Inclined Cylinder

Le Cylindre Incliné, translated as the Inclined Cylinder, is an obstacle firstly introduced as the fourth obstacle in the fourth qualification episode of Ninja Warrior France 5.

The obstacle involves a 5.50 meters long cylinder that would spin on its axis. The cylinder would be on a slight incline of 15 degrees with multiple vertical handles surrounding the cylinder with a distance of 75 centimeter per handle.

Competitors must navigate through the series of handles whilst the cylinder moving due to competitor's momentum. Once they reach the last handle of the cylinder, they must make a dismount towards the landing platform to advance.

During its first appearance, it is paired along with Walk the Plank as part of Path B in the qualification course. Due to the fact that most competitors would choose the other path, and competitors failing Walk the Plank, there would only be a few number of competitors who attempted the obstacle.

Ninja Israel
Le Cylindre Incliné would appear as the second obstacle of the sixth episode of qualifying on Ninja Warrior Israel 4.

Compared to its appearance on France, there is a rope and stationary bar placed before attempting the obstacle and the cylinder is also arranged in a straight line compared to an angle. Due to the fact that in this season, competitors must complete the first three obstacles of qualifying within a certain amount of time, the obstacle would serve as a time waster as some competitors would clear the obstacle with little time left to attempt the rest of the timed course.

Trivia

 * The Inclined Cylinder was one of the few obstacles that won the Obstacle Design Challenge in Ninja Warrior France. With the obstacle being designed by Dorian, an engineering student from Savoy.
 * The obstacle is one of the few instances that are known to be created by the show itself and is not based on obstacle replicas from other competitions such as American Ninja Warrior, SASUKE, and KUNOICHI.
 * Known instances for this are The Pinang from SASUKE Ninja Warrior Indonesia 2017 and UFO from Ninja Warrior UK