- For all its loud n' flashy television wrapping, the obstacle course spectacle of "American Ninja Warrior" is a simple thing at its core. This is jumping from the recliner to the couch because the floor is lava, but with that fundamental principle rendered huge and awesome and so damn difficult. At a primal level, "American Ninja Warrior" is about every time anyone ever slid down a banister when they could have used the stairs. It's doing a wheelie in your wheelchair. It's wedging the toe of your shoe into the diamonds of the chain link and climbing over instead of walking around. It is doing something difficult for no good reason beyond that it is 1) difficult and 2) fun, in that way.
Fairly or unfairly, I often give Vice magazine a serious side-eye when it comes to their stories and journalism. That said, I definitely enjoyed this article when it popped up in my twitter feed.
thenewgreen who was it that was working on getting on to American Ninja Warrior? I totally forget.
edit: it surprises me that I have contributed several times to the #sports tag, even though I don't follow it.
It's hard reading this because I was bitter to not make the show. But after watching my audition tape for the nth time, it's not hard to see why I was passed over. The word was that fifty thousand people applied, and there were only 500 spots. My video was a little too humdrum, so when May rolled through and I didn't receive a phone call, I was really disappointed if not surprised. The first thing my friend said is, we'll try again next year. Good article :)
Dude, blackbootz, take him up on this. You'll get on the show!
I'm rooting for ya!!!The first thing my friend said is, we'll try again next year.