustaining injury. It is typically associated with traveling circuses along with the strongman, performing animals, clowns and other such attractions.{{cite web |title=How to Shallow Dive |url=https://www.sportsrec.com/shallow-dive-6579.html |website=SportsRec |access-date=9 February 2022 |language=en |date=1999-10-07}}
Technique
Divers aim to hit the water horizontally in a manner akin to the belly flop. This spreads the impact over the greatest surface area, and achieves the longest time decelerating, before hitting the bottom of the container where the water is held.
World records
- Professor Splash (ne. Darren Taylor) successfully dove from {{convert|11.52|m|ft|disp=flip|abbr=out}} into a paddling pool of depth {{convert|30|cm|ft|disp=flip|abbr=out|sigfig=1}} breaking his record for a successive 20th time.{{cite web|last=Thorne|first=Dan|url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/60at60/2015/8/2005-highest-shallow-dive-392864 |title=w005:Highest Shallow Dive|publisher=Guinness World Records|website=guinnessworldrecords.com |date=2015-08-18 |accessdate=2017-06-25}}
- Professor Powsey dove successfully from an {{convert|80|ft|m|adj=on}} tower into a tank with {{convert|4|ft}} of water.
- Roy Fransen successfully dove from {{convert|108|ft|m|abbr=out|sigfig=3}} into {{convert|8|ft|m|abbr=out|sigfig=2}} of water.{{cite book |last1=McWhirter |first1=Norris |title=Guinness Book of World Records, 1985 |date=April 1985 |publisher=Bantam Books |isbn=978-0-553-24805-0 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d2wHXZ-nxAUC |access-date=26 March 2023 |language=en}}
References
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