Miriam Hamberg wins Norway's 2019 Death Diving Championship, a breakdown
What Happened
On a 'Fun Sport Friday' detour in August 2019, Jomboy broke down the women's finals of Norway's Death Diving Championship, a sport called dodsing where competitors leap from a high platform, hold a spread-eagle 'X' pose as long as possible, then tuck before hitting the water. Five women competed, with scores ranging from a rough 40.5 to near-perfect 9.5s. Miriam Hamberg won with a full superwoman dive, holding the pose without over-rotating and nailing a clean tuck finish. Her closest challenger, Astrid, over-rotated on a backflip attempt and came up short, prompting Hamberg's enthusiastic celebration.
Why This Matters
Dodsing is real and the scoring rewards exactly what Hamberg did. Judges want maximum extension in the flat 'X' shape held as long as possible, then a late tuck to break the surface safely. Hold too long and you flop, tuck too early and you lose points. Astrid's backflip showed the risk: commit to a rotation you can't control and you land flat, which the slow motion made obvious. The competition only became an official championship in 2018, so 2019 was early in its formal life, and Jomboy's coverage exposed a niche Norwegian sport to millions of American baseball fans. The breakdown format, normally reserved for arguments and ejections, translated surprisingly well to judging dives. It became one of his most-watched videos ever despite having nothing to do with MLB.
With 8.4M views, this oddball detour ranks #5 of 1,583 breakdowns, putting it in the top 0.3% of Jomboy's entire catalog.
Key Moments
Who / What Is Involved
Players: Miriam Hamberg.
Full Transcript
Click timestamps to jump to that momentit's fun sport Friday we're going to
Norway for the death diving championship
of 2019 you got to hold an axe for as
long as you can then you can tuck we're
doing the women's finals there was five
of them
this girl Lena she's scared officially
sponsored by Nike taped up on the
shoulder a little forward front flip
starfish type deal I think it looks
pretty cool
held the ax I didn't hold ok 9 s across
the board number five judge eight and a
half come on number five judge wake up
two Giusti alimony I said that right
here she goes hits the corner little
barrel roll spin type thing death diving
Norway's finest sport championship has
started since 2018 but they've been
doing this for a while she gets a 42 not
that good here comes Elmo lund I like
her can I can pronounce her name oh my
god she slipped and now we are all
understand how dangerous this can be Oh
God
now hits the star finishes nice the
start was terrible she's like this isn't
good don't even show me the score and
she gets a forty point five here comes
the star of the show Miriam Hamburg yeah
I'm number one shaking her ass for the
judges she knows that's at least that's
at least an extra point on the docket
full sprint full superwoman spin Wow
hits the pose with style doesn't over
rotate perfect finish good job Miriam
and she gets 9 and a half's across the
board that's first place she's excited
in-your-face Astrid asteroids the last
chance she's coming for the title the
backflip backflip Oh Miriam celebrating
in her face take that Astrid you
over-rotated you didn't beat me in your
face I'm gonna twerk right in your
[ __ ] face in your face Astrid the
Norwegian people are crazy they're very
competitive with their death diving and
it's kind of cool but I don't know how
she thought she was gonna finish that
correctly it was just very clear you
were gonna back flop because you did a
backflip whoa look at the celebration
here full boob grab spinning around
that's kind of cool wow this must be her
brother they're having a lot of fun he
trained her nice congratulations Miriam
she wins first place good job but a
peach you could job but I beat you I am
the best very proud of herself
very proud of herself very proud of
herself very very proud of herself