Divers tackle Norway’s ‘skerries’ for Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series

Intrepid divers will hurl themselves off a 27m tall “skerry” in Kragero, Norway tomorrow for the third event in the 2010 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series.

Twenty-five-year-old Gary Hunt from Southampton is currently leading the series, which takes place in six parts and all over the world. His victory in Yucatan, Mexico last month followed an earlier triumph in La Rochelle, France in May.

12 competitors will dive off steep “skerries”, derived from the Old Norse word “sker” meaning “a rock in the sea”. Norway, which has 25,148 kilometres of coastline, is a perfect venue for the midway stage of the competition.

Ahead of tomorrow's event, the current scores stand at:

1. Gary Hunt, GBR, 40 points

2. Orlando Duque, COL, 29 points

3. Artem Silchenko, RUS, 27 points

4. Kent De Mond, USA, 22 points

5. Steve Black, AUS, 15 points

6. Eber Pava, COL, 14 points

7. Hassan Mouti, FRA, 12 points

8. Cyrille Oumedjkane, FRA, 10 points

9. Slava Polyeshchuk, UKR, 8 points

10. Michal Navratil, CZE, 7 points

10. Alain Kohl, LUX, 7 points

12. Andrey Ignatenko, UKR, 3 points

The Independent Online will be updating this as the competition unfolds over the weekend and will add video footage of the dives as soon as it becomes available. So watch this space!