2006 NH Highland / Strongman - Gerard Benderoth - Caber Toss

[DynaDuctINC]

I think I was there...

[911alec1]

Neo Nazi

[JuggernautWest]

@angusstan not only Americans compete. There competitions here in America, Scotland, France, Belgium, japan, Iceland, and others. It's not an American sport. It was developed by the Scottish and it's just what they called it.

[angusstan]

all these americans, wearing kilts, involving themselves in these so called highland games, well i dont see any highlands, and i dont see any scottish people

[JuggernautWest]

@angusstan because the sport does not require highlands and the sport was created by the scottish. It is not mandatory that competitors be scottish themselves.

[angusstan]

@JuggernautWest well then why not call it the american throwing games?

[bbmafiuex]

is he a neo nazi??????

[Martigora]

@bbmafiuex why should he? an iron cross has nothing to do with nazis, get some education man

[SRagy]

Not a very good toss, actually. The object is to get the caber to flip over completely in a straight line away from the competitor, but it fell sideways.

[ilnn408]

anyone else get scared when the caber was heading towards the camera hahaha

[Diego4444cg4]

q pedazo touro

[hghis4winners]

that is a west coast cross.

[tempac91]

What's the tattoo he has on his chest?

[00JakeR00]

It,s a german Iron cross.

[hillbillyscotsman]

so how does a person get to look like that....im a big guy myself and i mean this in straight matter...but i like his stature..i would love to look like that..how can it be done?

[mrchuckmorris]

Apparently one gets that stature by throwing trees

[DtTV94]

@hillbillyscotsman Lift some weights and do some fighting.

[animemooose]

Great guy, I have the honor of working out with him. I asked for some help to get started on this and he made me a training buddy! So, don't jump to conclusions without knowing someone guys. He's one of those nice guys out there. Don't know of to many pro's who would invite me to train when they just met me.

[TheRugbyidiot]

@animemooose He works out at the same gym I do. He's the biggest dude in the place and has probably the best personality in the place- he brings his kid to training also.

[dontfallwow]

Wait.... what the fuck has WW2 got to do with the highland games? It's not a bloody hitler badge hing so just shut the fuck up about WW2.

[JuggernautWest]

by the way, that guy has massive arms

[Original50]

The guy has a German name, maybe he is being 'patriotic', by wearing such tattoos? There are probably millions of Plastic Jocks/Micks across North America who sport celtic insignia although they never saw a Ben or Glen in their lives... The eagle is the one currently used by the German Federal Government, so no 'old Germany ' associations there...

[Clip9Napper]

Maybe his grand parents were German Jews?

[Original50]

A really superficial lance at the internet indicates that Benroth is a common German name and doesn't 'seem' to have any semitic origins. May the man himself would like to tellus about his ancestors?

[Clip9Napper]

Benroth is a typical Yiddish(jewish) name, other examples: Albert Einstein, Boris Becker, Steven Spielberg, Ben Stiller, Adam Sandler, all this guys jews

[Original50]

I stand corrected :O)

A couple of those would strike me as being of jewish origin. I guess there are just so many names from that culture that are so integrated with the Germanic ones that I never really noticed. Assuming direct Jewish links is stretching it a bit. The most you could assume is that there was intermarriage and the name persisted...

[JuggernautWest]

Those aren't Nazi tattoos

[Braxan712]

wieso hat der das eisernekreuz und den deustchen adler auf sein fetten körper tättoowirt?

ps: nur weil man so was hat is man noch lang kein nazi ... das sind symbole die noch heute in deutschland verwendet werden!

[Clip9Napper]

hehe germans...die yankees werden dich kaum verstehn wenn du deutsch schreibst

[xklawenx]

lol hes wearing a misfits beanie

[xanderthemanonthe]

how fucking dare he wear a kilt with those tattoos, if he ever went to scotland he wouldn't last a fucking hour with that iron cross showing.

[dontfallwow]

Seriously shut the fuck up. Who cares about tatoos, the highland games is a scottish tradition which has went on for ages.

[Thecurbstomper]

that guy could probably throw a person twice as far

[DanielRipper]

Nazi

[DanielRipper]

mazi/faci

[ciaracrys]

Nice job, buddy. I dig the hat.

[meatcurtinz]

another fiend club member we walk among you

[watadoo]

poor form. no momentum or stlye at all.

[TrevorMCevene]

I will kiss his ass

[Metalic9Ice1]

its ot the german eagle...its the Maltese cross. An old scottish sign from the islands of Malta.

[matt5608]

yea i just saw that also that corss on his chest is the same style they used a german fighter plans in WWII....sketchy

[werebear1]

Actually that is an iron cross, Originally created in 1813 by King Fredrick III during Prussia's period of 'blood and iron' - their struggle for survival against Napoleon. It was intended to replace other traditional awards during times of war, such as the Order of the Red Eagle or the Pour le Mèrite (known as the Blue Max during WW1). It was not created by "Nazis" if that is what you meant.

[dewsdew]

at the houlcaust there were some jewish war vetrens from the german army who had that "iron cross"

[werebear1]

There where over 150,000 Jewish soldiers serving in the German military during WW2 who chose to do so. There was also a lot of collaboration between Zionism and Nazism. In Fact, Theodore Herzl was a strong promoter of early National Socialism (he was the founder of Zionism)

[rvosa]

Theodor Herzl died in 1904, so that must have been some really, really early National Socialism.

[werebear1]

Indeed, the idea was around way before Hitler came into the political game. There are some interesting "Herzl" biographies stating that before starting Zionism, he was quite busy with the idea of national socialism. I highly recommend the book

"Theodor Herzl: From Assimilation to Zionism" by Jacques Kornberg

"Kornberg (history, Univ. of Toronto) offers an illuminating portrait of Herzl as a young German nationalist and shows how this youthful experience influenced his Zionism"

[xanderthemanonthe]

yeh, ok mate, but i think we can agree for the most part the jews didn't have a very good time during the war...twat.

[JamesGarfieldDavis]

Hes cool, ist that the german eagle on his arm?

looks alot loke tho

[kypha]

since now, my goal is to look like that guy, and be abit stronger lol

[wolfgangle]

a beast

[deirdrebeth]

A traditional caber is around 16--20 feet (5--6 m) long and weighs around 80--130 pounds (35--60 kg).

[iloveagoodbrew]

Strong guy !

[ThePackerOfFudge]

my life goal is to caber toss

[linemanboston]

Great video! Gerard tosses that caber like a twig! He's an amazing man.