The Man Behind the Mask

American Ninja Warrior brings sudden fame to previously unknown parkour athletes and freerunners who are only in it for the love of the sport. The television show American Ninja Warrior has bridged the gap between simple street tricks and sport, promising—and delivering—a measured degree of mainstream fame for popular YouTube antiheroes such as David “Flip“ Rodriguez and Drew Drechsler. Hopeful contestants now train year round, building their own obstacles in garages and backyards, climbing gy