YouTube epic boat fails videos

[Nomad57]

While these videos don't specifically relate to cruising, as most of the stuff happens in smaller boats, there are some relatively large boats, (even ships), and sailboats that get into trouble.


Until I started watching these videos, I hadn't realized how easy it was to lose control of/swamp/flip/pitch-pole/sink a boat, since during several decades of boating, (eight years with a single-screw power boat) I had never even come close to experiencing such calamity.



As I watch these videos, I can't help but ponder the following questions...

Who ARE these people?
Where did they learn their "Seamanship"?
Who thought it was a good idea to invent the bow-rider, and then compound the felony by making one with extreme reverse sheer?



And what's with these people who deliberately engage in Jackass-style high jinks, laughing all the while?


Nomad