For its 11th season, the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series will make its debut on the Philippines on April 12 on the beautiful island of El Nido Palawan.
This year, the competition adds three new regional locations namely El Nido, Dublin and Beirut on its seven-stop global tour.
A total of 24 professional cliff divers from 18 nationalities will compete on the clear emerald waters of the Small and Big Lagoon in Miniloc Island, including record champions Rhiannan Iffland and Gary Hunt.
Just a forty-minute boat ride away from El Nido, Miniloc Island will provide divers and judges alike with a magnificent backdrop to the opening contests of the World Series’ 11th season. To raise additional awareness for El Nido’s conservation efforts, the Clean Cliffs Project will run some educational and clean-up workshops on the island.
According to Carolyn Esmenda of Protection Area Management Board, the grant to hold the event in a national park is not merely to draw more tourists, but to show the world our efforts to protect and preserve this paradise from the threats of mass tourism.
“I think the event can help convey to the world the need to protect paradise’s like ours through responsible tourism,” adds Carolyn.
Catch the live broadcast from El Nido via Red Bull TV on April 13th, 2019. Viewers in the Philippines may also watch the full event, along with the remaining six stops of the 2019 World Series, on FOX Sports, FOX Sports GO, FOX+ app, and online at http://www.foxsports.ph.
