SASUKE 30

Intro
SASUKE 30 (SASUKE 2014 第30回記念大会) was officially announced by TBS in February 2014. The application process opened on March 11, 2014, with a deadline of April 10, 2014. Qualifiers were held in the end of April 2014, with the tournament being recorded in May and aired on July 3, 2014.

This tournament was known as the 30th SASUKE tournament, with the start position system going from #2901-3000 to signify that roughly 3000 attempts have been made in SASUKE, similar in SASUKE 10 (which used #901-1000) and SASUKE 20 (which used #1901-2000) to signify roughly 1000 and 2000 attempts respectively.

This also marked the return of SASUKE All-Star Shiratori Bunpei, who had not competed since SASUKE 21 due to injuries. Also competing was American competitor Drew Drechsel, due to his outstanding performance in the 2014 SASUKE ASEAN Open Cup.

In the First Stage, the Lumberjack Climb replaced the Rope Ladder, along with the modification of the Tarzan Rope, but 27 competitors still cleared the stage. Unfortunately, Morisawa Noritomo had to withdraw due to a neck injury. The SASUKE All-Stars fared much better than in the previous four SASUKE tournaments. The only SASUKE All-Stars to fail were Shiratori Bunpei (who failed at the Jump Hang Kai) and Yamada Katsumi (who failed at the Ni Ren Soritatsu Kabe, noted that he was listed as a no-show on the official page).

In the Second Stage, many modifications were made. The time limit was raised from 90 seconds to 110 seconds following protests. The Spider Walk added a new section called the Spider Drop. The Backstream was toned down and the Wall Lifting returned in place of the Passing Wall. The Swap Salmon Ladder took out 6 competitors, 4 of which (Yamamoto Hiroshige, Takeda Toshihiro, Takahashi Kenji, and Nagano Makoto) failed under the circumstances of the rule of landing improperly. The most notable of them all was Takahashi Kenji, who lost on account of a technical glitch. The Backstream was proven to be less of a threat, as 13 out of 16 competitors who attempted the obstacle, managed to get past it, with 9 of those 13 completed the stage.

Initially, there was supposed to be a separate stage after the Second Stage that involves competitors vying a spot for the top 10 that will move on to the Third Stage, in the case of more than 10 competitors complete the Second Stage. This unknown stage, named as "2nd-B" in various internet discussions, involves the Gallon Throw, a notable event in Sportsman, and a somewhat modified version of the Tackle. But since only 9 competitors completed the Second Stage, this stage was inevitably scrapped and was never used again.

In the Third Stage, the Drum Hopper was added, moving the Crazy Cliffhanger to the fourth obstacle and removing the Curtain Cling. The Crazy Cliffhanger was the only obstacle to defeat multiple competitors with 6, including three former finalists (Nagasaki Shunsuke, Lee En-Chih, and Kanno Hitoshi). Aside from Kishimoto Shinya's Vertical Limit failure, 2 competitors (Kawaguchi Tomohiro and Matachi Ryo) cleared the stage, with Kawaguchi for the first time, and Matachi for the second time. With every competitor having at least reached the Crazy Cliffhanger, this ties with SASUKE 12 for the second highest number of Cliffhanger attempts in one tournament, at 9, only beaten by SASUKE 4, at 10.

The new Final Stage consisted of 12-meter Spider Climb, followed by the Tsuna Nobori of the same height, which made this Final Stage similar to the SASUKE 5-17 version of the Final Stage, with the time limit staying the same at 30 seconds. Kawaguchi Tomohiro was the first competitor to attempt it, but due to slipping many times on the Spider Climb, he timed out only three meters up the Tsuna Nobori. Ryo Matachi was the next to run and came up one meter short of the goal, thus ending the tournament.

Obstacles
① Long Jump ロングジャンプ

② Log Grip ロググリップ

③ Hedgehog ヘッジホッグ

④ Jump Hang Kai ジャンプハング改

⑤ Ni Ren Soritatsu Kabe 2連そり立つ壁

⑥ Tarzan Rope ターザンロープ

⑦ ^Lumberjack Climb ランバージャッククライム

Time Limit: 105 seconds

^ Denotes New Obstacle

* Denotes Modified Obstacle

Obstacles
① Cross Slider クロススライダー

② Swap Salmon Ladder スワップサーモンラダー

③ Unstable Bridge アンステーブルブリッジ

④ Spider Walk スパイダーウォーク

↓ Spider Drop スパイダードロップ

⑤ Backstream バックストリーム

⑥ Wall Lifting ウォールリフティング

Time Limit: 110 seconds

Obstacles
① Rumbling Dice ランブリングダイス ② Iron Paddler アイアンパドラー

③ ^Drum Hopper ドラム・ホッパー

④ Crazy Cliffhanger クレイジークリフハンガー

⑤ Vertical Limit バーティカルリミット

⑥ Pipe Slider パイプスライダー

^ Denotes New Obstacle

* Denotes Modified Obstacle

Obstacles
① Spider Climb スパイダークライム (12m) ② Tsuna Nobori 綱登り (12m)

Time Limit: 30 seconds