Three bridges, three cliffdivers, one day. It could be described as a part of preparation for the Championship of the Czech Republic in cliffdiving Desperados Highjump 2017. If you do extreme sports, you must be able to go beyond your limits. And that´s why three top Czech cliffdivers decided to jump off three Prague bridges….
Ellie Smart first time on Highjumpu
Ellie Smart, 21, lives in Los Angeles, California. She began diving at the age of five and immediately fell in love with platform diving. Growing up she competed at the National level and then dove at the University of California, Berkeley, where she qualified for NCAA’s on platform and won a national title in 2013….
X-Diving – freestyle diving madness
As a big contrast to the elegant and graceful world of highdiving, we are also proud to present the crazy athletes of the X-Diving showteam! These guys are the attraction of public swimming pools and they know, how to entertain the crowd with creative diving-choreographies, painful entries, and breathtaking maneuvers. Many of you may know…
Iris Schmidbauer (D)
I am 22 years old. I was 2015 the first and last time at High Jump. My highest dive was about 23m form the crane at High Jump 2015. I competed 2016 and 2017 at the Fina High Diving World Cup in Abu Dhabi. In August 2016 I competed at the Red Bull Cliff Diving…
Andreas Hulliger (CH)
The last few years, most of the time Andreas Hulliger reached the podium in all three categories. His first High Jump was in 2009, since then he never missed one. Last year he had the chance to complete his golden hattrick in the category 12 and 16 meters, on 12 meters he did it and…
Patrick Arendt “Princess” (D)
Ahoj Czech Rep. I’m Patrick Arendt, or, as most of you might know me: PRINCESS. I’m 29 years old, I live in Germany and I’m a professional cinematographer. I started Highdiving in 2011 and attended my first year at Highjump in 2012. Since then I only missed one year. But that will never happen again!…
Jan Wilko Heinzel (D)
It is going to be his 8th year at Highjump. His personal record is jump off 30 metres, which he showed us at Highjump, too. This year he wants to break this record for you. He is a professional at Highdiving-Cliffdiving and loves adrenalin before he jumps. Jan is a member of German National Team…
Jesse Macaulay (USA)
This year, like every year, Highjump is going to bring you new faces from a cliffdiving elite, who a Czech spectator hasnt seen yet. Because we are celebrating 18th anniversary, there is going to be many new cliffdivers at our event. Among the first is Jesse Macaulay: Jesse comes from Texas, USA and she is…