( SAAA State Championship ) Costa Mesa, CA Scotsfest 2011
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@thanksforreading335 жыл бұрын
I wonder how this sport came about. Like who the hell thought "do you see that giant fallen tree Mcphillis?" "Yes what about it?" "I'm gonna flip it"
@ryank12735 жыл бұрын
Back then, churches use to have normal chairs. Some drunk or angry Scot would start throwing those chairs at other people, including the priest. The church then installed pews in hopes that they couldn't pick it up and throw it at people. But to their dismay, they managed to pick up the pew, and toss it at someone!
@thanksforreading335 жыл бұрын
@@ryank1273 if theres enough beer theres a way
@MountainMetal4 жыл бұрын
My dad was likely the top authority on ancient Scottish history to ever have lived. I inherited his library, once called the greatest collection of Scottish and British history, family history and heraldry, in the world, in private hands, and contains more Scottish family histories than all the booksellers in Scotland combined. The Scottish games arose as a way to stay prepared for the next invasion. The tree tossin' thing was literally to practice tossing a log across a gully so you and your mates could gain some time and advantage on a less able enemy. 😏 Aye.
@woody8164 жыл бұрын
@@MountainMetal who wis yer father. I'm a proud highlander
@MountainMetal4 жыл бұрын
@@woody816 John Wallace McConnell. He was herald for Clan Donald for a while and the library (and heraldic paintings) will likely end up at their library on Skye. He would stay at the clan center on occasional book buying missions.
@thoruszwolf41537 жыл бұрын
Still makes more sense than cricket
@carlosdelsol765 жыл бұрын
HAHAHAHA
@MitchellTF5 жыл бұрын
MONTY PYTHON SKETCHES make more sense then cricket!
@The_Real_Slim_Shadow945 жыл бұрын
Why?
@tsguyoldchannel26914 жыл бұрын
@@DdraigGoch84 ???
@nick2606824 жыл бұрын
Thorus Zwolf And yet cricket is the second biggest sport in the world. I suppose it’s just testament to Scottish people’s love of very basic things.
@screamingfrog26956 жыл бұрын
highlanders are definitely the most underrated of strength athletes
@victordamgaard50975 жыл бұрын
agreed they have the most intriuiging sports
@curtfollins18734 жыл бұрын
Damn right we are ye lad
@guysatchwell69903 жыл бұрын
chk this out then:-) www.amazon.co.uk/gp/video/detail/B08FH6R1XG/ref=atv_dp_share_cu_r
@rossfowler75303 жыл бұрын
Aye lad
@bootyclapped2 ай бұрын
Hi bby i miss u pookie ❤❤❤😮😮
@anungunrama93445 жыл бұрын
Everywhere else: kick soccer ball around for fun Scotland: throw trees for fun
@drrd41272 жыл бұрын
Throws trees, haystacks and lifts rocks 😁😂😁😂😁
@guillaumerobichaud98485 жыл бұрын
Most underrated sport in the world, seriously it would be awsome to see it as an olympic sport 👌.
@thelegendofmist64195 жыл бұрын
U see that telephone pole over there .....watch this
@charliehinde17014 жыл бұрын
England: hey you, kick my shins Scotland: reckon I could throw that tree
@Archimedes6166 ай бұрын
"kick my shins" ;-)
@anungunrama93446 жыл бұрын
The thighlanders
@Agentt477711 жыл бұрын
I'm Irish and I love this shit. Nothing like a bit of Celtic culture. Fair play lads.
@kingscorpion73466 жыл бұрын
Scotland! the place where men throw telephone poles around for amusement! tell me they are not strong!
@clachtoll885 жыл бұрын
Chances are these guys are Americans who had a Scottish ancestor years ago. This was in California.
@calvinbaII2 жыл бұрын
I'm from Nova Scotia, where I'm from has the oldest highland games in the world outside of Scotland. Lot's of Scottish farm boys compete, we didn't even have proper track & field or even Canadian football until 20 years ago so everyone trained Scottish Games instead. Big traditions here, my older brother and I piped as well. It's just what you do here.
@kingscorpion73462 жыл бұрын
@@calvinbaII first of all, I LOVE YOUR NAME, Calvinball! I don't even know if we have the highland games where I live.
@itsaguinness6 жыл бұрын
I tossed the caber but I tossed out my back too.
@ryank12735 жыл бұрын
You're only supposed to toss the caber!
@frogg59494 жыл бұрын
oops there goes my spine
@saintapathy10 жыл бұрын
Throwing telephone polls as a competitive sport.... Ya I'd say Caber tossing is pretty bad ass! :-D clan MacLachlan.
@garettsmith837010 жыл бұрын
Yeah I'd say so too! Clan Cameron
@TheCaptainZodo10 жыл бұрын
Meh, we Lowlanders will just leave you guys too it. Clan MacLean/MacKinnon
@richardfancher75246 жыл бұрын
Clan Duncan checking in.
@chundermunt51516 жыл бұрын
clan cameron reporting in also
@anthonymongan71415 жыл бұрын
Hi
@LouwNieuwoudt10 жыл бұрын
Awesome technique and precision. Of course, also strength.
@meatyyt87312 жыл бұрын
“There’s a sport here where men throw trees!” -Ron Swanson
@RedTyrant29 жыл бұрын
It's almost fucking scary at how strong these guys are, is anyone unsure about them being descendants of Hercules?
@RedTyrant28 жыл бұрын
dxhangover Oh I see that, HOW you do it is what I wonder. O_o
@RedTyrant28 жыл бұрын
dxhangover Evidently. O_O
@plasticbudgie8 жыл бұрын
+Agato Wesker - The Black Fox Yeah thats why the romans built a wall to keep you guys out. But sadly the england went on to rule but thats that i guess. Strong guys you scotts.
@spartanhawk76378 жыл бұрын
+plasticbudgie I thought vikings were from Norway
@stoney71457 жыл бұрын
You mean northern irish brothers
@lucasargandona46585 жыл бұрын
I like Scotland tradition. Greetings from Argentina!
@kimsey00005 жыл бұрын
Log throwing by far the funnest exercise i have ever done, hard to find something that's not repetitive, that varies with each rep, and this is it; aiming for something also makes a nice distraction if you're doing this for hours.
@uniqueweddingthemes739910 жыл бұрын
I really enjoyed this video. No one else does the up close and personal shots that make it more real. Thanks for posting!!!
@bepishepus35064 жыл бұрын
THERES A SPORT HERE WHERE MEN THROW TREES
@neros12773 жыл бұрын
Brave reference: "If he was a wee but closer i could lob a caber at him, ken?"
@LucienLevesque10 жыл бұрын
Wow that was incredible, what a champ!
@DemiizeLol9 жыл бұрын
Lol idk what I was expecting but that was anticlimactic
@sirchris60476 жыл бұрын
Let me see you throw a log
@itsaguinness6 жыл бұрын
That landed at 12:15. What happens at 1215?
@ardaarsen6 жыл бұрын
hahaha same here. He just had to flip it the break the world record. I mean flip part is obvious if you are in this... right ? lol
@jinxadnix8886 Жыл бұрын
I am an amarican. I have no idea what the rules are. I know of the sport because it was mentioned in Scooby-Doo. But I am very impressed by this man.
@Surielis10 жыл бұрын
This is the sport I'll be training for soon! A sport I'm finally enthusiastic about and hope to compete in next year!
@ilanori10 жыл бұрын
You're wearing a fedora. That's never gonna happen.
@Surielis10 жыл бұрын
I wear one occasionally. Means nothing but the fact that it is the only type of hat I remotely like. Other than the rare occasion, I don't wear hats outside of work at all. And I am determined to do it.
@Surielis10 жыл бұрын
ryang2296 Awesome to hear it! I would make a caber too but I don't have the place to keep it when I'm not training without it getting taken. I hope to watch the Grandfather Mountain Games this year and start competing next year!
@williamaugustfranz10 жыл бұрын
The Sylvan Smith You need a Tam o' Shanter.
@ilanori9 жыл бұрын
The Sylvan Smith Do whatever you want to do :) I was just messing with you man.
@creadcharles9 жыл бұрын
grasp this thistle like you would grasp your enemy's throat
@itsmeanthony97045 жыл бұрын
And now I am wondering my Scott-Irish Identity, Man-skirts, Beer, and Launching Logs. What could go wrong.
@Keith-zu4tz6 жыл бұрын
Brilliant performance!
@simonnachreiner83803 жыл бұрын
Something people forget is the event isn’t about the weight of the Caber While 160 lbs is definitely not light it’s actually below what most athletes deadlift or bench. The actual challenge and skill of the event comes from the fact that the length of the poll (as well as the bottom being lighter than the top)makes it an absolute bitch to balance well enough to throw it.
@DapperVT9 ай бұрын
Ok not a lot of people know this, do you do HG?
@blackfyre51585 жыл бұрын
Long live Scotland
@mdunc189 Жыл бұрын
this is THE manliest sport in the world.
@emmettyoung76034 жыл бұрын
Family Highland games this weekend, I can’t toss worth a damn, but every year I try my best
@SamaelVR5 жыл бұрын
Nobody: KZfaq: SCOTLAND
@sancho49752 ай бұрын
The skirt definitely makes it more interesting 🗿
@ItzYoGyalCuTiE Жыл бұрын
😭 When I started hanging out in Costa Mesa for years, they don't do this event anymore there. 😭
@TheFryMan25 жыл бұрын
DUNMAGLASS
@sundowner83265 жыл бұрын
THIGHLANDER MAINS REPORT D U N M A G H L A S
@marcoh51011 жыл бұрын
These guys rule I wanna train with them !
@samgregory72665 жыл бұрын
u cant
@rogeriorocha6136Ай бұрын
Bring them to make a training and competition in the Amazônia Jungle. It will be a lot of fun
@tomascostanzo3673 Жыл бұрын
Wow. Why isn't it an Olympic sport? It looks so cool
@1RMPOWER11 жыл бұрын
When I grow up. I wana be a tosser
@gomerhanger22854 жыл бұрын
Home Improvement Season 2 brought me here.
@jackdorseysdisappointedfather Жыл бұрын
This is one of the manliest things I've ever seen.😂🤣👍
@CelticCat537 Жыл бұрын
No wonder he's champion. That looked pretty perfect to me!
@MyShalora9 жыл бұрын
That was beautiful.
@slevinkelevra59015 жыл бұрын
Real badass man sport 💪
@123hackfleischvorbei7 жыл бұрын
Men who still look manly while wearing a rock, earn my deepest respects.
@davidelone45722 жыл бұрын
For Flugde sakes that was flipping amazing!
@Poco482 жыл бұрын
Wow! I'm, lol the "World Champion" of Caber Toss, on the Commodore 64, World Games, haha! Popped on to see it for real, and that's just AWESOME!!! Would LOVE to try that "for real", 'cept I only weigh about 130 pounds... Massive display of strength and balance-on the game, "getting started" is ridiculously difficult, and now I see exactly why they programmed it that way.
@jerseyforhawks2 жыл бұрын
Perhaps the best basic sport for the ages.
@airbedane5 жыл бұрын
Raised on Irn Bru!
@treblesmalz4004 Жыл бұрын
This guys son is in my grade
@bastiengiet612 жыл бұрын
j’adore
@bigrigJim10 жыл бұрын
That looks like a great way to throw your back out .
@andrew76379 жыл бұрын
only if you do it wrong
@kimsey00005 жыл бұрын
just cinch a 2" belt around your waist just above your hips, as tight as you can stand it, and you're gold as long as you pick up something within your fitness level.
@robertmunch99435 жыл бұрын
I find that using chop Sticks is less taxing,, jus sayin 😁😎
@reduser37314 жыл бұрын
This is the most Scottish video ever
@Beanmachine9110 жыл бұрын
did anyone else see daniel mckim's caber toss tutorial?!
@anthonyvillanueva52262 жыл бұрын
I can't even lift myself out of bed every morning
@aredesuyo9 жыл бұрын
He's only really tossing a small fraction of the weight of the caber, since he runs it forward a bit and lets it start tipping over before the toss. The really hard part would be the initial lift. Pheziks!
@werewolf15orlando9 жыл бұрын
aredesuyo Yeah, yeah. Don't let your nerdiness ruin the fact that he just picked up and tossed a 200 lb log of wood.
@aredesuyo9 жыл бұрын
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@aredesuyo9 жыл бұрын
werewolf15orlando But that's just it. Sure, he picked up the 200 lb log, which is cool enough, but he didn't toss the 200 lb log. He just added some more rotation to the very end of it after the log was already rotating.
@werewolf15orlando9 жыл бұрын
Which is still pretty fucking amazing.
@aidanc3119 жыл бұрын
aredesuyo it has to do a full flip. so the run gives it momentum, yes. kind of like rotating in the hammer toss or shot put, or the run before a long jump or javelin... but this guy does it while carrying a 250lb+ log then causing it to do a complete rotation
@rogeranderson87634 ай бұрын
The Scots have a number of events that seem to be designed for war....imagine defending across a short wall, squashing attackers with various rocks, tree trunks and suchlike. It is a beautiful country, too bad about their neighbors though. -Veteran '66-68
@theovolz30733 жыл бұрын
The giant breadstick toss challenge.
@tigerbarr3 жыл бұрын
Just thinking about the two guys that have to bring back the 180 pound log each time someone throws it.
@toscanoplaster560321 күн бұрын
You don't want to be an army at the bottom of a hill 🥺
@taylormoore50984 жыл бұрын
0:28 YEET!!!
@johnchestnutt68925 жыл бұрын
In the mid 70s at age 9 I was lawn dart champ of my neighborhood but we didn't own a camcorder so I can't show you the championship footage.
@anthonyjones7264 Жыл бұрын
People who keep saying this needs to be in the Olympics. Technically it already is. It's part of the highland games which is pretty much the Celtic version of such. The games themselves are under rated compared to other things. Now if only we could back stick Martial arts and Irish fighting lol.
@juliacamara85655 жыл бұрын
I want to learn the way to do it! Wait..😭 I'm too far..nooo😥😭😭😭
@luizbiel23175 жыл бұрын
Ah yes, let me just lob this tree trunk.
@CarilletaReach6 жыл бұрын
Yeah!
@Thechannel-yk7wp3 жыл бұрын
Literally the best way to break up a Roman testudo formation
@paydn2023 жыл бұрын
damn thats TECHNIQUE!!!!!
@chrono2543 жыл бұрын
How terrified must the Romans have been when they saw these man throwing with their bare hands projectiles bigger than what the biggest war machine in Rome could shoot.
@geomodelrailroader9 жыл бұрын
ah the caber toss now thats a real test of strength you have to throw a 40 foot telephone pole 15 feet and it has to land the side opposite from the one you threw it.
@geomodelrailroader8 жыл бұрын
***** yup
@Scotian64445 жыл бұрын
Welll maybe
@TheEric82616 күн бұрын
holy crap
@tmee15123 жыл бұрын
I'd like to see that manly Scot Jesse Tyler Ferguson try this.
@anthonysaponaro63184 жыл бұрын
Beautiful country Beautiful heritage I am only part scotch other part whiskey :) Well, Italian, Scotch and Swede
@caberjaber3 жыл бұрын
PLEASE DONT THROW ME DANGIT
@billbb7 жыл бұрын
yeah
@rogeriorocha6136Ай бұрын
My goodness !!! I wonder if this guy got annoyed or angry in the tráffic jam and decide to move the cars aside to go through!!!
@obatmaagtv3 жыл бұрын
Need to search this after watching movie Loch Ness monster Scooby-doo
@broxithebear18725 жыл бұрын
Thats one big Baguette
@vtrmcs5 жыл бұрын
Looks like Thor Bjornsson accidentally left his toothpick behind.
@zanderbear24874 жыл бұрын
Fucking badass
@paulbornman71915 жыл бұрын
I don’t get the point system. Looks like he just flipped a very big stick.
@Skyfighter644 жыл бұрын
Distance is irrelevant. Points are based on the direction the Caber lands, based on the face of a clock. 12 being the highest possible score, for it falling dead straight.
@MrGraemeb20224 жыл бұрын
@@Skyfighter64 something new I learned today. Thank you.
@SkollTV3 жыл бұрын
dudes literally human shrek
@Sgt_Ham5 жыл бұрын
Wait, this isn’t tf2
@jensapaulsson27694 жыл бұрын
in Gotland we have stångstörtning.
@OrdinaryFilmmaker3 жыл бұрын
John, May I use ten seconds of the cable toss in my next video?
@nutsackmania2 жыл бұрын
I'm so glad ac/dc isnt playing over this
@thebloodydemonsinyourdream14893 жыл бұрын
So this is how Norse Vikings threw logs at ships... they would and flood ships with them, the only difference is that a side would be sharpened to impale the board and haul
@H3xx996 жыл бұрын
I fucking love how the Scottish think picking up an thowing telephone poles is a fucking sport, because that wouldn't occur to anyone else...
@gonzofernandez6 жыл бұрын
Hexx Bombastus apologies pal. Thanks for the admiration. Sorry again
@Kat-mu8wq2 жыл бұрын
We have to vent our anger at how England has fu ked up our country somehow.. Since we're no longer allowed to kill any English people, of course.
@resta-kain Жыл бұрын
Sick😊
@mimizahavi54478 жыл бұрын
came here from mark to find out wtf a caber toss was
@MavericJesus978 жыл бұрын
Me too lol
@likelyfire71886 жыл бұрын
Came here from pinteredt from a post
@likelyfire71886 жыл бұрын
Pinterest* cant spell
@dustintaber4 жыл бұрын
I'm here because of Ron Swanson
@rafalmroziakrafalmroziak13693 ай бұрын
💃♥️💋🎶🕺
@Cameron-dw1di Жыл бұрын
That's like a bag of spec mix mortar plus a a 12 cinder. I like how he threw it. Could land an injury carrying a cross bolt or trying to throw one. Best to wait till the Roman's lay you down and put the nails or screws in than to try and throw it. Throwing your cross is a fight you're going to lose unless you have Christ's passion or are Braveheart. I would say if you have a cross to carry on your way up there, don't throw it down or flip it up. Pay to Cesar his boukoup then give God his share of what's left of yer ass. Like I always say , "doo 1 dee others as you would have them due won dee yu."
@MandoYote4 жыл бұрын
The throws. A log.
@joelcrow3 жыл бұрын
I wanna see Brian Shaw give this a go
@santiagodg9410 жыл бұрын
scotts...
@TheXUnknownXGamer10 жыл бұрын
one t
@Kat-mu8wq2 жыл бұрын
I was about to say 1 t, thanks for getting there several years before me 🤣
@complexplane67569 жыл бұрын
How do you even measure a world record for this? how heavy is that caber?
@shaunmasonmusic9 жыл бұрын
ConcludedFever9 I heard 100 to 130lbs.
@kyef71029 жыл бұрын
ConcludedFever9 Scoring is based on how the caber lands. To get top marks it needs to land at the 12 o'clock position relative to the direction of the run up. If it falls to the left or right the toss receives less points. That's what makes the caber toss so difficult. It's not just about picking up and flipping a log but also about getting it to land exactly where you want it to.
@delvictor75708 жыл бұрын
+Aconite :P 175 lbs is the correct amount
@delvictor75708 жыл бұрын
+Aconite :P the only weight I've ever seen listed is 175. Not like it matters cause I doubt either one of us will ever do it competitively. Haha but whatever
@ChristopherMurphy19696 жыл бұрын
The announcer said this particular caber weighed in at 162 lbs at the :10 mark.
@poida16747 жыл бұрын
It looks like a giant painters brush just missing the bristles.
@TheFilipFonky5 жыл бұрын
how are points awarded? I thought it was distance but clearly it isn't the case
@eerielakeerie4 жыл бұрын
i know it's been like four months but: traditionally, the caber turn (or toss, whatever) is scored based on whether the caber turned fully end over end and it's positioning on a clock face - the goal is to flip it to the 12 o clock position, or directly in front of the person doing the tossing
@BugVall4 жыл бұрын
theres a comic of scrooge mcduck in his youth where he makes 3 flips with a log like that