Oh, just wait until you hear about the 1955 Le Mans. Yet people were back as wild as ever the next year.
Wheelbarrow throwing will be back as well, and there will be tens of thousands watching, whether you like it or not!
Similar story in the 1961 Italian Grand Prix, with von Trips's deadly accident, taking 15 spectators with him. It's claimed that that race wasn't stopped to (per Wikipedia) "avoid the audience going home en masse jamming the roads around the stadium and thus impeding the rescue work for the injured." I don't think anyone knows whether that's true or not, but that's the claim. People were literally lying dead or dying just next to the track while other cares continued racing past (there's some gruesome videos of it on Youtube, for those with a morbid curiosity).
Even his teammate Phil Hill, who won the driver's championship due to von Trips's DNF, didn't know that his team mate had died until after celebrating the race- and championship victory, if I remember it correctly. You can hear his son Derek talk about the event in [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e432KeOwUrI) F1 podcast, if you want to.
>Even his teammate Phil Hill, who won the driver's championship due to von Trips's DNF, didn't know that he had died until afte celebrating the race- and championship victory
That's nuts - imagine doing a whole race, winning and *then* finding out you're dead.
We can pretty much attribute this kind of madness ending through the efforts of Sir Jackie Stewart. He was the guy that finally had watched enough of his friends die to put his foot down and rally the other drivers to refuse to race. It was an effort that took many years on his part and others to bring us where we are today in F1 safety regs. Stewart is somewhat of a hero in this regard.
most stupid sport I've ever seen. might as well just have a shitting contest and see who's asshole gets tickled with the highest mound.
same difference
Guy has one job- put the end of the tape where the thing lands. He’s not even the measurer. He is the tape end placer. They don’t call that end of the tape the “idiot end” for nothing. All the measuring and reading of numbers goes on at the other end of the tape.
However, if the wheelbarrow is moved off of the spectator it landed on, he should be able to yell "interference" so the other end of the tape is accurate.
As far as that little guy threw it, that wheelbarrow is definitely not regulation weight! Seriously, he tossed the shit out of that thing. NOBODY expected it to go that far, especially the guy who threw it, and even more so, the people in the crowd. Flawless form.
“Flawless victory. Fatality.”
https://c.tenor.com/bsLMd5yrDvcAAAAC/mortal-kombat-flawless.gif
No, you have to place the spectator back on the spot where he stood when he got hit in the head by a flying wheelbarrow and measure from there. The ambulance will take a while so there's plenty of time to measure correctly.
The irony is that's how they actually do it for stuff like discus throw. Saw a guy get smoked on the top of his head by a discus at our provincial summer games once and the other officials walked up and put the flag where they estimated the front of his feet were. He was a couple feet away laying unconscious while they did so.
There was a guy killed at the recent Highland Games by a stray hammer throw. The worst part is he wasn't even spectating. He was just having a stroll through the grounds of the castle where the games were being held when a rogue hammer flew over a hedge and brained him.
The girl looked like she deflected it pretty well, slanted off her forearm and dropped her knees with the impact. Better form than the thrower for sure 10/10
Not his job. That still leaves some questions. Did the head shorten the throw, or did bouncing of the head make it longer? And should it still count? Will throwing wheelbarrows at the audience become a valid strategy in the future of competitive wheelbarrow throwing? Those are the important questions.
These events are kind of like the running of the bulls. Everyone who shows up knows the risk, but they're all waiting for someone else to be ~~gored by the bull~~ smashed in the face with a wheelbarrow.
Look at the bright side. They already threw a wheelbarrow over there to cart off the injured person. Seems like they had more forethought than they do at those javelin throwing events where they go chasing them mid flight.
That's hilarious, I had missed that
I was way too distracted by the lady getting /r/fuckyouinparticular 'd by the speaker eventually falling on her after she'd survived the wheelbarrow
I watched it with no sound and thought the same thing (lived in Spain for two years). I can just imagine someone yelling "¡joooooder tío!" after that lol
For context: https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/other-sports/man-killed-freak-highland-games-27682930
Sorry for linking mirror.co.uk, but the other source was dailymail so I picked the slightly lesser evil.
First of all, who TF is conducting a wheel barrow throwing contest?
Next, why TF would you gather around to watch?
Makes me think of the hardcore rally fans that stand on the edge of a dirt road as the car fishtales right by them ay 99 mph.
Well, you know, if you're standing further you might miss someone else being hit. Then when you're having a drink with your friends a week later and they mention it, what are you going to say 'Yeah, I was there but I was standing at a safe and reasonable distance from the flying wheelbarrows so I didn't actually see anything'?
Nah mate, you need to be there to brag about it
Dude it has an audience? What you doing today? Gonna go watch the wheelbarrow throwing contest! Fuck yeah! This has to be the most bored city on the Earth.
We are currently watching people watch the wheelbarrow throwing contest on the internet and then commenting on how bored they must be. How bored are **we?**
Poor safety measures, a small town/city, some dangerous traditional/folkloric game/competition, people getting injured. All boxes ticked. This video screams Spain, even on mute.
The Olympic hammer throw is done in a cage with an opening on one side, so the hammer can only go one direction without hitting the side of the cage. They need something like that here.
When I was in the air force, we had a thing every year called weapons fest. All the squadrons weapons troops (people who loaded weapons on the jets) would get together and drink and just be dumb.
Well one of the things we did was called a bdu toss. We had a dummy 25 pound bomb that people would toss like that wheelbarrow, I haven't seen anyone get hit. But it has happened. This just reminded me of it.
What’s really shocking is that the event actually has an audience.
“Hey honey, what about we go checkout the wheelbarrow throwing contest?”
“You read my mind sweetie!”
My friends always tell me I’m too cautious, but I tell you what, I’ve never been hit with a wheel barrow or burnt my house down after throwing fuel on a fire
That my friends, is why wheelbarrow throwing never took off as a major spectator sport.
Oh, just wait until you hear about the 1955 Le Mans. Yet people were back as wild as ever the next year. Wheelbarrow throwing will be back as well, and there will be tens of thousands watching, whether you like it or not!
> 1955 Le Mans Holy crap they didn’t even stop the race, 70 something feared dead and it’s just a yellow flag. Also separate no pitlane.
Similar story in the 1961 Italian Grand Prix, with von Trips's deadly accident, taking 15 spectators with him. It's claimed that that race wasn't stopped to (per Wikipedia) "avoid the audience going home en masse jamming the roads around the stadium and thus impeding the rescue work for the injured." I don't think anyone knows whether that's true or not, but that's the claim. People were literally lying dead or dying just next to the track while other cares continued racing past (there's some gruesome videos of it on Youtube, for those with a morbid curiosity). Even his teammate Phil Hill, who won the driver's championship due to von Trips's DNF, didn't know that his team mate had died until after celebrating the race- and championship victory, if I remember it correctly. You can hear his son Derek talk about the event in [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e432KeOwUrI) F1 podcast, if you want to.
>Even his teammate Phil Hill, who won the driver's championship due to von Trips's DNF, didn't know that he had died until afte celebrating the race- and championship victory That's nuts - imagine doing a whole race, winning and *then* finding out you're dead.
Fine, that was a bit silly. Since I have no humour though, I corrected the error. Thanks for bringing it up.
Like the other guy, I love a good switcheroo - I live for wilfully misunderstanding comments in humorous ways!
Aww. It was fine. It was understandable. Edit it back so the comment makes sense again! I miss reddit switcheroos.
We can pretty much attribute this kind of madness ending through the efforts of Sir Jackie Stewart. He was the guy that finally had watched enough of his friends die to put his foot down and rally the other drivers to refuse to race. It was an effort that took many years on his part and others to bring us where we are today in F1 safety regs. Stewart is somewhat of a hero in this regard.
Officials didn't want medics to get stuck in traffic had they stopped the race. wanted to keep people in their seats as much as they could.
83 confirmed dead.
Oh fuck. I'm not really a motorsports guy. TIL about the worst crash in motorsports history. Damn that's crazy.
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Thanks for the link, although I won't be watching that for an hour and a half.
most stupid sport I've ever seen. might as well just have a shitting contest and see who's asshole gets tickled with the highest mound. same difference
I think they took the tape measure over to measure the distance.
Guy has one job- put the end of the tape where the thing lands. He’s not even the measurer. He is the tape end placer. They don’t call that end of the tape the “idiot end” for nothing. All the measuring and reading of numbers goes on at the other end of the tape.
However, if the wheelbarrow is moved off of the spectator it landed on, he should be able to yell "interference" so the other end of the tape is accurate.
Correct. Treatment of spectators should occur without moving the wheelbarrow if possible. Otherwise, thrower can call for a “ Do Over!”
Lmao they actually did. How come top comment isn't "why the fuck is this a contest? "
Well, now, how else would you measure it? :)
Lawn darts would like a word
The "official", apparently oblivious to the fact someone's probably injured, just casually sauntering over with his measuring tape. 🤣
Gotta be professional...what if he broke the world record?
Does the extra distance from the bounce on the head count as well?
Throw doesn’t count - clearly wasn’t regulation wheelbarrow!
As far as that little guy threw it, that wheelbarrow is definitely not regulation weight! Seriously, he tossed the shit out of that thing. NOBODY expected it to go that far, especially the guy who threw it, and even more so, the people in the crowd. Flawless form. “Flawless victory. Fatality.” https://c.tenor.com/bsLMd5yrDvcAAAAC/mortal-kombat-flawless.gif
No, you have to place the spectator back on the spot where he stood when he got hit in the head by a flying wheelbarrow and measure from there. The ambulance will take a while so there's plenty of time to measure correctly.
The irony is that's how they actually do it for stuff like discus throw. Saw a guy get smoked on the top of his head by a discus at our provincial summer games once and the other officials walked up and put the flag where they estimated the front of his feet were. He was a couple feet away laying unconscious while they did so.
See? I knew it! I remember a video of an official getting speared in the leg with a javelin, but it was a valid throw, so they had to measure it.
There was a guy killed at the recent Highland Games by a stray hammer throw. The worst part is he wasn't even spectating. He was just having a stroll through the grounds of the castle where the games were being held when a rogue hammer flew over a hedge and brained him.
He definitely broke that guy's dental records, that's for sure.
That's a weird name for one of the spectators to have.
The girl looked like she deflected it pretty well, slanted off her forearm and dropped her knees with the impact. Better form than the thrower for sure 10/10
Lucky for her she also had a tactical bin? I am not sure what that container is but it seems to have tanked the majority of the force.
Looks like a speaker to me, yeah definitely helped
Yeah a speaker would be heavy enough to soak some of the damage, makes sense.
Sad that the speaker also falls on top of her right after 😭
The show must go on!
Not his job. That still leaves some questions. Did the head shorten the throw, or did bouncing of the head make it longer? And should it still count? Will throwing wheelbarrows at the audience become a valid strategy in the future of competitive wheelbarrow throwing? Those are the important questions.
We can all learn something from that level of professionalism.
Someone died that day.
A lot of people died that day, maybe not there, but a lot did die.
It was a good throw, deserves it
Small town shenanigans. 😂
The show must go on.
Top marks to the dude who really just wanted to measure something. Anyone know who won?
We all won.
These events are kind of like the running of the bulls. Everyone who shows up knows the risk, but they're all waiting for someone else to be ~~gored by the bull~~ smashed in the face with a wheelbarrow.
Look at the bright side. They already threw a wheelbarrow over there to cart off the injured person. Seems like they had more forethought than they do at those javelin throwing events where they go chasing them mid flight.
Gotta tip the hat to dedication to one's job.
Mark it right here, at this blood spot!
That's hilarious, I had missed that I was way too distracted by the lady getting /r/fuckyouinparticular 'd by the speaker eventually falling on her after she'd survived the wheelbarrow
I like the guy huddled in the safest (relatively) spot to be at this event. He knew shit could go south
I saw it with no sound and yet I had the feeling that this was 100% Spain. I fucking love my country
*Joder tio*
Very lucky crowd, saved by the speaker
Vale próxima probamos palas de pomo
Para la tumba?
"Le ha dao a alguien?" *continua grabando*
She did the right thing. How would we know what happened if she had stopped filming? r/PraiseTheCameraMan/
A Nicolás Ay me cago en dios.
I watched it with no sound and thought the same thing (lived in Spain for two years). I can just imagine someone yelling "¡joooooder tío!" after that lol
Keep being you, Spain
We are at it nonetheless :<
A quien le a dao? Más español que eso tortilla de patatas xD
Es que tío hay que ser subnormal JAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJA he visto el video sin audio y ya estaba yo, uf esto es España full Ajajja
Me pasa
Rednecking, the Spanish way.
Actually, hurting only a handful so quite responsible rednecking
Qué haríamos sin las fiestas del pueblo...
Donde es esoo, es en el Pais Vasco xd?
Teruel. Se sabe quien ganó? XDDDD
Ni de puta coña. Teruel no puede existir
Cuéntame mas de este "Teruel"? Está aquí con nosotros?
And for one person at least, this was 100% pain.
I've done the same exact thing and totally thought it was Italy. You've won this time!
Better throwing wheelbarrows at people than stabbing bulls.
Es que esas calles y la forma en la que la gente se amontona es inconfundible
She’s definitely in Spain, with the silent S
Same. Its the kind of thing you could hardly see happening in other places... sadly I must add.
Si creo r/ItHadToBeSpain os apuntáis?
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None of the other species have even invented wheelbarrows yet.
Or can do a hammer throw.
I feel like a gorilla would be pretty damn good at a hammer throw if they wanted to be.
We invented artifical fertilizer and vaccinations.
Didn't the guy who invented the fertilizer also invent chemical weapons?
He did
Thats....actually a really succinct and sufficient way to explain why the world is full of humans that should otherwise be dead
Wut abt vaccines and artificial fertiliser? 🤨
If we didn't invent artificial fertilisers then there would only be about 4 billion people on earth now.
And there would only be 800,000 people without alcohol
Especially after the ball and chain event in Netherlands
For context: https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/other-sports/man-killed-freak-highland-games-27682930 Sorry for linking mirror.co.uk, but the other source was dailymail so I picked the slightly lesser evil.
He wasnt even in the audience though, just passing by :(
That's was out of bounds, can I have a do over?
I think you will find that was spectator interference
🤣 and a lucky fan has a souvenir!
"Foul barrow!"
First of all, who TF is conducting a wheel barrow throwing contest? Next, why TF would you gather around to watch? Makes me think of the hardcore rally fans that stand on the edge of a dirt road as the car fishtales right by them ay 99 mph.
Answer: Spain Source: I am Spanish. I know my people. Haven't even seen the video, I literally just saw it on the news
Like why tho? Does no one consider the concept of injury? Sure have your fun contest but watch tf out
Well, you know, if you're standing further you might miss someone else being hit. Then when you're having a drink with your friends a week later and they mention it, what are you going to say 'Yeah, I was there but I was standing at a safe and reasonable distance from the flying wheelbarrows so I didn't actually see anything'? Nah mate, you need to be there to brag about it
This is the culture that brought you the Pamplona Bull Run. Risk of death is central to most Spanish recreation, as far as I can tell.
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And don't forget the torturing of bulls!
I haven't seen that in a long time, is there any town left still doing that?
It’s a Spanish thing that happens in a town called Teruel, just appeared in the local news
Speaker saved the day
without the speaker this would be a very different video
That speaker is the difference of an nsfw tag.
Next time I take my small children to one of these we'll all be standing behind speakers
Good thing this is just warm ups.
They are still measuring it though! 😂 The damage is done i guess, there is no need to compromise a possible record.
Couldn’t believe it! I would’ve think this would get you disqualified 😂
My favourite part was when the wheelbarrow hit all those people.
i actually don't think it did more than graze anyone - it glanced off that thing (speaker?) on top of the railing and went over a bunch of heads
Never change Spain
Of course it's Spain...
The crowd's reaction reminds of the wii crowd when you throw the bowling ball the wrong way
I guess if they can't walk it off, they can rest in the wheelbarrow
Good thing he didn't hit one of the two guys holding up the limp piece of string, otherwise someone could have gotten hurt!
7/10 decent throw
If you read this title and don't click then I don't want to know you
I hope they don't have the axe throwing competition at the same venue.
\*me\* hey boss, i cannot come in to work tomorrow. \*boss\* why, what happened. \*me\* my gf wanted to see a wheelbarrow throwing contest.
Dude it has an audience? What you doing today? Gonna go watch the wheelbarrow throwing contest! Fuck yeah! This has to be the most bored city on the Earth.
We are currently watching people watch the wheelbarrow throwing contest on the internet and then commenting on how bored they must be. How bored are **we?**
Ay mi españita 😎💪🏿🇪🇦
Not the guy walking over with the measurement tape to measure the distance 😂
Redo, spectator touched it
Watch stupid games, win stupid prizes.
Poor safety measures, a small town/city, some dangerous traditional/folkloric game/competition, people getting injured. All boxes ticked. This video screams Spain, even on mute.
Did he win?
/r/KillTheCameraMan
Esperemos que al menos Nicolás hijo esté bien.
Think that was about 9 meters
Well, where they messed up was... They should have held a combination wheelbarrow throwing/wheelbarrow ducking contest.
Someones will live with much less iq point
They got carried away
That speaker bodyguarded that crowd from a fatality.
"Do you want to know how I got these scars?"
Holy shit, the speaker being there definitely saved someone's life. Could have been someone's head instead
It's a 10 from me
You know in the athletics, they have a net around the hammer throw and discus... This is why...
Just wait till they start the shovel sling competition
The Olympic hammer throw is done in a cage with an opening on one side, so the hammer can only go one direction without hitting the side of the cage. They need something like that here.
Or to just not do this at all lmao
So, not a spectator sport.
The dickhead that actually goes to measure how far it's gone....
Omg where is this
Don't worry these are professionals
Calling interference on that speaker. Give my boy a redo
Over 100 people, zero brains.
Oh come on. That barrow-ly hurt anyone
It is so hard not to laugh at first
That throw felt personal
Kill the cameraman
se lo tanqueó el altavoz
E'paña que grande
Tape measure dead had to step over 3 dead bodies to measure 15 ft
When I was in the air force, we had a thing every year called weapons fest. All the squadrons weapons troops (people who loaded weapons on the jets) would get together and drink and just be dumb. Well one of the things we did was called a bdu toss. We had a dummy 25 pound bomb that people would toss like that wheelbarrow, I haven't seen anyone get hit. But it has happened. This just reminded me of it.
Opposable thumbs were a mistake.
Tbf, this is more "What could go wrong when your standing down range of a wheelbarrow throwing contest."
Not gonna lie, that was an impressive yeet.
Looks like the first impact was with the speaker, lucky for the spectators. Pretty crazy that no one seemed to think this would happen.
This is what happens when you let an amateur into a pro wheelbarrow throwing contest.
Next week in the village square it's the "catch the fireball" event.
sa matao paco
It had to be Spain.
Holy shit, they went over to measure it.
and they measure it! XD
There gonna measure that?! It was assisted by the railing. Re-throw that shit!
I mean come on . It seems obvious that this sort of thing was going to happen .on lookers were way to close .
Well, looks like he got carried away.
How fucking stupid is literally everyone in this video???
RIP that speaker!
The speaker took one for the team.
Thats why these seats were free!
What could go wrong indeed...
So they get to keep it if they catch it?.? Like in baseball...
And that's why wheelbarrows weren't designed to function as airplanes people...
What’s really shocking is that the event actually has an audience. “Hey honey, what about we go checkout the wheelbarrow throwing contest?” “You read my mind sweetie!”
Gota be 10 points surely
“Did I win?”
Some..........BODY ONCE TOLD ME!!!!!
My friends always tell me I’m too cautious, but I tell you what, I’ve never been hit with a wheel barrow or burnt my house down after throwing fuel on a fire
Location: Cascante del Río ( Teruel ) - Aragon - Spain Date: 12/08/2022 More info: https://www.lavanguardia.com/cribeo/viral/20220812/8462723/campeonato-lanzamiento-carretillas-cascante-rio-teruel-acaba-accidente.html
just casually walks over and measures it lol.
Was that guy still going to measure the throw? 😂
Still went over to measure the throw
He took out some spectators but they gotta measure it.
Extra points for knocking someone out