I would like to formally apologise to all the people of the Netherlands for absolutely butchering the pronunciation of your language.

@dylanlejeune339

4 жыл бұрын

We forgive you.

@YHK_YT

4 жыл бұрын

Ok

@quincy4756

4 жыл бұрын

Geeft niks.

@gehaktman

4 жыл бұрын

I came here to comment this haha

@Thoomas2001

4 жыл бұрын

To be fair though, Robrecht kinda did the same to your language.

that is the hardest working microphone windscreen muff in the world

@magnusdagbro8226

4 жыл бұрын

Very effective too!

@weertgilders8172

4 жыл бұрын

...in the woorld

@mattfrazier3115

4 жыл бұрын

Oli K All hail the dead cat.

@Anankin12

4 жыл бұрын

@@weertgilders8172 ok Jc

@JeskidoYT

4 жыл бұрын

That's the best muff I've seen and wonder if movies use it

From personal experience I've learned the Netherlands has this phenomenon where you always have headwind no matter which direction you're going. It is as if mother nature is punishing them for their lack of verticality.

@peterknutsen3070

4 жыл бұрын

That happens here in Denmark too, at least out in the rural areas. All flat, no buildings. It’s much less bad in the villa suburbs. I’m not sure about the cities. I have no experience of bicycling here, but it seems to me that buildings might channel the wind.

@RubenTheCartographer

4 жыл бұрын

Haha probably. Also the problem with cycling is in order to feel the wind in you back, the wind really needs to come from behind. A wind from the side or in between the back and side can already feel like no help, or even adding difficulty. Since there aren't a lot of straight roads in the NL its this combination that almost always gives you a wind that works against you or just does nothing for you, almost never you feel like you are flying because of the wind, and if you do .. turn left.

@MajesticSkywhale

4 жыл бұрын

in my part of the US in the winter, while I'm driving, the sun is always directly in my eyes no matter what time it is or which direction I'm going.

@Azivegu

4 жыл бұрын

@@RubenTheCartographer little trick for a side wind, just sit up straight, and turn your back at an angle into the wind. All of a sudden its like you become a sail. It isn't perfect, but it gives you a little boost.

@pbj4184

4 жыл бұрын

@@Azivegu But then wouldn't it push you even harder in its direction?

"Here, the tide is ruled by the moon, the wind, and us." That legit gave me chills.

@yeff5771

Жыл бұрын

its a bad translation though. It says "the moon, the wind and us go over this tide"

@jk1556

Жыл бұрын

@@yeff5771 That's an overly literal translation, and worse for it. "To go over" in Dutch also means to control, be in charge of, rule.

@XxTelFEliTexX

Жыл бұрын

for now

@HkFinn83

Ай бұрын

@@yeff5771 it’s a good translation. Yours isn’t a translation, it’s a transliteration.

I once rode a bike over the entire dam during a holiday there thinking "wow this is extremely easy and fun, this bike is brilliant!". Then I needed to drive back and noticed why...

@theobolt250

3 жыл бұрын

Ahh, the backwind headwind conundrum. Got a whif of that, eh? 😁

@BakoomishCips

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely, haha. At least it was proper workout, then.

@xhappybunnyx

Жыл бұрын

Reminds me of a story my Dad tells where he really enjoyed a childhood trip down the boardwalk and sailed down it for miles only to realize he now had to go back against the wind!

@ryanw1511

Жыл бұрын

I did that on Rollerblades once and I almost cried on my way back 😭

@drewbase

Жыл бұрын

Driving back shouldn’t be a problem. It’s the cycling that’s hard

Fun fact: The race was later on cancelled because of too much wind. The time registration devices blew away and the truck with bicycles threatened to tip over.

@cyrilio

4 жыл бұрын

P. Stap +

@MaltAndPepper

4 жыл бұрын

Or as the Dutch say: afgeblazen (blown off).

@float32

4 жыл бұрын

That’s unfortunate, they should have just flipped it around to the worlds fastest Dutch tailwind race.

@RainaRamsay

4 жыл бұрын

@@float32 XD

@JackFoxtrotEDM

4 жыл бұрын

You said the truck “threatened” to tip over and I’m just imagining it like sitting there, “Don’t make me do it! I’ll tip over! DON’T TEST ME.”

"I do triathlon in my spare time" possibly the most Dutch thing ever said. 😁

@martinjansen3834

6 ай бұрын

We seem to be world champions 'spare time'. And I would like to keep it that way :)

"We choose to go to the Moon and ride a Dutch bicycle against ridiculous headwind, not because it is easy, but because it is hard."

@mbords01

Жыл бұрын

"....because I do not know!"

@prophetzarquon1922

Жыл бұрын

"because it's there"

@onpahanvaan

Жыл бұрын

This must have been one of those "other things" he was talking about.

@vinnieg6161

Жыл бұрын

this would be an event I'd watch for sure

"It's a serious event..." *Immediately Cut To Guy Doing The Race In A Suit*

@raefrater4172

4 жыл бұрын

Well, if it's a serious event best certainly dressed for the occasion😂

@Thespokenone

4 жыл бұрын

Can't get more professional than a suit, now can you?

@mr2octavio

4 жыл бұрын

@@Thespokenone professional is not synonim of serious

@timmccarthy872

4 жыл бұрын

Dude looked like a Mormon missionary

@milannossin2098

4 жыл бұрын

The guy in the suit said in another interview they would get a beer at the finish. Sorority goals. But they found out later they only serve 0 % alchohol beers.

The fact that Tom got usable audio while there is an achievement in itself. 120 kmh/75 mph wind is insane

@Charles-A

4 жыл бұрын

Thank that fuzzball

@Senokone

4 жыл бұрын

It was recorded a few days after the storm when the wind was not that strong anymore, but still strong enough to be a challenge. I agree though.

@loganbull6351

4 жыл бұрын

Man's using rtx voice

@kian9730

4 жыл бұрын

In dutch we would call that: "een briesje"

@Cerucid

4 жыл бұрын

Isn't that near tropical storm winds?

"Here the tide is ruled by the wind, the moon, and Us" is such an incredible line, whoever came up with it should be very proud

this is just how every dutch kid goes to school remembering getting home in storms, cycling and having a gust of wind just reverse your momentum is no fun

@tvdg2482

Жыл бұрын

Pushing the pedal with all your might and you're literally stuck in the spot

@paulharmsen3187

6 ай бұрын

The days when the wind was your friend were so cool. Tailwind to school and tailwind back home because it turned. Instead of a relaxed cruise ride we would just race though because you could go superfast 😂

I love everything about this: the "standard dutch bike," the the fact that it's clearly difficult to stand up in this weather, let alone bike, the perfect Dutch english, and that final line. Bravo

@Wyattporter

4 жыл бұрын

“Why are you doing this?” “I don’t know.” “Do you usually do bike races?” “No.” “How hard is this?” “Very hard”

@Madhattersinjeans

4 жыл бұрын

Can't believe they don't have gears. How on earth do you get anywhere without gears on a bike? It would be workout day every day with those things surely?

@steyn1775

4 жыл бұрын

@@Madhattersinjeans biking often and having strong leg muscles does the trick

@JiniJane

4 жыл бұрын

​@@Madhattersinjeans a lot of dutch people (like me) prefer bike without gears, because it's just another part of the bike that can break. Also it's a flat country

@Exgrmbl

4 жыл бұрын

@@Madhattersinjeans The country is so flat that you get little to no use out of the added complexity of gears. Similar in northern Germany.

-why are you doing this -I don’t know Literally me everyday

@raefrater4172

4 жыл бұрын

Mood

@MikeBMW

4 жыл бұрын

Welcome to life, in general. ;)

@markfox1545

3 жыл бұрын

It you were the person being interviewed it would literally be you - and the word literally would be superfluous. It wasn't you so forcing the word literally into the sentence to emphasize that something untrue IS true is ridiculous.

@maciejseraficki5418

3 жыл бұрын

@@markfox1545 dude, chill out

I once a randomly witnessed group of like twenty people doing a ‘very serious’ bicycle race with the aim of finishing last without stepping on the ground or going into a direction further back than the line perpendicular to the road

Although, if you live in those villages in Zeeland and have to go to high-school in Zierikzee you may find yourself doing this on an almost daily basis (maybe a little less wind most times) for 11 kilometers one-way. The best days are always when the wind then turns while you are at school and you have "tegenwind" on the way back home too :p

@meatnotcooked6269

Жыл бұрын

I’m a Dutchmen and I do 15km one way every day. You get used to it ( my brother does 20 )

A shame that rhymes can be rarely translated across languages! Perhaps a less literal translation could be: Here rule over the sea the moon, the wind, and we

@FirefoxisredExplorerisblueGoog

4 жыл бұрын

I like that translation :)

@2001Pieps

4 жыл бұрын

My take: Here over tide rule three the moon, the wind and we

@AbiGail-ok7fc

4 жыл бұрын

That rhymes, but it's a bad translation, as it completely misses the point. The dams control the tides, not the sea. It was the tides, in combination with a storm which caused the flooding of Zeeland in 1953. The Oosterschelde is a marvel because it lets in the tides, unless we say otherwise. It's all about the tides.

@RainaRamsay

4 жыл бұрын

@RainaRamsay

4 жыл бұрын

@@2001Pieps

Amazing, I wonder how they train. Edit: "Here, the tide is ruled by the wind, the moon and us." has to be the most badass thing I've heard.

@MichaelSteeves

4 жыл бұрын

A take on the classic Dutch saying: "God made the world, but the Dutch made the Netherlands."

@Creamcups

4 жыл бұрын

Probably just the daily commute

@schaap9142

4 жыл бұрын

As a dutch person even i didnt know about this stone. In dutch it sounds ridicously badass and it rhymes

@Quintinohthree

4 жыл бұрын

@@MichaelSteeves Isn't that a French saying originally?

@parwes540

4 жыл бұрын

Well many people here take the bike as its commonly known, now in cities it's not so much of a deal but outside of the big cities in small towns or open field you regularly have to put up with a lot of wind, now imagine yourself cycling 10 - 20 kilometers every day to get to your school/work, I imagine thats how most casual people train.

The Dutch seem to have a rather uncanny ability to laugh at the face of nature! Threatened by floods. Dam the entire country. High winds! Great! Perfect biking weather :p

@imtiredtoday

3 жыл бұрын

That's the Dutch mentality, face the danger don't hide in the corner of your room. If you do the danger won't be lessened so be proactive (and sometimes reactive)

@jasrajsinghbhinder5033

3 жыл бұрын

@@imtiredtoday Damn good way to live, I agree! Face the challenge!

@jorka4691

2 жыл бұрын

@@imtiredtoday And where was that Dutch mentality in ww2 again?

@ZambiblasianOgre

2 жыл бұрын

@@jorka4691 Kanker op.

@tetaomichel

Жыл бұрын

@@jorka4691 I do not know where you live but how long would your nation be safe for the Nazi regime? We are direct neighbors and many times smaller. There a lot to learn about the real Dutch mentality in many ways. Look at our history and understand it's a wonder our country even exists. It was the mentality that made it so.

Love this - love to the Dutch from UK! ❤️

We all know the true purpose of the dam was for bike races. Flood control was just to get the funding

@firapuroki4571

4 жыл бұрын

Why? Because dutch! What other explanation u want?

@zakariaao

3 жыл бұрын

Hell no, if that thing wasnt there the netherlands would've been flooded multiple times

@JoshSweetvale

3 жыл бұрын

Moreover, it's a sluice dam. To protect what most people would call cold swamp vermin in the Zeeland delta.

@zakariaao

3 жыл бұрын

@@JoshSweetvale the netherlands was a swamp

@Gsfkdhkjhgfs

3 жыл бұрын

@@zakariaao ...woooosh

“It’s a serious event, with permissions and everything”

@cry0lite800

4 жыл бұрын

I loled so hard. And they say the Dutch are good at English.

@Hans-gb4mv

4 жыл бұрын

They should have revoked the permission for the storm, too strong.

@EddieHart

4 жыл бұрын

That’s correct English.

@jethrovaningen

4 жыл бұрын

Permissions, permits... Close enough.

@MrSjoerd1995

4 жыл бұрын

They actually did cancel the event after about half the people started. The other half could not go because the bus to pick them up could not drive through the storm.

As a U.S. expat living in Antwerp for the past seven years, the longer I am here, the more I wish I had gone to the NL instead. Damn I love the Dutch.

@gijsv8419

3 жыл бұрын

You are not that far from the Dutch. Enjoy the Belgium beer and mosselen.

@Burning_Dwarf

Жыл бұрын

Eh antwerpen used to be dutch, 🤣 Also not even an hour drive from the border (if you make it of the ring that is)

@tetaomichel

Жыл бұрын

As a soldier, you could walk to the Netherlands from Antwerp. Just buy a trainticket and be in Amsterdam within the hour.

So.. from experience; I used to cycle to work at Netherlands when I was deputed there (almost everybody in Netherlands uses bi-cycles) , as a person not from Netherlands trying to ride a bi-cycle over there was a whole new level of challenge. You'd encounter sudden gusts pushing from sides and without proper brakes one might be pushed into the canals to say high to the fishes. The weather is absolute badass and people are kind to strangers (comparative to my life experience).

Winds are up to 120km per hour. The Dutch: Let's have a bike race!

@Nadia1989

4 жыл бұрын

Probably one of the most Dutch thing ever

@Sophia-bm9ch

4 жыл бұрын

Also the dutch: *looking at a tiny hill* "Were not climbing that are we?" (speaking as a dutchy)

@quill3554

4 жыл бұрын

@@Sophia-bm9ch Oh that's recognisable

@TheDutchyNL

4 жыл бұрын

@@Sophia-bm9ch Laughs in Limburgs

@Carewolf

4 жыл бұрын

@@Sophia-bm9ch As long as you don't speak like a duchy.

-"Why are you doing this?" -"I don't know. I really don't know." You have to love the Dutch!

@JoeFamilyGuy69

4 жыл бұрын

Aldus, Kai Broeking.

@Patty_Brard

4 жыл бұрын

@@JoeFamilyGuy69 hahahahaha

@spinjitzustudios780

3 жыл бұрын

That's me everyday when i ask myself what i'm doing

@jdv943

2 жыл бұрын

"why are you doing this?" because im still better at it than you are!

@jobmeems365

2 жыл бұрын

That’s our entire life

Super cool! I am a bike sports enthusiast from Northern Germany and I apreciate this. ^^

Aww hearing you say "success" in Dutch like we do was very heartwarming. Thanks for covering my small country 😌

"It’s a serious event, with permissions and everything." because nothing is more serious for a brit than when you need permission for it

@green0563

4 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣

@Meaisk

4 жыл бұрын

I'd like to add that this was scheduled in advance, and not set-up in 3 days to have this extreme version.

@internetdinosaur8810

4 жыл бұрын

Oi I know moi roights

@flippedbovine8986

4 жыл бұрын

Oi mate! I certainly hope you have your Boicycle race loicense!

@nomadben

4 жыл бұрын

@@Meaisk Thanks for clarifying, I was wondering that. It would be even more awesome if they put it together in less than three days haha

Here, the tide is ruled by the wind, the moon and us. What an amazing quote

@EvilTurtle97

4 жыл бұрын

Pitty the translation doesn't really rhyme, an alternative from another commenter is better imo: 'Here rule over the sea the moon, the wind, and we'

@walterclements7968

4 жыл бұрын

@@EvilTurtle97 this one (a reply on the comment you quoted) is even better: Here over the tide rule three The moon, the wind and we

@classesanytime

3 жыл бұрын

God created earth, the Dutch created the Netherlands !!

Thank you for not dragging this into a 20 minute video for no reason, as others tend to do.

I've experienced something similar in Texas. Though it was only 60mph winds. As a child trying to ride my bike to a friend's house, I ended up going home after the wind picked up halfway. I literally couldn't move forward the way I was going. I tried to walk the bike the rest of the way but quickly gave up after being pushed over several times by random gusts. Strong winds are no joke.

Fun fact: "uitwaaien" is a dutch word for going out in the wind, to freshen up, as a therapy or to feel better. It roughly translates to "blowing out/off".

@bramvanduijn8086

4 жыл бұрын

Just go for a walk and let all the bad feelings blow away.

@sirBrouwer

4 жыл бұрын

and the more wind the more it is just fun. only down side is that sand is painful when it is being blown in your face.

@revenevan11

4 жыл бұрын

This makes me wish it were nicely windy more often where I live, most of the time the wind only comes with types of weather you can't really go out in. When there is a clear day with strong wind though, it feels so cleansing and good!

@v1perys

4 жыл бұрын

Ho! And it has a russian equivalent of "проветривать(ся)", which is exactly "submerge into the wind"

@mattheodewit

4 жыл бұрын

@Fedor Fun fact, you've read the alquin magazine about "uitwaaien"

love how the Dutch dialect 'We kriehen sturm' (general Dutch: We krijgen storm) sounds like Tom pronouncing Dutch

@BramSenders

4 жыл бұрын

What dialect is that anyway? Achterhoeks?

@maicod

4 жыл бұрын

I believe it is Zeeuws or Zuid-ZuidHollands as that is the region of the Oosterscheldekering. Achterhoek is in the East Netherlands and this is in any case in the West Netherlands so it can't be that.

@BramSenders

4 жыл бұрын

@@maicod I see, geography has never been my strongest suit. ;) Thanks!

@ZumbaMarx

4 жыл бұрын

Bram Senders It’s Zeeuws. Source: I’m Zeeuws.

Him saying 'oosterscheldekering' just made my day a whole lot better

Damn Tom, your reporting really blew me away! Glad to see you're not just recycling old stuff.

I feel so lame but this actually made my eyes well up a little bit. I just love how intrinsically and purely human this whole thing is - the fact it's on such a monument to human achievement is just the icing on the cake.

@TheTunamouse

Жыл бұрын

right?? glad I'm not the only one.

@olayomateoreynaud9956

Жыл бұрын

@@TheTunamouse Me too! 🥲

UHG I live like FIVE MINUTES from there and I was going to cycle there around the time you were recording, but decided against it. Now that I know you were there recording I have never felt so much pain.

@FlorisDoetDingenEchtWaar

4 жыл бұрын

.

@Gagvlog

4 жыл бұрын

..

@niels1917

4 жыл бұрын

i worked there that day... you can see my camera AND I MISSED TOM FK SCOTT

@sirBrouwer

4 жыл бұрын

@@niels1917 what camera? OmroepZeeland?

@revenevan11

4 жыл бұрын

F

There was meant to be a tail wind competition this year aswell but tester still hasn't been found after they clocked him at 250 mph

I happen to be in the Netherlands for study abroad right now and I have to say biking against the wind is an experience like no other.

As a Dutch person, I have two things to say. One: Tom, kudos for doing your darnedest to try and pronounce Dutch words. Two: you have my permission to stop doing that... Liefs uit Groningen!

@Nyxeme

4 жыл бұрын

Hoppa, er gaat niets boven Grunn!

@unoriginalenby4311

4 жыл бұрын

telt Groningen wel als Nederland?

@civiere

4 жыл бұрын

@@unoriginalenby4311 alles heb voor en nadelen, westen heb disco's wij hebbe de autobahn ;)

@mirjanbouma

4 жыл бұрын

@@unoriginalenby4311 absoluut, je denkt aan Noord-Brabant, dat is reserve-België.

@rolfvankleef8439

4 жыл бұрын

@@mirjanbouma Pfff, bedoel je niet Limburg?

I've just read an article about this! -"'I survived, but it’s very tough,' said 56-year-old Hans Deting, his right hand dripping with blood after he was blown off his bike. ... One man made a bold fashion statement by wearing a onesie emblazoned with Brussels sprouts over his cycling gear. ... 'There’s nowhere to hide,' Stoekenbroek said."

@potatoonastick2239

4 жыл бұрын

Love how even the names in this story sounds overly Dutch. "Hans", or better yet, """Stoekenbroek""". I want that name :D

That last line (in conjunction with the intro) absolutely pulled this video from being neat to being powerfully evocative and hopeful. Amazing work, Tom!

That arch from biking against the wind to ruling over the elements was brilliant! Thanks 😁

@bilinasmini3480

4 жыл бұрын

🔥 0:56 💯💚 👇👇👇👇💓

"People hurting themselves just enough to be interesting" is more true than I think I wanted it to be!

Something you didn't mention is that it was cancelled this year after a few hours because... The wind was too strong!

@atec0404

4 жыл бұрын

And as stated before, it wasn't too strong for the cyclist. It was too strong for the trucks that had to bring back the bikes

@jamesmnguyen

4 жыл бұрын

@@atec0404 I just realized that someome has to bring the bikes back. Now I understand.

@sirBrouwer

4 жыл бұрын

@@atec0404 the whole barrier got shut down for all traffic all together. it really got stronger later on. (still fun to walk at the beach fighting the wind and sand)

@FernieCanto

4 жыл бұрын

Humans at wind: "We can beat you." Wind: "Hold my tsunamis."

@sirBrouwer

4 жыл бұрын

@@FernieCanto Us Dutch people: is that a challenge? We already have a barrier for that. we call it the UK.

Today this competition was scheduled to be held again but it has been canceled due to much wind.

This is how a news segment should be done. It is excellent.

1:55 you can see that savonius turbine behind her going absolutely ham.

@woutervanr

4 жыл бұрын

him I think

@acrofanatic

3 жыл бұрын

@@woutervanr her

The most amazing thing in this video is the mic quality

That last quote almost made me cry.

I am amazed by the length of the video and the amount of information that you managed to fit in under 3 minutes while still making the video fun. It's a very rare thing now that everyone is stretching their videos just so they can fit 2 or 3 ads and make them look like a small percentage of the video length.

G E K O L O N I ... Wait! I mean G E P O L D E R D

@VeraTR909

4 жыл бұрын

D E L T A W E R K E N

@RobFeldkamp

4 жыл бұрын

eindelijk iets origineels :)

@Excalibaard

4 жыл бұрын

@@VeraTR909 makker, Deltawerken zijn geen specerij

@mennoberga4133

4 жыл бұрын

Een polder is gekoloniseerde zee

@BEstudent

2 жыл бұрын

Veel Angelsaksisch gebrabbel van deze meneer! ;-)

This is the most Dutch thing I've ever seen

@taerial879

4 жыл бұрын

Not those morons wearing these silly plastic hats (aka helmets) though!

@civiere

4 жыл бұрын

@@taerial879 really depends on where you life m8. in holland we dont need them, but if id be riding in the uk as a dutch guy id be wearing one dude. that country isnt made for bicycles!

@theGoogol

3 жыл бұрын

Check out the Nieuwjaarsduik ;)

@spinjitzustudios780

3 жыл бұрын

@@taerial879 Ever heard about S I N T E R K L A A S

This channel is a master class in making things interesting and doing it in a very short amount of time.

I can tell you from personal experience, even a weak to medium strong SIDE wind is hell to cycle through in open landscape. This is insane!

I like how you don't stretch your videos out to 10 minutes, thanks for keeping it short and sweet.

Doing it on the way back must be soooo much fun!!

@hisss

4 жыл бұрын

Nope, the wind will have turned. Dutch wind is a right twat :p

@JVerschueren

4 жыл бұрын

I used to do that... struggle for 15-20km against a high wind along the canal where we used to live, just so I could "fly" back at over 30km/h.

@Jkirek_

4 жыл бұрын

It would be absolutely terrifying, since you couldn't break properly. With these kinds of winds "going with it" means getting blown away.

@hisss

4 жыл бұрын

@@Jkirek_ Oh you'd break properly alright...you'd break every bone in your body and everything in your path...

@callumhardy5098

4 жыл бұрын

@@Jkirek_ yeeeees! excellent im giving that a go!

I rode over the entire deltaworks on a biketour while I was on holiday there. Even with normal windspeeds it was a brutal yet awesome experience.

The way you communicate your interests and share your passion for out of the ordinary stuff is truly enlightening. Thanks for sharing😊❤

Seems windy, guess that's the point Respect for the Participants and props to the dutch for their water infrastructures and propperly respecting cycling in culture and transport.

@DerekSmit

4 жыл бұрын

Yes they have James Bond an a license to kill, we have Jan Bart and a license to ride against the wind

AAAAAAh come on! I live 15 minutes away from there and I thought it wouldn't be interesting so I didn't go, I could have met tom!

@robertlinke2666

4 жыл бұрын

volgende keer beter

@crashmatrix

4 жыл бұрын

I'm up here in Amsterdam, and I seriously considered going. Wish I had now.

You've just got to love the Dutch!

@geennaam1201

Жыл бұрын

ohh bedankt

This is what life is about! Love this, love the Dutch. Brilliant.

As a cycling ref, I just want to send a love letter to all the wonderful craziness that is bicycle racers. You make the world more joyful.

Only if I knew you were there. Great.

@chrisuyleman1672

4 жыл бұрын

Saame bruh

@RDMracer

4 жыл бұрын

Would have visited the event if I knew Thom was there, it was a 15 minute drive...

i hardly ever comment on youtube videos but there is just something so special and moving about this one. about the human spirit and our strange and ever evolving relationship with nature as we impose ourself onto the world.

Thanks so much for continually bringing us fascinating snippets of odd and surprising facts and places. You’re a legend!

That’s the furriest mic I’ve ever seen

@insanejughead

4 жыл бұрын

Hahaha, it's called a 'dead cat' for good reason!

@willdrug

4 жыл бұрын

And it still fails to dampen this wind

@anononomous

4 жыл бұрын

@@willdrug I suspect it is actually doing a damn good job. With just a phone mic I doubt you'd be able to make out anything at all.

@ShaunCheah

4 жыл бұрын

It doesn't remove the sound of the wind altogether, but it absolutely succeeds in dampening the sound of the wind. Without it, you'd basically just be hearing static. Just noticed that you didn't even say it fails to dampen the sound, but that it fails to dampen the wind itself. The funny thing is I think Tom already has a video about a series of giant constructions in the Netherlands that actually do dampen the wind.

@willdrug

4 жыл бұрын

@@anononomous I'm not saying it should remove the sound completely or that it's doing a bad job, far from it. Rather that the wind is so strong that sounds components that are usually removed completely are still coming through and the whole level is far higher than usual

I just thought the Netherlands was full of really nice people, now I can add bonkers to that description.

@LyricalDJ

4 жыл бұрын

Crazy can be fun, didn't you know? ;o)

@theobolt250

3 жыл бұрын

Well it makes for a good combination. Nice is good for relations and trade. Bonkers is good to deal with all the set backs life throws at you.

Often people from abroad say about our Dutch bicycle culture: “yeh, but your country is flat” my reply is always: “we have wind” It’s usually not as strong as in this video, but it’s always there. Many times I had to bike to school looking sideways because the wind prevents you to breath. (And the country is not flat everywhere)

@illdeletethismusic

3 жыл бұрын

sounds like the perfect place for bikes with sails

@koenven7012

Жыл бұрын

@@illdeletethismusic not really, because you will always have headwind, no matter what direction you're going in.

@illdeletethismusic

Жыл бұрын

@@koenven7012 so you need a sail that works in small angles to the wind. with tyres not letting you drift as much as water, the loss of usable angle from drift is smaller already, so you can go sharper to the wind already

@pichapornsutthavas3315

Жыл бұрын

I remembered once in University back in Groningen that we had the storm and lecture stopped halfway so every one can go home. The wind was so strong most people can't maintain the balance( wind were perpendicular to the riding direction).

i can already feel that storm approaching, provoking, gives them motivation to pedal harder

This started like a Tim Traveler video

@insanejughead

4 жыл бұрын

The difficult to pronounce Dutch words, right?

@Kuchenblech_Mafioso

4 жыл бұрын

@@insanejughead For me it was the "it was not what I'm here to talk about". A bit like "and were are here to see none of it"

@maxtremetrains3743

4 жыл бұрын

Oh yes, its all coming together.

@cogitoergoludo

4 жыл бұрын

That’s what I thought XD

@cyrilio

4 жыл бұрын

+1 for Tim Traveler.

I got goosebumps hearing that inscription!

@liqwiz

4 жыл бұрын

It is both humble and powerful. We do not pretend to control nature, but we sure are equal.

i love how your videos tend to have a philosophical meaning or something to take away, amazing!

Finding the "Here, the tide is ruled by the moon, the wind, and us." stone 4000 years in the future with little remains of the dam must be one of the coolest things future generations will find about our times

As a media student I feel like you did a god tier work to remove wind!

That looks extremely brutal. I can feel the lactic acid building up in their legs. God bless the Dutch

@JoshSweetvale

3 жыл бұрын

This is how we go to school for 12 years. Sometimes even college, university! I work in an office tower with an underground bike parking lot!

@obama69890

3 жыл бұрын

what is that?

@imtiredtoday

3 жыл бұрын

@@obama69890 a parking garage for bicycles not to uncommon at schools and train stations

I love the Dutch, they're so gloriously, beautifully mental. Gives me hope for the future of humanity.

That inscription at the end gave me chills, whoa

Ja.. het was inderdaad pittig windig vandaag.. 👀

@senpaipugs

4 жыл бұрын

Dak van mn blokhut is dr zelfs af gewaaid

@SmartMario1

4 жыл бұрын

@@senpaipugs damn sterkte

@maantjemol

4 жыл бұрын

zeker

@rzeka

4 жыл бұрын

I don't know Dutch but I understood that whole comment

@Julian_0536

4 жыл бұрын

"the ostersheldekearing" goed genederlandst Tom!

Tom, no need to apologize with such an appropriately used and well pronounced 'succes' like the one at 2:04!

@daisy-mw7px

4 жыл бұрын

I feel like that was still just English

@artifex2.080

3 жыл бұрын

@@daisy-mw7px you can clearly hear the hard U and C

Oh I love this so much. Just when you though the world has gone to heck, you see news like this!🎉

as far as news segments go...this was one of the best examples of one concise yet very informative. interesting and well put with a script that's got all that you need to colour it a success, now I'm stuck sitting here thinking how do I implement this into one of my classes.

I love how you make more interesting videos on KZread about the Netherlands than any dutch channel. Keep up the good work :)

@WouterWeggelaar

4 жыл бұрын

Are there any informative Dutch channels?

@PGraveDigger1

4 жыл бұрын

@@WouterWeggelaar Zondag met Lubach is relatively informative.

@Cobalt985

2 жыл бұрын

NotJustBikes though!

"It's a serious event." *guy with a suit and tie appears

@ivragi

4 жыл бұрын

He's wearing a safety tie. Everything is fine.

@ThomasKrKr

4 жыл бұрын

business meetings are serious people attend business meetings with suits and ties dont they?

@stanislaviliev6305

4 жыл бұрын

@@ivragi Of course, how could I have missed that

@megalondonkleuter

3 жыл бұрын

The race itself is a serious business

@JoshSweetvale

3 жыл бұрын

Frat hijinks.

This was super interesting and I loved the message. Thanks for all the great content, Tom!

this is a textbook "don't ask why, ask why not instead" scenario. you have to love the dutch for it.

Great Scott that you were there Tom ! I guess this event also triggers nostalgic memories for most people which had to bicycle to school everyday (for me 13km single track) and of course you always had headwind in those memories. I think it is typical Dutch (but not exclusive!!) not to accept this force of nature by competing against it.

These types of crazy events are what makes life worth living! Thank you for the great video Tom.

It suits very the motto of Zeeland: Luctor et Emergo (I struggle and emerge).

I loved this, the championship and your take on it. Thanks

A more poetic translation would be: " The masters of the tides are thee: the moon, the winds and we."

@boium.

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, it uses a bit of poetic licence. It's not mine though, I found it on r/thenetherlands

@ikbintom

4 жыл бұрын

You mean three rather than thee?

@peterslegers6121

4 жыл бұрын

You need another sentence to pair with that: Across the tides pass three: the moon, the wind and we.

@RDMracer

4 жыл бұрын

That doesn't rhime in Dutch

@drimihq7724

4 жыл бұрын

@@RDMracer that's why it's a poetic translation, to make rhyme in English

air resistance is ALWAYS squared with the increase of speed, no matter if you, or the wind goes faster

@danieldonkersloot3565

4 жыл бұрын

Came here to add this too.

@luelou8464

4 жыл бұрын

Until you reach transonic speeds, then it gets really complicated.

@elevadon

4 жыл бұрын

Not when dealing with laminar flow, like low velocity winds

@lars3509

4 жыл бұрын

That's not true. The air resistance for laminar flow is proportional to the wind speed, but in almost all cases air (or other gases) flow turbulent.

@leafonsayushood

4 жыл бұрын

ok we need to get laminar flow into highschool textbooks

This was great! Reminds me of where I live in Alaska. The wind is notoriously bad because of the valley we're in and we get sustained 60 with upwards 100 mph gusts. It's no fun with sub-zero weather.

Tom Scott, you teleport me to interesting places and events I will likely never see in person. Thank you.

This is utter madnesss! That's one of many reasons i love and admire the Dutchies :D

Your mic quality is amazing! I wouldn't expect a news station to sound that clear in those conditions.

You teach me so much interesting stuff about my own country. Thank you.

Is it just me or is the line on the stone the most badass thing in the video? "Here the tide is ruled by the wind, the moon, and us."