The Brothers Who Invented Formula 1... For Marbles

Marble Racing is a sport watched by millions. In fact, these marbles have more fans than a lot of athletes. People buy their merch, and they even have their own team chants! Thats because brothers Jelle and Dion Bakker have created a captivating world, where a bunch of inanimate objects rolling down a plastic track suddenly becomes an exhilarating sport.

After a life-long passion for marbles, Jelle created a YouTube channel, and audiences quickly became obsessed with their high production value and creative races. It was even noticed by John Oliver, who featured it on his TV Show, Last Week Tonight on HBO.

Youll be the on the edge of your seat chanting for your favorite marble team.

#Marbles #Racing #MarbleRun

00:00 Marbula One
00:29 Glass and Furious
00:42 The brothers behind marble racing
01:34 Meet the Team
02:25 Growing up with marbles
02:57 Building the first marble runs
03:25 Going viral
03:55 Creative approaches to building races
04:55 The die-hard marble fans
5:54 Dion's favourite marble
6:25 Coming up with new ideas
6:50 Jelle's success

Subscribe to Jelle's Marble Runs: youtube.com/@JellesMarbleRuns
Follow on Instagram: @jellesmarbles
Follow on Facebook: @jelleknikkers

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