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Post by Ninja Warrior Ryan on May 25, 2019 23:57:22 GMT -5
This is not a shot at him but more of an observation. Hasn't Grant M failed to qualify for Vegas 2 years in a row now nor has made it past the Salmon Ladder in stage 2? So why does he keep being treated like an all star? I'm sure there are others along this same path but he's been the more obvious to me.
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Post by Paragus on May 26, 2019 16:27:55 GMT -5
Yeah he's not that great compared to other popular competitors, but since he has a big personality, they're gonna keep hyping him up.
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Post by Ninja Warrior Ryan on May 26, 2019 17:56:39 GMT -5
Yeah he's not that great compared to other popular competitors, but since he has a big personality, they're gonna keep hyping him up. Honestly not a huge fan of his personality either. But could be cause hes over hyped. But I loved his seriousness last year however so I hope to see more of that this year. |
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Post by Kane-Not-Kosugi on May 26, 2019 18:14:11 GMT -5
He's gained a lot of popularity and is constantly a promoter of ANW on social media. His personality is big, and he's promoted as a ninja from Hawaii (even though he only moved there in his 20s, so maybe I'll be the Hawaiian Ninja on that show that was actually raised there  ). Not to mention he's now placed 16th twice in a row. He has what it takes to make Vegas, and a story is now being made out of his track record. Unless he just fails to deliver again, I don't think he's going anywhere for a while. |
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Post by Geoffnotjeff on May 26, 2019 18:27:22 GMT -5
He's gained a lot of popularity and is constantly a promoter of ANW on social media. His personality is big, and he's promoted as a ninja from Hawaii (even though he only moved there in his 20s, so maybe I'll be the Hawaiian Ninja on that show that was actually raised there ). Not to mention he's now placed 16th twice in a row. He has what it takes to make Vegas, and a story is now being made out of his track record. Unless he just fails to deliver again, I don't think he's going anywhere for a while. Sorry Ill take the Hawaiian born and raised flag! =)) First 21 years on oahu! |
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Post by tyler on May 27, 2019 0:19:21 GMT -5
I tried making the same point on a Facebook post and people weren't having it. There's many people who don't get much air time who are pretty good. It should go to someone like that. He's good. He's made Vegas a few times and cleared stage 1. He has some popularity but he's not at the legend level of getting to stages 3 or 4. He's largely popular for getting shown often. Some of the other ninjas who did better this year could get some better recognition.
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Post by Kane-Not-Kosugi on May 31, 2019 19:34:55 GMT -5
He's gained a lot of popularity and is constantly a promoter of ANW on social media. His personality is big, and he's promoted as a ninja from Hawaii (even though he only moved there in his 20s, so maybe I'll be the Hawaiian Ninja on that show that was actually raised there ). Not to mention he's now placed 16th twice in a row. He has what it takes to make Vegas, and a story is now being made out of his track record. Unless he just fails to deliver again, I don't think he's going anywhere for a while. Sorry Ill take the Hawaiian born and raised flag! =)) First 21 years on oahu! No way! I'm from Kauai!!! Okay, you just made it so much easier to have you as a favorite. |
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Post by gamer2k4 on Jun 3, 2019 23:10:51 GMT -5
When they showed the graphic with the six cities last week that had a competitor's face for each, he was the one "representing" his city. (The others were, if memory serves, Kevin Bull, Drew Dreschel, Barclay Stockett, Najee Richardson, and Jessie Graff.) I thought that was an odd choice.
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Post by Messup434 on Jun 3, 2019 23:43:02 GMT -5
When they showed the graphic with the six cities last week that had a competitor's face for each, he was the one "representing" his city. (The others were, if memory serves, Kevin Bull, Drew Dreschel, Barclay Stockett, Najee Richardson, and Jessie Graff.) I thought that was an odd choice. It's also weird since he's usually competing in LA - not the Ohio area. Still, I think y'all are being a bit harsh. He has what it takes to do well, but he's made some mistakes. I trust he will learn as he goes (especially after last year), and I think it's more about his sort of free-spirit personality for the show's producers (remember this voyage to Alaska? I actually enjoyed that story). And he's pretty nice in real life! |
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Post by DeAndre on Jun 5, 2019 5:12:01 GMT -5
In recent years his performance has fallen short of his true potential, but in his first two years he really was quite good IIRC - one of the final 17 in ANW 8, one of I think 6 to have done it in both the 2015 and 2016 years. He also beat the Hourglass Drop in Venice twice which is an achievement for anyone considering greats like David Campbell and Arnold Hernandez failed the obstacle as well.
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). Not to mention he's now placed 16th twice in a row. He has what it takes to make Vegas, and a story is now being made out of his track record. Unless he just fails to deliver again, I don't think he's going anywhere for a while.
