Well, the cliff diver you saw might have looked run of the mill, but at least he wasn't 70 + years old and rail thin
like the one we saw at the same dive spot on the Best of Mazatlan tour. A woman and her young daughter were standing next to me for what seemed like 20 minutes as we waited for the gentleman to shuffle (literally!) his way to the rock and then up the stairs. Once on top, we waited again for quite some time, as I assume the gentleman was waiting for just the right waves and wind. I overheard the young daughter ask her mom, "Mom, when is he going to jump?" to which her mom replied, "I guess he's waiting for a stiff wind to blow him off."
I couldn't believe at 70+ this man was still doing such a crazy thing. He even climbed the rock face from the shore after his jump to shuffle his way again back to the dive rock. What a dude!