https://vo.rs/tags/death-diving/Latest from the Death Diving desk at vo.rs.Hugo -- gohugo.ioenThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.Sat, 24 Aug 2019 10:59:00 +0000https://vo.rs/encore/dods-norways-extreme-sport-of-the-bellyflop/<p>Every August, a crowd gathers at Frognerbadet, Oslo&rsquo;s grand open-air public pool, to watch grown adults throw themselves off a ten-metre platform in a horizontal starfish position, hold that shape as long as they possibly can, and only fold themselves into a survivable landing at the last instant before the water. The Norwegians call it dødsing — &ldquo;death diving&rdquo; — and they mean the name literally. It is judged, it has a world championship, and it is, against every instinct I have as someone who cannot watch a diving board without wincing, one of the most purely entertaining sports in Europe.</p>Sat, 24 Aug 2019 10:59:00 +0000