Episode
4.3 - Winter Wipeout: Don't Fear the Beaver
January 20
America's favorite obstacle course has just been
winterized, and 'tis the season to be freezin'. On our course today, ice slicked
spills, frosbitten falls, and bone-chilling tumbles...
THE WINTER WONDERLAND QUALIFIER
Tonight, the Qualifier consists of...
- Winter Wonderplanks... a perfect way to
break the ice.
- The Big Balls... Now with a new Snow-tivator conveyor belt
- The Snowplow Sweepers... Four arms and 12 pedestals
- The Yule Log Jam... Two teeter totters and one sweeper separating
them.
The 24 will take on the course, and the
12 with the fastest times will advance to stage 2.
ADVANCING TO ROUND 2
Robert "Creepy Guy" Forbes
"Major" Daniel Van Beek
"Beaverphobe" Myron Nilsson
"Mom of 3" Cindy Kay
Ruben Leon
Shannon Walker
Jacob "Dancing Fool" Chrisman
"Rocket Scientist" Eric Haley
Brittney Beavis
"Killer" Kim Carner
Kurt Deetz
Jess "Oatmeal Addict" Samuda
THE SKI LIFT
Contestants will start above elevated
platforms ten feet above icy cold water. As they go around and around,
they have to get over sweeper arms that will be ascending higher and
higher as the time progresses. The six people who last the longest will
advance, but the last person to hang on will receive $1000.
ADVANCING TO ROUND 3
Robert "Creepy Guy" Forbes
"Danger" Daniel Van Beek
"Beaverphobe" Myron Nilsson
Jacob "Dancing Fool" Chrisman - $1000 BONUS
"Rocket Scientist" Eric Haley
Jess "Oatmeal Addict" Samuda
THE 7-LETTER WORD
Starting at the W, the contestants will
have to avoid two sweeper arms on the W and the sliding I, a P puddle, a
bouncing E plank, a spinning O, the U hurdles, and the T finish. If they
wipeout before the P, E, and U, you swim back to the end of the last
checkpoint. We're playing three heats, and the winners go on to the
Wipeout Zone. That's right, three instead of four.
ADVANCING TO THE WIPEOUT ZONE
Robert "Creepy Guy" Forbes
Jacob "Dancing Fool" Chrisman
"Rocket Scientist" Eric Haley
THE WINTER WIPEOUT ZONE
Boldly and coldly going forward where no
player has gone before... the Winter Wipeout Zone! Tonight...
- The Bobsled Blastoff
- The Icy Stairway From Hell: a half-dozen of hydraulic blocks.
- The Frostbite: three toothy sweepers as you make your way from one side to
the others
- The Sinister Snowflake: no two wipeouts are the same in this gauntlet.
Fifty large goes to the quickest time.
First up, Robert getting rocketed into
the Zone. It takes him three times to get past the Icy Stairway from
Hell, but then he gets a hard shot by the Frostbite. Very well done the
second time out. Now to the Sinister Snowflake... And he does it in
10:28.58.
Next up, Eric Haley will have to be the
rocket if he wants to take the catbird seat. He is the rocket beating
him by so little, with a time of 9:38.
One more to glory, and it's Jacob
Chrisman. Will he dance his way to 50 Gs? He has six minutes to complete
the Sinister Snowflake... ONE TRY! 3:46 your time, and JACOB CHRISMAN
WINS $51,000 ON WINTER WIPEOUT!
Twenty-four more players try not to get chopped
and screwed by the courses next time. Until then, goodnight... and Big Balls.
To view this episode in its entirety or to apply to be a contestant on
"Wipeout", go to abc.com/wipeout
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