" THIS IS JAI-ALAI " Documentary 1988

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Bill Swanfeld

7 жыл бұрын

Don't miss this documentary on the World's Fastest and Exciting Sport

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@ehrichweiss Жыл бұрын

On our last trip to Florida back in 1995 we got to watch a game of Jai-alai and while I didn't understand the rules at all(actually only got a good description a couple months ago after much searching) I loved the play of the game and wanted to watch soo much more. What was hilarious was the old Asian women in front of us yelling at the players. OMG, they were sooo cruel in their insults.

@AlainNavasDrama 9 ай бұрын

I’m a French basque, who grew up in Miami..My dad played professionally and so did his brother, cousins, etc…Many of my family play the game, and if I didn’t move to the states I def would have ended up a Jai Alai player, as I started to play as a kid …Much respect for this sport which has been in my family for generations

@Mobutusese 4 ай бұрын

there is no such a thing as Basque (french) drop the f word here lagun...we are NOT french. period.

@jojogymjl 4 жыл бұрын

0:54 image taken seconds before death.

@richfederico351 3 жыл бұрын

The best player and most consistent I've seen was Bolivar who played in milford ct,jai-alai .He would make unbelievable !

@momellis4796 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for posting this video. It is the best documentary I’ve seen.

@stewartberger7734 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for posting this. Great video

@jerrysosnowski4320 3 жыл бұрын

Great vid about the sport of jai alai. Really enjoy the action when in south FLA. Thanks for posting

@27mmassa 7 ай бұрын

Great documentary Bill. Wish there was more videos like these

@letsgomets95andeveryothery58 5 күн бұрын

Would see Jai Alai in Bridgeport CT and Miami and my favorite players were Elu, Joey and Benny

@adamwinston7787 6 сағат бұрын

I enjoy the sport commentators. "2nd serve must be good, good serve lands between the 4 and 7 line". :)

@Jaialai55 4 жыл бұрын

This is the best video I have ever seen about Jai Alai.

@jaialai6629 Жыл бұрын

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/epZpmKWIt9Stqmg.html

@JorgeCanovas 7 жыл бұрын

Hey, they brought this video back!

@idoiaz Жыл бұрын

YEY I LOVE THIS SO MUCH

@aresident7745 3 жыл бұрын

i jumped at the ball coming at the screen in the beginning lol

@lesleymcshanemitchell9651 2 жыл бұрын

Most exciting game on earth. I started at the Palace in TJ The on to Macau Then in Basque Country. Not going to the Fonton In Mexico city. My heart cant wait

@jaialai6629 Жыл бұрын

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/epZpmKWIt9Stqmg.html

@Sultana.Sabah. 4 жыл бұрын

WOW!

@everettamador9885 3 жыл бұрын

The sound of a Whipping Cesta!!

@susanray7181 Жыл бұрын

When they failed to get the game into the Olympics in the 1960s, and gambling became easier to do with casinos, it was just a matter of time until it died off. JainAlai is just too dangerous to have a feeder system of children playing the game to ever be more than a local sport in Spain, or a gambling game in Florida.

@billyghoul3921 5 жыл бұрын

Dope. Looks dangerous

@el_androi1203 4 жыл бұрын

Never imagined that a traditional sport from my home place had become so popular in the US

@sesaarinen 3 жыл бұрын

This document is from 80s. Sorry, it never was.

@richardlacey4923 Жыл бұрын

The cocaine was flowing through every fronton

@JorgeCanovas 7 жыл бұрын

Question, was this media clip, if we can call it that, made during the strike?

@JaialaiusaNet 4 жыл бұрын

It was made in 1988 the same year as the strike,not sure if before the actual strike or not..Unfortunately for Jai-Alai the Fl Lottery started the same year..

@johntaylor-lo8qx 2 жыл бұрын

Everyone has seen this sport in clips but never knew the name. At least I didn't. But now I've found it 🙂

@jaialai6629 Жыл бұрын

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/epZpmKWIt9Stqmg.html

@eddyballester8990 5 жыл бұрын

Great times, great sport

@CommanderSiriusStar 5 жыл бұрын

Was watching an urban exploration doco where they explored an abandoned Jai Alai fronton, had no idea what it was and ended up here. It looks like an awesome sport, what happened to it?

@perryjaialai 5 жыл бұрын

It is. If you every put on a cesta and learn how to play you cant get enough of it kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gL6WYNSqldC6lpc.html

@efmutton 5 жыл бұрын

The strike that took place from 1988-1991..That started the snowballing,fans found other things to do.Competition increased and Jai-Alai has been going downhill ever since.Miami & Dania playing year round was really over-doing it.People only have so much money to gamble away.

@brucemacdonald921 5 жыл бұрын

Can't speak for Connecticut but the Florida lottery put jai alai slowly out of business

@purebloodheretic4682 4 жыл бұрын

I just saw the same Urban Exploring Doco, Ended & up @ the Same Place! Crazy I've Never Heard of this Before! It must have been Quite a Popular Sport back in the Day! -Cheers👍😉

@RagedContinuum 4 жыл бұрын

Jai Alai needs a legitimate national/international league. It's a spectacle sport based on betting, which is why it has fallen so hard. The audience back then apreciated it as such , but that doesn't work with our post-modern society of today. making a league or a tour, and getting a couple frontons outside of Florida would help it immensely. Of course, it's not the only sport that struggles.. raquettball and squash are also niche, and professional bowling has declined massively in popularity and viewership. It's a shame that the olympics don't include these sports despite allowing soccer, basketball, golf and tennis, which are basically pro players pretending to be amateurs

@iGame3D 2 жыл бұрын

Well this explains why it never took off as a national sport. We use to play our own version of this with Trac-Ball off the local library wall. Tried playing in the school gym, ball hit the wall with a B O O M that brought the janitors to invesitgate.

@jesteranonisgamegameover2321 2 жыл бұрын

Jai-Alai was the golden cornerstone of Bridgeport, CT and the Carlucci wing empire!!

@maxgapa226 3 жыл бұрын

🤩

@mariolevante7563 Жыл бұрын

More than exciting than any ball game in the world!!!

@mondop5270 Жыл бұрын

Afl says nah mate

@lightonbuildings 6 жыл бұрын

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@bvilledrummer14 4 жыл бұрын

fucking spot on lmao

@jrayner21679 2 жыл бұрын

The reason this sport isn’t as big as you would think is probably due to the cost and limited people that produce the equipment. The ball and the basket need to be hand woven and it sounds like those balls don’t last long in the game. It’s like if a baseball cost $100 to make and the bats or glove cost $900.

@ricardocruz5425 5 жыл бұрын

I remember that sport back home and we try to imitate that game with the plastic container shape like Jai Alai basket and we use a tennis ball hit the wall and then at night we bet on the game with different combination. We have only one Jai Alai court back home and we used to go there alot just to watch and bet at night. Is anyone know if they have Jai Alai court here in California?

@yakamarezlife 3 жыл бұрын

There was one back in the 70s but it closed in the early 80s

@terrell28374 2 жыл бұрын

They put the spelling bee on ESPN but I've never seen this on it!

@axelek1337 2 жыл бұрын

It's like squash. But cool.

@aniketkesarkar9967 6 ай бұрын

Why wasn't Patxi mentioned

@everettamador9885 3 жыл бұрын

Also spelled TXESTA!

@billcouch8308 7 ай бұрын

Jai Alai was run by a bunch of crooks. See Rico, Callahan etc. That is what killed this great game!!

@soulvigilante 6 жыл бұрын

How many frontons are in operation in the US today?

@69sddo91 6 жыл бұрын

Soulvigilante 3 that I no of maybe fewer

@ottoacid1800 6 жыл бұрын

I'm not sure if this is up to date or not. www.fla-gaming.com/jai-alai-frontons-in-the-usa/

@dirkhoekstra727 4 жыл бұрын

The Proper People brought me here... So, is there still places where this is actively played? Or has it completely died-out?

@Ben-jf3iv 3 жыл бұрын

They still play in Miami and it’s really popular in Spain and France! There are three places that still play in the USA, dania Jai-Alai, Miami Jai-Alai, and magic city Jai-Alai! You can watch live streams of it on @Jai-Alai Channel, on KZfaq. They live stream every week Thursday through Sunday! Hope this helped

@dirkhoekstra727 3 жыл бұрын

@@Ben-jf3iv Great! Thanks for the info!

@Ben-jf3iv 3 жыл бұрын

Dirk Hoekstra yeah no problem! I definitely recommend you check out the live streams they play at 4pm and 8pm tomorrow eastern time!

@Ben-jf3iv 3 жыл бұрын

Dirk Hoekstra and I’ll also be In the live chat if you are watching

@dirkhoekstra727 3 жыл бұрын

@@Ben-jf3iv I'm not in USA and live in South Africa. Miami is 6 hours behind us. That means it will be at 10 AM and 2 PM where I'm at. But it's still during daytime, so I can watch live.

@mondop5270 Жыл бұрын

Gambling= only reason it go soooo popular in florida. Millions were gambled per year on this sport... ( mucho money laundred)

@djmips 2 ай бұрын

Haha I ducked from the intro

@tyson6819 2 жыл бұрын

Nobody encounters discrimination more than a lefty.

@trubenstudios4063 Жыл бұрын

Not a great doc when Joey is not mentioned as the greatest American player in the sport.

@95jAlfinse Жыл бұрын

This sport was made for gambling. I mean that literally

@brandonvalentine767 Ай бұрын

Yawnnnnnn, they had one in Daytona beach along time ago…..

@nicomatera6121 6 жыл бұрын

Does anyone remember Mark Matera? He was so quick! Milford Jai-Alai!

@brucemacdonald921 5 жыл бұрын

Mark won 5 games in one performance. Didn't happen often

@DyingToLive12 6 жыл бұрын

Did you have to be 18+ to go see a game???

@efmutton 6 жыл бұрын

@DyingToLive12 6 жыл бұрын

Bill Swanfeld even with the betting involved?

@efmutton 6 жыл бұрын

Yes, under 18 must stand clear of the betting areas (tellers)

@JaialaiusaNet 4 жыл бұрын

@@efmutton No One under 21 is allowed in the Casino's in Florida

@matthewfryer5100 2 жыл бұрын

Ice Hockey killed this sport in florida

@trexguy 6 жыл бұрын

Boring game but yet still interesting to learn new customs. All I knew about this game was on the opening credits of Miami Vice

@efmutton 6 жыл бұрын

Place a small $BET$ and it will become more interesting !!

@dubb9020 6 жыл бұрын

and thats why betting was involved.... without betting it would be boring as shit

@billyghoul3921 5 жыл бұрын

Its boring to you get hit

@JaialaiusaNet 4 жыл бұрын

As you learn more about the game it becomes more interesting,even more-so when you bet a few dollars..

@Ben-jf3iv 3 жыл бұрын

dubb when you watch in person it’s extremely fast and crazy to watch! @jai-alai channel, still live streams the sport every Thursday through Sunday, you should definitely give it another chance!!