Walk the Plank

Walk the Plank is an obstacle, firstly introduced as the second obstacle on American Ninja Warrior 11 in Los Angeles.

Competitors must crawl up a see-saw board, which would gradually start to tip. Then, they must time their jump from the board to grab a bar, which would slide down a track (similar to the second track on the Double Dipper or Dragon Glider), and finally made the dismount to landing platform.

SSAS appearances
The Walk the Plank appeared as the second obstacle on SSAS Trials 2 in Atlantis. It has a similar specifications from the original version, except the see-saw board's incline was slightly smaller and the track is placed slightly higher. During regional finals, it was modified with the see-saw board was slightly shorter, requiring a jump in order to grab the bar.

Same to ANW11 during Los Angeles qualifiers, it was proven to be brutal as the obstacle eliminated 14 out of 43 competitors, including 3 women competitors. Among the competitors who cleared, five of them were women. But later in the regional finals, all competitors could clear this obstacle.

ĐHN SASUKE appearances
The bigger version of Walk the Plank, called Giant Walk the Plank, appeared as the first obstacle on the Second Stage of ĐHN SASUKE 2022: Sofia's 10th Anniversary. However, the obstacle was different compared to the American Ninja Warrior 11 version of Giant Walk the Plank:


 * The rope was replaced by ladder, meaning that competitor must need a long jump to reach the ladder, then climb to the plank.
 * The plank was bigger, but would not tip when the competitors applied their weight on them (similar to the one used on Australian Ninja Warrior 5), and served as the run-up for the competitors to reach the rope, which served as the medium to reach the bar of the Overdrive Salmon.

While it only took out Tô Minh Nhật, it served as energy waster all of the competitors, making them very tired and later falledwas proven to be an efficient time waster and strength drainer. As 8 out of 9 competitors who attempted and completed the obstacle, later failed on next obstacles (either the Overdrive Salmon and Wall Lift)