When it comes to making a splash, technique tops brute force. In the competitive sport of Manu jumping, a flamboyant, cannonball-style splash sport from the Māori and Pasifika communities of New ...

To make the biggest splash when you dive-bomb into water, the secret seems to be to use the Manu technique practised by the Maori of New Zealand. This involves folding yourself so your torso and legs ...

Sure, there's the bellyflop. The cannonball. The bomb. But for the biggest pool splash of all, nothing beats "popping a Manu," a unique and fiendishly difficult type of diving perfected by the Māori ...