page_title: Death Diving
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Death Diving / History
caption_attribution_description: Frognerbadet, a public bath in Oslo, Norway.
context_page_description: Death Diving, or Døds in Norwegian, is an amateur diving sport. The world championships is performed from a platform of 10 meters height. There are separate competitions for Classic and Freestyle. In the Classic event, competitors are to fly horizontally with their arms and legs extended in an X-formation until they hit the water. Competitors curl into a fetal position just before entering the water, breaking the surface tension with their feet, knees and elbows to avoid serious injury; dives are judged on how long the diver holds the original pose. In Freestyle Døds, the competitors do various tricks during the air travel, hence the name. The sport is not registered as a discipline in the Norwegian Swimming Federation. Det Internasjonale Dødseforbundet was formed 7 May 2011.
context_section_description: "Dødsing" has roots as a distinctive style of diving at Frognerbadet ("the Frogner Baths") pool complex since the 1960s, where youths from the different districts of Oslo competed in performing the toughest stunts from the 10-meter. The sport was formalised in the summer of 1972 at by Erling Bruno Hovden, then guitar player in Raga Rockers. Since 2008, the Death Diving World Championships (Norwegian: VM i Døds) has been held annually as an informal competition at Frognerbadet. In the last years there have been 3000 paying spectators, with tickets being sold out.
caption: Frognerbadet, a public bath in Oslo, Norway.
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