would like to see someone run the course errorfree

[mpbk]

There are some obstacles that never seem to get clean runs. It would be cool if for the qualifier and the final, you'd have some good athlete or stunt person run the course with no mistakes so we can see how it is supposed to be done. Or maybe instead of the entire course, just show one of the obstacles that everyone seems to be missing and tell us the best way to do it.

For example, on the gears of doom, I don't recall seeing more than 1 clean run, and I think the guy was very very lucky. There was another guy who made it, but only because you guys put a tarp around the entire gear, and he grabbed the tarp when he really should have fallen. In fact, I think the gears of doom are incredibly unfair as there does not seem to be any good way of figuring out the timing for them. So I'd like to see an explanation of how that is supposed to be done.

Two others I'd like explained are the slippery swing (which seems to have gaps which are unhumanly crossable) and the one from season one at the end of the qualifier where you hang from a big red ball and are supposed to land and stop on a six inch ledge. I don't think that last one is actually doable, and if it is, it would be nice if you could show it being done, even if it isn't done by the contestants.

Thanks for listening. I love the show!

[wipeout]

Aug 2, 2009 9:38:54 GMT -5 mpbk said:

There are some obstacles that never seem to get clean runs. It would be cool if for the qualifier and the final, you'd have some good athlete or stunt person run the course with no mistakes so we can see how it is supposed to be done. Or maybe instead of the entire course, just show one of the obstacles that everyone seems to be missing and tell us the best way to do it.

For example, on the gears of doom, I don't recall seeing more than 1 clean run, and I think the guy was very very lucky. There was another guy who made it, but only because you guys put a tarp around the entire gear, and he grabbed the tarp when he really should have fallen. In fact, I think the gears of doom are incredibly unfair as there does not seem to be any good way of figuring out the timing for them. So I'd like to see an explanation of how that is supposed to be done.

Two others I'd like explained are the slippery swing (which seems to have gaps which are unhumanly crossable) and the one from season one at the end of the qualifier where you hang from a big red ball and are supposed to land and stop on a six inch ledge. I don't think that last one is actually doable, and if it is, it would be nice if you could show it being done, even if it isn't done by the contestants.

Thanks for listening. I love the show!

That sounds like an excellent idea. Have a paid stuntman run the course and do it perfect at the beginning of the show, and through the wipeout zone. That I'd love to see.