The famous Red Bull jumpers will test the water of the Bilbao estuary again at the end of September.
Once again Red Bull cliff diving will be one of the most anticipated events of the year in the Bilbao estuary. Last year Red Bull cliff diving world was one of the most important events of the year, as witnessed by the more than 52,000 people who were present throughout the event. The world’s best jumpers will try to improve on the scores achieved in 2014 from the 27-meter-high La Salve Bridge. The Austrian-based beverage multinational has decided to hold the 2015 finals in Bilbao, which will coincide with the 50th stop of the world series.
Orlando Duque Red Bull Cliff Diving Bilbao
The season will feature 8 exciting stops that will conclude with the final in Bilbao at the end of September. This seventh season will feature all kinds of scenarios in remote and urban places that will help to make this amazing sport more spectacular if possible. This year two new stops are included in the Red Bull cliff diving world calendar, Colombia and Bosnia, although we must not forget the United States, France, Portugal, Italy and of course ….. Bilbao.
Kent de Mond Red Bull Red Bull Cliff Diving Texas
Orlando Duque, one of the legends of this sport will live a very special day when he starts the 2015 season in Colombian waters, the waters in which he created himself as an elite athlete. But not only Orlando, Gary Hunt, current champion of Red Bull cliff diving world will fight to protect his txapela in the new season, although he will be closely followed by great talents such as Russian Artem Silchenko, winner of the competition in 2013.
Jonathan Paredes Red Bull Cliff Diving Bilbao
On September 26th will come the grand finale in Bilbao, the end of the Red Bull cliff diving world season in the Basque Country. After the success of 2014, Bilbao’s Puente de la Salve will witness the txapeldun of the 2015 season with the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao as a backdrop.
The Red Bull cliff diving world calendar for 2015 will be composed of:
SCHEDULE AND LOCATIONS
April 25 / Cartagena, COLOMBIA
May 17 / La Rochelle, FRANCE
May 30 / Possum Kingdom Lake – Texas, U.S.A.
June / TBC
July 18 / S. Miguel – Azores, PORTUGAL
15 August / Mostar, BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA
13 September / Polignano a Mare, ITALY
September 26 BILBAO BASQUE COUNTRY
In early February, cliff diving’s top talents will fight in the qualifying competition for the five places still available in the world’s most prestigious series.
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