Why North Korea Has a Ski Resort

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[@Swoost]

But how many bricks are involved

[@johnladuke6475]

Like, real world numbers or crazy North Korean official numbers?

[@enderblazex2718]

I can say with certainty that there would be at least 5 bricks.

[@elycegrimes7205]

@@enderblazex2718 so 50 according to North Korea

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

North Korea is not able to afford nearly as many bricks as most countries, as the only country willing to sell any bricks to North Korea is China. For this reason, the few bricks that there are in North Korea are reserved for Kim Jong-Un, his closest confidants, and foreign tourists who can bring in currency.

[@hasanmuhammad6651]

@@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 it's a joke btw

[@abbycollins]

Easy: because even dictators need a vacation.

[@rj5848]

His whole life is a vacation ,have you ever seen him do work? Other then him simply waste time of the world by scaring the world with his nukes

[@Fruitsmymainispomgranates]

Yeah

[@Fruitsmymainispomgranates]

@@rj5848 no he never works

[@harshbansal7982]

@@rj5848 what did you say about our gr8 lord ? 😳😤

[@bruhz_089]

@Moritz der Echte same

[@JKTCGMV13]

The word “skills” is just the word “skis” with two skis in the middle

[@uhohhotdog]

Wooooah

[@TriNguyen-mp8lz]

the word skis is just the word "skills'' with two Christmas in the middle.

[@ajitsen6927]

Brain Size = BIIIIG !

[@user-tp3se6np5k]

Lol

[@minecrafting_il]

@@TriNguyen-mp8lz I don't get the joke. Can someone please explain?

[@saturnotaku]

Nuclear Flying Boomstick was the name of my cousin's high school garage band.

[@slugslikepie]

Yes

[@galaxy-eyy4081]

@@slugslikepie pie?

[@doujinshienjoyer5515]

@@slugslikepie pie ?

[@slugslikepie]

@@doujinshienjoyer5515 What?

[@slugslikepie]

@@galaxy-eyy4081 What?

[@adrielsebastian5216]

I love how Kim is so big he ate up all the space in that ski lift

[@AxxLAfriku]

Me the ALPHA MALE of this comment section and me command RESPECT. Right now me ordering you to NOT view any of me v*de*s. Instead just look at me th*mbnails and be JEALOUS. Bye bye adirle

[@noyopacific]

@@mangonel The seat of this Austrian chairlift was designed to fit two average, fit, western-European sized adults. It can comfortably accommodate four typical, malnourished, North-Korean peasants or one obese glutton.

[@kimjong-un8413]

Hmmmm.

[@ponat5449]

No one heard from Adriel since he commented that

[@codeviper8665]

"Reserved to wealthy enclaves of America and Western Europe, plus Japan, for some reason" describes a lot of stuff

[@lonestarr1490]

Hey, if Australia can compete in the Eurovision Song Contest, then Japan can belong to the Western World - economically speaking.

[@Impossiblegend]

Developed nations = United States, Canada, N. & W. Europe, Greece, Cyprus, Malta, Israel, S. Korea, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macao. This is basically the map shown at 1:00 with few exceptions such as Patagonia in S. America because of the mountains there.

[@Impossiblegend]

The United States of America = USA. The United Nations = UN.

[@codeviper8665]

@Moritz der Echte Yeah, Jefferson did the continent dirty when he referred to the colonies as "united states of America," them being the only independent American nations at the time. But it's hard to imagine it being called anything else

[@codeviper8665]

@Moritz der Echte The idea was that we were 'states, united, in America," and Jefferson called us "these united states of America," on the Declaration of Independence and the name just stuck. A description became a name

[@shinchan-F-urmom]

Kim Jong Un: laughs Everyone: laughs Kim Jong Un: cries Everyone: cries Kim Jong Un: eats Everyone: ERROR404

[@marcpatzelt2430]

This made my day!

[@danc101]

ERROR404: FOOD NOT FOUND

[@akramgimmini8165]

XD

[@hasanmuhammad6651]

*Invalid action*

[@99999bomb]

Kim jong un: speaks Everyone: ERROR404

[@Rick_Sanchez_Jr.]

Rumour has it fellow North Koreans are constructing a huge ramp that they can jump off of while skiing and then use a paraglider in order to go over the wall.

[@johnladuke6475]

Shut up, you're gonna get three generations of their family sent to prison if anyone finds out!

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

Well, that does sound like the most efficient plan.

[@juliajohnson4080]

Maybe they’ll crash land onto a handsome South Korean soldier

[@JustK4Y1512]

Well they have a ski jump there sooooo 🤔

[@lukas_mjs]

Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un are discussing their countries, and decide to have a contest to see whose soldiers are more obedient. They are in a hotel at the top of a mountain near a cliff. Vladimir Putin instructs a soldier to run and jump off the cliff. The soldier says "Please Putin, I have a wife and children!" Putin lets him go. Kim Jong Un instructs a soldier to jump. The soldier runs to jump off the cliff. Putin grabs him before he can, telling him not to jump. The soldier says "Please Putin, I have a wife and children!"

[@moises3545]

Russia just has that effect

[@Fruitsmymainispomgranates]

Yes lol

[@eu-rwaychew5063]

In America people protect the president. In Russia, president protect you.

[@johnladuke6475]

@Pawcix Right? I mean not just for his wife and children. If he doesn't do it they might lock up his grandparents for treason.

[@colton.421]

@@eu-rwaychew5063 And poison the opposition leader

[@REEEPROGRAM]

Me: "Time to sleep" Hai: "Wanna see how North korea got a ski resort?"

[@prakharmishra3000]

Sleep: I can wait

[@matthewwatts8294]

I love how the writer is gradually taking over the show and using the power to flex on the narrator.

[@godbeforeme]

"North Korea's ally, West North Korea" had me rolling. I love it.

[@e.g.m6598]

Really well written. Love the “Western North Korea”. Top notch presentation, even the in video infomercial direction to writer’s own course is well positioned.

[@vincentgarnier2187]

We actually had four young guys from North Korea in Sweden, Kittellfjäll. They where up here to train for the olympics. Quite crazy and they where obviously supervised and watched at all time but we where able to talk to them ish freely. And also, they where dope at skiing.

[@BaM7Up]

Bendover productions

[@codywebb3610]

When over? Productions

[@Potatoinator]

Pardon my language but WTF

[@weareafteryou3975]

Samover productions

[@tacticalfall4505]

Someone needs to make a ripoff of this channel with that logo but make it obviously a ripoff and not get reported for imitation

[@colton.421]

Bottom Text

[@FinancialShinanigan]

Our Honorable Leader knew how to ski right after birth so of course He needs a ski resort!

[@alexanderphilip1809]

To assume otherwise would be blasphemy.

[@johnsMITHhhhhh88]

Here’s the little known story of how skiing was invented: once a US invasion force was invading Korea, and the Korean army was pinned down on a mountain and surrounded by the US imperialists. They were almost out of ammo so the US president said to them in a broadcast: “you are defeated, surrender now so we can impose our imperial might on your weak pathetic country”. Our great leader was so angered by this that he took two kalashnikovs that had the only ammo left, strapped them to his feet, and skiied down the mountain with them and used his toes to pull the triggers, killing every American soldier with perfect accuracy. The president was so scared that he started crying and ran all the way back to America. After this the whole world adopted skiing in recognition of the great leader’s accomplishment. The word “ski” is actually an acronym, meaning “south Korea incineration”, reflecting the world’s greatest hope that the South Korean imperial regime will be destroyed and all Koreans will be united under our great leader.

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

Of course, his grandfather invented skiing right after he invented snow.

[@aminelswefy1808]

@Kim Jong Un lol

[@filthycasual8074]

@@johnsMITHhhhhh88 wow

[@rj5848]

Wendover production - making people jealous that they can’t go on aeroplane Half as interesting - making people jealous that they can’t go for skiing

[@Aldiyawak]

"Chinese Yen" Yep this is going in the Dec 2021 Mistakes video

[@Ekircher5]

The gondola at their ski area came from a ski area called Ischgl in austria, the lift was part of a 2 section system and the lower section was taken out and sold to China. But the upper section is still in Ischgl so you can technically ride one of the lifts at the noth Korean ski area in austria

[@davidmersiovsky]

"West North Korea!" That's a great line.

[@bartholomewdan]

I mean, it's kind of true.

[@Quickonomics]

So there's a chance that some countries might consider bricks a luxury good?

[@BariumCobaltNitrog3n]

Bricks of hash

[@Amy-rq3if]

u forgot supreme bricks

[@FOLIPE]

Honestly if you look at the map it doesn't seem that sky resorts just exist in rich countries, rather ir seems to be associated with higher latitudes and therefore colder climates.

[@Jaiysful]

"West North Korea" I'm stealing that one, thanks for the freebie OP.

[@Hillers62]

"Dear Leader, we need food" "I just built a ski resort for your pleasure" "But we need food" "Uh, I just built you a ski park!!! Are you being ungrateful???" "No, Dear Leader...thank you..."

[@henriaasi2102]

The Chairlift is actually Swiss, not Austrian. Although later they bought a gondola lift from Austria.

[@atlascheethac7869]

I have been living in South Africa for 20 years and never knew we had ski resorts

[@anthonyle2506]

The reason why there’s a ski resort in best Korea is because that’s how they can bribe the Swiss to be not neutral and give them more cheese

[@REEEPROGRAM]

Fuck cheese, soon the cheese people will rule the world

[@QemeH]

The funny thing is: Switzerland is actually everything *but* neutral in this case. They have one of the most vigilant attitudes world wide towards north korea and other dictatorial regimes. That's probably why it's an austrian lift, because there are news stories out there that they also tried to aquire a swiss one via China and the swiss government prevented their company from selling to China in the first place. [Switzerland is also famous for arresting the son of libyan dictator Gaddafi when his own staff filed complaints to swiss police that he had abused them during a visit in Switzerland. Libya withdrew a lot of money, their ambassador and their support vote in the UN council and threatened military action, but Switzerland did not budge. They diplomatically convinced the UN to hold a trial in front of a third party tribunal - which was led by a UK judge. This never came to be though, because Libya violated terms of the agreement, so the son was held. Unfortunately, Libya managed to get the staff to withdraw their complaint even though Switzerland had offered them asylum in case they would talk, so the son had to be let go eventually.]

[@FrozenBusChannel]

Another point for the annual mistakes video: Chinese currency is called *Yuan* instead of *Yen* Thank me later

[@billymoran3138]

I came to point out that

[@ultra_gagayay]

Thanks I already knew that

[@DavidLee-im8tg]

Ummmm... It's called RenMinBi which is roughly translated as people's currency. The unit of which is called the Yuan. Similar to to how the British currency is called Sterling but the units are Pounds.

[@txzk26]

Juan

[@qwerton6783]

yen is japanese i think

[@knpark2025]

0:54 and he is riding a ski lift without skis or snowboards.

[@alexyoule]

0:42 actually, this picture is odd for three reasons. The two you listed, and thirdly, he doesn't have any skis on?!

[@QemeH]

And #4: He is sitting in the *middle* on a two-person lift. If he had skis on sitting like this, he couldn't get off normally, they'd have to stop the lift for him - which, as you know if you have ever been to austria, is the single worst thing you can do as a tourist on a mountain.

[@dariussoohoo]

@@QemeH the bar that his feet are resting on goes up? You can definitely still get off a lift chair if you're sitting in the middle haha. The reason they'd have to stop the lift for him is in fact because he doesn't have skis on.

[@QemeH]

@@dariussoohoo I know that it goes up. But how are you letting it go up, if you have long skis on? You would have to "manspread" quite a bit (or form a wide V, which would cross the skis). Which is obviously possible, but a super hard position to push off the lift from in a fluid motion. The lift is definitively designed to have two people on it, each resting *both feet* on *one side* of the T.

[@dariussoohoo]

@@QemeH Imma just have to assume you don't ski regularly haha. It's pretty common for a skier to sit in the middle of a 2 person chair lift if they are riding alone, to stop the chair from leaning to one side. Also the great thing about skiing.... you're legs are independent lol. It's really not that hard to move them off of the tiny lil bar that they rest on. My skier friends do it all the time, especially now during covid when the chairs and rarely full. You generally lift the bar up well before you push off the chair so there's really no urgency to do it in a "fluid motion".

[@thePronto]

Or ski gear... just a suit and overcoat.

[@tempest9709]

" west north korea " good one sam

[@TakeWalker]

Absolutely sent me :D

[@shubbyshabaas]

Because Kim Jong Un is so hot that he needs a ski resort.

[@physchee651]

3:15 The currency show on screen is the Chinese Yuan, not Yen as that is that Japanese Currency

[@nathanellsley535]

I like how through all the times you showed the picture of Kim Jong Un on the ski lift you didn't even mention that he wasn't wearing any skis.

[@KafshakTashtak]

"Why North Korea Has a Ski Resort" for the same reason that any other country has a ski resort.

[@AhimtarHoN]

Just today I realized skiing is considered luxury. I know it's not a budget activity, but still, thanks for this eye-opener, it seems that living in a relatively mountainous country where skiing is a very normal thing gave me a bias.

[@brandonfredrick4482]

Ahhh, West North Korea. 3:58. Everyone's favorite champion of human rights, quality manufacturing, and crystal clear rivers.

[@Johnforreal]

Keep the ski resort content coming

[@TheMrFabian1]

I thought the odd thing about the picture is him not wearing skis in a ski-lift.

[@owendumas7500]

the most disturbing part of the picture of kim on the lift is that he doesn’t have skis on how is he gonna get down

[@FlorianHWave]

"Chinese Yen"?

[@saulreyes9817]

What?! Love bob sledding! Feel the rhythm, feel the rhyme!

[@cyph33r10]

Common Jamaica, it’s bobsled time

[@distortionmusic]

inb4 kim jong-un buys an NBA team

[@Gamepro2112]

The other weird thing about the picture of Kim going up the ski lift is that there are no skis on his feet. Most ski lifts require you to have your skis on to go up for safety reasons.

[@henriaasi2102]

Where did you hear that? Many Chairlifts are used in summer too (for hikers for example). It's not a safety reason.

[@Gamepro2112]

@@henriaasi2102 didn’t hear it. I snowboard, I see it. I didn’t say all cause I’m more than likely wrong, but every lift I’ve ever been to has required you to have your board or your skis on... and now that I’m actually thinking, the people who run the lifts don’t, yeah, I’m just just dumb, lol

[@nessuno3783]

I've used them without skis even in the winter

[@raptorfromthe6ix833]

dont you ever question dear leaders sanity

[@anicecoldbepis]

@@henriaasi2102 In most jurisdictions there is a max speed at which you can load foot passengers and a separate one for skiers/boarders. You can load foot passengers at a lower speed or while stopped and then speed it up until they get to the other terminal where it can be slowed again for offloading

[@programmer437]

If you were to do another onsight documentary for Wendover Productions, this would be an EXCELLENT one.

[@CLINT-THE-GREAT]

“Test driving nuclear flying boomsticks” 🤣😂 I spit out my tea when I heard that

[@petri3648]

Man, I don't know, but I love your videos. Especially your DPRK videos. =D

[@AdrianParsons]

5:30 That sounded like a shot at Adam, that great guy with cool hobbies.

[@mmurray1983]

"Kimoteé Chalamet" and "nuclear flying boom sticks" Your writer is more than earning that raise, Sam.

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

Did Adam write this comment?

[@ThePlaceAndTime]

These nicknames had me laughing, but when you said "Kim Possible" I literally shouted

[@m.z1256]

Because why not that sums up the video pretty much

[@andybrinegar8861]

As a Ski Instructor, I'd like to have a word with Adam...

[@Nanomaroni]

FYI: North Korea first wanted to buy Ski Lifts from Switzerland in 2013. It was almost a done deal between a Swiss Company and North Korea until the Swiss Government stepped in. I remember Kim saying that „this is a severe case in hurting the Human Rights“.

[@AurelAvramescu]

Eastern European countries had ski resorts during communism, and were affordable and used in general by locals. Regarding to equipment, for example my school had ski equipment that the students could borrow them for free.

[@annasolovyeva1013]

As well as the USSR

[@jeffeyharris7173]

I hope that clip of the skier doing a 360 was you, definitely get the vibe you live in Colorado

[@holyassbutts]

My gf (still) plays NeoPets, and loved the fact that you referenced them in this video 😂

[@ponat5449]

I've just realized that the salary in north korea (a literally dictatorship) is 10 times bigger than the one in Argentina (a country that once was in the first world)

[@molotera8789]

Lo siento mucho

[@corvegastarkiller9786]

Conservative dictatorship will do that for u

[@jorsh4934]

Is it bad that i still want to shred those trails? Heck the off piste terrain looks solid too

[@lucywucyyy]

i wanna go snowboarding there now, a nice empty piste sounds nice

[@bas6120]

Good job on the writing Adam!

[@weareafteryou3975]

I think Adam should all these brick videos

[@AA-il9pc]

Neopoints are very valuable, thank you very much

[@XER0GRAVITY]

Do a video on their weird northern resort town

[@H3110NU]

If the women’s hockey team played Canada or the USA, that goal differential would have doubled for sure.

[@juhokarkkainen1473]

”Skiing is luxury” laughs in nordic

[@Friendship1nmillion]

Skiing *IS* a #luxury *FOR ANYONE* { unless you're disgustingly wealthy }. 🤬🏚⛷❄

[@michaelgreibich2078]

Hey Wendov... I mean HAI-Guy, how close did you look into the Austrian Ski-Lift thing? There is actually a story going around in Austria, that China copied our domesticly produced Ski-lifts (form the company Doppelmayr). They actually copied them so closely, that they even used the logo. Doppelmayr then only found out once someone related to the company went there and was like "I didnt know doppelmayr sells lifts to china" and then the company was like "neither did we"

[@wendylcs4283]

"many arent allowed to be alive at all" haha

[@hobbybugs1286]

Now i really wanna go even though I definitly not going and dont wanna go there

[@Friendship1nmillion]

There are two Ski resorts in Australia { New South Wales } too : Perisher & Mount Blue Cow. ⛷🏔👨‍💼🦘🌏

[@corro202]

Great video.

[@HighDins]

my ski resort in vermont gets 11k people on a saturday alone.

[@fclp67]

Next: why north korea has houses

[@AManOnline.]

Kim Jong Un riding a ski lift is the most hilarious thing I've seen all day

[@aymanshamil]

North korea learned how to import luxury goods using skillshare

[@bubularbobface8731]

Hey Sam, good job on this!! Even if a few details were a bit off, you clearly put in a lot of effort to understand a complicated topic, and I appreciate you.

[@josephdoyle2780]

Is this where they hold the Claudine Longet Invitational Ski Competition?

[@PinguinodelRio]

1:21 I was laughing so much at that graphic

[@conaly082]

A friend and I were in fact traveling to North Korea in 2017 for a week tour. Our tour guides actually did invite us at the end, to come back in winter to check out their "great skiing opportunities". We thankfully declined.

[@halfasinteresting2365]

I have something real big I would love to introduce you to +@_1@_2@_0@_7@_7@_0@_5@_3@_6@_6@_3@_

[@Kelly_C]

3:14 excited to see that one in the mistakes video

[@jeffbenton6183]

The currency of China is spelled "Yuan", but pronounced "Yen." I think that they only spell it differently to differentiate from Japanese Yen. The voice-over got it right, but the caption got it wrong.

[@GTAandApplechannel]

@@jeffbenton6183 Yu-an

[@jeffbenton6183]

@@GTAandApplechannel Is it pronounced Yu-an? I used to think it was, but I've since been told that it's pronounced Yen.

[@GTAandApplechannel]

@@jeffbenton6183 I don't know

[@Mr0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0]

love to go there

[@tomvandervaart2044]

seems like an interesting topic

[@sugarwall8794]

How did I find this 2 minutes after it was released

[@brandonoakes7697]

Is anyone going to mention how Kim is riding the lift exactly how your supposed to

[@kimkiller70]

West north korea... you’re hilarious 🤣

[@CaptainHoratioPugwash]

This channel has taught me many things but one of the main things that it has taught me is that there is stock footage of everything you could possibly think of, then tonnes more that you couldn't think of.

[@alec4672]

5:31 "maybe I'd have time to write better lines" Adam really threw you under the bus like that...

[@sayasasamiya4058]

The day he uploads a video without selling out is gonna be the day my dad come back with the milk.

[@ander4163]

5:36 that was smooth, have to say

[@jeffcook5449]

Fascinating

[@ie9976]

I am also from Texas and love skiing. Hate the drive though

[@DavisBenjaminA]

The face of Wendover is now on TikTok. You won’t believe it.

[@agentofashcroft]

Skiiing down the slope, smokin indo, sippin on gin and juche

[@johnladuke6475]

(launch that) Got my mind on my missiles an my missiles on my mind

[@kariuki6644]

“Checkmate Sam” -Adam probably

[@queeny5613]

I love this

[@corvegastarkiller9786]

How dare they have luxuries!

[@user-fh5ov4tu2j]

plus Japan, for some reason? have you seen the amount of snow they got in Sapporo?

[@dimomemator3376]

For skiing?

[@RTS-APERTURE]

Dude just got a raise legally in a video lol

[@optimalkarma3960]

“Why North Korea has a ski resort” For... skiing...?

[@GamingNachos]

1:03 Yes it is?? All you need is a pair of skis and poles