Comments on: Rowing Fail http://failblog.org/2008/10/27/rowing-fail/ Fail and Epic Fail Pictures and Videos in one blog. For all those precious fail moments, whip out your camera and see your epic fail picture and videos here. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:08:20 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Fails lol http://failblog.org/2008/10/27/rowing-fail/#comment-635229 Fails lol Fri, 09 Oct 2009 22:55:06 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=7363#comment-635229 STOOP ROOOWEIN!!!!! STOP ROWEHIN'! STOAP ROAEHN!!!!!! STOOP ROOOWEIN!!!!! STOP ROWEHIN’! STOAP ROAEHN!!!!!!

]]> By: Interneta pieslēgums http://failblog.org/2008/10/27/rowing-fail/#comment-632922 Interneta pieslēgums Thu, 08 Oct 2009 11:52:18 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=7363#comment-632922 he said stop rowing like 5 times he said stop rowing like 5 times

]]> By: gigiosantos http://failblog.org/2008/10/27/rowing-fail/#comment-540387 gigiosantos Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:39:16 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=7363#comment-540387 STOP ROWING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! STOP ROWING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

]]> By: cAS http://failblog.org/2008/10/27/rowing-fail/#comment-489724 cAS Fri, 26 Jun 2009 01:15:17 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=7363#comment-489724 this is another way how gymnastics prevents a guy from getting layed....lol this is another way how gymnastics prevents a guy from getting layed….lol

]]> By: JonnoJ http://failblog.org/2008/10/27/rowing-fail/#comment-444552 JonnoJ Sun, 31 May 2009 04:17:28 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=7363#comment-444552 Intelligence fail. Hearing fail. Intelligence fail. Hearing fail.

]]> By: JB Whatchacallit http://failblog.org/2008/10/27/rowing-fail/#comment-436106 JB Whatchacallit Tue, 26 May 2009 04:34:13 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=7363#comment-436106 Since you've done this before, I've always had a question about the sport. Can the rowers actually hear and understand the coach? The distance plus all of the water splash must make this difficult (esp Olympic crew)? Was that why they didn't react? Since you’ve done this before, I’ve always had a question about the sport. Can the rowers actually hear and understand the coach? The distance plus all of the water splash must make this difficult (esp Olympic crew)? Was that why they didn’t react?

]]> By: j-money http://failblog.org/2008/10/27/rowing-fail/#comment-363970 j-money Thu, 09 Apr 2009 19:23:55 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=7363#comment-363970 coxswain fail! coxswain fail!

]]> By: Failure_is_an_option http://failblog.org/2008/10/27/rowing-fail/#comment-284445 Failure_is_an_option Sat, 14 Feb 2009 09:28:42 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=7363#comment-284445 WIN WIN

]]> By: Failure_is_an_option http://failblog.org/2008/10/27/rowing-fail/#comment-284443 Failure_is_an_option Sat, 14 Feb 2009 09:25:19 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=7363#comment-284443 How ever they call it, "STOP ROWING!!!" would be enough for me to get the idea that something isnt quite right. How ever they call it, “STOP ROWING!!!” would be enough for me to get the idea that something isnt quite right.

]]> By: Mifoley http://failblog.org/2008/10/27/rowing-fail/#comment-215644 Mifoley Sun, 21 Dec 2008 02:02:05 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=7363#comment-215644 Those oars they are using cost about $300 a piece. Those oars they are using cost about $300 a piece.

]]> By: Kate http://failblog.org/2008/10/27/rowing-fail/#comment-212359 Kate Thu, 18 Dec 2008 16:28:37 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=7363#comment-212359 Yes, it's true that the coxswain maintained a steady course so they did see the pole . . . but it's also the coxswain's job to look around the rowers to make sure that there's nothing in the way. I was a pretty short coxswain compared to my rowers, so I constantly had to peek around them to make sure there was nothing in the way. There's no excuse for not seeing that pole-it's not like it jumped out of nowhere . . . Yes, it’s true that the coxswain maintained a steady course so they did see the pole . . . but it’s also the coxswain’s job to look around the rowers to make sure that there’s nothing in the way. I was a pretty short coxswain compared to my rowers, so I constantly had to peek around them to make sure there was nothing in the way.

There’s no excuse for not seeing that pole-it’s not like it jumped out of nowhere . . .

]]> By: The Irony of Rabbish http://failblog.org/2008/10/27/rowing-fail/#comment-192291 The Irony of Rabbish Wed, 03 Dec 2008 07:26:53 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=7363#comment-192291 It's ironic that this whole post above is contains a fail on a site about failure. Rabbish... hilarious. It’s ironic that this whole post above is contains a fail on a site about failure. Rabbish… hilarious.

]]> By: Dane http://failblog.org/2008/10/27/rowing-fail/#comment-189012 Dane Mon, 01 Dec 2008 08:29:33 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=7363#comment-189012 i was there when that happen , the guy that fell out of the boat broke his arm funny though , go riverview i was there when that happen , the guy that fell out of the boat broke his arm funny though , go riverview

]]> By: katara http://failblog.org/2008/10/27/rowing-fail/#comment-188728 katara Mon, 01 Dec 2008 00:18:57 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=7363#comment-188728 yeah as a 3rd year rower ive seen one of our own new coxyns steer one of our 4s into a concret pillar and just bout broke the boat. ive also seen our coach hit a fence with our boats on the trailer and break bout the last foot off the end of it yeah as a 3rd year rower ive seen one of our own new coxyns steer one of our 4s into a concret pillar and just bout broke the boat.
ive also seen our coach hit a fence with our boats on the trailer and break bout the last foot off the end of it

]]> By: katara http://failblog.org/2008/10/27/rowing-fail/#comment-188726 katara Mon, 01 Dec 2008 00:16:28 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=7363#comment-188726 EPIC COXYN FAIL yeah your supposed 2 say "way enough" but that works too if you saved a bunch of money on your boat insurance by switiching to geico EPIC COXYN FAIL
yeah your supposed 2 say “way enough”
but that works too if you saved a bunch of money on your boat insurance by switiching to geico

]]> By: Jake http://failblog.org/2008/10/27/rowing-fail/#comment-169817 Jake Sun, 16 Nov 2008 05:44:12 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=7363#comment-169817 2006 2006

]]> By: Jake http://failblog.org/2008/10/27/rowing-fail/#comment-169816 Jake Sun, 16 Nov 2008 05:39:46 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=7363#comment-169816 I'd like to see a video of the Peking University crew sinking at 2007 Head of the Charles. that was pretty hilarious I’d like to see a video of the Peking University crew sinking at 2007 Head of the Charles. that was pretty hilarious

]]> By: Jake http://failblog.org/2008/10/27/rowing-fail/#comment-169814 Jake Sun, 16 Nov 2008 05:35:36 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=7363#comment-169814 It's St. Ignatius. classic fail. I think every rower has seen it at least a few dozen times It’s St. Ignatius. classic fail. I think every rower has seen it at least a few dozen times

]]> By: adam http://failblog.org/2008/10/27/rowing-fail/#comment-167495 adam Fri, 14 Nov 2008 02:16:26 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=7363#comment-167495 lol well croker oars, which these are, i have a set for my boat, - for just the standards, £300 each, that $600 each, x4 broken =$2400 ......if they where superlights like mine then £500 each, $1000 so $4000 expensive fail anyway! lol well croker oars, which these are, i have a set for my boat, – for just the standards, £300 each, that $600 each, x4 broken =$2400 ……if they where superlights like mine then £500 each, $1000 so $4000

expensive fail anyway!

]]> By: Kyle http://failblog.org/2008/10/27/rowing-fail/#comment-162300 Kyle Mon, 10 Nov 2008 06:33:45 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=7363#comment-162300 That's my school...*sigh* That’s my school…*sigh*

]]> By: SuffusionOfYellow http://failblog.org/2008/10/27/rowing-fail/#comment-152767 SuffusionOfYellow Sat, 01 Nov 2008 22:55:26 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=7363#comment-152767 No, this is an Aussie school. You must have been away from the UK a long time to think it can look that warm in Britain in February/March... Although a few years back the Cambridge crew did pile at full speed into 15 tonne launch, and about 20 years earlier, Cambridge managed to wreck their boat on a barge while going up to the start... No, this is an Aussie school. You must have been away from the UK a long time to think it can look that warm in Britain in February/March…

Although a few years back the Cambridge crew did pile at full speed into 15 tonne launch, and about 20 years earlier, Cambridge managed to wreck their boat on a barge while going up to the start…

]]> By: SuffusionOfYellow http://failblog.org/2008/10/27/rowing-fail/#comment-152765 SuffusionOfYellow Sat, 01 Nov 2008 22:50:26 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=7363#comment-152765 Except, the technically correct term in this case would have been "hold it up" or "hold hard" depending on which English speaking country you are in. If you're in the US (which your girlfriend is but the Australian crew ramming the giant pole isn't) then "weigh enough" is the command where you stop rowing but allow the boat to glide serenely onwards under its own momentum. Not a good call when the boat is about to hit a giant pole. Except, the technically correct term in this case would have been “hold it up” or “hold hard” depending on which English speaking country you are in. If you’re in the US (which your girlfriend is but the Australian crew ramming the giant pole isn’t) then “weigh enough” is the command where you stop rowing but allow the boat to glide serenely onwards under its own momentum. Not a good call when the boat is about to hit a giant pole.

]]> By: Spaztronomical http://failblog.org/2008/10/27/rowing-fail/#comment-152499 Spaztronomical Sat, 01 Nov 2008 16:48:43 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=7363#comment-152499 i can has kilt you boaf? i can has kilt you boaf?

]]> By: knob http://failblog.org/2008/10/27/rowing-fail/#comment-152160 knob Fri, 31 Oct 2008 23:20:34 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=7363#comment-152160 Damn glad these coments are normally hidden...thought i might get some extra info on the video , but thats not gonna happen with so many tools posting rubish like this Damn glad these coments are normally hidden…thought i might get some extra info on the video , but thats not gonna happen with so many tools posting rubish like this

]]> By: sanDmAN http://failblog.org/2008/10/27/rowing-fail/#comment-152064 sanDmAN Fri, 31 Oct 2008 21:18:14 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=7363#comment-152064 STOP ROWING!!!! STOP ROWING!!! WATCH THE POLE!!! STOP ROWING!!!! STOP ROWING!!! WATCH THE POLE!!!

]]> By: bobby joe http://failblog.org/2008/10/27/rowing-fail/#comment-150886 bobby joe Thu, 30 Oct 2008 21:27:03 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=7363#comment-150886 You guys are just so freaking FAIL with your freaking FIRST comments, who gives a freak??!! I'm sick of seeing it on every FREAKING post! You guys are just so freaking FAIL with your freaking FIRST comments, who gives a freak??!! I’m sick of seeing it on every FREAKING post!

]]> By: eric http://failblog.org/2008/10/27/rowing-fail/#comment-150674 eric Thu, 30 Oct 2008 19:09:35 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=7363#comment-150674 "did he say stop rowing? Or start Rowing. Cant tell the differnce. Well lets start rowing some more shall we." “did he say stop rowing? Or start Rowing. Cant tell the differnce. Well lets start rowing some more shall we.”

]]> By: Christine http://failblog.org/2008/10/27/rowing-fail/#comment-150591 Christine Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:16:53 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=7363#comment-150591 ... that's it? Damn, I gotta find out where you're buying them from. … that’s it?
Damn, I gotta find out where you’re buying them from.

]]> By: someone who knows much more than alleyq http://failblog.org/2008/10/27/rowing-fail/#comment-150364 someone who knows much more than alleyq Thu, 30 Oct 2008 15:15:41 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=7363#comment-150364 ITS NOT WEIGH ENOUGH, its HOLD WATER (USA) or HOLD HER HARD (UK) both mean emergency stop. alleyq....your are the worst kind of dumb ITS NOT WEIGH ENOUGH, its HOLD WATER (USA) or HOLD HER HARD (UK) both mean emergency stop.

alleyq….your are the worst kind of dumb

]]> By: MagZ http://failblog.org/2008/10/27/rowing-fail/#comment-150025 MagZ Thu, 30 Oct 2008 06:25:29 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=7363#comment-150025 or maybe be mus...? or a short bus-tard or maybe be mus…?
or a short bus-tard

]]> By: MagZ http://failblog.org/2008/10/27/rowing-fail/#comment-150022 MagZ Thu, 30 Oct 2008 06:17:41 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=7363#comment-150022 win! win!

]]> By: btm http://failblog.org/2008/10/27/rowing-fail/#comment-149654 btm Wed, 29 Oct 2008 20:04:26 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=7363#comment-149654 Well, eventually they stopped . . . Well, eventually they stopped . . .

]]> By: ilovesat http://failblog.org/2008/10/27/rowing-fail/#comment-149500 ilovesat Wed, 29 Oct 2008 17:28:12 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=7363#comment-149500 and shipped to a boarding school and shipped to a boarding school

]]> By: ilovesat http://failblog.org/2008/10/27/rowing-fail/#comment-149481 ilovesat Wed, 29 Oct 2008 17:23:03 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=7363#comment-149481 and shipped off to a boarding school and shipped off to a boarding school

]]> By: Dr Hugh http://failblog.org/2008/10/27/rowing-fail/#comment-149212 Dr Hugh Wed, 29 Oct 2008 13:39:39 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=7363#comment-149212 That won't work, you will fall off the end of your cox. Solution... longer cox! That won’t work, you will fall off the end of your cox. Solution… longer cox!

]]> By: bestillandknowthatiambob http://failblog.org/2008/10/27/rowing-fail/#comment-149205 bestillandknowthatiambob Wed, 29 Oct 2008 13:33:42 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=7363#comment-149205 i thought the guys in the boat would hit the pole from the back straight on i was like, OMGITWOULDBEFUNNYIFTHEYHITIT so not as funny as it could hav been... i thought the guys in the boat would hit the pole from the back straight on i was like, OMGITWOULDBEFUNNYIFTHEYHITIT so not as funny as it could hav been…

]]> By: deaddrift http://failblog.org/2008/10/27/rowing-fail/#comment-148877 deaddrift Wed, 29 Oct 2008 05:02:11 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=7363#comment-148877 Thanks, lame is lame. Thanks, lame is lame.

]]> By: Awesome http://failblog.org/2008/10/27/rowing-fail/#comment-148779 Awesome Wed, 29 Oct 2008 02:49:38 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=7363#comment-148779 LOL did u heer the guy? "NO! STOP ROWING! STOP ROWING! THERE'S A POLE!! STOP ROWING!!" man. priceless...... LOL did u heer the guy? “NO! STOP ROWING! STOP ROWING! THERE’S A POLE!! STOP ROWING!!” man. priceless……

]]> By: so do i.. http://failblog.org/2008/10/27/rowing-fail/#comment-148775 so do i.. Wed, 29 Oct 2008 02:43:54 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=7363#comment-148775 To further the academic discussion, "Weigh Enough" is only used in the 'state.. still, totally moot. doesn't seem like they would have stopped for anything. To further the academic discussion, “Weigh Enough” is only used in the ’state.. still, totally moot. doesn’t seem like they would have stopped for anything.

]]> By: Jules http://failblog.org/2008/10/27/rowing-fail/#comment-148650 Jules Tue, 28 Oct 2008 23:07:21 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=7363#comment-148650 groaaaaaaaan ... but I love you. groaaaaaaaan … but I love you.

]]> By: ryszard http://failblog.org/2008/10/27/rowing-fail/#comment-148624 ryszard Tue, 28 Oct 2008 22:55:51 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=7363#comment-148624 My girlfriend lives a quarter of a mile from the Chattahoochee River in north Georgia and typically rows 2-3 times a week, plus competitions. (But she doesn't visit this blog, which is why I'm commenting.) The technically-correct command to stop rowing is "Weigh Enough"--possibly to keep crews from being confused by trolls on the shore shouting things like, "Stop rowing!" Coxswains ("coxes"), male and female, are typically built like jockeys, e.g., tiny, and often cannot see over or around the crew to the water ahead. They rely on coaches in separate launches to guide them around obstacles--and the correct command from coach to cox is, "Weigh Enough." Referees don't enter into it. [Someone above said the "referee's" command was "Stop Rowing"--not so.] My girlfriend and her team get LOTS of practice in all of this, as the 'Hooch is not straight, is shallow and rocky, and may be occupied by many other craft while they are practicing. Which makes them KILLERS when they are put on an unobstructed competitive course! Richard Atlanta GA My girlfriend lives a quarter of a mile from the Chattahoochee River in north Georgia and typically rows 2-3 times a week, plus competitions. (But she doesn’t visit this blog, which is why I’m commenting.)

The technically-correct command to stop rowing is “Weigh Enough”–possibly to keep crews from being confused by trolls on the shore shouting things like, “Stop rowing!”

Coxswains (“coxes”), male and female, are typically built like jockeys, e.g., tiny, and often cannot see over or around the crew to the water ahead. They rely on coaches in separate launches to guide them around obstacles–and the correct command from coach to cox is, “Weigh Enough.” Referees don’t enter into it. [Someone above said the "referee's" command was "Stop Rowing"--not so.]

My girlfriend and her team get LOTS of practice in all of this, as the ‘Hooch is not straight, is shallow and rocky, and may be occupied by many other craft while they are practicing. Which makes them KILLERS when they are put on an unobstructed competitive course!

Richard
Atlanta GA

]]> By: Soph http://failblog.org/2008/10/27/rowing-fail/#comment-148562 Soph Tue, 28 Oct 2008 21:04:43 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=7363#comment-148562 Stanton's male FIRST IN THE STATE varsity hit their own four. Broke it in half, injured two rowers. Stanton’s male FIRST IN THE STATE varsity hit their own four. Broke it in half, injured two rowers.

]]> By: Soph http://failblog.org/2008/10/27/rowing-fail/#comment-148560 Soph Tue, 28 Oct 2008 21:02:53 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=7363#comment-148560 Ornine Ornine

]]> By: Soph http://failblog.org/2008/10/27/rowing-fail/#comment-148556 Soph Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:59:57 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=7363#comment-148556 That wasn't very punny. That wasn’t very punny.

]]> By: See Man http://failblog.org/2008/10/27/rowing-fail/#comment-148541 See Man Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:41:19 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=7363#comment-148541 "If you don't eat yer meat, you can't have any pudding! How can you have any pudding if you don't eat yer meat?!" “If you don’t eat yer meat, you can’t have any pudding! How can you have any pudding if you don’t eat yer meat?!”

]]> By: Lol http://failblog.org/2008/10/27/rowing-fail/#comment-148477 Lol Tue, 28 Oct 2008 19:51:46 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=7363#comment-148477 Typical private school kids Typical private school kids

]]> By: Gollum http://failblog.org/2008/10/27/rowing-fail/#comment-148384 Gollum Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:29:04 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=7363#comment-148384 On a scale of 1 to FAIL I give this a meh. On a scale of 1 to FAIL I give this a meh.

]]> By: cawe http://failblog.org/2008/10/27/rowing-fail/#comment-148299 cawe Tue, 28 Oct 2008 17:36:45 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=7363#comment-148299 hehehe... funny video... :) hehehe… funny video… :)

]]> By: Jonathan http://failblog.org/2008/10/27/rowing-fail/#comment-148296 Jonathan Tue, 28 Oct 2008 17:36:20 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=7363#comment-148296 I think those are pretty new Crokers...a couple of hundred pounds each? I'm just amazed the cox didn't see the post and wasn't aware of the hazard? Most coxes tend to at least look at a map of the course, if only for references for distance to tell their crew. Alternatively the pole may have been concealed to the cox (a small person) by the crew. However, she(?) should have known the pole was there. I think those are pretty new Crokers…a couple of hundred pounds each?
I’m just amazed the cox didn’t see the post and wasn’t aware of the hazard? Most coxes tend to at least look at a map of the course, if only for references for distance to tell their crew.
Alternatively the pole may have been concealed to the cox (a small person) by the crew. However, she(?) should have known the pole was there.

]]> By: You've Got Fail http://failblog.org/2008/10/27/rowing-fail/#comment-148199 You've Got Fail Tue, 28 Oct 2008 16:50:18 +0000 http://failblog.wordpress.com/?p=7363#comment-148199 So cicili, you're saying that even though the coxswain is some distance away and facing away from the camera, we hear him...as if he's right next to the microphone? So cicili, you’re saying that even though the coxswain is some distance away and facing away from the camera, we hear him…as if he’s right next to the microphone?

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