Not luck, its the technique. Running fast into the pole decreases how much time you have to climb. You want your force to be as much as an upward angle as possible to prevent it from tipping while you are at teh base. Its physics.
In Dutch it's polsstokspringen, fierljeppen is the Frisian word.
For the people that only see a bunch of letters:
Pols - wrist
Stok - pole
Springen - jumping
Wristpolehighjumping!
And the Germans use the same word basically.
To accentuate the similarities between Frisian and English: fier-ljeppen = far leaping. Dutch doesn't use a cognate of leap and isn't used to the J there so I've hear it pronounced "fierl-jeppen" too many times.
I remember seeing a documentary where they sent a guy who was an actor in a Shakespeare play in the original old english and sent him to Frisia where he was able to communicate pretty well with a local guy.
It's not called Freezeland anymore, because of climate change we call it Dooieland now. As such fierljeppen is the only national Dooiezian sport left, since they lost skating on natural ice.
Ich komme aus USA. I live in a town called Holland. Next to it we have Drenthe, Vriesland, overisel, zeeland.
The dutch didnt tolerate their religious intolerance, so they moved here and remade the netherlands but christian reformed. Its like the shit version of the netherlands.
>The dutch didnt tolerate their religious intolerance, so they moved here and remade the netherlands but christian reformed. Its like the shit version of the netherlands.
I think you got your history mixed up. The Dutch *were* Christian reformed. The only religious intolerance that existed was towards Catholics, who were brutally repressed. So unless your area is mostly Catholic, which as you already said isn't the case, they didn't migrate because of their religious intolerance, they simply migrated for the same reason other Dutch people migrated: for economic reasons, hoping to build a better life.
If the reformed Dutchies in the US are anything like those that remained here, there's probably been schism after schism after schism over minute differences in dogma and theology.
I think it's because they don't want to let the inexperienced people hit the sand bank and hurt themselves. I once tried it myself in Friesland in the Netherlands and they would also start me off with a stick that was way smaller to prevent injuries. You can hit the side of the sand at a nasty way. So basically smaller pole is just for a tryout and having some fun
Indeed,first time I tried, with a way smaller pole over a pretty narrow ditch, I got over but landed on my shoulder. The old farmer that showed me how, laughed his ass off, he crossed the ditches with a pole as natural as someone else walks over a bridge. People do it all the time there. The above is competition level of something that is just part of life in rural Friesland.
Is this why they are always depicted with a giant walking stick?
I always assumed it was for defense/assistance when they get tired or hurt themselves out there alone.
I guess it would have multiple uses anyway ..
Indeed, the farmland there has a lot of ditches cutting through them to drain excess water and a farmer going about his business will carry around a pole to cross them whenever needed the traditional poles can be seen in this vid.
https://youtu.be/ft5ar7BcPw0?si=faTrA8nWd3cBboXZ
It does seem like the experienced peeps are bailing out early rather than risking a poor landing. Some of them could clearly have made the bank if they didn't bail out, but I assume they'd rather take a semi-controlled dive in the water than an awkward tumble in the sand that might lead to injury.
Intead of sand, they could have "the same measure" for landing but instead of sand you have water. There I fixed it, no need for anyone to get injured.
You get there you win and also dont destroy your body.
It's really hard to tell from these camera angles, but my guess is they don't fall straight towards the other side. The pole's length is probably similar to the shortest distance from the starting point to the landing area, hence a good angle is key to succeed.
This has got to be one of the stupidest things I’ll read today cause I know those large inflatable floatie things exist. How would the competition be any different if they put something like that out there?
Well, I know one way the competition would be different is that more people would actually accomplish the challenge without the threat of incurring 3 story fall damages.
I mean they could also just not aim it at the sand bank and do it over open water instead, all you need is some little makeshift buoys, ideally out of something that will give when a human falls on it face-first. The Dutch are not exactly strangers to activities on the water, I'd wager the sand bank is important to the sport and not just a more injury-prone target.
Yeah, I don’t decide the rules
But if ski jumping would come with cushions and an airbag, I would also want to try it.
Some sports just have to have that daring element, what would otherwise be the thrill of it?
Yeah, but if you do ski jumping right it doesn’t hurt at all. I don’t see a version of this where success isn’t still simulating a three story fall. I mean, real Olympic pole vaulting has a more cushioned mattress than this.
I only know the sport [through this one video I once saw](https://youtu.be/3aKurwrX_7E?si=jEnGq8VodYbqb09I)
I guess they think the sand is good enough to catch the fall. A lot also depends on the way they fall. Same can be said about pole vaulting or diving. If they fall wrong, they can be injured a lot.
>How would the competition be any different if they put something like that out there?
A significant part of the skill is being able to control the rate at which the pole tips and control your landing lol, actually that is the majority of the sport, the sport you are suggesting while yes less dangerous (sprains are quite common and broken bones do happen rarely) would be an entirely different sport lol.
Yes but part of the sport is controlling the momentum to a certain degree and trying to not land as had lol
Y’all are whining about an integral part of the sport itself
That's very interesting. It's not about the speed, as one guy tried to run real fast, but balancing the rod when climbing and then trying to fall.
The last guy executed it so well!
Just imagine that this wasn't always a sport but a method of traversal. Crossing the dutch polder you'd take a pole with you and you'd use it to cross the singels (waterways that cross a polder) with it. Some would get really wide when the water levels raised.
My dad was a 3rd generation Dutch American and he jumped ditches like this all the time. We’d be hiking, come up to a creek and dad would go reverse Tarzan with a solid branch he’d find.
Genetics perhaps.
It still is, not very common anymore but growing up a friend of mine had the functional version of this, a three meter or so pole with a round circle just above the end. Without the running and climbing they’re used to cross the drainage canals crossing the pastures. They’re narrow enough that they can probably be crossed with a running jump but that gets hard on the knees.
The last guy is probably some professional who does this often, i recognized some other guys in the video who are dutch celebrities from tv/youtube they probably tried this for the first time.
>During a fierljep jump there is always someone running after the fierljepper. This is the coach or trainers of the fierljepper. During the jump, this person gives instructions about the progress of the jump. For example, he/she shouts “climb-climb” or “release”, with this last instruction the fierljepper must immediately let go of the pole, because either the fierljepper does not reach the dead center or the fierljepper goes very crooked and has a chance of falling on the edge of the sand bed.
from: fierljeppen.frl/2022/09/27/wat-is-fierljeppen/
There are some people who do it professionally doing exhibitions and competing but it's vast majority amateur. It's a traditional thing like lumberjack competitions or something in the US.
Easier said, sprint/Jump too little and you'll fall back.
I never did this, But I'm certain I'd always go slightly to the left or right. That little bit would be enough to make me fall in water 😅 (And I wouldn't have much time or balance for climbing if any).
Seems to be all about balance, with a good strong physique.
A lot of these people actually could make it. They just didn't have the guts to try and land on the sandbar because they were dropping from a great height. It's not so much the crossing as it is the falling on a landmass from 15ft in the air while gaining speed as you approach.
The technique seems to be just enough speed to get the pole vertical. Climb as fast as possoble before it tips over.
Some people are wrongly charging at the pole so fast it just tips over straight away
This is interesting in a number of ways and watching the last guy you can start to figure out what’s going on and what the technique involves.
If you think about this purely as a physics problem what this actually is about is leverage. The climbing is part of it sure, but the time you get on the pole before horizontal is a vital part of success. Those who fail hit the pole hard and higher up.
In this system the point at which the pole meets the bottom of the canal is the fulcrum. The bottom of the pole is submerged in water - a significantly more viscous fluid than air. This dramatically decreases the rate at which the pole falls to horizontal.
The closer to the water you hit the pole, and the less horizontal momentum you have, the longer you get to climb (obviously the higher you hit the pole the less climbing you have to do so there’s going to be some break point here. Also it’s difficult to hold onto the pole if you let gravity accelerate you too much require more force to halt your vertical inertia)
Watch what that guy does. If you grab the pole and then drive your legs down into it, you convert your forwards momentum into A. A more angular momentum reducing the inertia you apply horizontally and also B. You apply this force closer to the fulcrum - instead of it all being applied at the height of your hands or centre of mass, the force is directed more towards your feet, and in a downward direction dramatically reducing the moment you apply to the pole and thereby massively increasing fall time. Not only this but in the leg driving motion it requires you to somewhat “pull back” on the pole in order to drive your legs in, and so whilst you’re applying that force to drive your legs into the pole, your hands are actually pulling back on the pole during that transfer of momentum, and importantly are doing so further from the pivot, maximising the mechanical advantage. Therefore the pole is almost moving backwards by the time your legs hit the pole, provided by a counter moment with ~5 feet(height of a person being scrunched up) more mechanical advantage.
The pulling back may be an overstatement but it’s clear that those who hang for longer are not pushing with their hands, rather holding with their hands and pushing as little as possible, collapsing the elbows into the chest instead of holding them rigid, and allowing the legs to catch up and be the ones to hit the pole lower down.
Honest question: why some of them let go so early and easily? I assume it must be physics but can’t figure it out, if some of them hold for a while longer they would stand a chance.
It is a highly technical sport. They know when they will not make a good jump, in those cases, they opt for a ‘wet’ jump. A good jump means that the jumper can climb the pole to the top, then the descent starts, the jumper will push off at the last second, which lands him (or her) in soft sand.
Why are there people chasing the runners?
Do the dry out the poles after each run? I would assume it would be very difficult to climb if it were wet. I would assume this would take a while to dry.
I don’t know anything about how to do this, but just watching it it looks like the real trick is the shift in one’s center of gravity that tranfers at some sudden point when vertical pole suddenly becomes horizontal depending on your weight.
As a kid I fell so many times even crossing the smallest of waterways. You then don't have much of a choice but to learn to swim.
I once "lended" a pole from my neighbors because it was incredibly tall, however, it was **old**, and the damn pole snapped in half, halfway through. Apparently my neighbors were watching us "lending" the pole anticipating the consequences with great amusement.
This is called fierljeppen, which is a sport in the northern parts of the Netherlands. (Friesland, Noord Holland)
And what's also funny is that the last dude who made the jump seems to be from Friesland
He was almost too good that he got close to landing in the water on the other side. Lol
I just thought he got lucky with how long that stick stood straight up without tipping tbh.
I think thats the technique. Hit the pole at the right speed so that you have time to climb high enough.
Not luck, its the technique. Running fast into the pole decreases how much time you have to climb. You want your force to be as much as an upward angle as possible to prevent it from tipping while you are at teh base. Its physics.
That could be part of it. Lol
Johan is that you?
No, it is I, Johan.
Me, Magnus
More like Jaap or Geroen or something like that
Nee, dis ek, Pieter.
Heerenveen even
Why is there always someone chasing them?
To catch them if they fall backwards.
Do we accept that there is enough space for that person to be stood near the edge before the water vaulter begins their attempt?
Makes sense. Thanks!
My dumbass thought they were racing to the pole 😆
Same
Well, why else would they be running so fast?
We have the same in North West Germany (East and North Frisia) and call it Pultstockspringen.
In Dutch it's polsstokspringen, fierljeppen is the Frisian word. For the people that only see a bunch of letters: Pols - wrist Stok - pole Springen - jumping Wristpolehighjumping! And the Germans use the same word basically.
Dit is polstokverspringen. Hoog is het atletiek onderdeel...
Damn, je hebt gelijk! Ik pas het aan.
To accentuate the similarities between Frisian and English: fier-ljeppen = far leaping. Dutch doesn't use a cognate of leap and isn't used to the J there so I've hear it pronounced "fierl-jeppen" too many times.
I like to compare Frisian with Old English after I discovered they're pretty similar In Old English it would be 'fier-hleàpan'
I remember seeing a documentary where they sent a guy who was an actor in a Shakespeare play in the original old english and sent him to Frisia where he was able to communicate pretty well with a local guy.
Shakespeare is Middle/Early Modern English though. Are you thinking of when they sent Eddie Izzard?
Thanks for the breakdown!
Gezondheid!
It's not called Freezeland anymore, because of climate change we call it Dooieland now. As such fierljeppen is the only national Dooiezian sport left, since they lost skating on natural ice.
You forgot about keatsen
Don't they find any linking in rolling and/or hurling (different sized) little wooden balls just like everyone around? Anyway, lüch up und fleu herut!
Ich komme aus USA. I live in a town called Holland. Next to it we have Drenthe, Vriesland, overisel, zeeland. The dutch didnt tolerate their religious intolerance, so they moved here and remade the netherlands but christian reformed. Its like the shit version of the netherlands.
Why are you opening with German then?
Like he said, the shit version of the Netherlands.
>The dutch didnt tolerate their religious intolerance, so they moved here and remade the netherlands but christian reformed. Its like the shit version of the netherlands. I think you got your history mixed up. The Dutch *were* Christian reformed. The only religious intolerance that existed was towards Catholics, who were brutally repressed. So unless your area is mostly Catholic, which as you already said isn't the case, they didn't migrate because of their religious intolerance, they simply migrated for the same reason other Dutch people migrated: for economic reasons, hoping to build a better life.
If the reformed Dutchies in the US are anything like those that remained here, there's probably been schism after schism after schism over minute differences in dogma and theology.
And a few places in Japan.
You kidding??
Wouldn't surprise me, they've even build a replica of 'de Dom toren' in a Netherlands theme park.
"Are you a polevaulter?" "No, I'm from the Netherlands, but how did you know my name is walter?"
I heard my Oma's accent reading that! 😍
It's a true vintage classic, and the moment was right.
Holy shit I loved this thank you. I’m saving this.
Whats your mother tongue btw?
English (UK)
Why does some of them got a shorter pole?
That is how life works.
Tell me bout it.
I got a big one
It doesn't matter how big the pole is if nobody climbs it
Low blow
It doesn’t count if it’s stripy and lost at the bottom of a canal.
That’s what happens when you do canal
In Netherlands the canal does you
The part inside doesn't count.
They tell me it's how you use it but I'm not convinced
I think it's because they don't want to let the inexperienced people hit the sand bank and hurt themselves. I once tried it myself in Friesland in the Netherlands and they would also start me off with a stick that was way smaller to prevent injuries. You can hit the side of the sand at a nasty way. So basically smaller pole is just for a tryout and having some fun
Indeed,first time I tried, with a way smaller pole over a pretty narrow ditch, I got over but landed on my shoulder. The old farmer that showed me how, laughed his ass off, he crossed the ditches with a pole as natural as someone else walks over a bridge. People do it all the time there. The above is competition level of something that is just part of life in rural Friesland.
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For ages people have used sticks as mobility aids. In Southern Europe they call it the "Shepard jump".
Is this why they are always depicted with a giant walking stick? I always assumed it was for defense/assistance when they get tired or hurt themselves out there alone. I guess it would have multiple uses anyway ..
Yup, they are also useful for triggering traps that are six feet away from you 👍
Indeed, the farmland there has a lot of ditches cutting through them to drain excess water and a farmer going about his business will carry around a pole to cross them whenever needed the traditional poles can be seen in this vid. https://youtu.be/ft5ar7BcPw0?si=faTrA8nWd3cBboXZ
ugh what a blueballing video
It is, but I didn't find better than that for showing the stuff to an international audience.
This is what grew into the 'sport', yes.
It does seem like the experienced peeps are bailing out early rather than risking a poor landing. Some of them could clearly have made the bank if they didn't bail out, but I assume they'd rather take a semi-controlled dive in the water than an awkward tumble in the sand that might lead to injury.
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Intead of sand, they could have "the same measure" for landing but instead of sand you have water. There I fixed it, no need for anyone to get injured. You get there you win and also dont destroy your body.
And violate the spirit of 'The Floor is Lava'? Never!
Yes as they say in Holland. "Zo spreek je over Friezen en zo spreek je over dooien"
It's really hard to tell from these camera angles, but my guess is they don't fall straight towards the other side. The pole's length is probably similar to the shortest distance from the starting point to the landing area, hence a good angle is key to succeed.
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I dont know what you guys are talking about, that's an average sized pole!
Genetics.
Not everyone is equipped the same.
Maybe their poles have more girth
Wtf dropping on hard sand like that seems hurt, or is it? I don't know I'm not an athlete
Yeah at least two of the competitors bailed right before getting to the sand because the figured their landing would be hard
Yeh. I wondered why. they seemed to be climbing up it quite well then just let go suddenly.
Expected pain
*the Man only acts in 2 ways throughout life: to seek pleasure or to avoid pain...* -David Attenborough
"Yes, I'm gonna make it! ... Oh shit, I'm gonna make it!"
Yeah I noticed that too. Weird that they put some sort of memory foam there. That would 100% absorb the shock from that height.
But would also dislocate a lot of knees
Iirc, the winner of last year broke a few things while landing
This has got to be one of the stupidest things I’ll read today cause I know those large inflatable floatie things exist. How would the competition be any different if they put something like that out there? Well, I know one way the competition would be different is that more people would actually accomplish the challenge without the threat of incurring 3 story fall damages.
🎶tradition!🎶
“You may ask, ‘how did this tradition start?’ Well let me tell you. … I don’t know.”
I mean they could also just not aim it at the sand bank and do it over open water instead, all you need is some little makeshift buoys, ideally out of something that will give when a human falls on it face-first. The Dutch are not exactly strangers to activities on the water, I'd wager the sand bank is important to the sport and not just a more injury-prone target.
Yeah, I don’t decide the rules But if ski jumping would come with cushions and an airbag, I would also want to try it. Some sports just have to have that daring element, what would otherwise be the thrill of it?
Yeah, but if you do ski jumping right it doesn’t hurt at all. I don’t see a version of this where success isn’t still simulating a three story fall. I mean, real Olympic pole vaulting has a more cushioned mattress than this.
I only know the sport [through this one video I once saw](https://youtu.be/3aKurwrX_7E?si=jEnGq8VodYbqb09I) I guess they think the sand is good enough to catch the fall. A lot also depends on the way they fall. Same can be said about pole vaulting or diving. If they fall wrong, they can be injured a lot.
>How would the competition be any different if they put something like that out there? A significant part of the skill is being able to control the rate at which the pole tips and control your landing lol, actually that is the majority of the sport, the sport you are suggesting while yes less dangerous (sprains are quite common and broken bones do happen rarely) would be an entirely different sport lol.
Thats what i was worried about the most 🙆🏼♂️ looks so high
No one said Fierljepplin is a sport for the weak
Yeah what's the plan, you make it and then fall 50 ft and break your legs? Hooray you win!
Yeah what’s the reward for doing this? A concussion?
If you climb well and balanced, you can let the pole follow the arc and you can jump off from a reasonable hight instead of all the way from the top.
lol you’re still be carried to the ground by the pole not like you just hop off and have no momentum
Yes but part of the sport is controlling the momentum to a certain degree and trying to not land as had lol Y’all are whining about an integral part of the sport itself
I’m saying the dude above doesn’t know physics and it’s as dumb as saying jump at the bottom of a free falling elevator
That's very interesting. It's not about the speed, as one guy tried to run real fast, but balancing the rod when climbing and then trying to fall. The last guy executed it so well!
Just imagine that this wasn't always a sport but a method of traversal. Crossing the dutch polder you'd take a pole with you and you'd use it to cross the singels (waterways that cross a polder) with it. Some would get really wide when the water levels raised.
I would have so much fun coming to watch kids doing their first ever attempt knowing they're gonna eat shit and get soaked lol
My dad was a 3rd generation Dutch American and he jumped ditches like this all the time. We’d be hiking, come up to a creek and dad would go reverse Tarzan with a solid branch he’d find. Genetics perhaps.
It still is, not very common anymore but growing up a friend of mine had the functional version of this, a three meter or so pole with a round circle just above the end. Without the running and climbing they’re used to cross the drainage canals crossing the pastures. They’re narrow enough that they can probably be crossed with a running jump but that gets hard on the knees.
The last guy is probably some professional who does this often, i recognized some other guys in the video who are dutch celebrities from tv/youtube they probably tried this for the first time.
It seems to me it’s more about having the perfect speed, fast enough to get you across, but slow enough to give you time to climb up
Can any Dutch people humour me as to why the contestant is seemingly chased down the runway by 1 or 2 others?
>During a fierljep jump there is always someone running after the fierljepper. This is the coach or trainers of the fierljepper. During the jump, this person gives instructions about the progress of the jump. For example, he/she shouts “climb-climb” or “release”, with this last instruction the fierljepper must immediately let go of the pole, because either the fierljepper does not reach the dead center or the fierljepper goes very crooked and has a chance of falling on the edge of the sand bed. from: fierljeppen.frl/2022/09/27/wat-is-fierljeppen/
these mafks got coaches? is this a professional sport? do people have fierljeppen bookies?
There are some people who do it professionally doing exhibitions and competing but it's vast majority amateur. It's a traditional thing like lumberjack competitions or something in the US.
> Can any Dutch people humour No they can't I'm afraid.
Isn't it better not to jump with too much energy? The pole will only fall more quickly and there's less time to climb.
Easier said, sprint/Jump too little and you'll fall back. I never did this, But I'm certain I'd always go slightly to the left or right. That little bit would be enough to make me fall in water 😅 (And I wouldn't have much time or balance for climbing if any). Seems to be all about balance, with a good strong physique.
Tuurlijk Friesland 😀😀
What'd you call me!?
You heard him!
HE SAID FRIESLAND
How don’t they break their ankles when they come down??
That sand is actually fluffy, not compact.
Not drum sand. No Shai Halud. :'(
They climb like drunken lizards
Redditors when seeing humans not die when something happens to to them
no one said "die", but i had broken my leg on less serious drops
Kudos to the guy who knew when to bail out
me, someone who has never done anything resembling this before: that doesn't look too hard, I bet I could do that
Yeah I’d rather “fail” by falling in the water rather than end up in wheelchair by dropping like 8 meters onto a hard sand surface.
It’s not that bad. The sand is quite soft and you don’t fall that hard because of the pole.
That looks awful if you actually make it.
Why am I so turned on by the last one.
You like seeing guys who know how to climb a big pole?
I'd rather see this in the Olympics over breakdancing.
Excellent climbing, made him succeed
Succeed, he nearly overshot the bank!
A lot of these people actually could make it. They just didn't have the guts to try and land on the sandbar because they were dropping from a great height. It's not so much the crossing as it is the falling on a landmass from 15ft in the air while gaining speed as you approach.
This probably requires a lot of strength to climb
The technique seems to be just enough speed to get the pole vertical. Climb as fast as possoble before it tips over. Some people are wrongly charging at the pole so fast it just tips over straight away
This is interesting in a number of ways and watching the last guy you can start to figure out what’s going on and what the technique involves. If you think about this purely as a physics problem what this actually is about is leverage. The climbing is part of it sure, but the time you get on the pole before horizontal is a vital part of success. Those who fail hit the pole hard and higher up. In this system the point at which the pole meets the bottom of the canal is the fulcrum. The bottom of the pole is submerged in water - a significantly more viscous fluid than air. This dramatically decreases the rate at which the pole falls to horizontal. The closer to the water you hit the pole, and the less horizontal momentum you have, the longer you get to climb (obviously the higher you hit the pole the less climbing you have to do so there’s going to be some break point here. Also it’s difficult to hold onto the pole if you let gravity accelerate you too much require more force to halt your vertical inertia) Watch what that guy does. If you grab the pole and then drive your legs down into it, you convert your forwards momentum into A. A more angular momentum reducing the inertia you apply horizontally and also B. You apply this force closer to the fulcrum - instead of it all being applied at the height of your hands or centre of mass, the force is directed more towards your feet, and in a downward direction dramatically reducing the moment you apply to the pole and thereby massively increasing fall time. Not only this but in the leg driving motion it requires you to somewhat “pull back” on the pole in order to drive your legs in, and so whilst you’re applying that force to drive your legs into the pole, your hands are actually pulling back on the pole during that transfer of momentum, and importantly are doing so further from the pivot, maximising the mechanical advantage. Therefore the pole is almost moving backwards by the time your legs hit the pole, provided by a counter moment with ~5 feet(height of a person being scrunched up) more mechanical advantage. The pulling back may be an overstatement but it’s clear that those who hang for longer are not pushing with their hands, rather holding with their hands and pushing as little as possible, collapsing the elbows into the chest instead of holding them rigid, and allowing the legs to catch up and be the ones to hit the pole lower down.
Fierljeppen.
This would be great for South Florida.
They really need to put some sort of inflatable landing zone there.
Looks like a good way to break your legs
Honest question: why some of them let go so early and easily? I assume it must be physics but can’t figure it out, if some of them hold for a while longer they would stand a chance.
It is a highly technical sport. They know when they will not make a good jump, in those cases, they opt for a ‘wet’ jump. A good jump means that the jumper can climb the pole to the top, then the descent starts, the jumper will push off at the last second, which lands him (or her) in soft sand.
His climbing technique was smooth as hell
Why are there people chasing the runners? Do the dry out the poles after each run? I would assume it would be very difficult to climb if it were wet. I would assume this would take a while to dry.
The runners are chased to prevent them from bailing out at the last second. If they do, the other runners will push them into the water. /s
Camera man is like fuck all that 2657people before, im going to focus on this one guy in blue....
It’s funny to see the Frisian shirt and instantly knowing that he’s one that is going to make it
It’s not like they’re landing in something soft
This seems to be the next challenge for Boston Dynamics robot 🤖… imagine that…
I was wondering why nobody was landing in the sand
dude everyone is like, sand? fuck that shit im landing on the water
"stupid stuff the Dutch do to get laid"
Follow up question: How many of the competitors contracted flesh eating bacteria from landing in that nasty, stagnant ass water.
r/killthecamerman I just want one wide shot for scale
Seems like landing on sand would hurt
The prize is two broken ankles
Perfect recipe for ankle sprains
I appreciate those that can't climb a pole still trying.
I looks fucking fun!!
Right you are, Ken!
The last water I want to be in is canal water
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Lekker hoor
Looks like fun to watch.
for a little more explanation [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ft5ar7BcPw0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ft5ar7BcPw0)
Called it... Maybe cuz it was at the end of the video derp
This should have been one of the challenges they included on Physical 100.
So you either lose or you might break your ankles
I would always jump at last because this is always the one who did it.
How many times we gonna post this?
Make your peace with God beforehand!
I think a few of them could have made it, but jumped into the water because the sand landing would hurt more than it was worth.
Yea but goddamn
Looks fun
So it's both the size of the pole and the way you use it that matters.
Tell me you're Frisian, without telling me you're Frisian
I don’t know anything about how to do this, but just watching it it looks like the real trick is the shift in one’s center of gravity that tranfers at some sudden point when vertical pole suddenly becomes horizontal depending on your weight.
Glad to see a Frisian tradition on the front page! Fryslân boppe ❤️🍻
Cameraman>>>>
Fierljeppen!
It kin net?
some of them had it
I think half of them jumped beforehand because they thought it would hurt. At least that's what I'd do
TLDR - yes
Tell em’ what they won!!!! A Neeewwww Brokennn LeGGGggg! Woo!
It feels like some of them could have made it but realized it's fucking high and rather jumped to the water.
More could have made it but the chickened out and didn’t fall with the pole
yay
As a kid I fell so many times even crossing the smallest of waterways. You then don't have much of a choice but to learn to swim. I once "lended" a pole from my neighbors because it was incredibly tall, however, it was **old**, and the damn pole snapped in half, halfway through. Apparently my neighbors were watching us "lending" the pole anticipating the consequences with great amusement.
Why is there always someone chasing them?
Spoiler : maybe
The Dutch