Diving Acrobrats

[Music] for those who want to get in the swim but can't decide between the ocean fool the sherry Frontenac Miami Beach is just the ticket it gives you a chance to compromise between a low dive into the sea and a high dive into the tank if you're a gallery gardener who takes his exercise watching others this will exhaust tube diving Dido's and triplicates ever hear of a seven and a half somersault 20 feet up no place for a guy who gets dizzy looking off the front porch [Music] trio of double somersault these guys spin like flying saucers [Music] this is the kind of stuff that would make a whirling dervish dizzy just to watch to our left a back flip to our right up full gainer [Music] introducing the aquamaniac slap-happy slap sticky suicides on the springboard their slogan is long laughs and short lives these guys know one thing had sure his hired water boy now from the ridiculous to the divine from the belly laughs to the beauty on the board get a load of Sheila Kelley and brother she sure adds to the scenery swan dive very realistic set with a short neck and open [Music] in the championship department Pete's Latona holder half dozen major titles one time at a collegiate champion and Olympic diver Pete's rated among the great high board performers is two and a half Pike somersault is duplicated by not more than five divers in the world comes now Bob Maxwell rated among our best Pro Aquabats in springboard show business head-over-heels one-and-a-half times with a full body twist a regular stem-winder [Music] straight from wackety see this characters wacky and the keeper lost the key dig in and hang on with your toenails I'm hysterical ah don't turn your back on reality brother turn around and face it oh my aching ulcers my throbbing sacroiliac hey this guy's out to make a killing even if it's himself well it's our springboard sprite back again and what up back and yeah sure knows all the dives Pete letona coming up with a dive you'll see once in a lifetime a triple somersault three times round [Music] that guy sure gets round there's one it takes a fast tie to catching a bastard divert to do five Maxwell making first with a somersault and a half [Music] and a half twist tacked on the end he's sure all wound up in his diving hey the joints jumpin believe me from here on anything can happen a seat with a spring in it [Music] boy is the back of that guy's face red may be fun to make people laugh but it isn't easy more than just the talent for clowning takes a really superb diver to make with stunts like these [Music] sweet LaLanne a McGillicuddy hitting the hilarious high spots again watch your step lady it's a long way down to the next one's going going boy the scenic and photogenic Sheila in a dive at sharper than a mail-order razor a back jackknife it really cuts the water here comes Pete with a dive that's tougher than the Singapore waterfront pictures slow-motion that Pete's timing is top speed a full gainer [Music] maxwell specialty is the interrupted or delayed action dye terrific to watch and prices difficult to do a delayed double somersault [Music] hi you were the high head on the high board hallelujah brothers hallelujah flying like this is the next best thing to have it weighs ah don't worry about water mister there's a spring and that bored sleep in the deep has a deep end guaranteed sure / insomnia there's a diabetes can't bear to face saw he goes at it from the other end it is silly but it's more fun than working for a living here we go with glamour and a gainer Sheila with a plank or jackknife half gainer poetry in slow motion [Music] from a backward position on the board a back spring the launch a forward somersault dive a really difficult acrobatic the cutaway two and a half a regular pinwheel of a dive not accepted an official diving competition is another about Maxwell's specialties the spotter even the greatest champions are leery about China the flip under the board is called a spot take off and from that Bob revolves into a swinging door two and a half breathtaking to watch and neck breaking to do [Music] and this zany little number is one reason insurance agents found on klein divers it's called walking on air round and round he goes and we're a land nobody knows when this guy drops his hat it falls up [Music] here comes a dive that's really what you call whopping [Music] Wapping is right belly whopping but that rope he looks fit to be tied oh well never mind brother let's skip it [Music] now something to put all the boys in the world Sheila's lay off one and a half looks like a great girl to go around with [Music] question on this one is just how limber can you get Pete says it depends on how many times you can bend and touch your toes and midair a triple jackknife watch one two three [Music] takes years of practice to do a spotter Bob Maxwell goes other divers one better with a double spotter there he goes [Music] till flips on the board followed by a complete somersault in the air with a half twist just to make it look hard that equi bands is diving i jinxed for the wind-up maniac mob of merrymakers will gladly crack a clavicle if it brings the lab they're all in this thing together at four Branson an aqua carnival of aqua antics [Music]