> the 10m one where the 10yo kids were jumping had no waves I know many, many just-below-olympic level divers. Of those, one suffered "minor" injuries (deep br

> the 10m one where the 10yo kids were jumping had no waves I know many, many just-below-olympic level divers. Of those, one suffered "minor" injuries (deep bruising basically everywhere on their body and a burst ear drum) and one suffered major life-threatening internal injuries (collapsed lung) after landing on their belly/back from 10m. The person with the less severe injuries flopped with the aerator on, which is probably the only reason the injuries weren't more serious. Diving from 10m is absolutely dangerous, even for professionals, especially without an aerator. > but I don't know how open the facilities in the US are to the public/minors. In the USA, at the places I know of, untrained children are allowed to dive off of 10m platforms during "free swimming" times. But only straight dives, and only after they demonstrate straight dives off of 5m and 7m. Which seems like a sensible compromise, given the risks. (Exceptions are always possible. If you are training for platform diving, you can simply tell the life guard and they will let you do fancier dives from 10m.) > giving 3.3 million inhabitants per tower, compared to 5.3 for the whole US "conurbation vs. entire population" not a fair comparison -- a huge portion of the US population lives in rural areas that couldn't support a diving tower even if they wanted to. All of the USA cities whose diving infrastructure I know about have between 1 million to 2 million inhabitants per tower. According to that metric, the USA is less risk averse about diving (but actually, it's really just a matter of wealth and interest, because diving is an expensive sport and platforms are actually specialized sports equipment). Edit: Also, the wiki list of 10m platforms in the usa is out of date or just wrong. None of the 10m platforms I've used on a regular basis are on that list...