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Post by skythenewark on Aug 9, 2015 4:52:39 GMT -5
{Spoiler}There is a thing on my TV that says Obstacle in Finals Include:Arm Rings, Doorknob Arch, & Spider Climb. The Spider Climb is returning? If so, WDF ANW? That would be an error in the TV guide, or for some reason ANW6 Denver Finals are getting shown sometime soon? Because that's what those obstacles are from... Because for the San Pedro finals the extended course after the SL is Swinging Frames (the obstacle after the SL in Dallas last year), some kind of up and down lamp grasper type obstacle with Atomik holds, and Invisible Ladder. Also besides that, the Doorknob Arch was part of Pittsburgh's extended course (which airs this Monday) Thanks for the notification. I checked and it's not Denver the first time I saw it.
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Post by LusitaniaAngel313 on Aug 17, 2015 19:01:35 GMT -5
I think the intro literally just spoiled the one clear is Ryan Stratis... XD
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Post by Amber on Aug 17, 2015 20:48:11 GMT -5
NEW RECORD FOR SLOWEST TIME, DUSTIN MCKINNEY!
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Post by LusitaniaAngel313 on Aug 17, 2015 20:49:29 GMT -5
Ok so I'm wrong. So Stratis may not be clearing after all... Hmm...
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Post by penguincatfish on Aug 17, 2015 21:06:26 GMT -5
Top 15 {Top 15}
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Post by Mjyr1 on Aug 17, 2015 21:08:01 GMT -5
NEW RECORD FOR SLOWEST TIME, DUSTIN MCKINNEY! {Spoiler}Slower than Everybody-knows-who from last year at Venice?
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Post by ying729 on Aug 18, 2015 3:41:09 GMT -5
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Post by kangaroo on Aug 18, 2015 9:26:50 GMT -5
That invisible ladder looks brutal after already having your arms pumped out from the other obstacles it got a lot of contestants this year
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Post by nehcney on Aug 18, 2015 16:18:51 GMT -5
So not grabbing the balls is allowed during this obstacle? The producers were desperate for a clear and told the competitors that they had full reign to grab whatever the hell they wanted to clear. If they were strict with the rules, we wouldn't have had any clears in San Pedro and that would make for bad TV. If you look closely at all the competitors who completed the globe graspers, the only one to do it legit was Matthew Jensen. I LOVED his technique. Also in case anyone was wondering why all of a sudden so many people who failed the I-Beam cross were now clearing it the second night, it's because they added an additional hidden hold on the right side that's hidden from the camera. If you look closely you can see that the competitors' right hands were not grabbing the red board, but reaching behind it for that sweet sweet freebie hold.
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Post by RiderLeangle on Aug 19, 2015 7:37:34 GMT -5
Yeah I somewhat figured there would be 2 holds on it, I remember the picture that showed one but assumed people got 2 now and the spacing was different, good to know I'm not imagining things. Speaking of imagining things, I may be wrong but based on looking at the broadcast I'm 95% sure it looks like the Globe Grasper used Three Ball Climbing Impossiballs instead of typical Atomik holds, can someone there confirm or deny this?
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Post by nehcney on Aug 20, 2015 14:38:13 GMT -5
Having tried both the impossiballs and the globe graspers, I would say the impossiballs seem to be smaller and had a smoother surface. The globe graspers seemed to be painted metal, and while smooth it wasn't extremely hard to hold onto. I'm pretty sure they're different.
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Post by Amber on Aug 20, 2015 16:05:38 GMT -5
I declare Rider a professional under the field Atomik Holds/ anything like Atomik Holds
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Post by evan on Aug 20, 2015 18:54:38 GMT -5
painted metal has little friction and it's much more difficult to grip vs something like Atomik balls or metal that is unpainted and rusty. I think the vertical bars on that obstacle were much easier to grip vs the globes.Plus he had the support of the globes at the bottom. It did stand out when watching it on tv and I was a bit surprised they allowed for it. Nevertheless, it was a really difficult obstacle, imo more difficult than the climbing wall (9th obstacle) in Venice.
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Post by nehcney on Aug 20, 2015 19:26:34 GMT -5
It's less technical than the climbing wall but I agree that it's more taxing since it's arms all the way through. Holding onto the balls only is really awkward because of the huge metal bar coming out of the top, makes it really hard to thread the bar between your fingers, so it's ideal to hold it so that the bar is between your thumb and index finger. When you hold it that way though it makes it so easy to hook a couple fingers around the bar...the design of the obstacle was doomed to failure, too hard to enforce not grabbing the bar, which is probably why they decided to allow it (and even urged the competitors to do so towards the end of the night).
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