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 ...

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 ...