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Home » humor » Fierljeppen a.k.a Far Leaping – Sport of the Day

Fierljeppen a.k.a Far Leaping – Sport of the Day

March 26, 2012 By Gregor Winter

Dudes, I know it’s bench day. But check out Fierljeppen. Pole vault climb for max distance across a river.

(lit. far-leaping) is a traditional sport of the Frisians and of the Dutch.

And these guys take some serious impacts.

I want that included in the Olympics. Below you will see Bart Helmholt doing his thing.



Also check out the previous Sport of the Day – Jala Neti

Filed Under: humor, videos

About Gregor Winter

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Comments

  1. Sebastian says

    March 26, 2012 at 13:25

    Hey Gregor!
    Really good and interesting blog, just discovered it recently.

    I like the new style, although I preferred the chronological order of the posts, all with the same size.
    Plus the comment button shoud be at the ending of the post.

    Just my 2 cents.

    Keep up the good work,
    Best regards,
    Sebastian

    • GregorATG says

      March 26, 2012 at 13:36

      Thanks a lot for the feedback Sebastian. I really appreciate this as I constantly want to improve the site.

      I am by no means an expert with this stuff and basically have to learn everything from scratch.

      I have a big to do list right now and slowly but surely will work my way through it. All the little things take up a lot of time I rather would like to spend creating content.

      But good point on the missing comment button at the bottom. That needs to be fixed.

  2. Jirka 'Falcon' Smiga says

    March 26, 2012 at 20:37

    I would shit myself just trying that.

    • GregorATG says

      March 26, 2012 at 23:37

      Haha, I can imagine there being a huge fail video compilation of this sport. There is just so much that could go wrong. Love it.

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