Salmon Roll

The Salmon Roll is an obstacle, firstly introduced as the fifth obstacle in the first episode of qualifiers on American Ninja Warrior 14.

Competitors first had to jump off a mini-tramp to reach a bar placed inside the giant wheel. Then, they had to roll the wheel all the way down the track with the use of transiting the bar into a series of rungs placed inside the wheel. The wheel would have two sections of rungs with a 1 foot gap in between on one side and a 1.5 foot gap in between on the other side.

The Salmon Roll is a combination of the Rolling Thunder and Salmon Ladder in which competitors must jump over a bar in a series of rungs and roll down a track. Compared to the Rolling Thunder, the Salmon Roll would only consist of one track with no drops in between and the obstacle has a much larger dismount.

During the first episode of qualifiers, this obstacle was proven to be brutal, as multiple known competitors failed on it, including Kevin Carbone, Ronald Washington, Lorin Ball, Flip Rodriguez, Eric Middleton, Enzo DeFerrari Wilson, and most shockingly, Vance Walker. This obstacle served as the cut-off for the Top 30 competitors.

During the third episode of qualifiers, many more competitors failed this obstacle, including veterans like Leif Sundberg, Jackson Twait, Michael Bougher, and Kyle Schulze. It still remained as the cut-off for the Top 30 competitors.