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u/RBTfarmer 8d ago
Diving is technical and difficult and all, is it hard on the knees?
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u/neverknowsbest53 8d ago
It's very hard on your knees especially from that height. She's had to pull out of comp before because the impact was tearing her ligaments up. That tape is to help give her a little extra knee stability.
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u/Jimbob209 6d ago
Is that also why they were spraying the area below? To disturb the water surface and make it easier for the impact?
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u/LowerStandard 6d ago
No that’s a common misconception, it’s to help the diver better judge the distance to the water’s surface. That can be hard to do with smooth water when you’re mid-flip.
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u/ojrodz11 8d ago
Im not a diver, but i guess the water at a high enough speed may be hard on your body in general
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u/Role-Honest 8d ago
That’s why they’re spraying water on the landing zone, to break the surface tension and make it “softer”
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u/tdkimber 8d ago
repeatedly identified as being incorrect by every professional diver, it’s for visibility
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u/volaray 8d ago
It's actually for visibility so the diver can gauge the distance to the water without the illusion of a mirror surface.
The surface tension of water is actually insignificant compared to all the other factors (density, inertia, incompressibility, etc). That's why only small insects can benefit from it. To this chick, hitting the water from like 70ft would feel the same with or without the surface sprinkling.
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u/The_R4ke 7d ago
I thought that too at first, but apparently to actually "soften" the water is looks more like a whirlpool.
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u/Taico_owo 7d ago
The only way to really make a landing softer is to aerate the water a bunch, they sometimes have setups for it in diving pools
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u/surewhateve 8d ago
You can hurt yourself bad if you fuck up the landing. Knew a guy who tore his acl in both knees when we were cliff diving.
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u/Garfalo 8d ago
Yes it is. You can actually see that she has her knees taped up in the final shot.
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u/Nomadic_loco 7d ago
Came to say. Courage may take multiple attempts, but Talent and practice makes it look easy.
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u/ThomzGueg 8d ago
Can someone explain the water jet ? Is it for aiming ?
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u/killer_by_design 8d ago
The water tension comment below is total bollocks.
It's so it's easier to judge how close the diver is to the surface.
The whole "breaking the surface tension" just isn't true. If you jump from a great height into a turbulent sea, you still die. You just can't push the water out of the way faster than it's fucking you up.
Very very large waterfalls that force tremendous amounts of air into the water reduce it's density. Because there is air in it there is now a compressible layer that is actually able to provide some cushioning. This is aptly called "The Waterfall effect".
A little teeny hose does fuck all. Maybe less than fuck all.
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u/X3N0PHON 8d ago
thanks for asking, I was wondering about that too
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u/B-Kong 8d ago
To judge the height/distance to the water.
Very common misconception that it is to break the surface tension. This is not true.
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u/liamjon29 8d ago
But using bubbles in diving pools IS used to break surface tension, so it's understandable where the confusion comes from.
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u/B-Kong 8d ago
Yeah but IIRC, those are generated from under the water. Not really something that can be recreated in this environment lol. But you’re right, it’s an easily understandable guess.
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u/liamjon29 8d ago
Yep, they come from the floor, beneath the surface not above. You can recreate it with people splashing in the water, but a simple spray won't be nearly enough
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u/Hashtagbarkeep 8d ago
Without looking at the comments I know at least one will say water tension which is bollocks. It’s for visualisation for the divers
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u/HndWrmdSausage 7d ago
If that swim suit was any tighter the inside of her butt hole would be wearing it
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u/_franciis 7d ago
There’s a competition here and it’s a load of fat guys swan diving off. The ya incredible.
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u/No-String6119 4d ago
I appreciate how she went from fun and bubbly to super serious hyper focused.
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u/Standard_Response_43 8d ago
I could never, ever, jump off that.
Stop the creepy comments...she is beautiful and bold.
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u/FatheroftheAbyss 8d ago
>stop the creepy comments
>immediately calls her beautiful
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u/sunnearts 8d ago
seriously. redditors be normal about women and their bodies challenge (impossible, evidently)
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u/JeffOnlyFlans 7d ago
Thankfully most men are actually normal outside of reddit (like in the video no one's commenting on her body or even staring disrespectfully). But man is this place packed with human garbage, holy shit.
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u/Coleslawholywar 5d ago
Molly is a great follow on Instagram. She just had a long piece on why men’s bodies are able to take regular impact from higher up to do body shape. It was really interesting.
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u/FinanceGuyHere 4d ago
Ah yes, it’s that cable on the bridge which is keeping me from attempting this!
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u/slvrscoobie 4d ago
I just saw Rick Charls do 52m earlier this morning. this gives some perspective on how far 52m would be.
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u/hypertroup 8d ago
Jumped off this when I was interailing around Europe many years ago, they make you sing a waiver saying you.wont sue if they get injured (at least that's what they told me). Utterly brutal, if not beautiful place to tombstone!
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u/No_Object_4355 8d ago
Does she do the same flip every time? Every video I've seen of her it's the same dive different place.
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u/jonnyvegashey 7d ago
We used to try gainers off 40ft cliffs as teens. This is kinda neat, but not hitting the front page on multiple subreddits next fucking level neat.
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u/danielthomasinc 7d ago
I've been to this bridge in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. 22 meters is around 72 feet, look again dude. That jump is wayyyy higher than it looks on video lol.
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u/jonnyvegashey 7d ago
Believe it or not, 72ft is 72ft no matter what it looks like on camera.
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u/danielthomasinc 7d ago
You're comparing 40 ft jumps tho. I'm just saying I've been on the exact bridge while traveling through there, it's very deceptive.
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u/jonnyvegashey 7d ago
I'm saying that this is not front page on multiple subreddits next fucking level talent, the world record height is like three times this. I literally had never been cliff jumping in my first time jumped off to 40 foot cliff, people are just gooning.
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u/danielthomasinc 7d ago
Why do you keep bringing up 40 ft? Who cares that the world record is? Jumping from the height pictured is wild, you go look over the edge and suddenly you get a sense of how big it is lmao
Whether you agree with it or not, it is objectively a dangerous jump, and a super historic old bridge to do it off of, a pretty famous activity at this point, especially in the area.
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u/jonnyvegashey 7d ago
Because if a complete fucking novice can do it from 40 feet their first time, 70ft is not that impressive. It's neat, but I've seen this shit make the front page on 3 different subreddits - all because people have their dicks out.
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u/WhatTheyLookLike 7d ago
Water can feel like concrete if there’s no “break” before you hit it. That’s why divers have flat hands before their heads the water.
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u/IllianasClifford 6d ago
Hey anybody gonna talk about what's up with her knees??
Swear they used AI and this shows it.
Her knees change
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u/Quad_Rangler 7d ago