topworth: Red Bull Cliff Diving

Orlando Duque won the first stage of Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series 2011.
Top haydayvery world and their fans gathered at the remote island of the Pacific Ocean. It was there that started World Series Red Bull Cliff Diving.

After intensive preparations in the offseason, the 36-year-old athlete has taken the first step towards the realization of its objectives:

Open season in a location is very symbolic. I was most concentrated.
It was possible for many months preparing for this, but this one important day to collect my thoughts and do everything perfectly.
Emerging from the water, I saw the evaluation of judges and realized that on the right. Successful start of the new season for me. "

Exactly seven months ago, when Colombian Orlando Duque won the final of Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series 2010, finishing second in the overall standings, he announced his intention to regain the title in 2011.

Ukrainian sporstmen Slava Polishchuk was the fourth in the first stage of the competition: At this point, the extraordinary energy, I felt very nervous, but pleased with his performance.

The third season of the World Series started in one of the most mysterious places in the world on Easter Island!
3791 Rapanui inhabitants call it "Te Pito o te Hen" "navel of the earth";
many tourists who visit Easter Island, on the contrary, consider it one of the most isolated places in the world.

Easter Island is one of the vertices of the so-called Polynesian Triangle and is 3,510 km west of mainland Chile and 4,085 km east of Tahiti. The inhabitants of Rapanui have created a unique culture, the most famous monument which is a fabulous moai, monolithic statues of up to 10 m and weighing up to 86 m.
In 1935, Chile declared the island a national park, and in 1996 UNESCO awarded him the status of world heritage sites.

The venue of the first competitions of the World Series in 2011 was the bay Mataveri Otai, located next to the cave, Ana Kai tangata. Cave, also known as "Cave of Cannibal Corpse, known for its mystical atmosphere. It is the largest and most beautiful cave drawing depicting birds manutara that are most important representatives of the fauna of the island and the main characters in the traditional ritual of electing tangata, mana, man-bird.

887 moai statues, the island of Rapanui witnessed the first phase of the competition twelve leading athletes in diving, which was held at the westernmost point of Chile.

Currently, the cave is an archaeological monument.
The first-ever March 12, 2011 is held sporting events Red Bull Cliff Diving.