Wipeout 2008/Awesome


 * "Run" Forrest "Run" Vanderbilt in Season 2, who set a record of 01:06.9 for the Qualifier and only wiped out once (on the Big Balls).
 * "Freak of Nature" Frank Beasley in Season 3 was one of the three people to ever successfully cross the spray-paint-spewing season 3 Sucker Punch, which downed pretty much everyone else. He also completes the rest of the Qualifier with only one wipeout on the Big Balls (much like Forrest's run, and Forrest didn't have a Sucker Punch wall to cross).
 * Rico "Thunder" Curtis got through the Shapeshifter without having to ride around on the shapes, by jumping through in am amazing leap. Sadly, unlike the other examples, he gets knocked out in the second round.
 * The "Board Gamers" in Season 3's Family episode used the strategic skills honed from playing board games together to dominate the Wipeout Zone. The son, Tom Cardiff, posted the fastest time of all contestants on that particular course (4:45), and the mother, Jamie Cardiff, finished in 9:12, the fastest time of any female contestant and 5th fastest time overall (and at 48 years old, no less).
 * Jacob "Dancin' Fool" Chrisman had the fastest run in the Qualifier - 4:06.6 - of his Winter Wipeout episode. He took first place in Rounds 2 and 3. In the Wipeout Zone
 * "Where's the pole?!" aside, Ariel Tweto deserves a mention for her successful Seal Hop across the Big Balls, becoming the first contestant to successfully cross them.