The Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series<\/a> is coming to the St. Pete Pier on June 5\u20136 for its only domestic stop, and its first-ever event in Florida.<\/p>\nSpectators can witness 24 of the world\u2019s top athletes dive from a platform built above the pier into Tampa Bay, reaching heights of up to 70 feet for women and 90 feet for men. And it’s free for the\u00a0public to enjoy.<\/p>\n
“Known as the ‘Sunshine City, ‘ St. Pete delivers a high-energy waterfront setting where sport meets skyline, turning the St. Pete Pier into a world-class stage for cliff diving,” organizers said in a statement.<\/p>\n
Athletes will perform increasingly complex dives judged on execution, synchronization and artistic impression. Organizers say that in only three seconds of freefall, divers hit speeds of 53 mph before entering the water with precision and control.<\/p>\n
Among the U.S. competitors taking part in the event are Kaylea Arnett, Lisa Faulkner and James Lichtenstein, who made history at the 2025 World Series finale in Boston, becoming the first American male diver ever to win on U.S. soil.<\/p>\n
\u201cWinning in Boston last season was a huge moment\u2014not just for me, but for the sport in the U.S. The energy from the crowd was incredible, and it meant everything to have that moment at home,\u201d Lichtenstein said in a statement. \u201cTo now come into St. Pete as the only U.S. stop this year, it feels like we\u2019re building something bigger, and I\u2019m excited for fans to experience it again.”<\/p>\n
Reigning champions Rhiannan Iffland and Gary Hunt are expected to headline the competition to defend their titles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Spectators can witness 24 of the world\u2019s top athletes dive from a platform built above the pier into…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":223556,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":["post-223555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=223555"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223555\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/223556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=223555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=223555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=223555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}