WONDERFUL.
>>> ONE OF THE MOST ENTERTAINING
AND INSPIRING SHOWS ON TV, WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT AMERICAN NINJA
WARRIOR.
AND EVEN IF YOU DON'T WATCH THE
SHOW WHERE ELITE ATHLETES TEST
THEIR LIMITS ON A HARSH OBSTACLE
COURSE, YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN THIS
CLIP A FEW MOMENTS AGO.
A FEW MONTHS AGO -- WE DON'T
HAVE THE CLIP.
OUR SYSTEM APPARENTLY HAS TAKEN
FRIDAY OFF.
BUT ANYWAYS WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
THEM COMING THIS WEEKEND.
AND THE MAN UNDER THE COSTUME
WHICH WE WILL SHOW YOU AND
FELLOW COMPETITOR MacIS HERE
IN JACKSONVILLE AND YOU BROUGHT
YOUR FRIEND, TOO.
WHO IS THIS GUY?
>>> I'M RICO, I WAS THE GUY IN
THE HF REX SUIT.
>> Vic: I WAS WONDERING
BECAUSE I COULDN'T SEE THE FACE
IN THERE.
>> WELCOME TO YOU BOTH.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, THANK YOU
FOR HAVING US.
>> Vic: GLAD YOU'RE NEAR IN
HERE IN JAX.
>>> WE'RE DOING A EVENT TOMORROW
AT REBOUNDSER, IT IS F KIDS
AND ALL AGES.
IT IS A COMPTICE, FUN, GRAN
OPENING THEY OPENED A NINJA
WARRIOR PARK AND WE' HOSTING.
>> YOU'RE GOING TO SHOW US YOUR
CO MOVES?
>> MEET AND GREET, SIGN SOME
SOME AUTOGRAPHS.
WE LOVE THIS CITY.
SUNRISE.
Mac, TELL ME DID YOU BRING T
T-REX COSTUME.
>> IT IS RICO, AGAIN, I CAN'T
SEE IT.
THERE IT IS RIGHT THERE.
>> THE T-REX SUIT IS OUT OF
COMMISSION AT THE MOMENT.
WE'RE TRAINING A LITTLE TOO HARD
SO NOT TODAY.
YOU CAN CATCH IT ON-LINE YOUTUBE
NIPE RIC COYTREX AND YOU CAN
FIND IT.
NINJA WARRIOR.
SOME OF THE THINGS YOU GUYS DO
ARE NOT EVEN HUMAN.
HOW DO YOU TRAIN FOR THAT?
HOW DO YOU START WITH THAT.
MOST OF US GREW UP PLAYING
BASEBALL OR BASKETBALL.
>>> YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO DO
SOME PULLUPS SO GET ON THOSE
PULLUPS, YOU'VE GOT THE BE
ATHLET YOU CAN HANG ON PRETTY
MUCH ANYTHING, GET ON THERE AND
GET THOSE FINGERS AND THAT GRIP
STRENGTH GOING BECAUSE THAT IS
WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO NEED FOR
NINJA WARRIOR.
START TRAINING.
2012.
I'VE BEEN ON THE SHOW FIVE
TIMES.
MATT HAS BEEN TRAINING FOR MANY
YEARS.
BUT IT WAS HIS FIRST SEASON THIS
YEAR AND HE KILLED IT.
>> Vic: AS KIDS WITH YOU
JUMPING?
>>> OH, YEAHS I HAVE FALLING OUT
SURVIVING.
>> Vic: YOU LEARNED FROM YOUR
MISTAKES A LITTLE BIT.
>> I THINK A LOT OF GINA --
NINJAS HAVE I COMMON, COULDN'T
CONTAIN THEMSELVES.
TH SHOW TRANSLATED INTO A BIG
GAME OF DON'T TOUCH THE LAVA.
>> Vic: AND YOU PROBABLY HAD
GNARLY INJURIES.
>>> I'VE BEEN PRET LUCKY, NOT
TOO MANY INJURIESING NOTHING
HEAD.
>> Vic: YOU'RE JUMPING AND
MAJOR.
NOW.
Y BEEN GOING TO THE GYMNASTIC
GYM WITH THE PADDED FLOOR AND
PRACTICING THAT WITH RICO.
AND THAT IS IN THE WORKS.
>> Vic: SO IT IS EXCITING.
THE KIDS, I'M SURE YOU HAVE
QUITE THE FOLLOWING OF CHILDREN
AND ADULTS THAT WATCH THE SHOW
GUYS.
YOU'RE CELEBRITI NOW.
>> THEY LOVE THE IS SHOW.
I ADOPT KNOW ABOUT CELEBRITIES,
KIDS FOLLOW THE SHOW AND KNOW
EVERYBODY'S NAM LIKE WHERE THEY
WENT ON ON, THEIR BACK STORIES.
IT IS FUN TO INSPIRE THE YOUTH
AND THING THAT I REALLY BELIEVE
IN MYSELF.
>>> THEY KNOW YOU FOR THE T-REX
AND NOW Y FOR YOUR FACE.
CAN.
THE KING OF OBSTACLES IS MY
NAME.
>> Vic: I'M SO SORRY.
I DENT KNOW I WAS SITING HERE
WITH THE KING.
>> KING OF OBSTACLES.
>> I WAS ON ANOTHER OBSTACLE
SHOW, BROKEN SKULL CHALLENGE ON
THE COUNTRY MUSIC CHANNEL.
SEASON TWO EPISODE 1 WINNER
THERE.
>> Vic: I LIKE IT.
WELLS THANK YOU SO MUCH, GUYS,
APPRECIATE YOU GUY COMING O
KINGING -- SINGING KUNGF
FIGHTING.
MEDIA.
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