"The Skulls" Rowing Scene

[juultjegeurs]

this is like impossible, without the 4th starboat rower, the boat would be turnig to port?

[gymbunny179]

I am only going to point out a few faults:

1) Oh no, my oarlock broke, bye!! good luck!!!

2) None of the coxswains were actually steering at all. Even if this is a completely straight course, there will be wind and the direction of the current impacting the direction

3) All of the boats were evenly distanced between each other at the beginning

4) A boat has 8 people. 7 seat bailed, so without one of the starboards, the boat would be turning to port

5) 7 people cannot beat 8

Realistic? Really?

[MrRoflgasmic]

@gymbunny179 its a movie, give them some artistic lisence please. i know there are some faults but deal with it

[wakarenaXD]

Solo los verdaderos remeros comprenden la presión, adrenalina, pasion y coraje que llevaban ellos en su regata ♥ REMO LO MEJOR DEL MUNDO

[richard20bris]

Go Vasser!

[Lumpunzik]

Brown and Columbia?

[oooomblah]

this is the funniest thing ever the oar lock broke bail lolololooololllollolol

[2TheGuy2]

@oooomblah Funniest thing is that they're rowing in a hudson...

[oooomblah]

@2TheGuy2 USA won the mens 8 in the 2004 olympics in a Hudson

[lobster1215]

@antasion oh thanks! that makes sense..it says it in the title..is it an old movie? ive never heard of it!

[ay2dee]

not that realistic, I want to know who can raise their arm to high 5 someone after a 2k regatta? I know I can't

[lobster1215]

what movie is this from?

[Antasion]

@lobster1215 The Skulls

[AlanaKabanaBanana]

eah lolz it happened in our four....she just sat there... :S

[Aidokinn]

bow coxed 8 is probably pretty quick

[TheTreeAMV]

Fastest 2K ever >.>

[lolapalusum]

ummm, in my last regatta 2 seat broke his oar and he didnt bail out... we just flipped the boat and lost miserably.

[brayidur]

this just happened to me this weekend at a race. not me personally but someone in my boat...but he didn't jump out...and we didnt win either

[mcroberts101]

bullshit



[k2477456]

i did this in a single and threw my boat like a javalin... ahhh states

[uarower13]

this scene cracks me up, wooden boats with wing riggers. the timelines don't match up at all. this movie was probable suppose be set in the mid 80's. Connecticut hasn't had that style of license plates since early 90's....FAIL!

[tennisstr24]

the cox is more jacked than the rowers

[Murensesi]

Anyone noticed that is oarlock first broke and two seconds later, its intact again?

[phillywithcheese44]

This entire sequence is filmed where I row... so proud :)

[phillywithcheese44]

@phillywithcheese44 

[jacoblentz415]

lol at penn being in the grand final

[livelaughrow]

my coach wasn't kidding about jumping out..

[sjmir12019]

Looks like Henley Island to me :)

[phillywithcheese44]

@sjmir12019 It is :)

[BMan1894]

oarloack broke, and then 7 jumps out with only an open oarlock, fail :p

[TheEagerMcBeaver]

I already knew that the "most realistic" description was sarcasm when the teammates were all chill and relaxed even though stroke man was late to the dock.

[AlyssaGB89]

Who the hell cares if this is real rowing or not? It's a MOVIE. Get a grip people!

[BoomerD17]

ivy league championships in Canada?

[nalbonen4]

I would be more impressed if they rowed decently, and if the oarlock broke the same throughout... First the entire back pin snaps off leaving the front sternside arm, then later its just fine, with the gate open. Also in the beginning of the race they cut to a bow loader four for one of the clips. cinematic errors...

[Sulu4Life]

LOL WHAT THE HECK! this is hilarious

[jxcw93]

I wonder what Harry Parker would do if this actually happened...

[AshamedBarbecue]

Not like real rowing at all

[JoyfullyAde]

what type of coxswain voice is that?

[lovely3426]

can somebody find me the skull 3 in youtube, I want to watch it , thank you

[DocRoe92]

haha, if stroke has enough energy to shout and scream he hasn't rowed hard enough!!! =P

[ichibond007]

This is the most outrageous thing I've ever seen. I'm a coxswain (ironically, at one of the schools mentioned as being in this race) and I'm pissed that the general public thinks that this shit actually qualifies as real rowing

Also, whoever wrote the coxswain's lines sucks

[AJC79]

@freshselect27 The East Germans used to make bowloading eights. They also tried putting the cox in the middle, and in all kinds of other positions. In fact Janousek, a British manufacturer, made at least one bowloading eight. It was pink, and I remember there being a picture of it on the front of Regatta magazine (a now defunct British rowing mag)!

[lolapalusum]

NOT REALISTIC AT ALL

[lolapalusum]

Ok I row and if you lost an ore on one side you would be going in circles

[CBARLEY6]

Hahahahaha how the hell did the coxswain steer straight afterwards. there are so many things wrong with this movie

[mercuricmethanol]

I like how the announcer is calling the race for the crew that has a 2-seat lead halfway in...

[TunaMloohnahz]

This scene makes rowing look so easy.

[riceluvnflip]

Two questions: What did he mean by bad intentions?

and how did he jump out without offsetting the keel?

[person4646]

hahaha that is so accurate in every way. there is no part of that which does not actually happen. also, love how they got harvard uni's backwards and couldn't even get harvard blades...

[the18onethatidid]

here just to ask can someone bail if that happens?

[ClydeRowing]

@the18onethatidid Yep, the only person who has to cross the finish line is the cox.

[RowMoreFast]

Everybody chill. The "most realistic" description was meant to be sarcastic. I'm surprised I need to explain that to a bunch of presumably experienced rowers. And wow! Over 16,000 views? Cool.

[poretobatido]

this scene annoys the hell out of me -.-

[1527cool]

Its funny how 7 breaks his oarlock in half, then its fixed again at 2:59. Now isn't that odd? :D

[herb821]

@Kruezoraxe it is has happened before that one seat is lost. it just means that the rest of that side has to up the pressure a lot, sucks for that side but is possible

[Kruezoraxe]

And why isnt the coxwain on the team? He's the most ripped one in the boat.

[scopedoc]

@Kruezoraxe Some coxswains are trying to train to get into the lightweight 8 Men's boat. More likely, it's just because it's a movie and no-one believes Stephen Hawking in the Cox'n seat can motivate 8 Ubermen.

[Kruezoraxe]

What bothers me the most about this scene is not that they won. It's that the boat was able to stay on target. With 4 rowers on one side and 3 on the other, the boat would veer to one side quite strongly.

[scopedoc]

@Kruezoraxe

That's why the 'cox has a rudder. It totally slows the boat but can be done. The hardest part is- the boat only 'pulls' on the stroke, not the recovery. The cox has to move the rudder back and worth. Keeping straight can be done, winning (unless you've already pulled far ahead), that's another matter

[herb821]

@crewmoves13

its called a movie. as close as it is to a true race, its still not real

[crewmoves13]

how was he managing to yell during all of that? i've rowed this course so many times and have been dead every time.

[UltraMegaSandwich]

Man I wish the stroke man would shut up

[bwk2012]

ive personally raced on this course at st catherines in canada. the effect of the current can be seen at the 2:17 mark, it's almost unfair

[freshselect27]

why would they be skying there oars in college?

[BlownMacTruck]

@freshselect27 What part are they skying?  Also there are a couple of colleges that sky on purpose.

[freshselect27]

2:08, why the fuck would there be a bow coxswain in a 8?

[brayidur]

@freshselect27

i saw that im like wtf

[MrZerger]

@freshselect27 My crew owns a bowcox 8. It's an old wooden Empacher. It's for lightweights and rows like a beauty. It's nice to watch the other boats take a second look as we pull up to the start.

[FlyingFajita]

@freshselect27 they make bow coxed 8+'s. they are super rare tho

[freshselect27]

why is the coxswain jacked as hell?

[freshselect27]

dog this is sweeping

[fabriciozu]

How can a one man short boat taking back the lead be realistic?

[BLACKHAWKXII]

So oarlocks can't brake like that but it's okay because its fixed momentarily by magic next time you see 7 seat. That bow loaded 8 is awkward.

[scopedoc]

@BLACKHAWKXII

The oarlock wouldn't brake that way, but the pin holding the 'gate' can break off with a similar result.

[howejohn1]

@gitzantor that is def the canadian henly coarse. the buoys are just out of the water

[torstvillinger]

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[fitzy4578]

It's extremely rare, but I've seen it happen on more than one occasion.

What isn't realistic is that you'd be able to row back into the lead.

Shame as this is otherwise the most realistic rowing scene I've ever seen in a movie

btw, did you know that Hugh Laurie ('House') rowed for Cambridge in the Boat Race - shame he's never done a rowing movie

[freshselect27]

@fitzy4578 watch the social network. they have a realistic rowing scene in that, where harvard loses in the henley

[1paintballkid]

yeah right. like that would ever happen

[guerney2000]

some gay hollywood asshole who never raced just decided it´s "not cool enough" and totally ruined the whole scene. well, thank you very much, idiot! now go back to your boyfriend and your chihuahua and never come close to a rower again...

[paintball254]

Oh yea st.catharines rowing club !!!

[csia1084]

no brown university?

[powerhousefitness]

Not realistic at all.

[poretobatido]

could have been a great race scene. totaly ruined when hollywood decided that a normal race wouldn't be good enough and decided to eject a rower

[seahawks811]

funny how the ivy sprints are taking place in canada...

[toppless09]

@seahawks811 It is the Henley...........

[gizanator]

@toppless09 No

[rsshymansky]

I should mention that they were able to find inhuman strength and come back a boat lengh in two strokes with seven rowers. Damn, wish that wouldve happened in my eight this weekend...

[UseAsDirected100]

Hmm . . . the darker skinned is ordered out . . .

[simbamen]

LOOOOOOLLLL

[LxNxG]

This has happened in an actual race before.

[em17466]

you can't jump out of a boat in the race..

[EmceeAlex]

@em17466 dumbass

[em17466]

@EmceeAlex well atleast in australia you can't :/

[spitboi7]

@em17466 Yes you can.

[TheGoaltender94]

I've raced their! That's St Catherines! Henley Island!

If your oar does by some chance pop out, can you jump out? Is it legal?

[turntwo419]

@TheGoaltender94 I can't imagine why you wouldn't be able to. The boat would become so unset from the act of jumping out, not to mention the fact that you'd be rowing 4 on one side, 3 on the other. It's not like your boat would gain a competitive advantage by a rower jumping out.  If anything it would set them back.

[BlownMacTruck]

@turntwo419 turntwo419's correct. there's a rule against coxswains jumping out at most regattas, but definitely not for rowers. You'd lose way too much power that it would negate any weight advantage you'd get.

[TheGoaltender94]

@turntwo419 Now that rower is simply just sitting their adding another 100 some pounds to the boat. Also its not that hard to keep a straight course with a seat missing, nor is it not that hard to keep power. Trust me i've done it.

[MrKroden]

@abarbarich i wish i had that as a 2k

[jsr1041]

a bow loaded 8 hahahhahahhahhahahahhahhahhaha­h

[BlownMacTruck]

@jsr1041 where's that?

[BlownMacTruck]

@jsr1041 oh I just saw it. WTF?

[nervseeker]

I hope the description is meant to be sarcastic haha.... btw... that's a huge coxswain...

[sudas131]

What is this movies name?

[Lecoucang]

Thanks for uploading. I LOVE this scene.