Netherlands' Oldest Extreme Sport - Red Bull Fierste Ljepper

With a longer jumping stick, a higher slope to jump off and deeper water in the centre of the country, Red Bull will be taking a look at the history and the limits of the Netherlands' oldest extreme sport: fierljeppen. Which athlete breaks the old records under these new and challenging circumstances? Watch and find out.

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[pixeledge-gq]

As a dutch person i can confirm we do this every day, even grandma goes shopping with the pole

[marijn]

Nederland is gewoon geweldig!
The Netherlands are just awesome!

[sjoukedroegbrea]

@smiley0970 no the landings dont hurt, the sandbed is pretty deep, and soft so it doesnt hurt at all:)
i am doing this sport myself 2, and i love it:D

[lumpacharcoal]

Red bull clearly does not give you wings....

[Cobonline]

Hey Redbull you should do a video about hurling which is and irish sport so you could maybe spread it around cause its only really played here ireland...o btw its like 2000 years old :)

[FrisianDude]

It's Amersfoort, the big brown building in the water during most of the clip is the Koppelpoort. Not sure what the tower is called; just a church tower.

[SmokeyMcbngwater]

Dude, this is way better than American football!

[Eklisarov]

how is that even a thing, moreover sponsored by Red Bull :D

[TheMrNanners]

red bull is the one to sponsor this of course

[FrozenCrewGr]

hey thats cool lets see what else red bull is gonna sposnor ..

[Mrrogerthurman]

Isn't it about time someone thought of putting a little foam rubber for the jumpers to land on. There must be a mighty number of damaged ankles, knees and hips. Sand looks soft, but it ain't.

[kipkurrie]

@ZiiX845 We aren't german.. We are Dutch!
Proud to be Dutch!

[EverythingisFire]

Haha this is awesome! Looks pretty fuckin' scary too.

[Davidoviec]

Lol echt vet dat ze dit erop zetten
Like als je uit Nederland komt :)

[vangrails]

'fierljeppen', fier is a cognate with far and ljeppen is a cognate with leap, so it simply means far leaping.

[vanRossumFCU]

@pknub thats why we are number 1 listed on the fifa ranglist???

[jmelliott]

im pretty sure redbull would sponsor a tadpole race if you told them there was a crowd there

[taxitokie]

Hahah, op een site met alleen maar extreme sporten dat er opeens een boerensport tussen zit :P

[Fathom]

Next up we have extreme fence painting

[idwerd]

@MrTweetyhack thats for safe:$ if the jumper would fall backwards they can say what the jumper has to do