If you read the title at the beginning of the video it says EGC (as in
European Gliding Championships) 2005 in Nitra (Slovakia). This is a
competition finish at a major gliding competition, there won't be any
student pilots on solo nor will there be "normal" patterns (especially
not at 1000 feet) when it starts raining gliders coming home from the
task at the end of the day...

The final got a bit marginal but he elected for a rolling finish after
going into ground effect on the last few 100 meters, again a valid
procedure for experienced pilots at a competition like this, I have
seen a lot worse... No spectators, cars etc in the way either like
there have been at plenty other competitions...

Markus