Breakaway Planks

The Breakaway Planks are an obstacle, used as the first obstacle in the Qualifier during episodes 5 and 10 of Season 2.

It’s a series of planks, some of which randomly drop out from under contestants as they run across to the other side without falling into the mud or pudding below.

Only four contestants cleared this obstacle:

Robert Caslava (S2E5)
Forrest Vanderbilt (S2E5)
Kerin Alfaro (S2E10)
James Haden (S2E10)

Coincidentally, two of them later went on to win their respective episodes.

An upgraded version of this obstacle named the Rib Rage later appeared in Season 3 as the fourth obstacle in the Wipeout Zone.

Later, a similar obstacle named the Love Train appeared as the first obstacle in the Qualifier during episode 16 of Season 4’s Summer Wipeout.

Later, an identical obstacle named the Corporate Ladder appeared as the first obstacle in the Qualifier during episode 3 of Season 5’s Summer Wipeout.

Game Appearances[]

The Breakaway Planks have also appeared in Wipeout: The Game for the Nintendo DS and the Nintendo Wii, except the contestants jump across them, and they are over water. In the challenging and extreme modes of the Qualifier, they were combined with Plank in the Face and the Double Diving Boards. In the game, there were five or eight planks over water.