From what I understand, for you to win it's not about climbing quickly, it's about keeping the wobble balanced so you can climb to the top and that's what the last guy did.
A lot of the participants did a good job climbing enough too made it to the land, but you can see they were scared by the height and the idea of potential injury, infact scary.
@@tim..indeed One of the best surfaces to land on? Partially wet sand?! You never went on a playground nor have you landed in WET sand from a considerable height, or you would know better. Maybe you just have no idea how much 7 meters are in freedom units. Maybe you think this here is the same as long jumping, where you hit the sand in an angle and not slam it vertically as some were about to do.
This sport is called fierljeppen from Friesland ( a province in the Netherlands). The point of this game is to 'jump' as far as possibly, so first across the canal and then as far as you can in the sand pit. Btw. the last guy was a professional, the others were just brave people who wanted to try.
Intrestingly (to me at least) this sport comes from a actual daly functional part of life. We have a lot of water and as such a lot of little streams. Farmers have a lot of these in their fields. Now you could build these small crossovers with wooden planks and stuff, but then livestock would be able to cross these water made boundaries to, or in case of cows, they could try and end up stuck in a dich becouse they broke trough. So instead, farmers used to have some strong sticks scattered across laying next to the water. They used the sticks in the exact same way as this sport (to a lesser extreme ofcourse) to cross the water. To some extent people still do this.
He keeps forward momentum so it will lessen the impact to joints and connective tissue when he lands. Falling strait down and falling while moving forward will distribute impact forces differently.
The key seems to be not going too fast but just fast enough that it slowly leans over so you have time to climb. My problem is I would definitely break something.
Yep, I used to pole vault and you have to have a really good feel for your speed AND height and that can be tricky to think about all in a few seconds, tbh everyone did pretty good for the most part! Makes me miss doing practice drills in the sand pit😂
I saw this live when i was 5 in holland back in 1970. I thought it was the funniest thing to watch. I loved watching now for the memories. If i ever get to go back im going ro hope to spend an afternoon watching once again. Thanks for the memories
@@Jacob-zv7xwYeah, I think the poll moves from the bottom. They might actually be the same length, but because he was up there longer the pole moved accross
Redbull is amazing. Always surprising everyone in sports,records and drinks. Edit: thanks for 10k likes and no I do NOT sponsor redbull or am part of redbull. Just write my opinion LOL.
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@@danjoconnor3701 Yes. I'm 70 and I notice my ligaments and tendons are more sensitive to abuse. Just 10 years ago I was could still do some risky things. Now I notice my ligaments and tendons are giving me stronger warnings.
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The Netherlands... friendly people, amazing singers, some of the fastest people on skates (look how many world champion speed skaters come from the Netherlands), and have the CRAZIEST sports :D
@@Cookie_Ninja14 Floor Jansen, Sharon den Adel, Simone Simons, Henk Poort, Anouk... and that's just off the top of my head. Also, watch any compilation of The Voice show, and The Netherlands/Holland is half of almost all of the compilations, including the official ones by the Voice themselves!
Nobody doesn't know how to swim. It's a natural instinct. If you got dumped into the water, you'd learn how to swim. Therefore the problem is mental and what drowns people is panic. Once you calm down, you would instantly realize how buoyant you are. It becomes no different than walking or running. I hope you experience the joy of swimming some day soon!
@@GloomyGoblin_😭 dude i'm glad ur still here! that being said, bro is goofy is he thinks everyone floats without trying. i've seen some very dense people who cannot float at all so yeah they'd definitely drown if they can't swim
@@m2svirtual384If it's a natural instinct, you'd think this "instinct" would override their panic and calm them down enough to float/swim right? Or at least the majority? But that's not the case so whats the evidence for your logic? Walking and running isn't comparable because anyone can eventually learn since there's no risk in failing. There's no "natural selection" element at play.
The secret to this sport is not to run as fast as you can towards the pole. Gently run up to the pole. When you jump onto it, be sure to make it's direction of travel is towards the island. Then climb as high as possible. You are a Winner. Obviously, it will become more and more difficult. Such is Life.
So the way to win is basically just jump on it, keep it central and climb as high as you can, then use your body weight to tip it and jump off when you're over the land.
Unfortunately that's not how conservation of momentum works. The pole and human are a closed system, the human cant change the direction of momentum once they have grabbed the pole.
@@She-Devil94some are causing the pole to fall fast before they can climb, making it look shorter cause of how fast they fell. The person who made it and a couple others had the right strat to climb as the pole is somewhat stuck in the middle for a period of time so they get higher on the pole to make the leap
it's the same pole everytime But you need to come lightly at it so it doesn't fall... so you actually have time to climb, while trying to make it fall slowly in the good direction. Going fast assure you that it will fall in the good direction, but no time to get up. Going slow assure you to have time to go up, but it might shift the way it's landing.
The first kid got it %100 but got scared of the height. Noticed how he immediately dropped as soon as he looked down. If he didn’t do that, he would’ve done it. That last guy copied his climbing strategy but wasn’t afraid of the height. Hence, he crossed 🤷🏻♂️. Props to the first kid 👊🏽🤙🏽✊🏽
@@angellopez5315he’s saying he would have 100% had it if the mental block wasn’t there. Kid clearly had good control of the pole, even was able to turn around and still keep the pole basically to the sky.
@@angellopez5315but after that turn he fucked up, still kept it straight for a second, but it did indeed fall off to the side at the end. I think he could have had a good chance, had he the same confidence as the last guy.
Its a thing about old farmers. In the old days they jumped from their ground over an ditch to the next piece with a pole. It was the most simple way to cross their land with many ditches.
Same pole length, most are just going fast which makes the bottom slide back faster under water. Thats why the people who jump on it slowly and climb up make it further.
You cant push the pole past vertical and thats the hard part. You need the pole to be almost perfectly straight up and down and have a balanced climb. Once high enough lean forward
@@holdsyjr9885 I'm weirdly the opposite. I like the way they taste but hate the way I feel after consuming them. I get bold and have one every few years but they seem to give me a slight panic attack a few hours after consuming one. Coffee, tea and soda don't do that too me so its something else in it besides the caffeine that messes with me.
@@raymancouldbeCould be the way it’s ingested. Coffees caffeine is natural also you might take longer to ingest coffee then one of those small cans. But I seriously am dumb so I wouldn’t actually know
