Jousting in Canada.

Rod Walker (Australia) and Ripper Moore (USA) face off in solid lance jousting and rip each other out of their saddles.

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[19texasraised92]

god damn. can u tell me if people still use those heavy metal tipped jousting lances like they do in that movie "a knights tale" cuz that shit seems like it would hurt

[RodericValcerre]

@19texasraised92

Yes, I have also jousted with solid lances with coronels (the steel 3 pronged spikes) on the end.

[Nirgal011]

Errr... why aren't they using jousting saddles? 8|

[RodericValcerre]

Flat saddles are required for this joust as per the rules. Historically there were some jousts that also required flat saddles so as to facilitate unhorsings. There are many different styles of jousts that had different rules and different equipment (saddles, armour, lances, targeting etc)

[newcomer9747]

jesus what happened after?

[RodericValcerre]

Well, I spent about 15 minutes unconcious ;-)

[gothicpiper]

When I was the lance catcher for one of the shows, the drawstring in my pants broke. I had to hold them up with one hand, so I was forced to try to catch his lance one-handed. I ended up getting smacked in the face. I woke up a few seconds later on the ground, and my pants had fallen down.

[asteriskk2100]

I squired for Ripper in Florida where during a performance he accidently hit me in the face with a lance. I had a black eye for a week & told everyone that "a knight hit me while jousting" but for some reason, nobody believed me & my boyfriend got a lot of dirty looks. I'll never forget Ripper running to me afterwards, dropping to his knees in full armor, taking my hands & saying "M'lady, I'm so sorry. Are you alright?" How many girls can say they had a knight in shinning armor do that? hahaha

[Hyderbowle23]

@thelocustemperor No.. in fact they shook it off..



[thelocustemperor]

Did either of these two people die or become cripples because of this?

[ebonpaladin]

@RodericValcerre - hey man, you were one of the lancers? AWESOME. Something I'd love to do.

[SuperSylar1]

@19texasraised92 well they haven't used those lances since the 15th century after that lances started to get thinner and thinner but were still made out of Oak, the lances you see here are also made out of Oak or douglas fur

[anpe1001]

Hmm, lances made for modern jousting are supposed to shatter in the tip to prevent this from happening. What the hell where they thinking lol?

[lucaslemario1111]

RodericValcerre are you the guy in left or right ?

[TheArngrim]

That is absolutely fantastic!

Now I want to take riding lessons just to be able to joust.

*Standing ovation*

[variag62]

That is solid bad-ass right there.