Døds Diving

Døds is the original Norwegian style of death diving administered, produced and promoted by the International Døds Federation through its Døds Diving World Tour, Døds Diving World Championship and other proprietary events. The Døds Diving World Tour is the official death diving league 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 36,50 meters and is held by Côme Girardot and Lucien Charlon (Fr).[2] In the women's class the record is at 24.8 meters and is set by Norwegian Asbjørg Nesje.