One of the new challenges introduced with the 2017 American Ninja Warrior All-Stars Special was the Big Air Grab.
This pitted Ninjas against one of their worst enemies: Trampolines.
The athletes needed to use a trampoline to propel themselves to a hanging board. The board would then be raised until only one Ninja could make the leap.
Brent Steffensen, Meagan Martin, Grant McCartney, Kevin Bull and Nicholas Coolridge competed.
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They started with the board raised to 14 feet. All the Ninjas landed it.
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At 14.5 feet, a few of the Ninjas got wet.
Brent made it.
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Meagan just missed by a couple inches.
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Grant grabbed on.
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Kevin’s leap from the trampoline didn’t give him quite enough air.
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Nicholas had no trouble.
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Then, producers decided to stop playing around and raised the board to 16 feet.
Brent was still able to complete the jump.
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Grant took a swim.
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Nicholas still seemed unfazed.
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With just two Ninjas left, the board went to 16.5 feet.
Brent knew he was out, but enjoyed the ride down.
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Nicholas still had gas in the tank.
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With that, Nicholas Coolridge became the Big Air Grab champion of American Ninja Warrior!
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You can find a full recap of the All-Stars skills challenge here.