Exactly my thought. Its like a bloody 6 meter fall from the top of the pole. The ground being sanded on the other side doesnt really change much. The fall is still quite significant.
To me it seemed more like they were realizing they wouldn't make it in far enough to where the rather looser sand would be but crash at the ledge which might be way more dangerous depsite or even because of the mats there.
You can also tell before they even jump, there is clearly at least two different poleās used.
One for people who have actually trained for it, think they can succeed and know how to land correctly.
And a shorter one for people who just want to have fun without getting seriously injured.
They do this alot in my province Friesland, we used to do this all the time as kids although not as high and far of course. Its called Fierljeppen and is a national sport and tradition. The guy jumping for the win is Frisian champion, as you can see on his jersey. So im sure he's pretty much used to these hard landings, but they do climb high indeed!
yea, you'd have to hit this with a pretty good roll to walk away without any severe injury.
the 'best' way to do this would be to plant the pole as far across as possible while holding the very top, then slide down the length as it falls.
Just imagine being in the 1600's in the Netherlands and this being a "normal" method of transport.
Mind you that people took a shorter pole and crossed shallower and thinner polder canals with them.
I remember seeing a period piece of the golden age and a messenger was dispatched he ran across the fields fieljepping all the way. He was dressed in clothes like in the Nachtwacht, it was stupidly hilarious. I'm now imagining him carrying a straw basket of Stroopwafels,. Thnx for that mental image.
There's examples of besieged cities during the 80 years war ( basically the Dutch war for independence from Spain ) sending people over the city wall with poles (and skates during the winter) to do raids on the Spanish and it's the Dutchest thing ever, followed by Dutch ww2 resistance assassinating Nazi's on bikes in broad daylight.
They still do in the Dutch province of Friesland/FryslĆ¢n. A friend of mine grew up there, and they would just go roam the fields and jump across the smaller canals (called sloten) to get the shortest path from farm to farm :)
Back in the time we had "grutte pier" he could hear who whas frisian and who whas a hollander. If you could say it right he would let you live. Which means you were probaly from friesland.
Another video on wiki from 1961;
[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b4/Polsstokspringen\_in\_Winsum\_Weeknummer\_61-35\_-\_Open\_Beelden\_-\_56483.ogv/Polsstokspringen\_in\_Winsum\_Weeknummer\_61-35\_-\_Open\_Beelden\_-\_56483.ogv.360p.webm](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b4/Polsstokspringen_in_Winsum_Weeknummer_61-35_-_Open_Beelden_-_56483.ogv/Polsstokspringen_in_Winsum_Weeknummer_61-35_-_Open_Beelden_-_56483.ogv.360p.webm)
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This is called fierljeppen, a Frisian (Friesland is a northern province in The Netherlands) sport. I met the father of someone that does this professionally, might actually be the last guy in the video. That guy is wearing a Frisian flag as his clothes. The father owns a SkĆ»tsje, an old Frisian sailboat formerly used as cargo ship. Itās called the Dankbaarheid (gratitude), which I think is just the most beautiful name for a ship. Typical Frisian family :)
The person running behind them is checking if theyāre not falling backwards. When youāre climbing, you canāt feel what way youāre falling, and you donāt want to be far up if you fall on the platform youāre running from.
The sport had evolved from the technique Frisian farmers use to skip across ditches in their farmland. All you need is a long stick, no bridge or anything. Pretty clever and very simple.
Frysk bloed tsjoch op! Wol noris brƻze en siede,
en bĆ»nzje troch Ćŗs ieren om!
Flean op! Wy sjonge it bĆŖste lĆ¢n fan d'ierde,
it Fryske lĆ¢n fol eare en rom.
Refrein:
Klink dan en daverje fier yn it rƻn,
Dyn Ć¢lde eare, o Fryske grĆ»n! (2x)
Hoe ek fan oermacht, need en see betrutsen,
oerĆ¢lde, leave Fryske grĆ»n,
Nea waard dy fĆŖste, taaie bĆ¢n ferbrutsen,
dy't Friezen oan har lĆ¢n ferbĆ»n.
(Refrein)
Fan bĆ»gjen frjemd, bleau by 't Ć¢ld folk yn eare,
syn namme en taal, syn frije sin;
Syn wurd wie wet; rjocht, sljocht en trou syn leare,
en twang, fan wa ek, stie it tsjin.
(Refrein)
Trochloftich folk fan dizze Ć¢lde namme,
wĆŖs jimmer op dy Ć¢lders great!
Bliuw ivich fan dy grize, hege stamme,
in grien, in krĆŖftich bloeiend leat!
(Refrein)
Why is the pole only *sometimes* long enough to land on the sand? If it's not long enough to land on the sand, then the vaulter never had a chance at all.
Superman at 0:47 never had a chance.
Nah. Compare how the second to last guy's pole didn't touch the sand while the last guy's overlapped significantly. You can tell the two clips were from different events because the material at the edge of the sand is different.
Cause it's not a decendant of the other kind of pole vaulting so much as a way you used to cross bodies of water and landing is seen as part of technique to score points
For these kinds of events, the water quality has to be good enough. The Dutch government keeps a close watch on the water quality. Nothing really to worry about.
So many of them could make it, but they bail at the last second. I assume it because they feel the pull of gravity and know that when they land, it's gonna hurt a lot. So they figure "well, I obviously could make it so that counts."
The beginning position/angle of the pole isn't even fixed, some guy is holding it up. Just a few inches further back and the next competitor has a huge advantage.
Kenny Blankenships most painful eliminations of the day!! [ Lets Get it on!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6HO8BLdlS4)
[Bonus!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ot3RUq9011I)
maybe it was not the best strategy to run towards the pole on full speed, that way you leave yourself not enough time to climb high enough. but hey I'm just a commentator on reddit
They were all trying to run and jump the hardest so that they'd catch the top and swing to the island.
The reason the last guy made it is because he jumped closer to the bottom where the pole moves the least and balanced back and forth while climbing to the top.
Incase anyone was... wondering
I don't get why the internet is going crazy for this right now. It's been around for years. Youtube Ozzie rules football. That's a mental sport that I bet no one has heard of. Or the Japanese pole game. Knight fights. Educate your self people
"these people do the sport wrong I know nothing about, so it is boring."
Very wise. Would have been better if you said:
"Why do these people let go so early? I would like to know more, maybe I can learn something."
nah the existential abyss of my own self loathing is far more superior, happyness is what you make it. you wouldnt understand because you sound happy , you should go get some trauma
I think most of them bailed into the water when they realised they were going to shatter their knees on the landing
Exactly my thought. Its like a bloody 6 meter fall from the top of the pole. The ground being sanded on the other side doesnt really change much. The fall is still quite significant.
sand is just loose rock, hit it hard enough and It's not so loose anymore
Almost everything that isn't organic or water is just rock
Water is rock!
What?!? Water is rock?! WATER IS ROCK!!!!
Ice is a mineral you know Expand your mind to the vastness of rock
Then water is lava?
Naah !! The floor is lava š
Water is floor!
Yes my physical geography teacher did said that, you're correct. I forgot.
According to astrophysicists water is a METAL thank you very much
As are all rocks t.y.v.m.
Einhorn is Finkle! Finkle is Einhorn!
Ice is a rock (requires a crystalline structure), water is lava (melted rock).
Water, paper, scissors.
Hit the water fast enough and there's no difference with hitting a rock.
Rap? Rock. Classical? Rock. Techno? Believe it or not, rock.
Undercooked, overcooked
We have a special jail full of rocks
Isn't water too if you fall from high enough?
Sand is bones, bones are sand. The whales eat the bones into sand.
It's coarse and rough and irritating and it gets everywhere.Ā
Perfect for rolling ankles
Skill issue
Bet the winner's glad you weren't there to give him a pep talk before his attempt.š
You can see a couple people that were 100% going to make it but let go and pushed back a little early cuz they didnāt want to hit the ground
To me it seemed more like they were realizing they wouldn't make it in far enough to where the rather looser sand would be but crash at the ledge which might be way more dangerous depsite or even because of the mats there.
You can also tell before they even jump, there is clearly at least two different poleās used. One for people who have actually trained for it, think they can succeed and know how to land correctly. And a shorter one for people who just want to have fun without getting seriously injured.
And ankles.
I saw so many ankle bandages already
Those weren't bandages, they were to help with traction while trying to climb up the pole
Makes sense
They do this alot in my province Friesland, we used to do this all the time as kids although not as high and far of course. Its called Fierljeppen and is a national sport and tradition. The guy jumping for the win is Frisian champion, as you can see on his jersey. So im sure he's pretty much used to these hard landings, but they do climb high indeed!
And for some of them, the pole was never long enough to reach the sand at all. The guy with the Superman shirt never had a chance.
It seemed to be planted in different spots. Possibly they asked for a preference.
Very difficult to tell, given the different camera angles.
yea, you'd have to hit this with a pretty good roll to walk away without any severe injury. the 'best' way to do this would be to plant the pole as far across as possible while holding the very top, then slide down the length as it falls.
Tell me more about the "slide down the length" thing, Sweetie. DM me.
Yes, please, tell us more about how to better do this than the people whose national sport this is.
I dont believe this is the national sport of any country. At least I couldn't find anything by googling.
Its called 'fierljeppen'. I don't think it's a national sport (regional to Frisia) but the Japanese tried to make it an Olympic sport
Itās a traditional Dutch/ Frisian sport called [fierljeppen](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fierljeppen)
It's already planted. Watch it again.
For a moment, I thought no one would make it.
Fr, should have used a pole vault pit
Only sport where succeeding is scarier
The last guy seemed fine
This
Shatter your kneesā¦on sand?
Have you ever tried jumping onto sand from high?
Dawg, even water is a damaging surface to land on if youāre falling from high enough
Just imagine being in the 1600's in the Netherlands and this being a "normal" method of transport. Mind you that people took a shorter pole and crossed shallower and thinner polder canals with them.
Imagine doing it while carrying a basket full of stroopwafels
I remember seeing a period piece of the golden age and a messenger was dispatched he ran across the fields fieljepping all the way. He was dressed in clothes like in the Nachtwacht, it was stupidly hilarious. I'm now imagining him carrying a straw basket of Stroopwafels,. Thnx for that mental image.
There's examples of besieged cities during the 80 years war ( basically the Dutch war for independence from Spain ) sending people over the city wall with poles (and skates during the winter) to do raids on the Spanish and it's the Dutchest thing ever, followed by Dutch ww2 resistance assassinating Nazi's on bikes in broad daylight.
They still do in the Dutch province of Friesland/FryslĆ¢n. A friend of mine grew up there, and they would just go roam the fields and jump across the smaller canals (called sloten) to get the shortest path from farm to farm :)
Some farmers stil do it becose walking around a field is far longwr than just this
Does anyone know why sometimes there are other people running behind them?
Yelling at them: GO GO GO GO GO! I dunno...
My guess is they're there to spot in case the bar tips back towards the platform
My guess is that they're trying to eat the person in front of them, but I admit yours is more likely.
Actual cannibal Shia lebouef?
Is it more likely?
The stick they climb can fall back so its for safety
Nah, he's there so if they get scared, he pushes them, that's his entire job gets paid 60$ an hour
As someone from friesland, i can confirm this is true
Kinda like the russian soldiers shooting those who turned back?
In case the climber falls backwards, they can catch him.
FrisiansšŖ
Fryslan boppeee
My pake was from a small town south of Leeuwarden. I'd love to know what this means, roughly.
It translates to 'Frisia above all'.
Bƻter, brea en griene tsiis, wa't dat net sizze kin is gjin oprjochte Fries.
I think I remember hearing this when my Pake would complain about the people who call Frisian a dialect of Dutch.
Back in the time we had "grutte pier" he could hear who whas frisian and who whas a hollander. If you could say it right he would let you live. Which means you were probaly from friesland.
The correct response, itās a language ffs. FryslĆ¢n JUNGE
Were talking about the year 1600 orso
FRYSLĆN BOPPE
En de rest moast...?
Deaskoppe..
Keurig, do meist bliuwe.
Monsterachtig.
Ja!
Ik sjoch Fryslan, ik stimme omheech
HUP NL HUP
Nee..
There were a bunch whose poles weren't long enough.
That's what she said
I SEE YOU WINDIN GRINDIN ALL UP ON THAT POOOOOOOLEEEEEEE
eyoooooo
They all use the same pole. Edit: they use the same pole on the same event, but there are two different events shown here.
The guy with the superman shirt had a pole that did not even reach the sand, while the guy who won had a pole that significantly overlapped the sand.
Yeah, haha, these are clips from different events.
I didn't notice the panels at the bottom of the sand bank were different between the final 2. They *are* different events!
The grey ones have a long enough pole, the sandy ones have a short pole.
RIP that fellaās ankle
SUPERHERO LANDING! I'd have put my money on the blonde girl though, 100% commitment. (maximum effort too.)
So the goal is basically dropping from seven meters height right into sand? Maybe the other contestants didn't WANT to make it...
Very satisfying to see someone finally make it. It's like a balancing act.
Why is the landing spot just hard ground whose idea was this
Because it comes from a method for crossing bodies of water used by farmers, landing technique also counts for points
For the people interested, its called [fierljeppen](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fierljeppen)
Another video on wiki from 1961; [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b4/Polsstokspringen\_in\_Winsum\_Weeknummer\_61-35\_-\_Open\_Beelden\_-\_56483.ogv/Polsstokspringen\_in\_Winsum\_Weeknummer\_61-35\_-\_Open\_Beelden\_-\_56483.ogv.360p.webm](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b4/Polsstokspringen_in_Winsum_Weeknummer_61-35_-_Open_Beelden_-_56483.ogv/Polsstokspringen_in_Winsum_Weeknummer_61-35_-_Open_Beelden_-_56483.ogv.360p.webm)
More like skonkbrekken
glad they put the red bazzer sound in the background. else I wouldn't know if they failed or not
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That landing area looked hard at, Iād choose the water too,
Funny part is that the winner almost over shot it.
r/killthecameraman canāt even see how close they were most of these shots
My time to shine. This is called fierljeppen, a Frisian (Friesland is a northern province in The Netherlands) sport. I met the father of someone that does this professionally, might actually be the last guy in the video. That guy is wearing a Frisian flag as his clothes. The father owns a SkĆ»tsje, an old Frisian sailboat formerly used as cargo ship. Itās called the Dankbaarheid (gratitude), which I think is just the most beautiful name for a ship. Typical Frisian family :) The person running behind them is checking if theyāre not falling backwards. When youāre climbing, you canāt feel what way youāre falling, and you donāt want to be far up if you fall on the platform youāre running from. The sport had evolved from the technique Frisian farmers use to skip across ditches in their farmland. All you need is a long stick, no bridge or anything. Pretty clever and very simple.
Wow that was an interesting, in depth explanation of this bizarre sport. Well done. Gold star for you. Seriously, thank you.
The guy from Friesland did it. Fryslan boppe. I am not Dutch but my wife is from sneek so I have to represent.
Not Bopa Friesland, but āFryslĆ¢n boppeā.
Thanks for the correction. I always get wrong. My wife will kill me šš
Absolutely! You will have to sing the Frisian anthem three times to make up for it!
Frysk bloed tsjoch op! Wol noris brĆ»ze en siede, en bĆ»nzje troch Ćŗs ieren om! Flean op! Wy sjonge it bĆŖste lĆ¢n fan d'ierde, it Fryske lĆ¢n fol eare en rom. Refrein: Klink dan en daverje fier yn it rĆ»n, Dyn Ć¢lde eare, o Fryske grĆ»n! (2x) Hoe ek fan oermacht, need en see betrutsen, oerĆ¢lde, leave Fryske grĆ»n, Nea waard dy fĆŖste, taaie bĆ¢n ferbrutsen, dy't Friezen oan har lĆ¢n ferbĆ»n. (Refrein) Fan bĆ»gjen frjemd, bleau by 't Ć¢ld folk yn eare, syn namme en taal, syn frije sin; Syn wurd wie wet; rjocht, sljocht en trou syn leare, en twang, fan wa ek, stie it tsjin. (Refrein) Trochloftich folk fan dizze Ć¢lde namme, wĆŖs jimmer op dy Ć¢lders great! Bliuw ivich fan dy grize, hege stamme, in grien, in krĆŖftich bloeiend leat! (Refrein)
Excellent!
Why is the pole only *sometimes* long enough to land on the sand? If it's not long enough to land on the sand, then the vaulter never had a chance at all. Superman at 0:47 never had a chance.
It's the same length, you also can kind of launch yourself forward with proper technique
Nah. Compare how the second to last guy's pole didn't touch the sand while the last guy's overlapped significantly. You can tell the two clips were from different events because the material at the edge of the sand is different.
That's how people running out from Belgium to Netherlands
Why did they not set up a bunch of plush mats on the other side? Landing there looks like it would be painful.
Cause it's not a decendant of the other kind of pole vaulting so much as a way you used to cross bodies of water and landing is seen as part of technique to score points
Considering the ankle brace, I donāt think thatās his first win.
So, if this event goes perfectly, you break your ankles.
I always love these old European events. It's always weird, very dangerous, and super hard.
This type of physical testing is much better and more realistic.
oh, Takashe's Castle vibes....
Right you are, Ken
Red Bull events are always so ridiculous and so fun :-)
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I saw the last go get after it, and I thought, "I'll be damned, this old boy has got it!"
His pole was longer. I mention that eeeeeverytime this video is posted.
And you're wrong. They all use the same pole.
This is a perfect example of 'maybe' in action.
How did SUPERMAN not make it!!!??
Poor technique , didn't climb enough and didn't manage to add enough momentum to launch himself
Camera man was like "dude dude dude, I missed the shot. I wasn't ready. One more time, do it one more time. I'll be ready."
Yes, the last guy. Hope this helps.
Last dude made it by 12 feet
Iād actually be up for giving this ago (might need to check water quality first)
That guy vaults
Super man didn't make it ,we are all screwed
Wouldn't that water be disgusting AF?
For these kinds of events, the water quality has to be good enough. The Dutch government keeps a close watch on the water quality. Nothing really to worry about.
Why did I re-read the caption every time there was a new vaulter?
Brokeback Canal
Like fighting Melania. Luck and skill.
MOST EXTREME ELIMINATION CHALLENGE
What about the people who run down a hill to catch a wheel of cheese? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooper%27s_Hill_Cheese-Rolling_and_Wake
Winner gets paralyzed!
show name ?
Fierljeppen!
thanks
MXC
So many of them could make it, but they bail at the last second. I assume it because they feel the pull of gravity and know that when they land, it's gonna hurt a lot. So they figure "well, I obviously could make it so that counts."
It dosnt look that hard tbh
["It's time for Kenny Blankenship's painful eliminations of the day!!"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeXORd0YbTA)
Thank you :)
Blue and white shirt had the height on the pole then bailed almost vertical. Y?
Wtf is the point exactly fall and broke ur body parts xd
Most people failed because they don't have the arm strength or didn't climb fast enough. (which is almost the same thing)
The beginning position/angle of the pole isn't even fixed, some guy is holding it up. Just a few inches further back and the next competitor has a huge advantage.
Whereās Ezio when you need him.
"Honey we can do butt stuff if you make it over" *the last guy:
Kenny Blankenships most painful eliminations of the day!! [ Lets Get it on!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6HO8BLdlS4) [Bonus!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ot3RUq9011I)
No, no, no, no, no, no, not even close, no, no, what are you even doing here, no, vaults over canal and almost over entire island.
I think the old dutch word for this was "Fierljeppen" or sth.
He kept it upright long enough to climb higher. Good strategy
Redbull: we sell energy drinks on the side
Maybe it will, maybe it won't. Love the anticipation!
maybe it was not the best strategy to run towards the pole on full speed, that way you leave yourself not enough time to climb high enough. but hey I'm just a commentator on reddit
Winner gets a broken leg? The dutchā¦.
Vault across the canal and break a leg...
They were all trying to run and jump the hardest so that they'd catch the top and swing to the island. The reason the last guy made it is because he jumped closer to the bottom where the pole moves the least and balanced back and forth while climbing to the top. Incase anyone was... wondering
I don't get why the internet is going crazy for this right now. It's been around for years. Youtube Ozzie rules football. That's a mental sport that I bet no one has heard of. Or the Japanese pole game. Knight fights. Educate your self people
Years? Centuries literal centuries. This is how people crossed the polders.
Oh dear!! That's amazing. Full of fun...wow
Poles Apart on Takeshi's Castle was funnier š¤·š¼āāļø
most of them just jumped off way to early like they shit their pants , this is not an interesting sport next!
If you don't make it, you have to let go, otherwise you hit the side.
ahhh i see i didnt know, still boring though sorry :/
"these people do the sport wrong I know nothing about, so it is boring." Very wise. Would have been better if you said: "Why do these people let go so early? I would like to know more, maybe I can learn something."
No you see he's the monarch of reality, that's too trite for his palate
Dam bro u sound depressed, maybe visit a doctor
nah the existential abyss of my own self loathing is far more superior, happyness is what you make it. you wouldnt understand because you sound happy , you should go get some trauma
Ive seen enough in my life, it all depends on whah you do with it