This mini-boat race in Japan is exhilarating

By Nick Schwartz

Published Dec. 9, 2016 12:21 p.m. ET

We're not exactly sure what's going on here, only that this video of a ladies boat race from Japan is proof that we need more televised watersports in the United States. This is like one of the Olympic water events you get sucked into watching every four years (like rowing or kayaking), only 100 times as exciting.