When I say, this project was ambitious, it is truly an understatement. To bring the world’s best cliff divers to compete in one of the remotest places in western Europe, now that’s ambitious, but if you can find a place as amazing Serpents lair on Inishmore that almost appears purpose built for this amazing sport, then you deal with the six months of preparation and the one month on the island building and the fact that everything must be helicoptered to site after being shipped to the island by boat.
When you see the world’s best freestyle cliff divers diving form the cliffs of Inis Mor in the fourth stop of the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series. You know why it worth all the effort and why it captured the imagination of the nation.
The competition was won in 2012 by Artem Silchenko,who nailed his new back armstand dive to help secure a second successive win in some of the most challenging conditions yet seen as the global competition.
The event was then won in 2014 by gary hunt “It’s quite special this one,” commented the victorious Hunt after landing the win he so coveted. “Having come here two years ago when I was not at my best and got the worst result of my career, it’s been great to get the win. It’s such a challenge, but to have got through it and taken the win it’s pretty special.
This event truly broke new ground in event production when it happened in the west coast of Ireland.
When you see the world’s best freestyle cliff divers diving form the cliffs of Inis Mor in the fourth stop of the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series .You know why it worth all the effort and why it captured the imagination of the nation.
The competition was won by Artem Silchenko,who nailed his new back armstand dive to help secure a second successive win in some of the most challenging conditions yet seen as the global competition. This event truly broke new ground off the west coast of Ireland.