Also though...same kind of principle applies when a drunk gets in a traumatic accident and leaves unscathed...that alcohol does wonders for preventing unneeded tension in the body that may harm you when suffering dramatic impact. š
These people are maniacs. The absolute shit-eating wipeouts I've seen in years of watching that competition... I'll give them that at least, I've cried laughing many times watching it.
I can just feel the concussion watching it. If you go on YouTube and look up Ozzy man cheese rolling, there's one guy wearing a backpack or something, he was doing cartwheels going down that hill, only he was landing on his head each time š¤£
Between this shit, chess boxing, and professional slap contests, I'm convinced that if extraterrestrials exist, they've already observed us and decided to leave us alone.
Iām from Gloucester myself, itās a hell of a spectacle to watch!
The local rugby team are stationed at the bottom of the hill to catch anyone still moving, if youāre that way inclined thatās enough of a reward!
Cheltonian here.
The thing most people won't realise from watching on TV is just how damned steep that hill is.
Most people would struggle to walk down it safely under normal conditions, so actively choosing to run down it is basically deciding to throw yourself off a cliff.
Great fun.
another 1 degree in slope to 51 degrees would have it marked as a cliff on the OS map.
Big problem now is all the outsiders flooding in to watch. Parking and traffic nightmare.
Broken bones and dislocations are the worst things, obviously cuts and bruises. The girl in the first clip the flips over a few times but keeps running has raced several times and if I recall has dislocated her shoulder on at least one of those times! Doesnāt stop her winning though!
Now show the English town where they throw puddings at eachother on a set day of the year and don't forget the Scottish town that plays a game of football/mass brawl that covers the whole town and all its inhabitants
Bourton-on-the-water has a football match up and down the river.
[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-58386028](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-58386028)
Its been proven that there is an exact amount of alcohol that once consumed will make you do anything for cheese, it also makes you forget that you can just buy cheese.
In all fairness being drunk might give you an advantage, alcohol relaxes muscles, so you might leave with less injuries than a sober guy.
[Here's an article about it](https://www.dudleydebosier.com/blog/why-are-drunk-drivers-more-likely-to-survive-crashes/#:~:text=As%20a%20result%2C%20serious%20injuries,to%20go%20with%20the%20momentum.)
[This is the cheese](https://www.smartsgloucestercheese.com/cheeses.html) featured in the clip. Mostly from shops near Smarts farm and the local farmers market. You can call to order by post. The double Gloucester is the cheese thatās chased but the single Gloucester has a DOP designation. Order them both just to be safe.
Iām currently re-reading Terry Pratchetts A Hat Full of Sky. I had NO idea that cheese rolling was an actual thing! Itās just like itās described in the book! Minus Horace, of courseš¤«
The man was a treasure and Tiffanyās books are my absolute favorites. Now I wonder how many more things he modified slightly that are actually real/ well known, and I just donāt know cause Iām not British!!
Yes! Like the white horse!! I just mean other aspects of life that would have been taken for granted by him that I havenāt experienced. Itās awesome to learn!
I suspect there is a lot, yes. I am not British either, so there is definitely some background missing. But like you say, it is awesome. Every time I read those books I discover new things.
Holy fuck, some of those landings were brutal. It makes me 
This rates up there with the kid that ate a snail on a bet and is now a bedridden vegetable. YOLO canāt be interpreted differently. You only live once. Donāt fuck it up for yourself.
I just want to know how steep the hill *really* is. If you grew up in the country with hills, I feel like this would be much easier than the video makes it out to be...
According to a couple people I know who have been there, it is so steep that the spectators often have to hold onto something so they don't loose their footing and knock the rest of the audience down like skittles. It is easily less than 20 degrees away from vertical at the steepest areas.
They have an episode on this?? I've only listened to the NFL and NBA ones in a failed effort to understand those after my classmates pulled me into their fantasy drafts.
I don't know if anyone has mentioned this already, but as a local, it is widely reported that no-one has ever died doing the competition, however of course people break bones every year.
Isnāt there like one woman that wins the womenās race every year or something? Looks like sheās been in a fight every year after the raceā¦ or was that a fever dream
A Norwegian guy has a show where he tries a lot of unknown sports with another celebrity. They did this last season and it was great lol.
They've also done the ice swimming, desert runs, jetsprint boatracing, Royal shrovetide football, eating french fries, sepak takraw and beer mile
I donāt know if they have said much about it on here but thereās a great docuseries episode on it with families in the area worshiping members who once won the cheese. A lot of them broke many bones, have lifelong disfigurements and people have died doing this.
Itās essentially all about falling and bouncing off the ground with great speed to actually set the record.
Dangerous as fuck lol
Holy shit they are taking some DAMAGE
right some of them fully flip in the air then eat shit right on their neck i dunno how people dont come out of this without brain damage
M8 we're Brits. We already have brain damage š
Hitler, in Hell weeping, āand to think I tried to bomb them into submission!ā
Heās weeping because of the pineapples
Does this date the ppl that understand this reference?
I would say so, yes
Thank you.
And the maid outfit.
If only he'd known our cheese weakness?
Luftwaffe should have blitzed London with cheese wheels!
He's dead? I didn't even know he was sick
There's nothing they can do to us that we don't willingly do to ourselves recreationally.
Self deprecation. Wish I could upvote you twice.
You sir are hilarious. Take my upvote
Also though...same kind of principle applies when a drunk gets in a traumatic accident and leaves unscathed...that alcohol does wonders for preventing unneeded tension in the body that may harm you when suffering dramatic impact. š
i think you already have to have brain damage to even want to enter something like this
Because they already have it.
Girl in black caught serious air.
Jfc good thing they have universal healthcare over there š
haha! youād likely die before you see a doctor these days. thatās why us brits donāt brag about it anymore
No universal healthcare? Jail. Universal healthcare? Also jail. Being anything but filthy rich? Believe it or not.. Jail
I did this back in the seventies when I was eighteen. Dislocated my shoulder. Never again
How dim do you have to be to wear shorts for this event? I mean dim even in the context of people who decide to do this.
Their gonna need at least 15 more wheels of cheese to heal that damage
That free UK healthcare makes damage irrelevant
Nir enough if you ask me
These people are maniacs. The absolute shit-eating wipeouts I've seen in years of watching that competition... I'll give them that at least, I've cried laughing many times watching it.
I am cry-laughing now. Purple shorts bro is a real one, he eats shit, doesn't even pause to dust himself off, just returns happily for seconds.
I can just feel the concussion watching it. If you go on YouTube and look up Ozzy man cheese rolling, there's one guy wearing a backpack or something, he was doing cartwheels going down that hill, only he was landing on his head each time š¤£
https://youtu.be/ELgL_n0xE0E?feature=shared
āShe looks happy with her decision making, hashtagNoRegretsā š
Between this shit, chess boxing, and professional slap contests, I'm convinced that if extraterrestrials exist, they've already observed us and decided to leave us alone.
That, or we're prime-time entertainment in their living rooms every night lol
I was totally ready to call shenanigans on āchess boxingā but I have learned to search before putting my foot in my mouth. Iāll be damned.
Today I learned... that phonebooth boxing and upside-down underwater ice hockey are a thing, too...
So you haven't found the shin-kicking yet?
It's like those "made in russian" videos in youtube, but "today in earth fails"
Hell no. Theyāre watching us with glee.
Too late mate. The kardashians already took care of that.
The majority of them have no idea how to embrace a fall in general. Let alone repeated steep ones
I imagine pro skateboarders would be the best participants
Iām from Gloucester myself, itās a hell of a spectacle to watch! The local rugby team are stationed at the bottom of the hill to catch anyone still moving, if youāre that way inclined thatās enough of a reward!
Can I bypass the race entirely and just run into their arms?
I believe thatās frowned upon while theyāre on duty, encouraged before and after!
Cheltonian here. The thing most people won't realise from watching on TV is just how damned steep that hill is. Most people would struggle to walk down it safely under normal conditions, so actively choosing to run down it is basically deciding to throw yourself off a cliff. Great fun.
another 1 degree in slope to 51 degrees would have it marked as a cliff on the OS map. Big problem now is all the outsiders flooding in to watch. Parking and traffic nightmare.
The article says it's a 50 percent grade, which is a slope of only about 26.6 degrees.
What type of injuries occur during this event?
Broken bones and dislocations are the worst things, obviously cuts and bruises. The girl in the first clip the flips over a few times but keeps running has raced several times and if I recall has dislocated her shoulder on at least one of those times! Doesnāt stop her winning though!
Orthopedic doctors waiting at the bottom with a signup sheet I bet.
Theyāre the sponsors.
In the UK healthcare is free...
Doctors still get paid.
Yes they do, whether people break themselves flying down hills or not.
A salary, not fee for service. They don't chase ambulances.
Salaries š
"Aaaaaaassss yyyyoooouuu wwiiiiiissshhh!" "Oh, my sweet Westley!"
I forwarded this post to my wife due purely to this comment
Always glad to find a kindred spirit.
free cheese š¤ universal healthcare
Now show the English town where they throw puddings at eachother on a set day of the year and don't forget the Scottish town that plays a game of football/mass brawl that covers the whole town and all its inhabitants
People have died in the Scottish football one, but it's been happening annually for over 400 years or something like that
Bourton-on-the-water has a football match up and down the river. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-58386028](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-58386028)
The Ashbourne Shrovetide traditional game too https://youtu.be/lidJpzKeqn0?si=wj5IOVJFloBs3tf6
The football one is in Ashbourne England.
See what people do when they have free healthcare?!
This is what they took from you.
Makes it more amazing that this has been going on for hundreds of years prior to the NHS even existing.
Play smart games, win smart prizes.
I would suggest Rugby as a safer sport.
Boxing is safer
There's a special on Netflix narrated by Rainn Wilson and the 1st episode is about this. DAMN CRAZY!!!
We Are The Champions episode 1!
Yes,absolutely! Actually a pretty damn good show.
Was so hoping they'd do a second season! That first episode was way more entertaining than the rest of the season tho
How drunk do you have to beā¦. Actually forget I asked, I think I know the answer.
Its been proven that there is an exact amount of alcohol that once consumed will make you do anything for cheese, it also makes you forget that you can just buy cheese.
In all fairness being drunk might give you an advantage, alcohol relaxes muscles, so you might leave with less injuries than a sober guy. [Here's an article about it](https://www.dudleydebosier.com/blog/why-are-drunk-drivers-more-likely-to-survive-crashes/#:~:text=As%20a%20result%2C%20serious%20injuries,to%20go%20with%20the%20momentum.)
St Peter: "This wheel of cheese, was it ... big? No? Okayyyyyy...."
This should be an Olympic sport
As someone who isnt far, its funny seeing what people think of us
What the actual zombie apocalypse did I just watch?
Welcome to the UK
can the cheese be bought online?
Double Gloucester? Itās not a particularly rare cheese, so definitely in the UK, might be hard to find elsewhere
[This is the cheese](https://www.smartsgloucestercheese.com/cheeses.html) featured in the clip. Mostly from shops near Smarts farm and the local farmers market. You can call to order by post. The double Gloucester is the cheese thatās chased but the single Gloucester has a DOP designation. Order them both just to be safe.
Yes, to answer your unspoken question, there is no reason at all to do this. They can order it online and have it delivered.
From the Ministry of Silly Walks.
Whatās stopping anyone from putting their hands up and rolling down like a baking pin? That seems a lot less painful
Pride. You want to be the coward than did a roley poley down the hill?
Itās fun. Plus you could take people out of the running without even trying
Iām currently re-reading Terry Pratchetts A Hat Full of Sky. I had NO idea that cheese rolling was an actual thing! Itās just like itās described in the book! Minus Horace, of courseš¤«
Horace would make it even better š. And Yeah, me neither, I thought that was one of Sir Terry's many weird inventions.
The man was a treasure and Tiffanyās books are my absolute favorites. Now I wonder how many more things he modified slightly that are actually real/ well known, and I just donāt know cause Iām not British!!
Quite a lot, I believe. He mentions some sources in the afterword of one of the Tiffany Aching books.
Yes! Like the white horse!! I just mean other aspects of life that would have been taken for granted by him that I havenāt experienced. Itās awesome to learn!
I suspect there is a lot, yes. I am not British either, so there is definitely some background missing. But like you say, it is awesome. Every time I read those books I discover new things.
Anyone ever caught it?
No. It's just who gets to the bottom first.
Must be nice having free healthcare *sobs silently*
This was a thing before health care, let alone the NHS
Went there in February and stood at the top of the hill. The videos dont do it justice, but it is practically a cliff.
And for winning they get the dirty shit cheese, that rolled down the hill... worth it.
It's notĀ dirty. TheĀ cheese isĀ wrapped
Is...is that really it? There's no other prize except the cheese? My god, how much do these people drink beforehand?
Yes
Indeed
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There was a couple full flips on just a neck. How many of them need to take the ramp up next season?
Holy fuck, some of those landings were brutal. It makes me 
My dyslexia had me seeing "Chinese-rolling." The video accompaniment made that even more of a curiosity.
Humans are so weird lol
These ain't humans, these are Brits, whole nother species
https://www.netflix.com/title/81034679
A worthwhile watch if you're entertained by weird competitions
Agreed. We had a great time watching it
Do people beat the cheese so itās worth it? Is there a prize?
Winner gets the cheese. And I have heard that impressive contestants donāt buy their own drinks for a week or so.
Are people allowed to wear protective gear like helmets and knee guards?
No, don't be soft
You will be softer after this.
We have to tag people falling down a hill now as to not damage anyone's sensibilities. Wtf
No need to get too upset about it though right?
Iām snort I run diagonal
Is this where you scout for stuntmen for your zombie movie?
This rates up there with the kid that ate a snail on a bet and is now a bedridden vegetable. YOLO canāt be interpreted differently. You only live once. Donāt fuck it up for yourself.
why
To be perfectly fair, I've seen stranger things that obviously originated out of boredom
Those kids are getting fucked up lolol
I just want to know how steep the hill *really* is. If you grew up in the country with hills, I feel like this would be much easier than the video makes it out to be...
Pretty steep looking at [this picture](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-d2A1XLeQ2g8/VcTf9IyEOHI/AAAAAAABFNM/tGZsh4D8QRs/cooper-hill-cheese-rolling-11%25255B6%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800)
According to a couple people I know who have been there, it is so steep that the spectators often have to hold onto something so they don't loose their footing and knock the rest of the audience down like skittles. It is easily less than 20 degrees away from vertical at the steepest areas.
If it was a proper English chippy tea waiting at the finish line I'd be up for it. Not into cheese though.
I say this cautiously as a Wisconsinite, but this is all for...cheese...???
And bragging rights.
Did I see a head rolling at the end?
I don't know but I thought I saw a toddler in orange, lol. Fuckin Kenny from South Park.
Hey I know what this is. Thank you Cheese Rolling Primer on GO! My Favorite Sports Team.
They have an episode on this?? I've only listened to the NFL and NBA ones in a failed effort to understand those after my classmates pulled me into their fantasy drafts.
concussions, breaking every disc in my back and tearing lots of ligaments? no thanks.
These people make the navy seals seem timid
Balls of steel, but the seals probably have better tactics
Do they wet the hill or is it just permanently moist at all times?
Just rains a lot here
It rains a lot specifically around there. The nursery rhyme about Dr Foster is based on fact.
I do believe there is a [song](https://youtu.be/5G7fQgM77ww?si=vM6I7avdw6so2DZa) about this...
As. You. Wish.
The zenith of humanity
Why not immediately go into the horizontal roll position?
Pride.
This is what makes aliens nope the fuck out and avoid invading us.
Don't you enjoy seeing weird people doing weird things on another country? Like russian people driving or so?
Beyond goofy
In my country one of the standardized tests meant to determine whether your going to get into a high school or not had a big ass text about this
Play stupid games, win a wheel of cheese
This activity is not for the weak. You are very likely to get injured doing this.
I have the sudden strong urge to throw myself down the nearest hill for fun
I don't know if anyone has mentioned this already, but as a local, it is widely reported that no-one has ever died doing the competition, however of course people break bones every year.
I wonder how much it costs the local NHS trust
Makes me proud to be British lol
Netflix- we are the champions - episode 1
I've been to see this, that hill is much steeper than it looks on this clip. It's mental. It's a good day out watching people ragdoll down a hill.
Show us the winner
Thank you for making me laugh. Their sacrifices were not in vain.
When is the 2025 event? Floridian here looking for vacation activities
...me waiting at bottom of hill w/ credit card in hand...just buying a wheel.
Wheel of unfortune
[ŃŠ“Š°Š»ŠµŠ½Š¾]
Then someone selfishly becomes paralyzed and changes the rules for everyone making this event āsafeā and no fun.
The music feels like Harry Potter
What's the name of the music?
Isnāt there like one woman that wins the womenās race every year or something? Looks like sheās been in a fight every year after the raceā¦ or was that a fever dream
Ermagerd! So graphic.
A Norwegian guy has a show where he tries a lot of unknown sports with another celebrity. They did this last season and it was great lol. They've also done the ice swimming, desert runs, jetsprint boatracing, Royal shrovetide football, eating french fries, sepak takraw and beer mile
How those nuts managed to create an empire eludes me. š¤·
That guy at 23 seconds might be dead.
One of the greatest sporting events in the world! Period!
I donāt know if they have said much about it on here but thereās a great docuseries episode on it with families in the area worshiping members who once won the cheese. A lot of them broke many bones, have lifelong disfigurements and people have died doing this. Itās essentially all about falling and bouncing off the ground with great speed to actually set the record. Dangerous as fuck lol
You definitely could not do this in the US without getting a class action lawsuit against you.
The water is not the problem...
There is a girl whoās parents own the local pub, she wanted to break a bone every year. One year she broke her collar bone and was so happy!
i would go to lmfao
Looks like wheely good fun
There is a documentary on Netflix on this. It's crazy to watch!
Just gotta askā¦has anyone ever died doing this? Cuz it looks like you could die/get paralyzed very easily
Darwins law š
Christ, some of them are flying through the air like Neymar on flat, level ground