SPLASHDIVING ★ JOURNAL
Stories that stay.
A pool. A leap. A scene that keeps moving. Discover the people, competitions and ideas behind Splashdiving, from the early days to the next chapter.
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History, events, media and learning. Arranged by their documented historical dates, not by the date we digitised them.
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Sindelfingen. A weekend by the tower.
In June 2024, the fifth Splashdiving Cup brought several platform and board heights together at Sindelfingen’s outdoor pool. A local preview and the organiser’s archive document the weekend.
SZ/BZ · Annette Nüßle · 13.06.2024 ↗
Read storyBR freizeit: Schmidt Max meets Splashdiving
BR freizeit followed Schmidt Max’s introduction to Splashdiving with Oliver Hillebrecht. The schedule records a broadcast on 25 June 2023.
Bayerischer Rundfunk · freizeit ↗ ↗
Read storySindelfingen: the announced championship weekend
The “Super Dive and Splashdiving World Championship” was announced for 16–17 July at Badezentrum Sindelfingen.
DIE NEUE 107.7 · Veranstaltungshinweis 2022 ↗ ↗
Read storyThe founder’s perspective: the art of the cannonball
An interview with Oliver Hillebrecht looks back at the format’s beginnings and development. It is a founder’s account, not a contemporary report from 2004.
Read storyThe splash speaks many languages.
In 2019, Swimming World introduced Splashdiving to its English-speaking audience, turning a familiar diving perspective around: here, the splash is part of the expression.
Swimming World · Kaylie Williams · 17.03.2019 ↗
Read storySindelfingen: Splashdiving, Super Dive and an underwater record
On 21–22 July, the Sindelfingen championship shared its setting with another documented sporting event: Thomas Plum’s underwater walk.
TC Manatees · Vereinsarchiv 2018 ↗ ↗
Read storySindelfingen: individual titles, synchronised diving and the jury
The Splashdiving World Championship was announced for 29–30 July in Sindelfingen. Subsequent reports record individual and synchronised results.
Deutschland.de · 26.07.2017 ↗ ↗
Read storyA championship weekend in Sindelfingen
At the end of August, the outdoor pool in Sindelfingen became the meeting place for the Splashdiving World Championships. A contemporary report records who came together and how the weekend began.
Read storyAt the quarry. In front of a different crowd.
Hřiměždice, summer 2014: Czech public-service sports outlet ČT sport explicitly includes a Splashdiving exhibition in its Highjump coverage.
Read storyBerlin: two titles for Malte Kruse
From 15–18 August, Sommerbad Neukölln hosted the German Championships and Splashdiving World Championship.
Read storyWürzburg: Japanese TV guests meet the scene
Yuya Tegoshi and Daisuke Miyagawa met Germany’s Splashdiving scene at the Dallenberg outdoor pool. DER SPIEGEL covered the friendly contest.
Read storyEssen. A new generation lands.
The Grugabad adds new names to championship history: the historical 2009 results release lists Felix Hirt and Jenny Netsch as the adult individual winners.
Historischer Ergebnisbericht · openPR · 18.08.2009 ↗
Read storyAn outdoor-pool feeling enters the classroom.
In 2009, sports educator Peter Neumann devoted a specialist teaching article to Splashdiving. Its focus: motivation, body control and a gradual, safety-conscious approach.
Peter Neumann · Lehrhilfen für den Sportunterricht · Heft 8/2009 ↗
Read storyOne summer. Twelve outdoor pools.
Two tours, twelve German outdoor pools and a scene on the move: a historical 2008 season review describes shows, competitions and encounters beside the water.
Historischer Saisonrückblick · openPR · 11.09.2008 ↗
Read storyFreiburg: nine places on the national team
On 8–9 March, Freiburg’s Westbad hosted selection for the German Splashdiving national team.
Archivierte Pressemitteilung · 18.03.2008 ↗ ↗
Read storyDillingen: a new name for the splash
The Dillingen championship marks the move from the German word “Arschbombe” to the international name Splashdiving.
Read storySwitzerland joins the story.
Summer 2006. SRF visits the Swiss national team training at Thun’s lakeside pool and features the reigning world champion from Münsingen.
SRF · Schweiz aktuell · 26.06.2006 ↗
Read storyMunich. An idea finds its stage.
Munich’s Olympic swimming hall became a stage for Splashdiving. A contemporary press release documents Arena Swim & Splash 2006 and a Germany–Austria team contest.
Historische Pressemitteilung · openPR · 20.03.2006 ↗
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The first Arschbombe national team
A team on the tower. A pool full of people. And between them, that brief moment in the air where courage becomes skill. These original photographs from 2005 tell the story of a sport then known as Arschbombe.
Read storyArschbombe. Die Weltmeisterschaft
A familiar jump becomes an event format. “Arschbombe. Die Weltmeisterschaft” (“The Cannonball: The World Championship”) is an early chapter on the road to Splashdiving.
Read storyBefore the name Splashdiving
Bayreuth, an early competition and an idea that would grow into something bigger. The Pecklamen Cup is one of the first chapters in this story.
Read storyAn archive with memory.
This collection is growing. Historical retrospectives are labelled as such; exact days, years and source dates are kept distinct. Organiser statements and independent reporting are identified, and original media stay with their publishers.
