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American Ninja Warrior 11's Angry Birds in Baltimore

Angry Birds is an obstacle, firstly introduced as the eighth obstacle on American Ninja Warrior 11 during Baltimore finals.

This obstacle was incredibly similar to Wave Runner, where competitors must hold onto to both sides of the boards and maintain their balance while crossing. However, Angry Birds featured eight boards divided into two sections. Each board varied in shape, had handholds to grab onto, and was placed in a different angle.

Angry Birds was the most brutal obstacle in American Ninja Warrior history, as the obstacle eliminated all 22 competitors who attempted it, including top competitors like Chris Wilczewski, Jamie Rahn, Joe Moravsky, Michael Silenzi, Dave Cavanagh, Najee Richardson, Allyssa Beird, Lucas Reale, Garrett Lam, Anthony DeFranco, Zach Day, Ryan Lee, Julius Ferguson, Zach Barefoot, and Clayton Mirage. This left the next two obstacles, Cane Lane and Spider Trap, unattempted. Almost every competitor who attempted this obstacle failed to make the blind transition to the fifth board, that is, the first board of the second section.

The obstacle was so difficult during the Baltimore City Finals that a course tester had to be shown completing the obstacle at about 90 minutes into the broadcast, proving that the obstacle was indeed possible.

Other Appearances[]

Ninja Israel[]

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Ninja Israel 5's Double Salmon Ladder to Angry Birds

In Ninja Warrior Israel 5, the Angry Birds, locally called טביעות האצבע (literally The Fingerprints in Hebrew) made its first appearance outside of American Ninja Warrior, appearing as the penultimate obstacle during the Finals' Stage One immediately following the Double Salmon Ladder, and together those were counted as one obstacle. Compared to the original version used in American Ninja Warrior 11, there were a few differences:

  • To reflect the fact that the obstacle is not promoting anything, all eight boards were painted sliver instead of the original colors (wood, leaf, and stone).
  • Some of the boards had their handholds altered in order to make the obstacle easier, with the most notable of these being that the transition to the fifth board is now direct instead of blind.
  • All boards are on the same angle.

While in theory, the obstacle should have been easier given the latter two changes, it was still extremely difficult, and eliminated four out of six competitors who attempted it, including Eshed Atzmon and also Ishay Halfon, one of the finalists in the previous season. Despite that, unlike American Ninja Warrior, the obstacle was actually cleared, with Yogev Malka being the first competitor to clear this version of the Angry Birds, and the other being Shneor Sameach. Malka and Sameach later would also go on to clear all stages in the Finals and achieve Total Victory in this season.

Competitors' Success Rate[]

  • All results based on the NBC/Keshet 12 broadcast and external information found.

American Ninja Warrior[]

ANW Clears Attempts Percentage
ANW11 0 22 0%
Total 0 22 0%

Ninja Israel[]

NWI Clears Attempts Percentage
NWI5 2 6 33.33%
Total 2 6 33.33%

Trivia[]

  • Angry Birds was the third obstacle in American Ninja Warrior history to be served to promote an upcoming movie, which was The Angry Birds Movie 2, after Ninjago Roll during American Ninja Warrior 9's Denver finals, which was used to promote The Lego Ninjago Movie, and Fallout during American Ninja Warrior 10's Dallas finals, which was used to promote Mission: Impossible – Fallout. The movie itself would be released in the U.S. on August 14th, 2019.
  • With 22 competitors falling, Angry Birds during American Ninja Warrior 11's Baltimore finals had taken out the most number of competitors out of any obstacle during city finals round in American Ninja Warrior history, beating the Nail Clipper during American Ninja Warrior 9's Cleveland finals at twenty competitors.
    • As such, the Angry Birds became one of only three obstacles in American Ninja Warrior history to never be completed once, with the others being Time Bomb and Northwest Passage.
    • This also marked the first time in modern ANW that the eighth obstacle during city finals round had a zero percent completion rate and the first time that the ninth and tenth obstacles in a city finals course were left unattempted, since American Ninja Warrior fully featured 10 obstacles in every city finals course, starting on American Ninja Warrior 5.
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