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Other sports are NOT derived from “children’s’ games”- only a clown says that. Most are based on hunting or fighting ! Oh, Waitaminnit. Next, Mallory says so is rowing. In less than 2 minutes, the narrator has alienated the audience and pissed off the athletes; by the size of that Lacoste shirt, he must be a cox: mystery solved.

I come from Cambridgeshire {a small village near Ely} and I had never heard of The Bump Races until today, 11 December 2023 AFAIK anyway. THIS WHOLE BUMPS RACING SOUNDS REALLY FUN AND REALLY FASCINATING TO ME! BUT: I have/will always hold the opinion that the tv coverage of Cambridge v Oxford boat race is a total yawn fest, tedious, boring and not in any way interesting... ...To me, it's something "Toffs {Rich Twits} do for fun and exercise}. I know that's not all of them, but it's MY opinion... THAT type of straight race would bore the sh|t out of me any day, and twice on Sundays. I wouldn't ever watch... You couldn't pay me enough to do that! Waste all that time, not me... I'd definitely rather read a book or if i had to, watch the earliest episodes of Emmerdale Farm whenever it started... but I wouldn't enjoy that either. Neither flips any of my switches... I'd rather watch paint dry, honestly. HOWEVER... If this Bump Racing was televised I'd watch every race, trying to spot all the bumps myself and also do my own scoring, as the officials do... Every bump, every race, every college, every day, for the whole every day each meeting every year, you'd find me glued to the TV. Never will watch a straight race, but this... you couldn't stop me! Lol Oh BTW... Now, I live much closer to Oxford than Cambridge but... Oxford... you are more boring than Cambridge ever could get, so there! Stick that in your pipe! {Sniggers and smirks, behind raised hand} I feel a teensy bit mean saying that, but Cambridge is local to me. Oxford is a far away place that I've never been to, plus what could it offer me compared to Cambridge?

What is going on here? Horrible knocking sounds make listening to the audio extremely aggravating. When there is no knocking, the sound is just of terrible quality. Ruins the whole thing. Thumb Down.

What distance are the races?

There’s a lot of interesting information in this loosely organized, scattered work.

Very hard to find fault in this. Lovely to watch and listen to. I usually watch some of this before an outing.

Eu pratico Remo em Belém do Pará , meu esporte favorito, gostaria de entender o documentário mas infelizmente não entendo inglês.

at 1:29, the narrator Peter Mallory says "except for your teammates, in front of you, or behind you...." some rowers practice and compete in single sculls-- no teammates!

I saw da leg

Less than 2 minutes in and he's saying it's harder than any other sport. Just not true.

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The guy at 1:18:22 has no clue what he's talking about. The level of power output is definitely not unique and a combination of power and endurance is the case in many other sports. All you need to know is that at the 1980 Olympics, Eric Heiden won all the speed skating races from the 500m (38 seconds) to 10,000m (14 minutes 28 seconds). More generally, every year speedskating has an allround championship in which individuals compete in the 500, 1500, 5000, 10000 and the best overall wins. This is a more complete test of maximum power and endurance. As for the next guy, similarly to rowing, speed skating gives the impression of being effortless when done well, as stated by the following person. This is also the case for the individual pursuit in cycling. Basically, the people interviewed here only know rowing and are otherwise ignorant, so should not compare it to other sports.

Rowing teaches you how to work hard all the time. It apparently doesn't teach strategical thinking such as how to conserve energy and manipulate other people to work for you, which is how you win at other sports such as cycling.

Concept 2 Model A 1981 - 1:08:40

"Time management"

when Vespoli uses the documentary to plug merch

1:18 It's the crew of the boat that does the bumping that put the branches in their hair, not the bumped boat.

sport is not childrens games it is wargames

Outstanding video

This is exceptionally informative about OUR favourite sport,rowing

Rowing began at Eton College? No. It was attested in Oxford 130 years beforehand. heartheboatsing.com/2017/07/07/lightning-drownings-and-leisured-gentlemen-recreational-rowing-in-the-17th-and-18th-centuries/

Wow really interesting! Never knew what this was until someone posted it on reddit.

Hi there, I'm Ben from the BBC World Service. Are we available to use this video in a piece about the Bumps, giving you an on-screen credit? Please let me know - many thanks!

Peszek looks high as fuck

I just love this

wow this is an hour long

hi

This is the first and only explanation of bump racing that has made sense to me. Awesome!

Tamara, you have done a great service to the sport with this documentary.Thank you! Long but beautifully done, compelling interviews, just terrific work!

Awesome