Spring Fling

The Spring Fling is an obstacle, used as the third obstacle in the Qualifier of Season 4's Spring Wipeout, replacing the Snow Plow Sweeper from Winter Wipeout. It is sometimes shifted into the fourth obstacle, depending on the number of obstacles used in the first water pool.

It is a similar obstacle to the Swing Set (which was used as the fifth and final obstacle in the Qualifier of Season 2, being interchanged with the Fender Bender as the second post-Big Balls obstacle).

It is a swing that contestants must launch themselves onto, then make their way to the end and leap onto the sloped landing platform.

There are different objects in each episode that must be used to reach the swing:

Season 4's Spring Fling (with trampoline)

In episodes 1 and 2, there was a trampoline that contestants must use to bounce onto the swing.

Season 4's Spring Fling (with diving board)

In episodes 3 and 4, there was a diving board that contestants must use to jump onto the swing.

In episode 5, there was a zip-line that contestants must use to swing across the water and onto the swing.

Season 4's Spring Fling (with green ball)

In episodes 6 and 7, there was a green ball that contestants must use to bounce onto the swing.

Only two contestants cleared this obstacle:

Skip Dickinson (S4E11; who later ended up with the best time in the Qualifier that day)
William Davis Jr. (S4E14)

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

In Summer Wipeout, to remove its association with spring, it was renamed the Mood Swing. It was now interchanged with the Jiggle-ator as the first post-Big Balls obstacle for the rest of the season and works exactly the same.

There are different objects in each episode that must be used to reach the swing:

In episodes 3 and 6, there was a turntable that contestants must use to spin onto the swing.

In episode 4, there was a trapeze that contestants must use to swing across the water and onto the swing.

In episodes 7 and 10, there was a slide that contestants must drop down and onto the swing.

Season 4's Mood Swing (with green ball) (Lover's Leap) — Season 4's Mood Swing (with green ball) (**Lover's Leap**)

In episode 16, it was referred to Lover's Leap, because it was a Blind Date episode, and it once again had a green ball to bounce on.

It was replaced by the Snow Fall in Winter Wipeout of the next season.