Dive
Gainer
Gainer noun - A dive in which the diver throws the feet forward to complete a full backward somersault and enters the water feet first and facing away from the diving board.
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The dive itself, when taken from the low earth orbit high dive may result in the swan dive, the jackknife, the triple somersault, the half-gainer, etc., all done for the viewer's benefit as the diver is falling several thousand miles to the pool below.
Source: High-Dive Hijinks
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