Fierljeppen

Fierljeppen in Linschoten
Newsreel footage of the 1961 Fierljeppen Championships in Winsum

Fierljeppen (West-Frisian compound of fier—"far" and ljeppen—"leaping") or polsstokverspringen is a traditional sport of the West Frisian people in the Dutch province of Fryslân. The sport is nowadays also popular in the province of Utrecht which produced record holder Jaco de Groot.