@GreatBigStory Ай бұрын
Epic right?! 🤯Tell us about the most extreme or insane sport you know 👇
@jujitsujew23 Ай бұрын
Sepak Takraw is pretty wild
@GreatBigStory Ай бұрын
@@jujitsujew23 Very insane 😳🫣
@XEinstein Ай бұрын
Adventure Racing
@BasicallyBaconSandvichIV Ай бұрын
Yeah pretty epic. Next time, do please mention that it's a Friesian sport with a Friesian name! I know it's also done in other parts of the Netherlands, but it's still very important to at least mention the Friesians. That's kinda what you do with distinct cultures. Anyhows: another interesting sport would be another Dutch exclusive: the Marblelympics. Not the type of marbling done by kids in schools and such, but more like one of those big "drop 'em down a course" marbling. It was great to watch during lockdown, and still is a worldwide favourite to this day. It's mainly one guy that keeps it going, but it's still well worth the story. If that's not good I know some places fire cannons. But I don't think that's a sport. They're just competitive. Still pretty cool though.
@wilco8729 Ай бұрын
Fierljeppen is NOT DUTCH. It is friesian. Just like the language friesian is also not dutch.
@JamesRaynerGBS Ай бұрын
Editor and first-time VO artist here - Apologies for any mispronunciations ❤I practiced saying 'Fierljeppen' and 'Grijpskerk' aloud all week I promise! 🙃😆
@Braincain007 Ай бұрын
It's okay! You did your best 😊
@JMRayner Ай бұрын
@@Braincain007❤❤
@rutgerb Ай бұрын
Fierljeppen was spot on! And I can know, I am Frisian😅
@GreatBigStory Ай бұрын
You did a great job 👏❤
@Merugaf Ай бұрын
Dont worry 90% of Dutch people cant say Fierljeppen either, dont bother with our silly little language
@MikeSchlesinger Ай бұрын
Putting aside the problem regarding not giving credit to the Frisians, this sport reminded me of the place all sports had for me as a child and youth: competition along with fun, physical challenge plus a bit of fear, friendship and being the best you can (including good sportsmanship). That's my definition of sports.
@jiggyprawn Ай бұрын
I heard him say it was Frisian... ETA: I just listened again to be sure, and I was wrong. But it's in the description.
@SassyPieHole999 Ай бұрын
I absolutely love the Dutch. I never saw this Fierljeppen before but I saw, somewhere in the Netherlands, people sitting on top of wooden poles in the water and the person who stayed longest was the winner. It started around 6pm and went on all through the night. While they sat they drank beer thrown to them by their ‘supporters’. Absolutely hardcore. 😊
@karlkragt Ай бұрын
Yes it's called "Paalzitten"or pole Sitting in English. The challange is to stay as long as possible on the pole. No sleeping!
@hitoshi12 Ай бұрын
You didn't see it because it is a Frisian exclusive sport.
@Appelouz Ай бұрын
Not mentioning Friesland (it being a Frisian and not a Dutch sport) is like making a news item on bagpipes and calling it British. Or maybe even more fitting: something typical of Catalonia (like the Sardana dance) and calling it Spanish.
@rubenskiii Ай бұрын
I get your point but bagpipes are not exclusively Scottish: bagpipes are known in many places, from North Africa, Middle East, Continental Europe and even in Siberian Russia. Where i live in The Netherlands also has it's own type: _Brabantse Doeldelzak._ The reason we associate bagpipes so strongly with Scotland actually is because of the British: in the colonial empire Scottish regiments where allowed to play their instruments. And the bagpipes became popular with the British. And because of the influence Great Britain had the popularity spread. It's a fascinating subject and across Mainland Europe many people are trying to bring regional bagpipes back! There are beautiful videos on KZfaq of Italian Bagpipes for example. Zampoga from the top of my head they are called.
@Evitaschannel Ай бұрын
"it being a Frisian and not a Dutch sport" Friesland is in the Netherlands...
@Ghezus Ай бұрын
@@EvitaschannelAs a Dutch person, I can surely tell you it's just the Frisian people doing it.
@DreHill1 Ай бұрын
Fierljeppen is also played outside of Friesland. Not as much, but still
@jmtew Ай бұрын
@@GhezusWrong! It’s very popular in Friesland but also in the west of the provincie Utrecht. The Dutch record is held by Jaco de Groot from Woerden and jumped in Zegveld. The video is recorded in Linschoten. But some more respect to the Friesland origin should have been added.
@weiareinboud6990 Ай бұрын
Originally it was just for walking around. Because there were hardly roads in Fryslân (Frisia) you had to have a 'pols' ('pole') to cross waterways. A greataunt of my friend did it in her youth, she was born in 1913 and died over 103 years later. Nowadays there are many more roads.
@havingalook2 Ай бұрын
That was so interesting - I had never hear of it. The Dutch/Frisian peoples are very very clever and we all know they are masters at conquering water and this is just another example. Many thanks for bring this to us. Looks rather exciting. Love to be in attendance to watch a competition.
@paulm.westerduin64 Ай бұрын
Fascinating. Randstad (Holland) man with Frisian blood in his veins. Spent so many summer holidays in Fryslân when I was younger. Highlights: sailing over the Frisian lakes in our sailing ship (such a joy; the waters and landscapes are breathtaking), local fierljeppen competitions and skûtsjesilen, of course. Fryslân boppe! Nice to fetch some attention to this unique sport.
@fierljeppen Ай бұрын
The pole is not 30.75m, but 13.25m!
@jpdj2715 27 күн бұрын
30.75 metre is almost 101 foot - an absurd number - 13.25 metre is "only" 43.5 ft. which is seriously impressive. The poles are made from carbon nowadays and lengths vary, starting from 9 metres (29.5 ft) with the 13.25m being the upper limit AFAIK
@sandervdbrink84 Ай бұрын
This should be in the Olympics for sure!
@lodewijkbakker3246 Ай бұрын
Not one note to the origin primarily being with the Frisians not the whole of the Netherlands. I mean it was so close with the explanation of the name of the sport it should be clear that this name is not in Dutch. Would have been respectful to at least acknowledge it.
@kommissarkillemall2848 Ай бұрын
i kind of Disagree.. yes, it's still done in Friesland, and not much other places as a sport. But, to call it exclusive Frisian is not true, as crossing canals this way was allready known in the western provinces for centuries too. Ask the Spaniards in the 80-year war.. they were so amazed they even wrote about it. Unfortunatly due to extensive "inpoldering" and infrastructure the need for this kind of transport was lost, and somehow it didn't turn into a sport in this regions. ( btw, on a farm bext to our stables there was a pole still hanging in the varn from atleast a 100 years old that the grandfather of the owner still used to get around in the Westland )
@lodewijkbakker3246 Ай бұрын
@@kommissarkillemall2848 Didn't really mean to push that far I guess, I was simply referring to the fact that the name is not even Dutch and that the origins really could have been included easily at that point. I don't want to make the sport like frisian "exclusive" because literally who cares really. (For continuation it is probably good that more people do it) but to take it and present it as a dutch sport without acknowledging Frisian culture is I think not respectfull, I have edited to reflect that.
@RealConstructor Ай бұрын
You have pole vault high jump (an olympic sport) and pole vault far jump (in Dutch polsstokverspringen, in Frisian fierljeppen). Although the most pole vault far jumpers live in the province of Friesland, there are also jumpers in Holland and Utrecht. The town of Kockengen in the province of Utrecht f.e. has a pole vault far jump club or polstokverspringvereniging in Dutch.
@SuperheroMovieMusic Ай бұрын
That really strong Dutch accent when speaking English makes me proud! 😂
@user-ec8zd8zp4x 25 күн бұрын
When I was young (late last century), this was how we went searching for Lapwing eggs and other meadow bird eggs. We had a 4 meter pole and could jump canals as wide as about 6 - 8 meters, depending on how deep the water was and how high/ steep the sides of the canals were. In the meadows we searched for the eggs and marked the nests for farmers, so they would not mow the nests, eggs and/or young Lapwings or other meadow birds to pieces. Wonderful time out in the fields...
@user-gd3ln4dj1c 19 күн бұрын
Let’s make Fielrjeppen olympic, it would be so much fun to watch!
@jujitsujew23 Ай бұрын
They used to do this in England as it was a tradition in East Anglia. Couldn't find much evidence online that they still do it
@BasicallyBaconSandvichIV Ай бұрын
That would make sense, considering that the Angles and particularly the Saxons originally came from an area quite close to each other. The Saxons and Friesians were actually neighbours for a while there. If you look up Angles (tribe) on Wikipedia you'll find a perfect map showing the travels of the Saxons, Angles and Jutes. But also showing the territory of the Friesians and Franks at the time. PS.: Fun Fact! While both France and Germany claim to be the inheriters of the Franks, the Franks originally lived in parts of what's currently the Netherlands. I've also read somewhere that Dutch is the language closest to Frankish. Ironic, isn't it? Especially after the destruction of Lothringia.
@kellydalstok8900 Ай бұрын
East Anglia was drained/impoldered with the help of Dutchmen, wasn’t it? Draining requires a lot of ditches to remove the water and fierljeppen makes crossing the fields on foot a lot easier.
@p0rkcharap Ай бұрын
this should be in the olympics!!!
@markvanderhorst9247 Ай бұрын
The pole is 13.75, not 30.75😂💪
@fierljeppen Ай бұрын
yes indeed! I saw that fault too! But isn't it 13.25m?
@markvanderhorst9247 Ай бұрын
@@fierljeppen yess you’re right
@Mark723 Ай бұрын
Jacob! How nice to hear that lilting voice, especially commentating such an interesting video. Perhaps you were selected for this assignment because of your previous brilliant work on waterways...
@GreatBigStory Ай бұрын
Not Jacob this time, it's our filmmaker and voiceover artist James. Spot his comment 😀
@Mark723 Ай бұрын
@@GreatBigStory James! Apologies, but all British accents sound alike to your average Yank. Nonetheless, thanks for the excellent voice over, and give my best to Jacob when next you bump into each other at Great Big Story central. Or, when you're both out at the same pub, because all British people know all other British people.
@BasicallyBaconSandvichIV Ай бұрын
Yep, that person's Grijpskerk pronunciation wasn't half bad. Still obviously English, but if he can learn how to say the Dutch G, R and E he'd say it perfectly! Don't know about the word the word fierljeppen, but then again: I'm Dutch, but not Friesian. Most non-Friesian Dutch can't pronounce it either, but another commenter who says they're Friesian claims it was said perfectly, so that's VERY skilled indeed!
@Maginone2 Ай бұрын
No mention of Frisian culture? This sports originates from Frisian province and is also mainly practiced in that province. To bad this was not mentioned. Otherwise a nice look in to the sport.
@rubenskiii Ай бұрын
The sport is Frysian maybe, and the name given to it too but the practice itself is not exclusively Frysian, infact it's not even only Dutch. Using a big stick to jump over water is known in many places, which makes sense seeing how many cultures have big sticks and small canals for irrigation.
@saidtoshimaru1832 Ай бұрын
Wow, a sport in which winnig hurts so much more than losing.
@VDMOOLN Ай бұрын
looks painful but it isn't
@Erik_Emer Ай бұрын
Don't know how they'd feel about this, but this could potentially be a tourist activity. Provided they can find ways to ensure security for very first timers, I think that'd be fun. It definitely looks fun to me!
@markvanderhorst9247 Ай бұрын
We give demonstations where people can participate
@marksecker6606 25 күн бұрын
The Dutch are insane. They have the Nijmeegse vierdagen; the longest walk in the world: 30, 40 of 50 km per day. When winters where colder back in the days they had de elfstedentocht; almost 200 km through the cold skating on the ice.
@ankavoskuilen1725 20 күн бұрын
The generations before us did those things for a living. Fishermen from Spakenburg sold their fish in Apeldoorn, went there by bicycle, 52 km and back 52 km. In the winter they were fishing on the ice near Harderwijk. In the night they went with a wooden sled with their fishing equipment and room for the fish, 25 km on the ice, fishing during the night and then 25 km back.
@hraday08 Ай бұрын
this sport should be included in olympics
@maartenkos98 Ай бұрын
I would hardly say ‘the heart of a nation’. There are about 600 (all amateur) participants. It is fun for sure, but most of the nation don’t care for it.
@TheTekknician 23 күн бұрын
Frisian here, noting it's a sport withing the Netherlands is fine, but not noting it's of Frisian origin is nearly insulting. Please give credit where credit is due.
@whakadabellgate5699 18 күн бұрын
This looks really fun. When the fall is the highest it must be the best.
@SuperRookie117 Ай бұрын
The only thing I can think of, those poor people's knees and spines.
@caspar9794 Ай бұрын
Yeah, this is bound to take off one day.
@jimlawton4184 Ай бұрын
I’m curious why is there someone following them as they jump? Is it a safety thing?
@markvanderhorst9247 Ай бұрын
Yeah safety and coaching
@Evitaschannel Ай бұрын
Its to motivate you, you can't just stop and not jump cause there's a full grown man running full speed behind you 😂
@hitoshi12 Ай бұрын
This ain't a sport from the Netherlands, it is a sport from FRISIAN. Fierljeppen is a traditional Frisian sport. The world Fierljeppen isn't even Dutch. So as a native Frisian I am not happy this video not mentioning Frisian/Friesland at all!
@BasicallyBaconSandvichIV Ай бұрын
Precies, dat hadden ze moeten zeggen. Een woordje in de description waar iedereen overheen leest is niet genoeg. -Niet een Fries.
@jimlawton4184 Ай бұрын
To have an arena centred around a ditch is absolutely hilarious!
@diekje8728 Ай бұрын
Truth be told, university competitions with drunk, dressed up students trying to fierljep in the middle of the city is the best kind to watch
@VoIcanoman 20 күн бұрын
The Dutch are known for their love of insane sports. Speed skating is certainly fairly insane...travelling 50+ km/h on ice with massive blades strapped to your feet, and the constant risk of losing traction and sliding, at speed, into a barrier...sounds Dutch to me! And then they have that headwind-biking sport, where they essentially bike into 50 km/h headwinds (or faster...50 is the minimum allowed for the competition). Like...they literally took the nightmare scenario for 99% of cyclists around the world, and made it a sport. So I'm not surprised to see the equivalent of Donatello the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle using his bō staff to jump over obstacles turned into a Dutch sport. Much respect...as a kid, pole vaulting looked so cool, but I thought the height objective was kind of lame. Going the furthest should've been the goal, and the Dutch made it happen!
@user-cl1ew9ki5i Ай бұрын
❤❤❤❤ from Brisbane Australia 🇦🇺
@swaffelkonijn5166 Ай бұрын
It's Frisian, this is literally only practised in one province of the Netherlands which coincidentally also has it's own unique language and culture. The rest of us don't have a clue what goes on over there.
@Mar6008 Ай бұрын
Haha I knew it was fjierleppen as soon as I saw the title, tried it but nope😂 its not only a sport here but also a fun summer activity for the diehards haha
@mbgrafix Ай бұрын
This looks like something that Storror would be excellent at!
@sriharshacv7760 Ай бұрын
They are basically a giant isolated village with unique challenges. Their entire culture developed around engineering water. They are the avatar's water nation.
@CindersSpot Ай бұрын
I thought this would be about tegenwindfietsen...
@Ben-cl2co Ай бұрын
I can't believe you went to go make an awesome video about a FRISIAN sport and not go to Fryslân. As a Frisian i am deeply dissapointed.
@themangix357 Ай бұрын
I'd like to see Max Verstappen do this! 😆
@arjenh7214 Ай бұрын
He's from Limburg in the south, they don't do that there. This is from the North, especially Friesland.
@JMPT Ай бұрын
GBS Nice 🇳🇱🌊💈🌊🇳🇱
@JamesRaynerGBS Ай бұрын
💈🌊 NICE
@JMPT Ай бұрын
@@JamesRaynerGBS indeed 🇳🇱
@Daniella474 Ай бұрын
Woah!! 🔥
@martini668 29 күн бұрын
Lovely video
@matttaylor1150 Ай бұрын
GBS Nice
@JamesRaynerGBS Ай бұрын
@Debbie338 Ай бұрын
Pretty epic, yes. I’d love to try it, but here in our Florida canals, you’d land on an alligator. 😊
@markvanderhorst9247 Ай бұрын
Makes it extra exiting!
@Debbie338 Ай бұрын
@@markvanderhorst9247 There’s a great meme called Turtle Cavalry, if you want a good chuckle. 😊
@LindaClements Ай бұрын
So why is there another runner chasing the jumper down the dock? What is the purpose of that?
@markvanderhorst9247 Ай бұрын
For coaching
@kellydalstok8900 Ай бұрын
Why Grijpskerk? It’s not in Friesland but in Groningen.
@rhythmandacoustics Ай бұрын
Basically high jump or pole vault
@markvanderhorst9247 Ай бұрын
Yess 2 in 1
@kellydalstok8900 Ай бұрын
Not really, because pole vaulters don’t climb the pole.
@cathrinaandrus1777 Ай бұрын
MY ADHD: 😲 I FOUND MY SPORT
@AreigelSjtols 28 күн бұрын
It's a Frisian sport. Rather rude to not credit them and that's coming from a Limburger.
@ArnoldScheepers 22 күн бұрын
It's actually not Dutch but a Frisian sport, that's different.
@chef7658 22 күн бұрын
no its not. if Friesland is its own place, then any small african village of 7 mudhuts is its own country by that logic. this shit is done all around the country. north, east , south or west.
@elieobeid77 Ай бұрын
I think some africans or basketball players would do great at this sport as they are extremely tall and skinny and have strength. If this sport was well known internationally, someone like usaine bolt or wembanyama would do great at it.
@ntamny Ай бұрын
You wouldn’t want to do that where I live….alligators.😂😂😂
@vreeze33 29 күн бұрын
Good motivation to make it to the other side.
@ntamny 28 күн бұрын
@@vreeze33 😂yep
@moneymaker1588 Ай бұрын
💥💥💥
@chriscripplercruz1833 Ай бұрын
Here in America a water sport is considered something else lol
@kingmichealthefirstofroman2278 Ай бұрын
Doesnt red bull sponsor it too
@marcgetsenergizedbythis2196 Ай бұрын
Nope, the health Insurer Ankles Inc. does.
@MattTheEngineer. Ай бұрын
Redbull sponsors everyone
@Yanramich Ай бұрын
Yes.
@fierljeppen Ай бұрын
Sometimes there is red bull fierste ljepper! that is a game once... It doesn't sponsor the normal games!
@nowatcher656 Ай бұрын
How dare you not mention that the name fierljeppen is from the Frisian language and not the dutch language. If you want to celebrate unique cultures, it is very important to distinguish things correctly.
@mrcdad Ай бұрын
Why is there someone following the jumper?
@markvanderhorst9247 Ай бұрын
For coaching
@TTTzzzz Ай бұрын
It's a a pure Frisian sport. Not really Dutch.
@fredrikdalman4834 Ай бұрын
Ollie is that you?
@henrythebananaboy Ай бұрын
Hi
@CannedMemes1 26 күн бұрын
Slootje springen
@benjy6358 Ай бұрын
please dont let red bull blow this sport..
@fierljeppen Ай бұрын
lol
@Sezonoj 23 күн бұрын
just a few weeks ago i came across a red bull yt short where they did exactly this
@chadlimestall9201 Ай бұрын
As a circus professional: these people need real training. Their climbing technique could be greatly improved with "inch worm" climbs or front levers.
@BasicallyBaconSandvichIV Ай бұрын
Why not go to Friesland and talk to them yourself? Or if you're up for it, try it yourself?
@masonkim7 Ай бұрын
A lot of these guys will have major knee issues in 15 to 20 years... BUT by then stem cell technology might become readily available.
@kommissarkillemall2848 Ай бұрын
most likely we dutch are a bit tougher then you expect.. 😄
@kellydalstok8900 Ай бұрын
Frisian are tough. Wy binne net fan die suertsjes.
@ankavoskuilen1725 20 күн бұрын
Fierljeppen is Frisian, not Dutch. Frisia is a part of the Netherlands.
@glorck7064 17 күн бұрын
Flierenjeppe
@cloverisfan818 Ай бұрын
The most Dutch sport of all time: tu tu tu max verstappen
@hanssolos3699 Ай бұрын
golden shower is water sport
@PlutoTheSynth Ай бұрын
this is literally just vaulting how is this insane?
@Sezonoj 23 күн бұрын
yet its not
@insansiregar6158 Ай бұрын
That climbing might have been inspired by the colony countries of Netherlands
@miriam4235 Ай бұрын
Absolutely not. Using a pole like this to navigate the water rich countryside for at least a 1000 years.
@swaffelkonijn5166 Ай бұрын
Hi, I hold an MA degree in Medieval history and that is why I can tell you that there are a fair few accounts of the Frisians using this technique to navigate the land dating back to the medieval and early modern period, well before the Dutch had a colonial empire. Not everything is colonial history and your attempt to blackwash Frisian culture is frankly insulting and I'm not even Frisian.
@Braadslee Ай бұрын
This is only a thing in Friesland (1 of the 12 dutch provinces) Typical how you lie to get more views. Or are you just too lazy to literally use google.
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