Stunt Diver Belly Flops His Way To World Record

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Prof. Splash Gets Tenure at University of Awesome's College of Kickass [Bahoohooweee]
Published 6/28/2008 by Christmas Ape at Deadspin
... Darren Taylor, a former strip club DJ, has catapulted to amazing heights in life, only so that he may jump from them into shallow pools of water. Now known as Professor Splash, broke his own record when he plunged from 35 feet, five inches into 12 inches of water in a padded kiddie pool. ...

Professor Splash Sets Shallow Dive World Record
Published 6/28/2008 at FanIQ Blog
... technique is to "skip across the water" when he makes contact with it. If you have no idea what the hell that means, join the club. Professor Splash also says shallow diving requires experience and research. And one seriously screwed up brain. Hilariously, right before Splash's record setting dive, one boy wondered, "What happens if he doesn't land in the pool?" Then it's a dark day for shallow diving, kid. [HT: SPORTSbyBROOKS via Deadspin]

I bet you didn’t know you could do this with your kiddie pool
Published 6/28/2008 by houroc at SportFiends
... contact with it. Taylor also added that “experience and research” is the key to success dives and that what he does is not easy. Taylor says a record-setting dive in Tokyo caused him to black out for a few seconds. Young kids who were present had good questions for him. One boy wondered, “What happens if he doesn’t land in the pool?” They call this guy Professor Splash. Not a bad nickname but I prefer psycho. Thanks to Brooks for this one. Tags: Darren, Taylor,, Professor, ...

Daily Dump: Tara Reid Goes From Mess To Hot, Stacy Lewis On Verge, Cape Cod Streakers And Kerry Wood’s Finger
Published 6/29/2008 by J Koot at Busted Coverage: Booze, Ladies And Football
... of the picture too. Today’s Dump: Stacy Lewis on verge of the improbable at U.S. Open [Sports Agent Blog] ESPN graphics operator not perfect [Slanch Report] Lewis and father enjoying magical run [GolfWeek] Streakers invade Cape Cod League game [Sox & Dawgs] Kerry Wood gives the old one finger salute [Hugging Harold Reynolds] A new belly flop world record has been set [SbB] Nikolina Pisek will keep you up at night [Holy Taco] ...

TRY THIS AT HOME
Published 7/1/2008 at With Leather
Most swimming pools have "no diving" signs for anything shallower than 4 feet of water.  And that's assuming you're jumping in from the edge of the pool.  This guy dove into 12 inches of water from a three-story platform, setting a world record of some sort.  "Stupidest stunt not resulting in paralyzing spinal injury" would be my guess. [Sports by Brooks]