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Post by Geoffnotjeff on Aug 3, 2014 0:03:01 GMT -5
Hey everyone, i was trying to figure out if there are any obstacles that have been done on sasuke, but never repeated by an american? I know there are some on ANW - but obviously people have done them easily in training.
Also, what would everyone consider the hardest obstacles ever?
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Post by yamfriend on Aug 3, 2014 0:51:21 GMT -5
IMO, the hardest obstacle which an American has never attempted is Vertical Limit. I've seen almost no training footage of ANW competitors trying it (David Campbell is the only one I distinctly remember even giving it a shot), and considering the past issues which Americans have had with incarnations of the Cliffhanger, I can't imagine many (if any) of them passing it for a while if it were to be in the Vegas Finals. It's arguably the most difficult Stage 3 obstacle to get/stay on whatsoever (i.e. hanging on for at least a few seconds), and its incorporation in Stage 3 in the national finals would almost certainly deny anyone from making it to the Final Stage of ANW (let alone complete the entire course) for a while longer than it already has been. Furthermore, Vertical Limit is not only an incredibly-demanding physical challenge, but also a major psychological one in terms of how daunting it is to pinch grip across a 1-centimeter ledge for 5 meters (or 15 feet, forget which one but my point certainly stands).
I personally don't it being added to ANW anytime soon, unless the ledge is made thicker (1.5 or 2 centimeters would probably be what NBC would go with).
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Post by sasukeandanwfan1115 on Aug 3, 2014 1:12:51 GMT -5
I'd say the hardest obstacle no one from the USA made it to is stage 4.
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Post by StrykerX7 on Aug 3, 2014 3:07:23 GMT -5
I'd say the hardest obstacle no one from the USA made it to is stage 4. Kane Kosugi would like to have a word with you.
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Post by wrestlingfan55 on Aug 3, 2014 7:58:37 GMT -5
Pipe Slider, well the jump part.
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Post by SasukeForever on Aug 3, 2014 8:16:09 GMT -5
Backstream from Sasuke 29.
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Post by Geoffnotjeff on Aug 3, 2014 10:00:43 GMT -5
Pipe slider is hard. But it depends in the dismount distance. It would be great added to ANW!
Back stream does seem hard. I'd love to try it but not an easy thing to set up! I have a feeling we won't send this one ever.
Vertical limit is easy. I know at least 15 Americans including myself that would crush right across it. The crazy cliffhanger is harder I think, having done both and seeing others who can do VL but not CCH.
Thanks! Still wondering if there are any others.
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Post by Philip on Aug 3, 2014 10:13:33 GMT -5
Keep in mind guys, Drew did the Backstream so yeah
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Post by UnrealCanine on Aug 3, 2014 14:25:57 GMT -5
And Kane did the Pipe Slider
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Post by LusitaniaAngel313 on Aug 3, 2014 14:45:28 GMT -5
So in reality the vertical limit really is the only obstacle that would fit the bill. wait what about the globe grasper?
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Post by RiderLeangle on Aug 3, 2014 15:13:23 GMT -5
wait what about the globe grasper? Levi Meeuwenberg attempted the Downwards version in 20 and 23, if you mean not that version it was in the Midwest and Midsouth finals in ANW4 at a slight incline
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Post by KinnikuBanzukeÜberAlles on Aug 3, 2014 17:18:32 GMT -5
Hardest obstacle ever has to be the SASUKE 8 final stage during a typhoon, a slippery Spider Climb and a waterlogged Tsuna Nobori.
I'd like to see ANW have the guts to run a competition during a hurricane. It would make for great TV.
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Post by RiderLeangle on Aug 3, 2014 17:23:51 GMT -5
I'd like to see ANW have the guts to run a competition during a hurricane. It would make for great TV. I don't think you saw the conditions in Baltimore and St Louis... Hell in St Louis they were almost going to run us in a period of light rain but they were running testers to see how far they could take it, apparently one of them almost went into the supports from what I heard, at that point they called it off and told us to come back tomorrow, that was more than what happened in Baltimore where it was just a wait and see until midnight when they called things off... saying ANW should run in those conditions makes me wish there was a dislike button
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Post by TCM on Aug 3, 2014 18:17:45 GMT -5
I'd like to see ANW have the guts to run a competition during a hurricane. It would make for great TV. "In addition to strong winds and rain, tropical cyclones are capable of generating high waves, damaging storm surge, and tornadoes." You want people to compete, on an obstacle course, in a storm system that has killed some 2 million people in the last couple centuries. Riiiiiiight. That has to be one of the dumbest ideas I've heard, joke or not.
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Post by LusitaniaAngel313 on Aug 3, 2014 19:31:20 GMT -5
wait what about the globe grasper? Levi Meeuwenberg attempted the Downwards version in 20 and 23, if you mean not that version it was in the Midwest and Midsouth finals in ANW4 at a slight incline oh I forgot they brought it back! XD Oi then it's really JUST the vertical limit!
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Post by RiderLeangle on Aug 3, 2014 19:39:33 GMT -5
I mean if we really want to go into the history there are probably more. I know it's recent but the Chain See-Saw was a recent example
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Post by LusitaniaAngel313 on Aug 3, 2014 19:41:39 GMT -5
wouldn't the flying nun-chucks be the closest thing to that?
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Post by RiderLeangle on Aug 3, 2014 19:43:15 GMT -5
wouldn't the flying nun-chucks be the closest thing to that? Yes that's close but that's a different obstacle, I mean that's like saying americans have attempted the Curtain Swing in competition because americans have attempted the Curtain Cling, close but different obstacles
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Post by LusitaniaAngel313 on Aug 3, 2014 20:16:52 GMT -5
wouldn't the flying nun-chucks be the closest thing to that? Yes that's close but that's a different obstacle, I mean that's like saying americans have attempted the Curtain Swing in competition because americans have attempted the Curtain Cling, close but different obstacles too true. I couldn't say the Curtain Cling since the Miami course had something similar to that.
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Post by RiderLeangle on Aug 3, 2014 20:27:02 GMT -5
Yes that's close but that's a different obstacle, I mean that's like saying americans have attempted the Curtain Swing in competition because americans have attempted the Curtain Cling, close but different obstacles too true. I couldn't say the Curtain Cling since the Miami course had something similar to that. I say the Curtain Cling doesn't count since Morgan Hamm and Paul Anthony Terek attempted it in Sasuke 15 and 17
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