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The Amazing Race => The Amazing Race Discussion => Topic started by: SamualDude on May 16, 2013, 01:46:24 AM
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So Season 22 featured 2 different switchbacks and it has become evident Switchbacks will continue to appear in future seasons but the question is what tasks would you like to see return as Switchbacks? For me I have three tasks I'd like to see return as Switchbacks firstly being the memorable meat-eating roadblock in Argentina, Secondly the memory challenge in Alaska and finally the memory challenge in Portland. What switchbacks would you like to see?
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TAR3 count the money/run the numbers
TAR4 Roadblock where Jaree was the first woman ever to do it in India.
TAR5 caviar <33333
TAR6 key roadblock China <333333333
TAR9 plate smashing FF <3333333
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- Season 6's Hungarian spicy soup
- Season 5's caviars
- Season 3's money detour
- The 'Plow' (MY OX IS BROKEN!) detour task
- All Stars' sausage detour task
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TAR15 Farmer's Game/Farmer's Dance
TAR5 Caviar
TAR5 Lagen Wall Climb
TAR6 Spicy Soup
TAR6 Viking Rowing Boat (As an Intersection)
TAR6 Lock Challenge (As long as it's on a Non-elimination leg)
TAR7 Double-Decker Bus
TAR10 Flaming Arrow
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I would love to see the Unused/Unaired Detour choice from TAR 19 Belgium.
It remains one of my biggest TAR questions ever.....
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Actually the detour was between the Bodybuilding Task that all teams chose to do and the Tintin task they did the next leg.
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Actually the detour was between the Bodybuilding Task that all teams chose to do and the Tintin task they did the next leg.
I don't think so. It would seem to unbalanced if that was it.
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Yeah... and especially if the TinTin task was in the daytime, that would be extroadinarily easy. :P
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Well I thought I was told that by someone at RFF. Maybe I was mistaken. ???
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no more please, I want to see switchbacks rare. Or else WRP might just create a new race clue called 'Switchback' that will appear every leg -_-
but please for future future use:
- TAR5 philippines plow
- TAR6 xian key
- TAR 7 argentina meat
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SWITCHBACK:
TAR Chocolate Roadblock. :D
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I haven't watched all seasons of TAR, but based on what I've watched, I hope these return as Switchbacks:
- TAR 15's Eat the Wasabi Roadblock in Japan
- TAR 16's In the Trenches or Under Fire Detour in France
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I haven't watched all seasons of TAR, but based on what I've watched, I hope these return as Switchbacks:
- TAR 15's Eat the Wasabi Roadblock in Japan
- TAR 16's In the Trenches or Under Fire Detour in France
I can tell you love that Detour because you used it in TAR:CK. :lol:
But yeah, I agree. We need another Japanese Game Show Roadblock. :)
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Red Bean Roadblock from TAR8
Festival of Colors Roadblock from TAR13
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SWITCHBACK:
TAR Chocolate Roadblock. :D
Is it the one in S5 where they search for the white ones? That was disgusting :lol:
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I haven't watched all seasons of TAR, but based on what I've watched, I hope these return as Switchbacks:
- TAR 15's Eat the Wasabi Roadblock in Japan
- TAR 16's In the Trenches or Under Fire Detour in France
I can tell you love that Detour because you used it in TAR:CK. :lol:
But yeah, I agree. We need another Japanese Game Show Roadblock. :)
Because I love tasks that can make teams struggle really much that may give an unpredictable result. *if you know what I mean :lol:
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TAR15 Farmer's Game/Farmer's Dance
Please, no. Not memorable at all, at least for me.
I haven't watched all seasons of TAR, but based on what I've watched, I hope these return as Switchbacks:
- TAR 15's Eat the Wasabi Roadblock in Japan
- TAR 16's In the Trenches or Under Fire Detour in France
I would say no to this one as well. Memorable but not classic TAR. Too manufactured and fake. A second time would only make it worse.
But I agree that the TAR 6 lock Roadblock would be good, as well as the TAR 7 meat Roadblock and TAR5's Lagen wall climb.
Hm...as for TAR 9, how about the crickets Fast Forward? Or perhaps the epic final challenge involving the flags. For TAR 10 we could revisit the Great Wall climb, the Detour or Roadblock from Leg 2 (both excellent tasks), or the Lug It or Lob It Detour. For All-Stars, it could be fun to bring back the Eat It Up or Roll It Out Detour. :lol:
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Actually the detour was between the Bodybuilding Task that all teams chose to do and the Tintin task they did the next leg.
I don't think so. It would seem to unbalanced if that was it.
This IS correct. That is why they alll had to go out EARLY the next AM and do TinTin. Product placement!
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The meat and the mails , both on Argentina.
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TAR 17 leg 1 coracle task is one of those tasks that had potential but the teams were a little too far apart on that leg.
It'll never happen but I would be happy if they brought this task back :-[
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We kinda did have a switch back to the lock task.. i thought it was really similar to the tree of love task in russia in S21 but future switch backs i would love to see S12 finale memory task.. its one of the most plausible tasks and can be used for many seasons to come..
I would also love to see some unaired tasks
S1 Leg 1 roadblock
S1 Vatican City Fast Forward.
S10 Leg 7
Also this could be an awesome switchback but put it as a finale memory task
S10 Leg 9 Make Music Detour: Imagine the Final 3 Rapping about eveywhere theyve been. Tests Their memory, creativity, and possibly physically (making a dance to go with it) Maybe combine it with some props that appeared on the race and a few decoys
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I say...
TAR7 Leg 3 roadblock (eat four pounds of a traditional Argentinian feast)
TAR12 memory task :hearts:
TAR16 Leg 5 detour (pigeon & morse code) + u-turn
TAR17 Leg 1 roadblock (watermelons) :hearts:
TAR20 Leg 3 detour (harp & watermelons) and roadblock (bottle dance)
TAR20 Leg 9 roadblock (Bollywood dancing)
TAR22 Leg 1 2nd roadblock (sandcastles) :hearts:
TAR22 Leg 7 detour (brains & brawn)
I'm pretty sure about the watermelon roadblock.
btw, is this a speculation thread or a wishlist?
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I say...
TAR7 Leg 3 roadblock (eat four pounds of a traditional Argentinian feast)
TAR12 memory task :hearts:
TAR16 Leg 5 detour (pigeon & morse code) + u-turn
TAR17 Leg 1 roadblock (watermelons) :hearts:
TAR20 Leg 3 detour (harp & watermelons) and roadblock (bottle dance)
TAR20 Leg 9 roadblock (Bollywood dancing)
TAR22 Leg 1 2nd roadblock (sandcastles) :hearts:
TAR22 Leg 7 detour (brains & brawn)
I'm pretty sure about the watermelon roadblock.
btw, is this a speculation thread or a wishlist?
It's a wishlist thread.
BTW, :hello2: and welcome to RFF!
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TAR 22
Sandcastle Roadblock (always good drama to see fears in teams face on something they can't control)
TAR 21
Mad professor Timezone Roadblock :lol3:
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I'd also like to see a whole leg with switchbacks from different seasons.
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If this is just a wishlist thread then I can boot it over there. :neener:
If you want to have some REAL discussion of what would make a good switchback, then go for it! Some of y'all have some good ones, excluding ANYTHING that makes people :barf
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Actually the detour was between the Bodybuilding Task that all teams chose to do and the Tintin task they did the next leg.
I don't think so. It would seem to unbalanced if that was it.
This IS correct. That is why they alll had to go out EARLY the next AM and do TinTin. Product placement!
It IS puzzling though why they thought bodybuilding would be easier. :P
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Red Bean Roadblock from TAR8
Festival of Colors Roadblock from TAR13
I know one member who would definitely not want to see the first roadblock coming back.
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-Switchbacks I like to see happen-
Season 7 (Meat-eating roadblock in Argentina)
Season 8 (Coffee bean roadblock in Costa Rica)
Season 9 (Cricket/Grasshopper eating fastforward in Thailand)
Season 11 (Knight armor roadblock in Poland)
Season 15 (Kafka phone roadblock in Czech Republic)
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Red Bean Roadblock from TAR8
Festival of Colors Roadblock from TAR13
I know one member who would definitely not want to see the first roadblock coming back.
i mean she loved it so much she made it her rff user name lol
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Season 2 leg 7 in hong kong .. they should have a switchback for the detour choice in hong kong which is wishing tree or herbal tea
the wishing tree should have a switchback ... only oswald and danny used the choice.. so... a tar season should go to hong kong and have a leg there.. then in the next leg visit the wishing tree, make a wish ( as a task ) and then fly to the next destination
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The tea cups roadblock in TAR 18
The TAR 17 roadblock in HK (fake food)
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TAR 6's padlock in xi'an was a perfect challenge just before the final pitstop of amazing race 6. they should clearly do it again
TAR 10's tomato challenge. but this time they should make it as a roadblock so all teams have to do it
TAR 13's paint party in india. very good road block where kelly or christy struggled.
TAR 17's cicrus detour in russia was epic. the detours were both equally challenging.
TAR 18's country measuring roadblock. it was very cool, maybe they'll do it in a different small country
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TAR 18's country measuring roadblock. it was very cool, maybe they'll do it in a different small country
COUGHANDORRACOUGH
Welcome to RFF <3
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TAR 18's country measuring roadblock. it was very cool, maybe they'll do it in a different small country
COUGHANDORRACOUGH
Welcome to RFF <3
OMG YES!!! That challenge is one of my favorites ever!
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TAR 18's country measuring roadblock. it was very cool, maybe they'll do it in a different small country
COUGHANDORRACOUGH
Welcome to RFF <3
Just do anything in Andorra!!! :gaah:
I'd like to see the Plow task return and maybe taxi driving in Japan. I think tasks from the early seasons are less likely to come back due to how quick many of them were and how focused on the trip TAR was. Now the focus of the show seems to be on the tasks more than the places.
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TAR 18's country measuring roadblock. it was very cool, maybe they'll do it in a different small country
COUGHANDORRACOUGH
Welcome to RFF <3
I don't think Andorra is that small to be honest :P
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TAR 18's country measuring roadblock. it was very cool, maybe they'll do it in a different small country
COUGHANDORRACOUGH
Welcome to RFF <3
I don't think Andorra is that small to be honest :P
Nauru would work. San Marino as well.
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Yes, but honestly Nauru has NOTHING else apart from bird poo. Not kidding.
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How 'bout Singapore?
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Been watching Season 9 again and I wouldn't say no to the Fast Forward in Thailand with the fried cricket/grasshopper eating to returning as a switchback.
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How 'bout Singapore?
Too big. :funny: :funny:
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Monaco maybe?
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^ or vatican city
They should have the driving a stunt vehicle fastforward in hong kong! tar 11
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^ or vatican city
Too small. :lol: You can just walk around it and less than 1 hour you've traveled around the country. :lol:
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Yes, but honestly Nauru has NOTHING else apart from bird poo. Not kidding.
loll and Phospate (and off shoot of bird poo)
Only one hotel there so I doubt production will ever do a leg there.
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i said it once ill say it again
this could be an awesome switchback but put it as a finale memory task
S10 Leg 9 Make Music Detour: Imagine the Final 3 Rapping about eveywhere theyve been. Tests Their memory, creativity, and possibly physically (making a dance to go with it) Maybe combine it with some props that appeared on the race and a few decoys
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Sand task from Bora Bora in S22 should be a great switchback. I like the Seychelles's detour task in S16, S18 cheese task in Switzerland, something like Liechenstein counting in S18. There are a few of challenge
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But what's the likeliness that they'll ever go to Bora Bora again? And Seychelles too :P
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But what's the likeliness that they'll ever go to Bora Bora again? And Seychelles too :P
You'll never know. ;)
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Sand task from Bora Bora in S22 should be a great switchback. I like the Seychelles's detour task in S16, S18 cheese task in Switzerland, something like Liechenstein counting in S18. There are a few of challenge
Sandcastle Roadblock!!! <3 :hearts:
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Sand task from Bora Bora in S22 should be a great switchback. I like the Seychelles's detour task in S16, S18 cheese task in Switzerland, something like Liechenstein counting in S18. There are a few of challenge
Sandcastle Roadblock!!! <3 :hearts:
The sandcastle roadblock is based on luck. Bates got it right away and finished 2nd. I guess he just arrived there in a few minutes.
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Sand task from Bora Bora in S22 should be a great switchback. I like the Seychelles's detour task in S16, S18 cheese task in Switzerland, something like Liechenstein counting in S18. There are a few of challenge
Sandcastle Roadblock!!! <3 :hearts:
The sandcastle roadblock is based on luck. Bates got it right away and finished 2nd. I guess he just arrived there in a few minutes.
Exactly. I wanna see a NEL on that during the F6 or F5 or F4.
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TAR23's over, and if I were to choose which tasks would fit in for a future switchback, they'd be:
rb1A
rb1B
dt2
rb2 (unmemorable)
dt3 (I love this one. :cmas9 )
rb3
dt4
rb4
dt5 (I love this too, esp. with the w-turn. :cmas16 )
rb5 (the randomness :cmas23 )
ff6
dt6
rb6 (If memorable, then we might see it again. :cmas10 )
dt7
rb7
dt8 (unmemorable)
sb8
rb8 (I like this, but probably unmemorable.)
dt9
rb9 (The Anklung! My favorite task (to watch) for the season. :cmas23 :xmas110 It will probably be a switchback after 15-20 years/seasons.)
rb10 (not memorable enough)
dt10
dt11
sb11
rb11 (The robot building rb! My 2nd favorite for the season. :cmas23 :xmas110)
rb12
memory
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find a surfboard also a good switchback!
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Actually the detour was between the Bodybuilding Task that all teams chose to do and the Tintin task they did the next leg.
I don't think so. It would seem to unbalanced if that was it.
This IS correct. That is why they alll had to go out EARLY the next AM and do TinTin. Product placement!
It IS puzzling though why they thought bodybuilding would be easier. :P
Wait?!?! So the other side of that detour was the Tintin mural?
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My wishlist, comments, and possible improvements! Far into the series's run, I actually like that each season has one or two Switchbacks as a nod from the earlier and earliest seasons.
S03:
Vietnam - Detour: Basket Boats/Basket Bikes [The bare bones of the tasks is already great, maybe a farther route?]
S05:
Russia - Roadblock: Caviar eating [As an improvement, maybe more caviar?]
Philippines - Detour (one side): Plow [Probably make it as a Route Info task since the Fowl detour is unknown]
S06:
Hungary - Roadblock: Spicy soup eating [Make it spicier!]
China - Roadblock: Lock and key [The task already have an amazing mechanic]
S07:
Argentina - Roadblock: Meat feast [Already a great endurance task. Maybe add veggies?]
S08:
Costa Rica - Roadblock: Red coffee bean search [Maybe they could make it just one big pile of coffee beans instead of separate ones]
S10:
Vietnam - Detour: Over/Under [This detour is all in the wind. The harder it is, the better this task would be.]
S11:
Argentina - Roadblock: Mail search [If it's not a returning seasons team, maybe letters from family and friends? Search through a larger mailbag, of course.]
S12:
Burkina Faso - Roadblock: Camel milking [I'd be more surprised if they could visit this country again.]
S13:
India - Roadblock: Festival of Colors [Change the way they have to search for a clue and make it more confusing for the teams.]
S14:
Russia - Roadblock: Run in underwear in the cold [Maybe as an added difficulty, they don't let the Roadblock performer wear clothes for the rest of the leg.]
S15:
The Netherlands - Detour: Farmer's Game/Farmer's Dance [Again, all in the wind. And cold. :)]
Czech Republic - Roadblock: Kafka telephones [This task already had a gradiose feel to it. Make the racers search for a full phrase instead of just 'FRANZ'.]
Las Vegas - Poker chip counting [One of the amazing shuffling tasks in the finale]
S17:
United Kingdom - Roadblock: Watermelon catapult [The looming danger of a watermelon face plant, how would teams react? :)]
Russia - Detour: Classical Music/Classic Cinema [An almost perfect detour, the judge just made it so wrong.]
China - Roadblock: Hong Kong fake food search [Another memorable needle-in-a-haystack task]
S18:
China - Roadblock: Dinosaur puzzle [The most amazing task of the season in my opinion, and the most shuffling occurred here too, I think.]
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S17:
United Kingdom - Roadblock: Watermelon catapult [The looming danger of a watermelon face plant, how would teams react? :)]
We'll most likely see this in the future! :xmas110 It's as infamous as the 1st few switchbacks. :cmas16
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Hello everyone.
What tasks from past TAR seasons do you think would make the best switchbacks for future seasons? If possible, try to think of tasks that would be exciting to see again, even though you already know how to get past the task.
Here are examples of what I mean from TAR 23:
The choir task in leg 6 would make a good switch back, as it was innately difficult; while the robot task in leg 11 would not, as we already know the solution, and anyone repeating it would know about the mistake Leo & Jamal made.
Feel free to discus.
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I wouldn't mind seeing the Dinosaur RB from Season 18 Leg 5 again. This was a pretty hard task and it really made a few teams struggle.
Or the Chinese Zodiac RB from Leg 4 - The one where they had to search for the 12 wooden charms with the animals of the Chinese Zodiac, and then place them in mythological order. I think that was what the order was based on anyway? ???
Here are examples of what I mean from TAR 23:
The choir task in leg 6 would make a good switch back, as it was innately difficult; while the robot task in leg 11 would not, as we already know the solution, and anyone repeating it would know about the mistake Leo & Jamal made.
Feel free to discus.
^^^ This could work if they used a different robot design, although I guess it wouldn't really be seen as a switchback then? :lol:
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I wouldn't mind seeing the Dinosaur RB from Season 18 Leg 5 again. This was a pretty hard task and it really made a few teams struggle.
Or the Chinese Zodiac RB from Leg 4 - The one where they had to search for the 12 wooden charms with the animals of the Chinese Zodiac, and then place them in mythological order. I think that was what the order was based on anyway? ???
Here are examples of what I mean from TAR 23:
The choir task in leg 6 would make a good switch back, as it was innately difficult; while the robot task in leg 11 would not, as we already know the solution, and anyone repeating it would know about the mistake Leo & Jamal made.
Feel free to discus.
^^^ This could work if they used a different robot design, although I guess it wouldn't really be seen as a switchback then? :lol:
The robot was interesting, but I would love to see the dinosaur come back, tough one. I'd like to see them beef up the Chinese Zodiac one and make another step out of it.
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What about TAR 17's watermelon task?
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What about TAR 17's watermelon task?
The watermelon is a must.
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What about TAR 17's watermelon task?
The watermelon is a must.
It's not a compelling task at all tbh, the main thing that made the task good were Brooke and Claire. It would possibly bring more rating though b/c the original became a viral video.
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There's suppose to be a thread with the same title "Future Switchbacks."
But anyway, I'll repeat my favorites:
TAR17's Watermelon rb
TAR22's Sandcastle rb
Peach, can you merge this to the old one?
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TAR5
Plow Field, Philippines (reimagined as a Road Block)
And, can I include a Switchsideways to a non-TARUS season?
Jig or Pig (TARA, TARAu, TARPh) :funny:
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Jig or Pig for the nth time ftw <3
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Jig & Pig 5ever!!! :funny: :funny: :funny:
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Tar 10: Kiev, Ukraine Make Music Detour Reimagined as a finale task
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LYN AND KARLYN <3
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A US season just ended, and here it comes:
wish
spec
wish + spec
not a spec nor a wish
Leg 1 roadblock
Leg 2 roadblock
Leg 2 detour
Leg 3 roadblock
Leg 3 detour
Leg 4 roadblock
Leg 4 detour
Leg 5 detour
Leg 5 roadblock
Leg 6 roadblock
Leg 6 detour
Leg 7 detour
Leg 7 roadblock
Leg 8 detour
Leg 8 roadblock
Leg 9 hotel ARI
Leg 9 roadblock
Leg 10 roadblock
Leg 10 detour
Leg 11 football ARI
Leg 11 roadblock
Leg 11 detour
Leg 12 roadblock1
Leg 12 roadblock2
Sadly, the tasks this season aren't as interesting as those in the past seasons. :(
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I think this All-Stars season could have done a Switchback (or at least a rehash since they didn't go to Argentina) of that Roadblock from the first All-Stars where they had to find and read out loud a letter from a team in their first season (lol...Susan & Patrick basically insulting Rob & Amber).
But I suppose with so many Season 22 teams and three-peaters, it wouldn't work as well.
As for future Switchbacks...I'd say digging for scarabs in Egypt from Season 5, if it's ever safe enough to go back to that country a second time. The one that Marshall & Lance never finished.
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Anyway, repeating my favorites again,
1. Watermelon task, TAR 17
2. Hungarian soup task, TAR 6
3. Fake vs real food task, TAR 17
4. Jig or Pig TARA, TARPh, TARAus
5. Swimming to Pit Stop, TAR 6
6. Sandcastle task, TAR 22
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Fake vs Real Food in Hongkong <3
(remembering Brooke, Jill, and Nat cheering on the stage :funny:)
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My Ox is Broken, Linda and Karen's doomsday Roadblock (Philippines epic <3)
The fake food roadblock, pretty epic too~
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TAR25 is done, so... :cmas23
Leg 1:
Compass and digging roadblock
Leg 3:
Sheep ARI
Leg 7:
Kart racing roadblock
Leg 8:
Maltese sport detour
Leg 9:
China cups detour
Leg 11:
Sidecar race detour
Coconut products delivery roadblock
Note that not all are switchback worthy, but these are tasks that I would be glad to see again. :xmas49
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Leg 8:
Maltese sport detour
Do this and change it to be a Roadblock, with the only flag is the one on the end of the pole, and probably this task will be the task with the most amount of teams quitting Roadblock. :cmas32:
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I don't want legendary challenge like Watermelon or Ox is broken is switched back. Because those are too memorable and the switch back will be underwhelming. Like season 25 Ox is broken, it's kind of boring.
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I don't want legendary challenge like Watermelon or Ox is broken is switched back. Because those are too memorable and the switch back will be underwhelming. Like season 25 Ox is broken, it's kind of boring.
Pretty much the only reason why the watermelon RB was memorable was because of the accident that happened. If it didn't happen, it would probably have been an unmemorable task.
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Leg 8:
Maltese sport detour
Do this and change it to be a Roadblock, with the only flag is the one on the end of the pole, and probably this task will be the task with the most amount of teams quitting Roadblock. :cmas32:
Me too. Obviously a great switchback for future season.
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Leg 8:
Maltese sport detour
Do this and change it to be a Roadblock, with the only flag is the one on the end of the pole, and probably this task will be the task with the most amount of teams quitting Roadblock. :cmas32:
Me too. Obviously a great switchback for future season.
:cmas9 That'll be exciting! :cmas32: It can also be a fast forward, but since a roadblock is like a requirement, I think it can be better. :cmas23
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I don't want legendary challenge like Watermelon or Ox is broken is switched back. Because those are too memorable and the switch back will be underwhelming. Like season 25 Ox is broken, it's kind of boring.
Pretty much the only reason why the watermelon RB was memorable was because of the accident that happened. If it didn't happen, it would probably have been an unmemorable task.
The Watermelon has to happen though. They'll have to use that accident as flashback, then reuse it as a (possibly boring, but still memorable) task.
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I want to have the singing task like Austria leg in Season 23, again. It's difficult enough and also entertaining. Tim's performance will be one of my most favorite moment in TAR forever.
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Hmm...
TAR7 Glacier camp (Iceland)
TAR10 Tomatina festival DT (Spain)
TAR15 Wasabi roulette RB (Japan) - I'm always thinking in a Mexican version, with super spicy food.
TAR20 Bollywood dance RB (India)
TAR20 Rapel the tower (Hawaii)
TAR22 Sandcastles RB (French Polynesia)
TAR22 Climbing for the Travelocity gnome RB (Switzerland)
TAR25 Flag DT (Malta)
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TAR 18 Dinosaur Puzzle (Kunming)
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Hmm...
TAR7 Glacier camp (Iceland)
TAR10 Tomatina festival DT (Spain)
TAR15 Wasabi roulette RB (Japan) - I'm always thinking in a Mexican version, with super spicy food.
TAR20 Bollywood dance RB (India)
TAR20 Rapel the tower (Hawaii)
TAR22 Sandcastles RB (French Polynesia)
TAR22 Climbing for the Travelocity gnome RB (Switzerland)
TAR25 Flag DT (Malta)
:cmaslol That's a great idea!
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The dinossaur building of TAR18 definitly could be one of these.
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The dinossaur building of TAR18 definitly could be one of these.
A F/F team might fall victim to Jaime's "I cannot physically do this." situation
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The dinossaur building of TAR18 definitly could be one of these.
A F/F team might fall victim to Jaime's "I cannot physically do this." situation
I want Country Singers to be back just to see them whine :cmas9 :cmas9
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The dinossaur building of TAR18 definitly could be one of these.
A F/F team might fall victim to Jaime's "I cannot physically do this." situation
I want Country Singers to be back just to see them whine :cmas9 :cmas9
:cmaslol :cmaslol :cmaslol
They'd waste a spot for another possible AS just to whine?
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The TAR18 dinosaur task is very physical. :cmaslol It'd be fun to see it again, but there's NO WAY I want to see some weak FF team begging for the EP to skip that task. :cmas11 #TAR24
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I hope they do a Finale Memory Challenge like this again.
Spot the places they have been to, but at the same time, test their short term memory and allow no notes to be taken, and finding their clues in a huge area of items (in this season; containers)...
BUT, I would really like them to have a small task like TAR 12 which they have to complete after they are done.. other wise it gets really predictable and straight to the point who wins after finishing the memory challenge first.
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TAR1 Searching for marked location from Eiffel Tower [OK, maybe I am just thinking of the part of Karyn yelling "LENNY!!!!"] :funny:
TAR6 IKEA Counting Detour
TAR7 Mendoza Meat-eating roadblock
TAR12 Camel-milking detour in Boulkiemdé, Burkina Faso [but the country probably isn't that safe now]
TAR12 Final Roadblock [can be in any location]
TAR21 Hello/Goodbye Roadblock [perhaps they can use words such as "How are you" or "Thank you"]
TAR25 Singapore's China Cups detour [can be in any location]
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TAR12, 21 and 25's final challenges were memorable.
14 - almost memorable.
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TAR 25 memory final roadblock challenge need to be reused over and over. The challenge is tested everything on physical (running to find the right container), long term memory (remember the city in order) and short term memory (remember all the numbers in order without using any single note).
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Please snake eating task from TAR 23! Anywhere but non-third world country. With many teams (11 teams to 6 teams) remaining!
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Potato's detour in Peru from 26 would be nice to see again! :)
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Forgot about this thread due to the lack of switchbacks. :groan:
My picks for TAR26:
Leg 1 Syncing Steps detour (as an ARI?)
Leg 2 Share detour (as a speedbump? :lol: )
Leg 3 Tree detour (as a roadblock?)
Leg 5 Stein & Stack detour :hrt:
Leg 6 Win By a Nose detour
Leg 7 Track & Pack detour :hrt:
Leg 8 Work & Play detour :hrt:
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TAR 24 mixing cocktail will be amazing....
also ladyboy task in S26 is great to watch over again...
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TAR27:
Leg 3 Horse or Carriage Detour
Leg 7 Ship or Skip Detour
Leg 9 Cans or Candy Detour
Leg 11 Roadblock in Macau
Some of the tasks this season are nice, but compared to other seasons, this one feels like average or below average. I would prioritize some of my previous switchback wishes over this.
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Nothing from TAR27 deserves mention of any switchback. What an atrocious season.
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It would be interesting to have a switchback-themed season with all (or at least most) of the tasks being repeated from past seasons.
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I really don't like Switchbacks because everytime we've had one, it has failed catastrophically (best done was TAR27 and even that was stretching it).
I do like though, some fun nice little touches to earlier seasons locations (the TAR3 Switzerland Fountain on 28 <3 Mika on the water slide lol <3), but nothing overboard like repeating tasks.
You know what they say, repetition of things you already know is pointless and lazy.
That said, we need another #WatermelonGate-esque task to go viral. Really.
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It'd be interesting to see a switchback in an all-star season wherein a returnee team who performed the task before was eliminated by it.
For example:
Tiffany & Krista and the Leg 11 Roadblock in Macau
Cameron & Darius and the Leg 3 "Adrianna" Roadblock :funny:
Zach & Rachel and the Leg 9 Salt Roadblock
Tim & TeJay and the Leg 8 Pole Detour in Malta (as a roadblock? :grins: )
I'd expect teams to do better if they encounter a switchback task they had troubles with before, unless they're a Mika-esque racer. :ascared
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I would love to see the Malta pole as a roadblock if they go back. (Please do)
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TAR28:
Colombia 2 Roadblock
Geneva Detour
Armenia Detour
Georgia Detour
Georgia Roadblock
UAE Racing with Camels Detour (as a Fast Forward)
China Roadblock (as a Final Task)
China Electric Unicycles Detour (as a Roadblock)
My main wishes are still:
TAR22's Sandcastle Roadblock
TAR17's Watermelon Roadblock
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My list of desired "Switchbacks"- Okay, these are more along the lines of flashbacks like Mika's waterslide tantrum, but I would love to see how a newer group of teams would handle some situations from a few years to a decade or more ago.
I nominate:
Season 1: A return to the Sahara Desert (Paul & Amie were hopelessly lost in the middle ofnowheree with only a grain of luck to help them find the Pit Stop oasis and not a mirage)
Season 2: The fatigue-curing tea concoction (Dragged a caring Mary & a nauseous Peach down to tears and exhaustion in Hong Kong)
Season 5: Eating a giant bowl of caviar (The fish eggs sent Nicole into "restaurant clinic" and proved to be Charla's incredible feat)
Season 6: Consuming spicy Hungarian fishermen's soup (Degraded Jonathan to eating his own vile and made more than 10 million Americans turn their head away from the TV)
Season 11: "C U, wouldn't want to B U" mail (Mirna caught the infamous lead against the destined-to-win Rob & Amber at this Roadblock and took them down "singlehandedly" without a Yield or sabotage)
Season 12: Respect the donkey (Carried Ari & Staella's lead down to the first elimination of the season)
Season 15:
• Farmers' Game and Farmers' Dance (As both Detour options required brawn in the circumstance, Maria & Tiffany were left in shambles after going back-and-forth only to find out they failed miserably)
• FRANZ (Flight Time was put on hold and dropped in this telecommunication Roadblock that confused him out of the final three)
Season 17: "They Don't Call It 'The Amazing Race' for Nothin'" (Claire was almost sent to the ER in this catastrophic catapult malfunction)
Season 20: The Bollywood dancer disaster (Bopper spent an incredibly dedicated amount of time just to master a dance that even a sacrificial Fast Forward couldn't save them in the following leg)
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A task similar to TAR11's letter-searching task should return for a future all-star season. :conf:
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Expecting we should get a GOOD one for 29!
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You're making me pumped, peach :lol:
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Peach, you're giving me excitement for next season.
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The "Lena & Kristy" Roadblock must come back for a third time.
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So something is being planned; hopefully it happens. :conf:
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There should of course be more switchbacks about the early seasons but that's unlikely to happen. Production doesn't care about honoring its early seasons since it pretends the show started in 2009, 2001.
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There should of course be more switchbacks about the early seasons but that's unlikely to happen. Production doesn't care about honoring its early seasons since it pretends the show started in 2009, 2001.
5 of the 6 Switchbacks have been from pre-2009 seasons, including the last two :lol:
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There should of course be more switchbacks about the early seasons but that's unlikely to happen. Production doesn't care about honoring its early seasons since it pretends the show started in 2009, 2001.
5 of the 6 Switchbacks have been from pre-2009 seasons, including the last two :lol:
They made a couple of token references...not a big deal. And the last switchback reference this past season to the infamous S15 Dubai waterfall.
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We need this task again.
https://www.youtube.com/v/zRI8SuUJvOg
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It is amazing that no one broke anything. The not SAFE comment was totally accurate. Scary!
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TWO big Switchbacks:
TAR 22'S SANDCASTLE ROADBLOCK
TAR5'S LEG 12 DETOUR! (MY OX IS BROKEN!)
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TWO big Switchbacks:
TAR 22'S SANDCASTLE ROADBLOCK
TAR5'S LEG 12 DETOUR! (MY OX IS BROKEN!)
I'm pretty sure one of the has been done already *cough*S25*cough*
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Tasks deserved to be brought back
1) S6 Xian Key Roadblock
2) S11 Teammates' relationship task
3) S12 Final Roadblock
4) S3 Swiss Count the Money / Run the number detour
5) S5 Carvier Roadblock
6) S6 Hungary spicy soup roadblock
7) S9 Australian Prison Maze roadblock (or task similar in nature)
8) S11 Letter searching roadblock
9) S14 Chinese Waiter / Beijing Opera detour
10) S17 Hong Kong fake food roadblock
11) S18 dinosaur roadblock
12) S20 Bollywood dancing roadblock
13) S22 Sandcastle roadblock
14) S25 Flag detour in Malta (change it into a roadblock)
15) S28 Windows of the world roadblock (make it as final challenge of a season)
Unfortunately we are not likely to get the switchback if No more TAR in the future :(
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Edited: Off Topic
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Technically not a switchback, but it's still a recycled task.
I'd really love to see TARA5's Leg 6 detour in Vigan once again. :hearts: Making longganisa (Vigan sausages) while riding a kalesa (Philippine chariot) and singing Tatlong Bibe (local nursery song) in Ilokano (Philippine dialect) was really fun to watch while also challenging the teams. :hrt:
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I would like to see TAR Asia 1's Roadblock in Indoesnia, when they had to dig for the surfboard in the sand.
It was just :funny: to watch the teams do it!
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I would like to see TAR Asia 1's Roadblock in Indoesnia, when they had to dig for the surfboard in the sand.
It was just :funny: to watch the teams do it!
YES THIS x1000
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I would love to see future 'switchbacks' from:
TAR 5 - Caviar in St. Peters burg (Roadblock)
TAR 6 - Key Locks in X'ian (Roadblock)
TAR 7 - Meat Block in Argentina (Roadblock)
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TAR 5: Chocolate Roadblock, Caviar Roadblock
TAR 6: Xi'an Locks
TAR 7: Meat in Argentina
TAR 9: Oman sand oven roadblock, Insect Eating Fast Forward, Denver flag roadblock
TAR 11: Letters in Argentina (to be used in a future All-Stars)
TAR 12: Tattoo Fast Forward, Alaska Roadblock
TAR 13: Kazakhstan Fast Forward
TAR 14: Running in Siberia Roadblock, Surfboard Roadblock
TAR 15: Wasabi Challenge
TAR 17: Watermelon, Potato Planting in Russia, Hong Kong eating challenge
TAR 18: Tea Challenge
TAR 19: Bodybuilding Challenge
TAR 20: Bollywood Dancing
TAR 21: Synchronized Swimming
TAR 22: Sand Castles
TAR 25: Malta pole detour
TAR 27: Macao Roadblock
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TAR 1: Colosseum Roadblock in Tunisia.
TAR 2: Nevis Highwire Bungee Jump.
TAR 3: Swimming with Dolphins in Mexico, Count The Money or Run the Numbers.
TAR 4: Bull Racing, Eating Live Octopus in South Korea.
TAR 5: Caviar, Lagen Wall Ascend
TAR 6: Norway Ski Jump, Spicy Soup, Xi'an Locks.
TAR 7: MeatBlock, "We Have A Bad Elephant," Double Decker Bus Roadblock, Jamaica Limbo
TAR 8: Find Red Bean, Curling, Puzzle of North America (to be used if there's a Family Edition 2)
TAR 9: Oman Roadblock, Thailand Fast Forward, Japan Rollercoasters, Red Rocks Flags
TAR 10: Mongolia Flaming Arrow, Kuwait Fast Forward, Tomatina Festival
Now to switch things up here are tasks from other versions of TAR I would love to see in TAR US
TARA 1: Look for a tiny Surfboard in the sand, Caltex, India Dung Cakes, Sony
TARA 2: Maori culture detour, Sony, "In One End or Out The Other," Caltex, MSN
TARAus 1: All Israel tasks.
TARLA 1: Mexican Tacos Roadblock
TAR Canada 1: Muktuk RoadBlock.
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I wanna see the Aussie slang Roadblock again! :funny:
I actually found that one of the funniest tasks ever in the history of TAR! :funny:
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Now to switch things up here are tasks from other versions of TAR I would love to see in TAR US
TARA 1: Look for a tiny Surfboard in the sand, Caltex, India Dung Cakes, Sony
TARA 2: Maori culture detour, Sony, "In One End or Out The Other," Caltex, MSN
TARA5's hike up to and the Road Block at Kawah Ijen
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I really want to see the Alabama chair Roadblock from TAR 8 as a Switchback.
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I really want to see the Alabama chair Roadblock from TAR 8 as a Switchback.
Not so fun fact: The chair is now owned by a local office furniture company as a two-vehicle parking canopy and they repainted it this putrid cement color.
(https://earthtripper.com/sites/default/files/chair-biggest.jpg)
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I would like to see TAR Asia 1's Roadblock in Indoesnia, when they had to dig for the surfboard in the sand.
It was just :funny: to watch the teams do it!
YES THIS x1000
Or it and TAR 22's leg 1 2nd Roadblock, when they had to find a clue in sandcastle can be combined into detour!
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I would like to see TAR Asia 1's Roadblock in Indoesnia, when they had to dig for the surfboard in the sand.
It was just :funny: to watch the teams do it!
YES THIS x1000
Or it and TAR 22's leg 1 2nd Roadblock, when they had to find a clue in sandcastle can be combined into detour!
That's just too similar as a detour they have to be a bit different
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THERE SHOULD BE NO TAR SPOILERS HERE! Be careful please!
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Any gruelling challenges, especially at the beach like S22 and S25 both in leg 1 (https://cutekawaiiresources.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/yociexp108.gif?w=150&h=150)
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I say...
TAR7 Leg 3 roadblock (eat four pounds of a traditional Argentinian feast)
TAR12 memory task :hearts:
TAR16 Leg 5 detour (pigeon & morse code) + u-turn
TAR17 Leg 1 roadblock (watermelons) :hearts:
TAR20 Leg 3 detour (harp & watermelons) and roadblock (bottle dance)
TAR20 Leg 9 roadblock (Bollywood dancing)
TAR22 Leg 1 2nd roadblock (sandcastles) :hearts:
TAR22 Leg 7 detour (brains & brawn)
I'm pretty sure about the watermelon roadblock.
btw, is this a speculation thread or a wishlist?
omg I was such a baby that time but I was digging a few of my earliest messages and found this! It was that good to switchback huh!
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Incredible, Platrium!
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The only Switchbacks I am interested in seeing are:
TAR 6:
The spy soup task in Budapest, Hungary
The Xian locks Roadblock
TAR 7:
The meat eating Roadblock in Mendoza, Argentina
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TARA 1: Look for a tiny Surfboard in the sand, Caltex, India Dung Cakes, Sony
The Indian dung cakes task already appeared in Season 18, the Varanasi "Feed the Fire" detour.
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For me :
Tar1 - Walkie Talkie Task (Tunisia)
Tar2 - Aussie Slang (Australia)
Tar3 - Bobsled ( Austria )
Tar4 - San-nakji (South Korea)
Tar5 - Caviar ( Russia)
Tar6 - Xian Locks (China)
Tar7 - Mendoza Meatblock (Argentina)
Tar8 - Red Beans (Costa Rica)
Tar9 - Greek Translation (Greece)
Tar10 - La Tomatina (Spain)
Tar11 - Polish Sausage (Poland)
Tar12 - Finale Memory Task (Alaska)
Tar13 - Holi Roadblock (India)
Tar14 - Diving (China)
Tar15 - Viking Alphabet (Sweden)
Tar16 - Morse Code (France)
Tar17 - Watermelon Catapult (UK)
Tar18 - Easy Meal (Austria)
Tar19 - BodyBuilding (Belgium)
Tar20 - Bring that Chicken Home (Japan)
Tar21 - Synchronized Swimming (Russia)
Tar22 - Sandcastle (French Polynesia)
Tar23 - Angklung ( Indonesia)
Tar24 - Master Mix (Malaysia)
Tar25 - Pole task (Malta)
Tar26 - Wakeboard (Thailand)
Tar27 - Geometric Slide Puzzle (Brazil)
Tar28 - Mariachi Madness (Mexico)
Tar29 - Videogames (South Korea)
Tar30 - Diamonds (Belgium)
Tar31 - Poetry in Motion (Croatia)
Tar31 - Steel Pan ( Trinidad and Tobago)
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One it would be awesome to see it again it's the Borobudur statues Roadblock from TAR19.