Best ski wipe out in history. No one can touch this guy.
@XRacerify
2 жыл бұрын
Pfftttt..... Hold my tequilla.
@stacythomas1587
2 жыл бұрын
Vinko is still alive in 2022.
@bryancozort2068
2 жыл бұрын
@@stacythomas1587 that man is unstoppable.
@andrew_owens7680
2 жыл бұрын
Nobody that is still walking around anyway.
@2degucitas
Жыл бұрын
He took out a couple of guys with him
@j0hnnykn0xv1lle
6 жыл бұрын
Growing up in the late 70s and early 80s - any time we crashed our sleds, when we went sledding we ALWAYS called it the "agony of defeat" out loud lol this guy is legend.
@GregPlaskett
5 жыл бұрын
Johnny Knoxville hell yeah brother. Still do it to this day when one of my buddies crashes on a mountain bike 😂
@Alvan81
4 жыл бұрын
We used to say it when somebody tried to get a girl's phone number!
@XRacerify
2 жыл бұрын
Try it MotoGP style THIS would be the NEW agony of defeat ! @@GregPlaskett kzitem.info/news/bejne/tn2G2HygaqCBp2U
@crysjumar1
6 жыл бұрын
just realized that i don't even know who "The Thrill of Victory " guy is....but everyone knows that agony of defeat. Vinko, you are legend.
@meadster308
5 жыл бұрын
They changed the "thrill of victory" every couple of years but Vinko was always the "agony of defeat".
@idysports
2 жыл бұрын
I think the "Thrill of Victory" guy is a young George Foreman after he beats Joe Frazier in Kingston Jamaica to win the heavyweight championship of the world in 1973.
@vicepresidentmikepence889
6 ай бұрын
They had numerous "Thrill of victory" people
@alanmorris7669
4 жыл бұрын
I really do miss the 1970s. When I was a kid, I loved watching this TV show on Saturday with my dad. When "ABC Wide World of Sports" was coming on, I could hardly wait to see Vinko Bogataj, tumble and flip into that crowd of spectators. And everybody loved announcer, Howard Cosell because of his hilarious personality.
@michaelquintana7142
2 жыл бұрын
Me too i watched on saturdays with my dad.
@watchjuggernaut9405
11 ай бұрын
I miss those days also…remembering watching it with my dad.
@Pookatube
16 жыл бұрын
RIP Jim. And Thank You for immortalizing Vinko Bogataj forever in the minds of Millions of American and International Sports Fans!
@altfactor
7 жыл бұрын
Vinko Bogataj once did an American Express credit card commercial which began with him saying "Do you know me? Every Saturday afternoon at 5 O'Clock, I fall off a ski jump", referring to "Wide World"'s longtime timeslot.
@mosesberkowitz3298
5 жыл бұрын
Its good he has a sense of the humor in things. Too many athletes take themselves so seriously. Relax, guys!
@dik71
5 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@BLUTOV
2 жыл бұрын
I remember that.
@SilentKnight43
Жыл бұрын
😂😂
@Jaymindrew1990
2 жыл бұрын
I’m amazed that all Vinko suffered from that fall was a mild concussion and a broken ankle. I’m glad he recovered and got to go to the Wild World of Sports anniversary where he got the longest and loudest standing ovation of anyone there.
@rockvilleraven
2 жыл бұрын
Ambulances must not be good there, if he was transported in the meat wagon.
@tripslft
3 жыл бұрын
To this day, I’m still surprised that he lived through that.
@julieliebman3741
5 жыл бұрын
I wish they would bring back Wide World of Sports. It was such a great show!
@rockvilleraven
2 жыл бұрын
It was the best of the Sports Anthogy show and 3 spin offs, the Superstars which was pro athletes in Olympic style events, the American Sportsman, the first outdoors show, and the Professional Bowlers Tour which lasted over 30 years.
@BLUTOV
2 жыл бұрын
Man it was beyond awesome.
@rockvilleraven
2 жыл бұрын
Pro Bowlers Tour, got picked because that sports is one of the oldest televised and bowling was the number participation sport, American Sports covered hunting and fishing, Curt Gowdy is in the fishing hall of fame.
@booperdooper6930
7 жыл бұрын
Interesting fact: Muhammad Ali asked for his autograph at the 20th anniversary celebration for Wide World of Sports in 1981
@kinglord6348
3 жыл бұрын
That's awesome!!! From one sports legend to ABC sports icon
@Jaymindrew1990
2 жыл бұрын
When Vinko attended the Wide World of Sports anniversary, it is said that he got the loudest and longest standing ovation of anyone there.
@scooteragnew9248
3 жыл бұрын
This wipe out is the best thing that ever happened to him...no one was seriously hurt, and he bacame a legend.
@petermoran2832
10 жыл бұрын
The commentator on that Agony of Defeat was Bud Palmer; 1921-2013, RIP
@johnjefferyialviola3537
6 жыл бұрын
"...he finally returned to the place where he became famous, by accident." Very well written, sir.
@rubedogg6969
5 жыл бұрын
The announcer sounds like he's describing The Hindenberg disaster!
@scooteragnew9248
3 жыл бұрын
They should have said, "Oh the humanity!"
@goatanything
10 жыл бұрын
I miss that show, it really was a first class act. RIP Jim McKay :(
@maureensawatzki7917
3 жыл бұрын
I use to watch Wide World of Sports every Saturday.
@Retroman27
2 жыл бұрын
Me too!
@OnTheRun167
15 жыл бұрын
I wonder how many times I saw this on Saturday and Sunday mornings as a kid growing up lol
@xr4ti548
6 жыл бұрын
Look out! ... Look at him go!!! ... Uhh hoooooo ... Ohh Baby!
@tylerdurden639
2 жыл бұрын
More famous than if he had won a gold medal in that same event. No one except those who competed in the event remembers who medalled, but everyone who watched Wide World of Sports remembers Vinko, even if they don't know his name.
@jjkhawaiian
4 жыл бұрын
I remember running to watch the intro once I heard the music start, no matter where I was at home. Just so I can watch the agony of defeat. Though, the whole and music was inspiring and moving. This intro doesn't have gymnast, Omg Korbet on the balance beam. Talk about discipline, determination, grit, and the smile of knowing she just won the gold medal.
@jsmcguireIII
14 жыл бұрын
Just watching ski jumping on tv with my teenage son and told him how we used to see this ski jumper go ragdoll on the intro to wide world of sports on saturday mornings. And here it is! We were laughing our asses off. I love youtube!!! Go Vinko - the most famous ski jumper OF ALL TIME!!!!
@johnrochford2934
Жыл бұрын
Every Saturday as a kid I watched this hosted by Jim McKay.
@eoj5683
2 жыл бұрын
All these years i never knew who the guys was but for sure brings ya back to your childhood for sure 👀
@tylerjoseph8264
4 жыл бұрын
He wrote a great book called “I’m Better Than This”
@Blastbarnacle
8 жыл бұрын
I think I speak for everybody when I say, "OUCH!"
@nsnopper
Жыл бұрын
I just Googled Vinko. He’s still with us! Hang in there. That crash would have killed the average man. 👍👍👍👍
@DTD110865
3 жыл бұрын
I'm so glad that this footage is still in color and still in the same lighting as it was in 1970.
@clevesc
14 жыл бұрын
If you look closer, you can see that his only head protection was a nit cap. Amazing.
@moogyboy6
Ай бұрын
We love Vinko Bogotaj because we can all identify with him; he is the sympathetic Everyman of the "Wide World" opening pantheon. The victors are few and far between, but every last one of us has had an Agony Of Defeat moment, the sudden sinkng feeling that something has gone horribly wrong, the pain, the humiliation... I daresay his epic wipeout is the essence of the human experience: you put on your brave face, you try, and very often you fail...but it's for you to fill in the blank, that you then get up and try again. And maybe, if you're lucky, the world will be there to cheer you on.
@ChrisBakerauthor
2 жыл бұрын
He had no idea he had become so well-known in the USA. One time, Bob Costas asked Jim McKay: "Where is that poor guy?"
@anonfrank546
5 жыл бұрын
ah yes , brings back childhood memories - never will forget the thrill of defeat and the agony of victory
@thomasmckenzie4584
2 жыл бұрын
LOL
@dj6927
12 жыл бұрын
Glad I saw this after all these years. I always remember this on the intro to Wide world of sports and people at school saying he died from that fall. Now I know the truth. Only took me more than 30 years, but now I know.
@SilentKnight43
Жыл бұрын
Grew up watchin' Wide World of Sports with Jim McKay - must've seen Vinko's wipeout a few hundred times. And despite the repetition...it still has the power to shock.
@GirGir183
4 жыл бұрын
0:20 "he lives a quiet life in northern yugoslavia"...in 1991. That's all about to change.
@konradsartorius7913
3 жыл бұрын
Video taken moments before disaster
@BoltManiac
4 жыл бұрын
His fall was 50 years ago today.
@damays99
10 жыл бұрын
410ft... you are AWESOME Vinko!
@yokoreia
6 жыл бұрын
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@ultrakool
2 жыл бұрын
he later jumped 400ft. stefan kraft has the record of over 800ft, twice the distance of vinkp. that really puts things in perspective
@christopherwoods7891
4 жыл бұрын
I remember watching that jump live at my dad's house. I can remember thinking "damn!"
@josetamez6970
2 жыл бұрын
Every Saturday around 2 or 3 PM we gathered in the living room to watch the Wide World of Sports. I always wondered about that guy and what I was told was that he broke his neck on that fall. Now 50 years later I finally learn the truth. I guess it looks a lot worse than it really was. Man, I miss those days! Thanks!
@patriotamerica1
2 жыл бұрын
Poor fella had to relive that over and over every single weekend for years on end on ABCs Wide World of Sports intro
@eddied6990
2 жыл бұрын
Ooooaaoooooohhhhhhh!!!…BABY…..what a terrible fall… The commentary is as legend as the accident itself
@stillededge
5 жыл бұрын
I saw this as kid. Gotta say, I remember it WAY bigger than it was. Since then I’ve seen allota sports...and many more horrific failures than this. I hope Vinko has enjoyed the fame. There is such a thing as “successful failures”. As they go, this was actually a huge success.
@meadster308
5 жыл бұрын
Successful failures, the Jamaican bobsled team did get a Miller Lite commercial.
@clintturner4995
5 ай бұрын
rember seeing this as a kid over and over
@rickkilimun5430
6 жыл бұрын
"HEY VINKO, YOUR JUMP'S ON AGAIN!" *in Norwegian accent* "Aw geez Ay don't vant to see te damn thing again, leave me alone!"
@erictaylor5462
5 жыл бұрын
Just to be in a position to suffer such an agony of defeat, he had to experience the thrill of victory many many times.
@AllRequired
16 жыл бұрын
There he is, standing at the very edge of the Oberstdorf sign like a proud warrior. I swear to God, he looked like he was all set to try that jump all over again.
@fmontgomeryrn
5 жыл бұрын
Cool story behind a very famous known athlete who now lives a very simple ordinary life.
@raygordonteacheschess5501
7 жыл бұрын
One of Bogataj's students, Franci Petek (1991 world champion), wiped out in 1995 on television as well.
@dmmchugh3714
Жыл бұрын
53 years ago, but I remember watching Wide World of Sports every week with my family. I was in elementary school then. Seems like yesterday. 🌐 🌎 ✌️ ☮️
@skyking1961
Жыл бұрын
Yeah tell me about it, I'm 61 now time flies faster now than then.
@dquinn8344
Жыл бұрын
I remember everyone saying that skier died back in the 70s during that crash. I'm glad that wasn't true...
@eoj5683
2 жыл бұрын
Wide world of sports was really like the 1st espn type show that i member all diff sports
@MartyInLa
11 жыл бұрын
Glad to see he is all right. All the kids at school always said he was severely crippled by that wipe out.
@meadster308
5 жыл бұрын
That's an urban legend I never heard.
@MrUnsolvedMystery
3 жыл бұрын
That clip is the reason why I tuned in every week. Lol
@altfactor
13 жыл бұрын
If "Wide World" were still on the air today, chances are Vinko Bogataj's ski jump would no longer be "{The Agony Of Defeat". It probably would be replaced by the crash that cost J.R. Hildebrand the 2011 Indianapolis "500".
@JLPB60
3 жыл бұрын
I remember seeing that jump happen live. I am still amazed he only suffered a mild concussion from that.
@kirbycraft9325
2 жыл бұрын
The even gave him the Wide World of Sports version of a Grammy for his wall.
@thorbrayshaw1280
Жыл бұрын
I woke up out of a dead sleep because I remembered my dad watching this video with me laughing our asses off
@edpoe4591
Жыл бұрын
If you ❤️ sports you gotta remember 😎
@shredlepzin1654
2 жыл бұрын
Watching this sport today doesn’t even compare, still fun to watch though, used to be glued to the tv for WWoS
@Rrrrrrrea
15 жыл бұрын
And in Slovenia, Vinko Bogataj is appreciated as one of the legends of ski jumping... He's such a joke :D
@theanswerisinthebackofyourhead
6 жыл бұрын
WHEN I WAS A KID. IT SEEMED AS THOUGH THEY PLAYED THIS THING EVERY TIME YOU TURNED ON THE TV. THERE IT WAS.
@markbrown4039
Жыл бұрын
"Look out! Oh, look at him go!" "Ohhh baby...what a terrible fall!"
@rickyfan3956
11 жыл бұрын
Well, I'm glad to see that he did get a good jump in that day because all I could remember of him was that terrible fall.
@stephanielaurenbounds4958
Жыл бұрын
LOVE ski jumping - it’s as if they’re FLYING!!! 🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂
@buzzterbrown
14 жыл бұрын
Finally, this is the guy. I was thinking of him after the tragic accident in Vancouver a few days ago.
@elshaitan1057
2 жыл бұрын
Wow. It happened before I was born. I always remembered this program as a kid and the horrible fall of that fellow in the programs intro.
@chezsnailez
3 жыл бұрын
Damn near took out two people on the side of that jump ramp as he was going over the side. Those are the unsung lucky bastards of the day...
@zelezniklemen
14 жыл бұрын
to all of u, i know him and he is still lives.
@theanswerisinthebackofyourhead
3 жыл бұрын
I remember this as a small kid. ABC played the piss out of this clip back in the 70s and 80s. It has to be the most famous wipe out of all time. I was 6 when this happened.
@BLUTOV
2 жыл бұрын
This is the human personification of Yosemite Sam falling down stairs...each step he hit, clothing jarred loose from him. What a wipe out.
@VidMasterflex
10 жыл бұрын
0:46 is the reason you came here
@ThreeLittleBirds111
8 жыл бұрын
'''Yes Sir, Indeed it is ....~ The Agony of defeat ~ We lived threw out the 70's watching this agonizing long jump crash over and over ..how could any of us ever forget ...Nice to see he recovered ok ...
@thruthfog
6 жыл бұрын
I second what Albert said! I feel old
@lisasilvas5914
6 жыл бұрын
yep feelin old - the agony of da feet! Its all dowhill from here when you got old mans feet!
@billmoore7007
3 жыл бұрын
Abc needs to go back to the way we use to know them from 80s, 90s,,nothing was better then the,,,, wide world of sports,,,,
@crysjumar1
11 жыл бұрын
i think this might be the most famous sports guy ever (that no one knows).
@tomaszstecowicz5886
3 жыл бұрын
- Oooohhh Baby!!!... (I mean) what a terrible fall!!!
@JaniceCarter-ws7lu
7 ай бұрын
Four hundred and 10 ft..He survived it and went on after he healed❤
@GirlsFootballFreestyle
10 жыл бұрын
Ouch...I. Remember this one
@altfactor
4 жыл бұрын
I'm pretty sure that the voices of the play-by-commentators from the original 1970 competition excerpted in that clip were Bud Palmer and former ski jumping champ Art Devlin.
@a.fontaine633
6 жыл бұрын
I would never forget watching that fall as a kid
@joebush1663
15 күн бұрын
You know it's a pretty good wreck when his helmet goes flying after his first bounce.
@johnmac3410
Жыл бұрын
Now I know his name "Vinko". We used to call him Mr. Agony.
@xxLabrat407xx
14 жыл бұрын
Well I don't know if EVERYONE watched it EVERY SATURDAY but I remember it..that commentator's "Woooah baby!" gets me each time!! ROFL "Smak"
@claysmith3370
7 жыл бұрын
Vinko had no chance of winning a medal, so in a sense, his wreck was the victory he was looking for because he became famous. Of course he had no idea at the time that his wreck would be watched by millions every Sunday afternoon for the next twenty years.
@cultfilmfreakreviews
5 жыл бұрын
his fall was famous, but he never was. it was only until the internet that we'd be able to search "the agony of defeat" guy to find his name. I know Mohomad Ali got his autograph, but they were at a convention and I'm sure he was told. it's not like anyone could say, "hey, you're that guy?" he had a ski mask on.
@vickilabriola2323
2 жыл бұрын
@@cultfilmfreakreviews Exactly. Those were the best years of our lives.
@59plexi
3 жыл бұрын
i was 4 in '74....even being that young i knew that was a wild wipe-out
@mattyal9347
Жыл бұрын
I seen this back in the seventies and up until now I thought this guy was killed
@maratonec5
9 жыл бұрын
these guys were amazing, ski flying was an art back then
@jarrodbarkley9061
3 жыл бұрын
He never imagined he'd be famous for that reason!
@1left2theright4jc9
5 жыл бұрын
We have better and more of everything now .. but Nothing is as good as it was in the 1970s .. Actual conversation- daughter is on couch disgusted.."Dad there is nothing on " yes ur right we have 4000 channels and there isnt ever anything on ..in 1970s we had 4 channels and there was always something good on.
@lonniegammon1149
6 жыл бұрын
Every Sunday night until 90s
@cookieDaXapper
6 жыл бұрын
Comedian Franklin Ajaye has an awesome routine surrounding this:"nobody wants to be the agony of defeat guy."
@freein2339
2 жыл бұрын
That was cold-blooded
@danieldangelo7937
3 жыл бұрын
The guy had balls to fly and land 410ft
@DonReedProductions
14 жыл бұрын
His video ran every time this program aired.
@ucfkid67
3 жыл бұрын
That looks like me after a hard night of beer and hot wings with goat cheese at 1:28 and on. Whew.
@Dave711701
2 жыл бұрын
Glad he wasn't seriously hurt and besides he actually has bragging rights about Muhammad Ali asking him for an autograph because of this famous crash.
@HeyRadialMoon
16 жыл бұрын
He bailed on the jump, pure and simple.
@gettyfanatic8860
5 жыл бұрын
Still going. Nothing outlasts the Energizer. It keeps going and going and going and going and... (repeated a few times)
@HoganCourrier
13 жыл бұрын
I remember this, it used to be on the theme intro of wide world of sports
@jaysoper3974
3 жыл бұрын
what a way to get famous
@fjccommish
10 жыл бұрын
I can translate what Vinko said near the end. "OW!"
@lloydpryor2762
5 жыл бұрын
And as he was falling toward the end of the ramp.... HOLY BEEP!!!
@Marimarr59
3 жыл бұрын
I was 11 when he had this accident....I scared the crap outta me🙄😳!
@Goohuman
10 жыл бұрын
I've heard he was ditching the run. He was embarrassed about it afterwards but much later he says the jumps had been getting longer and longer and he had some fear that he could injure himself worse by landing on the flat on the bottom at full speed, so he baled. Seems plausible.
@cultfilmfreakreviews
5 жыл бұрын
a plausible... excuse? reason? or rationalization?
@medros74
2 жыл бұрын
It does look like he ditched at the last moment. He seems to just throw on the brakes and just lay it down like he’s on a Super Bike. And then he high sided it going off the ramp.
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