{"id":14670,"date":"2025-06-03T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/modernsciences.org\/staging\/4414\/?p=14670"},"modified":"2025-05-27T17:31:13","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T17:31:13","slug":"manu-jumping-physics-water-splash-fluid-dynamics-june-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/modernsciences.org\/staging\/4414\/manu-jumping-physics-water-splash-fluid-dynamics-june-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Manu jumping\u2019: The physics behind making humongous splashes in the\u00a0pool"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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\n Maybe you\u2019ve unknowingly tried to do a manu jump.\n Isabel Pavia\/Moment via Getty Images<\/a><\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n\n Pankaj Rohilla<\/a>, Georgia Institute of Technology<\/a><\/em> and Daehyun Choi<\/a>, Georgia Institute of Technology<\/a><\/em><\/span>\n\n

Whether diving off docks, cannonballing into lakes or leaping off the high board, there\u2019s nothing quite like the joy of jumping into water. <\/p>\n\n

Olympic divers turned this natural act into a sophisticated science, with the goal of making a splash as small as possible<\/a>. But another sport looks for just the opposite: the extreme maximum splash, one as high, wide and loud as possible. <\/p>\n\n

Welcome to the world of \u201cmanu jumping<\/a>.\u201d Although not a familiar term in the United States, manu jumping is beloved throughout New Zealand. The sport originated in the M\u0101ori community<\/a>, where popping a manu is a way of life. There, manu jumpers leap from bridges, wharves and diving platforms to make the giant splashes. <\/p>\n\n

The sport is playful yet competitive. At the Z Manu World Champs<\/a>, you win based on the height and width of your splash. The current record: a splash more than 32 feet high<\/a> (10 meters).<\/p>\n\n

The concept sounds simple, but like Olympic diving, it turns out there\u2019s a science to manu jumping. <\/p>\n\n

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