World Record Canal Jumping With a Pole For Women! (Fierljeppen)

[@NotQuiteFirst]

Wow what an insane sport. Love it. Is there no end to the bizarrely specific ways people will find to compete?

[@dikkiedik53]

It's a typical Frisian sport now, but not limited to the present Dutch province of Friesland. It was a quite normal way to cross waterways in the wetlands of the areas where the Frisians lived. They took a pole with them and when they needed to cross a water they put the pole in the water and jumped over it to the other side, took the pole out of the water and went to the next water to cross. It's probably a quite ancient sport, not evolved from warrior skills.

[@AKRIDASGAMWEKSOGIINI]

how does she not break her ankles after that fall?

[@fierljeppen]

Because she is a trained athlete! She jumps very often! So she knows how to fall! Usually they use another technique to fall, this is on the side.

[@randygravel2057]

🫡

[@Mork007]

That's a dude.

[@fierljeppen]

No it is not! It is a woman!

[@spoonmanluigi]

It’s recommended you get your eyes checked

[@elisaa4810]

This is so disrepectul, go get your eyes checked. Hands up to her