Red Bull Cliff Diving

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Key Facts

Location: Scaliger Castle
Platform height: 27M
Water depth: 5m+
Average water temperature in July: 21°C
Average air temperature in July: 27°C
Type of water: Freshwater

Schedule

July 23
16.30 - 17.00 1st round Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series

July 24
16.00 - 16.30 Opening act with skydivers
16.30 - 17.00 2nd round Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series
17.15 - 17.45 3rd round Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series
17.50 - 18.05 Final round
18.10 Prize-giving ceremony

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Aug 2, 2011

Meet Michal Navratil | Profile of a Cliff Diver Aug 2, 2011

Michal Navratil

Watch this video and find out more about one of the up-and-coming stars of the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series 2011. After three successive podium finishes, the 26-year-old Czech, Michal Navratil,...

Jul 25, 2011

Cliff Diving Italy: Best action & interviews from Malcesine Jul 25, 2011

Hassan Mouti RBCD Italy

Check out the best of the action and interviews with the divers from the fifth stop in the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series in Malcesine, Italy...

Jul 24, 2011

Cliff Diving Italy: Video Highlights from Malcesine Jul 24, 2011

RBCD Italy 2011 video

The fifth stop in the 2011 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series took place in the picturesque Italian town of Malcesine on the shores of Lake Garda. Check out the highlights here...

Jul 24, 2011

Cliff Diving Italy: Making waves in Malcesine | Photos Jul 24, 2011

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Stops Details

Location
Malcesine, Italy (Map this address )
Start
JUL 24, 2011 at 4:00 PM
End
JUL 24, 2011 at 6:00 PM
About
From the very south of Italy – Polignano a Mare, Apulia – in 2010, the World Series heads north to the famous Lake Garda. An area which is widely known for its huge range of sports activities will be able to add one more jaw-dropping discipline when the world’s best cliff divers take a leap off the Scaliger Castle in Malcesine. The charming town of Malcesine rises at the feet of the 1,750 metre-high Monte Baldo, on a small hill on the north east side of Italy’s largest lake. Just 50km from Verona, the village is built around Scaliger Castle, which has 13th-century fortifications, an even older medieval tower, and “Palazzo dei Capitani”. Between April and October many thousands of tourists come to Lake Garda to indulge their sporting passions such as windsurfing, sailing, mountain biking, climbing and paragliding. Preceding the 12 high divers who will hit town in high season were other notable names. Among them was German writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, who was questioned by the local magistrate on suspicion of being a spy while drawing sketches of the castle, and famous painter Gustav Klimt who painted one of his most famous landscapes, inspired by Malcesine, in the summer of 1913.