Professional cliff diver Steven LoBue gives us some insight into the incredible sport of cliff diving the below video from the International Swimming Hall of Fame. Steven discusses the sport of cliff diving, including the recent adoption of the high diving event by FINA and the growing following the discipline. Steven also talks about some of his favorite locations to cliff dive, including Thailand and Italy, as well as the approach cliff divers need to take in training to conquer these amazing dives. Steven also details an incident where he hit his face 92 feet above the water in La Rochelle, France and was lucky to walk away without serious injury. Click the link below to see the entire interview:
In other matters concerning the International Hall of Fame, Swimming World obtained photos of the proposed Santa Clara Swim Center, future home of the International Swimming Hall of Fame. The city of Santa Clara hopes to build a new 3-acre International Swim Center on the other side of Central Park from its current aquatics facility that would eventually house the 7,500-square-foot Hall of Fame.
According to Bruce Wigo, Executive Director for the International Hall of Fame, the overarching factors that would make a successful marriage between Santa Clara and ISHOF are definitely in place. The new mecca of Swimming would be Santa Clara.
Centerpiece of the complex would be an Aquatic Theater, where fans would be on top of the action in the pool. Think more of courtside seats at a basketball game, less of the current standard pool setup of the fans being pushed well away from the pool.
- Photo Courtesy: ISHOF
- Photo Courtesy: ISHOF
- Photo Courtesy: ISHOF
- Photo Courtesy: ISHOF
