Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series 2012 Inis Mor Aran Islands
Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series 2012
Inis Mor Aran Islands
27 Metres, 14 Divers, 1 Champion
4th August 2012
Serpents Lair Aran Islands Galway
Rumours of the legendary Serpent’s Lair (Poll na Peist) on the Aran Islands circulate world wide throughout the cliff diving community. Similar to numerous other locations on the islands, the Serpents Lair is what fishermen call a “blowhole,” or a shoreline window to subterranean caverns, which spurt out water each day as high tide approaches. What differentiates the Serpent’s Lair from other blowholes, though, is that it’s a near-perfect rectangle, thus its inexplicable nature.
The Serpent’s Lair is one of those places you only hear stories about, said Orlando Duque, during a photoshoot ahead of the first ever Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series competition in 2009. “Finding this place and being able to dive there was one of the highlights of my career. Hopefully in the future we can bring a cliff diving competition to Ireland.” Orlando’s hopes will be answered during the first weekend of August, when the world’s best cliff divers come to the biggest of the three Aran Islands for the season’s halfway stage. A ferry ride from Galway on Ireland’s west coast, Inis Mor is home to the Serpent’s Lair – Poll na Peist in Gaelic – a natural formation that fishermen call a ‘blowhole’. What makes the Serpent’s Lair special is that it’s a near-perfect rectangle, its inexplicable shape ensconced in Gaelic legend.
Cliff diving is considered to be the acrobatic perfection of diving into water from heights ranging between 23 to 28 meters for men and 18 to 23 meters for women. The athletes have approximately three seconds to coordinate their forms and movements before they hit the surface of the water at around 100km/h. A pancake landing from such heights can be compared with a hard landing from 13m on concrete.
Key Facts
Location: Serpent’s Lair
Platform height: 28m
Average water temperature in August: 15°C
Average air temperature in August: 19°C
Type of water: Seawater (Atlantic Ocean)
RED BULL CLIFF DIVING WORLD SERIES TICKETS
Unfortunately tickets for the Red Bull Cliff Diving event are not available for sale due to the limited number of spectators possible at the site. We are running competitions where people can win tickets, please see the details below.
- To enter the draw to win an Event Day Package participants must go to www.redbullcliffdiving.com/inismor and log into the Red Bull Cliff Diving Challenge via an active Facebook account. Once logged in you must successfully beat the computer in the online Red Bull Cliff Diving Challenge. If successful in this challenge, participants will be entered in to a draw to win one of the Event Day Packages.
- To enter the draw to win a Weekend Package participants can purchase a special Red Bull Cliff Diving Challenge promotional 4-pack of Red Bull (no purchase necessary for Northern Ireland citizens, please go to www.redbullcliffdiving.com/inismor for further details). Participants should go to www.redbullcliffdiving.com/inismor and log into the Red Bull Cliff Diving Challenge via an active Facebook account, enter the code provided on the special Red Bull promotional leaflets which are available with the Red Bull Cliff Diving Challenge promotional 4-packs in participating retailers and successfully beat the computer in the online Red Bull Cliff Diving Challenge. If successful in this challenge, participants will be entered in to the draw to win one of the Weekend Packages. Participants who share the Red Bull Cliff Diving Challenge with 3 friends via the Facebook platform (www.facebook.com) will receive one additional entry to the Event Day Package prize draw, provided that the 3 friends play the online challenge.
- If the participating retailer does not have the special Red Bull promotional leaflets please email competition@richmondmarketing.com showing your proof of purchase and we will send you a special code which can be entered in place of the code contained in the promotional leaflets (no purchase necessary for Northern Ireland citizens, please go to www.redbullcliffdiving.com/inismor for further details).
Any info on how to get tickets?
Hi Amanda
I am not sure but will find out
Regards
Tom
Looks like there aint tickets for sale for this event, they have to be won via Red Bull, there aint any accommodation available either on the Inis Mor as its booked solid looking online, I suppose you could still take a ferry out there from Galway on a day trip and hope you get a glimpe of the diving.
It’s just crazy that you cannot buy tickets for this event. I don’t know whos idea that was, but very disapointed!
There are alot of people travelling to Inis Mor following the promotional campaign. Red Bull need to establish some kind of system to accommodate spectators. If the site is restrictive to numbers, they could run site entry on rotation where people have a chance of viewing the competition for at least 30 minutes. Some sort of solution is needed.
whats the story with tickets
How will i know if i have won the draw for the ticket?
I was the former National, Ulster and inter-provisional Champion for Ireland for 10 consecutive years (which has never been done before or since in Irish diving history). I would so love to try and get tickets for this event as diving was and is still a big part of my life as i now coach children high board and spring board diving. I have applied on line through the redbull challange for tickets but wondering if anyone knows another way to purchase tickets?
Joan
hi im neil cairns i was trained by joan noble and philip dunlop best years off my life ive won meny off competitions an also an irish champion thanks to there training but have lost contact with them so if use read this please mail me a contact number to my email c4irn3y81@gmail.com also i am hopeing to goto the redbull comp to see how extreme the dives height and conditions are……..
Anyone else having issues trying to apply for the competition to win tickets – this is day 4 now of trying and keep getting the below message:
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If you are the application owner, check your logs for details.
Do i need tickets to watch this? I am a native of the aran islands and was born here. I hear tickets are limited for this event. If i cant get one i presume i will still be allowed stand around and watch ya? would appreciate a reply as soon as possible
Thanks.
Patrick
I was told two different things about entry to the Red Bull Cliff Diving event see below
Dear Tommy,
the entry to the Red Bull Cliff Diving Inis Mor is for free.
But if you are from Ireland you could be participating in following competition for an all-weekend pass, see here:
http://www.redbull.com/cs/Satellite/en_INT/Red-Bull-Cliff-Diving-App/001243222552157
Best regards, Christina
Maria-Christina Schinko
Content Manager
Red Bull Media House GmbH
Oberst-Lepperdinger-Str. 11-15
A – 5071 Wals bei Salzburg
And also got the response below from Richmond Marketing
Hi Tommy
Unfortunately tickets for the Red Bull Cliff Diving event are not available for sale due to the limited number of spectators possible at the site. We are running competitions where people can win tickets, please see the details below.
1. To enter the draw to win an Event Day Package participants must go to http://www.redbullcliffdiving.com/inismor and log into the Red Bull Cliff Diving Challenge via an active Facebook account. Once logged in you must successfully beat the computer in the online Red Bull Cliff Diving Challenge. If successful in this challenge, participants will be entered in to a draw to win one of the Event Day Packages.
2. To enter the draw to win a Weekend Package participants can purchase a special Red Bull Cliff Diving Challenge promotional 4-pack of Red Bull (no purchase necessary for Northern Ireland citizens, please go to http://www.redbullcliffdiving.com/inismor for further details). Participants should go to http://www.redbullcliffdiving.com/inismor and log into the Red Bull Cliff Diving Challenge via an active Facebook account, enter the code provided on the special Red Bull promotional leaflets which are available with the Red Bull Cliff Diving Challenge promotional 4-packs in participating retailers and successfully beat the computer in the online Red Bull Cliff Diving Challenge. If successful in this challenge, participants will be entered in to the draw to win one of the Weekend Packages. Participants who share the Red Bull Cliff Diving Challenge with 3 friends via the Facebook platform (www.facebook.com) will receive one additional entry to the Event Day Package prize draw, provided that the 3 friends play the online challenge.
3. If the participating retailer does not have the special Red Bull promotional leaflets please email competition@richmondmarketing.com showing your proof of purchase and we will send you a special code which can be entered in place of the code contained in the promotional leaflets (no purchase necessary for Northern Ireland citizens, please go to http://www.redbullcliffdiving.com/inismor for further details).
I have asked my colleague to respond to your query regarding the video.
Kind regards
Beth
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why advertise it if you cant get tickets????????
Thats a question for Red Bull really to answer
Ridiculous that you have to try win the tickets, nothing about a public sale of tickets, to the fan who wears his GoPro on his Red Bull helmet at every giving chance. Saddened. Organiser have let a lot of people down.
Very badly oraganised in means of tickets.
Why advertise it then???