Smiling and relaxed, Dutch farmer Jacob de Groot grips a pole and walks to the water's edge -- chasing a thrill he first felt aged 10, vaulting across a canal. Every summer, Dutch provinces from ...

KOCKENGEN, Netherlands (AP) — A split second of flight, then a landing on the sand — or a splashdown in a canal. That's the thrill of the Dutch sport of “fierljeppen” — far leaping — which sees ...