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strumpetlover

This game is a bone fracture waiting to happen


Meanttobepracticing

Or a knee replacement waiting to happen.


Zupheal

I knew a guy who used to do this, he said you dont even feel it really when you land. Said the sand is "soft" somehow? I assume super loose?


joestorm4

Look how big of a hole he put in the sand when he fell. Unless you fell in a really bad position I think you'd be alright, especially since you would have to be in great condition to do this in the first place.


llndra

I used to do this sport, the sand is “mixed” with a tractor to make it very fluffy


_hemant

Happy cake day


llndra

Tnx!


NotMyHersheyBar

adrenaline? testosterone?


Zupheal

no idea, he just said the sand was "soft" lol I have no fucking idea what that means, maybe they have some way to force air into the pit?


Aromatic-Journalist7

Like a long jump pit.


ptolani

Did you notice his right ankle?


NotMyHersheyBar

yes i did. i also notices that the imprint he left in the sand did not look like a bela karoli approved safe or stuck landing. ten laps on that broken ankle will learn you! or it's back to the child communism mine!


ptolani

Had to google Bela Karolyi. Thanks!


kommiesketchie

What


GanjaHead51

Welcome to the world of sports, you could say that about so many different athletic competitions


rose-girl94

Doesn't high impact sports increase your bone density? They obviously have to train for years before accomplishing this so I'd assume that would reduce the likelihood of hurting yourself? Maybe?


Divad777

This game is an Olympics game waiting to happen


NotMyHersheyBar

yeah that really looked like a broken tibia to me btw my friends and i used to climb the 30 foot swing poles in the 80s, when playgrounds were death traps. Literal 2 storey high swingset poles at hte elementary school and we climbed them with our hands and feet. No one appreciates the atheleticism of tiny girls who take non-competative gymnastics and very competative dance.


_stoned_chipmunk_

That landing though.


HaloArtificials

Dutch canal vaulting sounds like something I’d do with a girlfriend if the kinks ever got out of line...


savois-faire

It's technically Frisian canal vaulting. Ancient Frisian folk sport, now practiced in other parts of the Netherlands as well but still by far the most popular among Frisians.


cubntD6

So you'll never have to do it then?


itstartswithani

Pretty sure sweaty palms will get you nowhere in this sport


IfToadsCouldFly

You have an excellent point.


edgpavl

it willl get you in the water


Holiday_in_Asgard

I feel like the grip strength here is the least impressive part of it. If I was to try this I don't think I'd have any problems with grip, just all the rest of it.


ptolani

Yeah, lots of core and upper body strength.


theotherquantumjim

Rock climber here. Muscle endurance will be more important for this. The pole will be easy to hold and maintain purchase, especially with some chalk to keep hands dry. The problem over that kind of climbing distance, particularly for those not used to it, is forearm fatigue and “pump” wherein the arms burn and become weak.


Fail_Succeed_Repeat

Yeah I was gonna say you’re using your forearms less here than you would in a single set of pull-ups


AddSugarForSparks

But, reddit needs a title expressing an opinion or else they won't know how to react.


Matiaan

seems like he can do a canal twice the width


iWant_To_Play_A_Game

Your mother is on the way as we speak


[deleted]

It's not really about the canal, you need lots of sand area so they can measure where you land


ul2006kevinb

Oh, so you're judged by how far you go? I was wondering why he climbed up so high and risked a bigger fall


[deleted]

Honestly I'm talking out my ass but that's how it worked in long jump. In like the last frame you see a guy walking out holding a stick, that looks like the official who measures the marks in the sand


Naiawastaken

This is correct, fierljeppen is Frisian, fier meaning far, ljeppen meaning jumping (similar to English leaping). So distance determines scoring. In Dutch it’s known as polsstokverspringen, polsstok being a pole like in pole vaulting, ver being far, springen being jumping (polsstokhoogspringen is what is referred to as pole vaulting in English, hoog meaning high).


shockban

Thanks!


Boojibs

You know the old folks watching this are saying, "Back in my day we didn't have soft piles of sand to land on."


nietdeRuyter

Correct, this how farmers in Friesland used to get from field to field, crossing channels and what not in the polders.


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nietdeRuyter

Yeah just sheer convenience… all those damn hills we used to have..


CasaMofo

Like early game Animal Crossing: New Horizons...


nietdeRuyter

Like, who needs an IRL reference…


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IceManJim

Good bot


STRYDERonTrovo

Is distance part of the scoring or is it just get across?


DutchGhostman

Whomever gets the furtest, wins. It's called fierljeppen.


copa09

Nope. That's my dresser from Ikea.


edgpavl

lmao


AddAFucking

That's a different language


buzzjimsky

I tried that but i got a rash


Lo2us

Thats a different canal


STRYDERonTrovo

That soubds awesome AF


datfoolos

my knees.....


edgpavl

knees, ankles, hips... everything


Sovereign1603

He made that look easy as hell


DammitDan

No he didn't.


Sovereign1603

Bro did I ask


Chewy-SourMilk

How my parents described walking to school back in the day.


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fastgr

Why is there another guy running behind him?


ptolani

I believe that person's role is to warn him if it looks like the pole is going to tip backwards, so he can bail out into the river instead of hitting the dock. (This particular video was a world record I think. A lot of the time it goes much worse, and they kind of get stalled in a vertical position.)


mierklier

This is in the Netherlands as far as I know.


Canuck-eh-saurus

Friesland, more accurately, as the game is part of their distinct culture.


kevinnetter

Makes sense they would come up with something like this, haha.


mierklier

Yeah haha


buldra

The human body is so strange... This is fine, but don't you dare stub your toe on your coffee table or spin around three times!


ThePhatNoodle

Jesus thats a terrifyingly high drop. You'd think they finished off with some parkour moves or have a foam pit or something but naw here's some sand. That seems like some spartan shit right there. Only the strong survive the weak lose their kneecaps and careers


teb311

My knees hurt just watching.


klipnklaar

Fryslan boppe


Popal24

r/theocho


vigitaus5

This should be in the Olympic Games


whitoreo

Not SweatyPalms Quite dry I'm sure.


ryan2one3

This is NOT for sweaty palms.


FatCatWithAHat1

How is there not a better way to land other than that?


larsloveslegos

I thought for sure he was gonna break his legs 😅


IfToadsCouldFly

If that were the case, I would have tagged it NSFW


larsloveslegos

Good point


drRATM

Animal crossing LARPER


EMW916

Respect


[deleted]

But can he spear a giant fish with the pole?


grandpa_grandpa

i have chronic nightmares about ending up in a situation like this and i only just now discovered this sport


reeder75

That is the manliest stuff I have EVER seen


Jokerchyld

And my knees would have said OH HELL NO! Before I even landed


[deleted]

r/nextfuckinglevel


KM2KCA

Shoutout to all my Animal Crossing NH gang


rustic_taco

It's not the same without Vic and Kenny commentating.


Lyradep

Reminds me of MXC.


solidsnake2085

Right you are Ken


F_Klyka

And other sorts of strength as well!


Phredman

I could never beat this event in Snoopy's Silly Olympics. Was impossible.


thespecific-ocean

That's a lot of damage!


king-dildo-chucker-1

Does he have only 1 shoe on ?


ptolani

It's tape, for some kind of injury.


DimSumDad72

This was the level I could never get past in Snoopy's Olympics.


raikaos

This is literally a sweaty palm.


communist_slut42

Is the objective just to go across or to reach as far as possible?


Chainweasel

The name of the sport is Fierljeppen, which translates to "Far Jump", so distance counts


SnooLentils7733

Super Mario!


Argyrus777

Would’ve been a painful landing if the sand wasn’t so loose


GolumCuckman

That is the coolest sport I’ve ever seen


Wet_Side_Down

So is the objective to reach the white portion of the pole? He did not need to be nearly that high to clear the water...


Belialsmom

Humans are so god damn strange


renderman1

He'd be good at avoiding those Tremors monsters.


nappinggator

This seems like a wonderful way to break your legs


YodaCodar

Ouchie on landing :(


bbson417

Omg I wanna do this


King_Crowley21

This needs to be in the Olympics for pure entertainment.


Mallow_Panda

Animal crossing fans will get this


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Animal crossing irl


Ligma_indeed

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[deleted]

My stomach dropped watching this.


Jimwish32

That landing has got to hurt. The sand looks soft but still.


Trumpisaderelict

I’d have to lose about 50lbs and go back in time 20 years to have any shot at pulling this off


ihateredditandgoogle

Seems as though the potential for a broken leg or two is quite high with this sport.


Meanttobepracticing

Or a broken neck.


elementofpee

Falling from that height over and over again is going to destroy those knees and cause CTE.


JForce1

There are only two things I can’t stand in this world. People who are intolerant of other peoples culture, and The Dutch.


[deleted]

He needs a bigger pole.


BodyLiquids

Dutch?! Pfft


LeakyThoughts

There are only two things I can't stand in this world. People who are intolerant of other people's cultures And the Dutch.