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 water.
Sindelfingen's outdoor pool lists the Splashdiving Cup for 26 to 28 June 2026. The organiser's retrospective archive confirms that the weekend took place.
Stadt Sindelfingen · Veranstaltungseintrag · 24.06.2026 ↗
Read storyPfaffenhofen. One pool, many possibilities.
Summer Splashdown 2025 brings professionals, pool visitors and two competition strands together at the Ilmbad. A summer chapter from Pfaffenhofen.
Veranstalterbericht · Splashdiving PAF TV · pafunddu.de · 24.06.2025 ↗
Read storySindelfingen. 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 storyGood cards. A fresh way into learning.
Thirteen illustrated cards, visual tasks and shared learning: vlamingo's Arschbomben-Challenge brings a structured resource to swimming lessons.
vlamingo · Originalangebot und Urheberangaben · Erstveröffentlichung 01.03.2024 ↗
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 storyFreising. From watching to taking part.
At Splash im Fresch, the national team, a workshop and everyday pool visitors meet. A story about turning fascination into a first step in learning.
Süddeutsche Zeitung · Freising · 26.07.2022 ↗
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 storyVandbombe. Denmark's view of the splash.
In 2017, TV 2 reports from training in Copenhagen as Danish athletes prepare for the world championship in Sindelfingen.
TV-2-Medienbericht / TV 2 Lorry · 13.08.2017 ↗
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 storySummer makes the papers. Splashdiving in KURIER.
In 2016, Austrian newspaper KURIER introduces Splashdiving to its readers and points to the forthcoming championship in Sindelfingen.
Medienbericht · KURIER · 30.07.2016 ↗
Read storyPegnitz. An outdoor pool for local heroes.
A regional preview announces Splashdiving at CabrioSol on 25 June 2016, with a workshop, Local Hero Cup and team show.
Regionale Veranstaltungsvorschau · Der Neue Wiesentbote · 02.06.2016 ↗
Read storyElvis and the outdoor pool. A very real home.
In a 2015 taz interview, Christian “Elvis” Guth talks training, competition and the energy of a sport rooted in the outdoor pool.
Interview · taz · 06.06.2015 ↗
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 storyElvis, unfiltered. A conversation from 2014.
VICE publishes an interview with Christian “Elvis” Guth, showing Splashdiving becoming visible as a scene beyond German-language media.
Interview · VICE Tschechien · 03.07.2014 ↗
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 storyWürzburg awaits. Explaining the sport.
Ahead of the 2010 championship, netzathleten looks at the sport's development, different landing positions, and individual and synchronised competition.
Sportreportage / WM-Vorschau · netzathleten · 08.06.2010 ↗
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 storyHamburg. Three seconds and a whole world.
A 2007 taz report visits Hamburg's Kaifu outdoor pool: international teams, spectators by the water and a world champion named Christian “Elvis” Guth.
Reportage · taz · 30.07.2007 ↗
Read storyPool Bombs. Summer reaches television.
A 2007 press release describes a Pool Bombs activity around ZDF-Fernsehgarten. An archive story about television, collective effort and the sport's public stage.
Historische Veranstalter-Pressemitteilung · Targetwire · Archivpfad 04.06.2007 ↗
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 ↗
Read storyHeilbronn. A Swiss athlete takes the title.
Simon Gfeller wins the 2005 cannonball world championship. Behind the result is a bigger change: the early German team is now part of an international competition.
Zeitgenössischer Ergebnisbericht · funsporting · WM 2005 ↗
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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 storyBefore the world watches. The team trains.
An August 2004 dpa report catches the first national team in preparation, with coach Florian Spiske and an idea becoming more than a poolside joke.
Zeitgenössischer dpa-Bericht · Mitteldeutsche Zeitung · 10.08.2004 ↗
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, 2003. An early Cup becomes a starting point. Reports published in 2004 already trace the story explicitly to the previous year.
MZ/dpa · 10.08.2004 · Rückblick auf 2003 ↗
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.

