Meet the 20-year-old built to dive off 27-metre-high platforms: Aidan Heslop

OCT 3, 202210 MIN
Beyond the Ordinary

Meet the 20-year-old built to dive off 27-metre-high platforms: Aidan Heslop

OCT 3, 202210 MIN

Description

Aidan Heslop is built for cliff diving – and it shows. The British athlete fell in love with the sport at the age of 10, and is now helping push it into a new era for a new generation. Hear how he got hooked after watching Gary Hunt in action and made it his goal to compete in the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series. He achieved that ambition when he became the youngest diver ever to compete in the Series at 16. Now he's scoring 10s and setting the bar ever higher with his inventive diving techniques. His next goal? World Champion.<br /><br />This is a long read taken from Red Bull.com. Read this article at <a href="https://www.redbull.com/int-en/aidan-heslop-cliff-diving-beyond-the-ordinary-podcast-profile" rel="noopener">https://www.redbull.com/int-en/aidan-heslop-cliff-diving-beyond-the-ordinary-podcast-profile</a><br /><br />Discover more about Beyond the Ordinary and find every episode at redbull.com/beyondtheordinary