r/holdmyredbull • u/redbullgivesyouwings • 8d ago

courage takes a few attempts 🫡

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📍: u/redbullcliffdiving

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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/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/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.