2007 Freestyle Canoeing Routine - Phantom of the Opera

[yeaaboyy]

Brought me to tears, great styling. Hope to try this beautiful sport someday!

[Baggins412]

do that on whitewater and i would fucking applaud!!!

[Manfish67]

society.. conflict..

[Randomuploader3000]

Congrats on the winning place dude! 

[conk123]

Truly inspirational, personally I was beginning to lose faith and I thought this sport was dying out.. yet you just come out of the blue and raise the bar for EVERY freestyle canoeing competitor out there. he who dares, wins

[MrRazorblade999]

I don't get it. Do they clap of pity because he's a retard or what?

[2low2rl]

All 90 of his friends on facebook liked this. lol

[4FXR4]

38 poeple dont know wut conaoz are

[lelles24]

@4FXR4 90 people are gay

[puntme]

im fat

[biscuthead123]

its a joke you fucking retards

[letsgoskitzo]

what the fuuuuu.

I didn't even know this kind of thing existed.

[Goalie2000MTL2000]

omfg

[atreides6]

This is the worst shit ever. You sir, are a moron for participating in this "sport". I can't use the term "sport" any more loosely unfortunately.

[Tyblerone]

This is the most retarded thing I have ever seen.

[bethanybrennan1]

Lady in Red guy kicks this guy's ass. He is classy, this is just queeah!

[Baggins412]

@bethanybrennan1 I love the fact that you are judging him against someone else,x factor for canooists lol

[joaoadscorreia]

I want this 3.57 minutes of my life back

[deremtserra]

Yes, I'm here because this was featured on the Colbert Report. Very interesting.

[nodrogsol]

colbert bump

[Kidlat432]

this really needs to be an Olympic sport!

[WillieDuitt]

@Kidlat432 yeah, special olympics. What the fuck would ANYONE watch this shit for??!! The continuously building excitement in this makes me wanna hug a cactus.

[Kidlat432]

@WillieDuitt haha!

[HIMjunki4life]

Dude he's cute! x.x

[nemaru]

the hell?

[FireWontQuell]

thumbs up for colbert bump

[OctomomsBaby]

@igungadin2 Is that another way to say " Roll her around in flour and look for the wet spot ? "

[Savage22Gaming]

is it supposed to be cool? why are people clapping? are you trying to seduce a duck? did a fish take your wallet? ....... WTF gold medal?

[ProjectX30]

@Savage22Gaming GOLD MEDAL ROFL

[brrober4]

Another sign of the apocalypse.

[blackelvis3000]

This reminds me of the Dude's crackpot neighbor doing his interpretive dance.

[blackelvis3000]

Seriously?

[GOGOCED]

stanceboat

[MrLukashenk0]

The clap is recorded on a CD player

[googuse]

You should do a routine using Norwegian black metal music. That would be awesome.

[740jabens]

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha­hah so gay but i would like to do it

[buddyrandom]

trolls obviously don't canoe

[MrKeithprc]

The clap Really takes away from it. Do they always clap?

[sukmyballz]

Show us the gross half of your face, that's what we all came to see!

[indycubsfan23]

Kim Gass would eat this dude for lunch she would go all Canadian up in here.

[jsn1981]

marl orenstein would make this guy his bitch.

[FreeReery]

How do you ever get into a sport like this?

[djkerton]

Nice job. I think I know this guy. Mike Sawulski. Hey, Mike, nice work. Very smooth paddle control, Sawulski. I particularly liked your rear sideways crawl, Mike. Hey, Sawulski, maybe next time I'm up in Michigan you can teach me do to a couple of these moves, eh Mike? Was the whole Sawulski clan up there with you? I think I hear Trish giving her support, Mike. I also liked Sawulski's theatrics: the costume added to the performance. All in all, I vote canoe champion "Mike Sawulski".

[0riginal4nik4]

This is too much excitement for me!! Can't handle it!!!

[Kingspade808]

what a faggot / what a gay video/ what a gay sport / everything about this is gay

[gadigadigadigadi]

thats how you impress mermaids...

[sideflight]

that is fucked up



[guest98675309]

While I understand the silliness and disbelief of (the potentially clueless) critics, and personally put this in the now I've seen everything category, I canoe more than often and the skill shown is insane(in a good way). One could possibly drink a martini in class four rapids if this guy was captain. Critics are so blessed that they never look in a mirror.

[youtubedude]

Has anyone ever fallen in the water at a show?

[monacelli]

Such grace. I've been trying to do this shit in the pond in my back yard for a few weeks but I keep falling out. All of my neighbors laugh at me and my wife is threatening to leave me if I don't stop. I have such passion for the sport I won't quit until I'm at the top of the freestyle canoeing game.

[thenamesbanana]

WHAAAAAAAT!?

[1800simon1800]

what the fuck are they clapping at

[MezzanotteTraccia]

@1800simon1800 clearly at him trying to drown himself.

[XxFaKyouxX]

@1800simon1800 You've never been on a boat...

[1800simon1800]

@XxFaKyouxX im a fob i know my boats

[skipplet]

@1800simon1800 It's free style canoe etiquette. If you dip the side of your canoe, you receive applause.

[Grey80002]

personally, i think it's hilarious. haha. i can hear like 2-5 claps in the background and 2 pictures being taken now and then.

haha. a guy in a cape rowing around in a canoe - hahahah

[buriedvoid]

The only entry in the competition.

[irishbboy]

Extreme gay sports

[DutchNordic]

What a ridiculous waste of time. Who would even ruin a minute of their life practicing this ridiculous shit.

[scrubbalo36]

Are you people serious? I thought this was a goddamn joke. What a waste of time

[TUNIQlifestyle]

awesome!

[Coledebord2]

HAHAHAHAHAhahaahahahAHahahahah­aha

Freestyle canoeing sounds like faggotry to me..

[obscureluzername]

@Coledebord2

It's actually pretty fun when it's not done to this crappy music; but then, that's just my opinion.

[jwendy07]

amazing paddling skills. I got really into canoeing last year and my instructors showed a video of a competition and this was one of the performances, it is very inspirational. Thanks

[Petchek]

despite all these negative comments here, seemingly from folks who don't know...:)or who only know how to play their Nintendos...)

Great routine! Keep the open side up and happy paddling!

[Seanyboy227]

this is the gayest shit ive ever seen. who does canoeing freestyle?!

[jwate871]

BIG who cares...

[surferamy27]

I know that guy! It's Pat Millham. He's pretty good at that. GO PAT!

[Blackfooter]

Fukin gay

[DKGeneralLee420]

Saw this on Wreckreation Nation, the people in crowd look so bored. They all looked as if they either got dragged there by their wives, or the town is just so boring that this is the most entertaining thing to do. and yet still doesn't entertain them.

[KillKyleWeiss]

I think being really bored in a small town, not using your canoe to fish or something productive, eating the forest mushrooms around the lake and inviting the town to join you on your psychedelic journey to hand out gold medals for such endeavors would help. That and really tight tights. REALLY tight.

KW

[andwolfe]

My friends and I practiced these moves all summer but couldn't make them look as smooth. What's your secret?

[igungadin2]

it's called a "sweet spot..." Everyone's is different and you have to find your own... the best way i found was to stick your paddle in the sand and use it as a brace while you fiddle around in the boat trying to find your "sweet spot."

try that and let me know how you do...

[WillieDuitt]

@igungadin2 I think I just found my "sweet spot!" It's like right between my nuts and my ass...I think it's called a "taint." Is that what you're referring to?

[str8rock]

@andwolfe TROLOLOL

[MAC55MC]

@andwolfe You and your friends do this for fun...?...... fag.

[Fingermush]

Your parents are very good clappers.

Also a chocolate suprise awaits you inside those Gold medals.

mask was never this good (the movie, not the cartoon; the cartoon was great).

[KillKyleWeiss]

I'm glad this exists, everyone needs a hobby. I'm glad I got a laugh out of it. If anyone ever makes me go watch this, I warn you, I'm armed. I'll have just enough bullets to humanely end all five of the audience members that love this... interesting take on creativity.

KW

[nelladel]

wat

[ZeusOwnsYou]

your just a faggot, this guy is a king among men

[fozzibab]

This is hereby nominated for comment response of the year.

[xxS1yF0xx]

This was INTENSE

[dpmbn8]

this guy has skills. check out my vid "the Spot." it's similar but with less theatrics.

[jessmeister88]

you rock, buddy!!!!

[alanhowitzer]

Bravo! 5 Stars.

[nictamer]

Greetings humans,

I would appreciate if you could respond positively to the following inquiry,

"WHAT IS THE MASK THIS PERSON IS WEARING AND IS IT REQUIRED TO PERFORM THE MOVEMENTS PICTURED"

Furthermore,

"WHERE IS THE MUSIC COMING FROM, IS IT PLAYED BY A CHAMBER ORCHESTRA OR IS IT COMING FROM AN ELECTRO-ACOUSTICAL DEVICE OF SOME SORT"

I thank you very much in advance for providing the requested data.

[scrubbalo36]

@nictamer No a mask is not required to act gay. The music is coming from the boom box this guys mom brought.

[N757FR]

What kind of canoe are you useing and what made you choose it?

[igungadin2]

It's a loon works nakoma. It's 13.5 feet long I believe and it i made especially for the sport however you don't need a special canoe to participate

[N757FR]

Are you saying it is a one of a kind?

[N757FR]

An update to the above post:

I now know who makes the above boat.

[nictamer]

Greetings,

Have you ever considered using the metric system?

[meowmeowmitchell]

oh that's good news. I wanted to try my hand and this but was worried I'd have to buy a whole nother cannoe!!!!

[rockgwensteady]

Please tell me this is some sort of a joke....it makes me embarrassed to say that I graduated from the same high school as this idiot...

[gclef2288]

Darkknight!!!!!!

how rude. You can't see the artistry, grace and finesse of thise beautiful performance? Did you see that second tilt? Stunning. It is a gift from God.

[DarkKnight503]

i thought this was a joke.....oops.

[nictamer]

This comment is really rude. You should be ashamed of yourself. If all young people spent more time engaging in such wholesome activities, there would be less problems with rape, gun fights and anal masturbation.

[ksznadel]

@nictamer what is anal masturbation?

[burnskj190]

...breathtaking, captivating even. After watching this I feel like my life has zero meaning. Truly remarkable I have never seen anything quite as magical as this. When does it hit broadway?

[ismackbitches]

The dramatic ending truly makes the performance and brings it all together. I felt as if I was watching the actual Michael Crawford's interpretation. Bravo!

[saraeltoyou]

agreed gclef,

i think if the path i have chosen to pursue thus far dosen't work out, i'll try this.

[gclef2288]

This is awe-inspiring. You have moved me to tears with your canoe performance. I have finally found a passion in my life that I want to pursue. Thank you.

[cooper16]

@gclef2288

If this isn't sarcasm, then I quit at life.