What is death diving?
Norway’s extreme sport, death diving, seems to be the latest TikTok trend. Videos of people performing the extreme sport which requires a jump from a great height and bellyflopping before landing in the water, have gone viral across the world.
Norweigan athlete Asbjorg Nesje, who has become a foremost death diver, attempted many dives. The recent one being on January 24 which has over 42.5 million views. As per New York Post, in the video Nesje throws herself off a wooden platform from 81 feet in the air and then drops downward before landing into the water below.
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Who is Asbjorg Nesje?
The viral video, which has introduced many to the intense extreme sport, saw comments from netizens with one saying, “This woman is awesome.” According to Insider, Nesje, who began death diving in 2020, is a professional and seasoned death diver and has won both the 2021 and 2022 Døds championships.
The hashtag ‘døds’, which translates to death in Norwegian, has 236.5 million views on TikTok. And apart from the videos of Nesje, a 2021 video of kids, shared by athlete and content creator @ryanbean, has gathered around 19 million views.
What is death diving’?
According to What If, death diving, or dødsing, began in Norway in 1972 when a group of friends tried to impress some girls. But official world championships have been held since 2008. The sport consists of jumping off a 10 m (33 ft) platform.
According to the Døds Federation, death dives are judged on three main criteria– run-up, flight and landing. The run-up is judged by speed and power, which usually comes from a skip of one foot. For the flight, the “døds must be harmonious in the air and appear as controlled at all times,” whether it be a classic or freestyle jump.
A classic døds includes “simple movements,” without full rotations, while a freestyle døds must contain rotations and other “tweaks.”
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However, many were shocked to discover the trend as concerns poured in. One wrote, “Just. Stop.” Another said, “The worse that can happen is not death but you breaking your neck and becoming paralyzed.” An individual commented, “’New Stupid way to kill me’ is a weekly trend on TikTok.”
On the other hand, many took a dig at the latest trend with a user saying, “I say let’s take it to the next level and remove that pesky water from the equation…” While another jokingly said, “Someone should create a stunt called “pay all my bills” to see if they would do it too.”
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