{"id":76567,"date":"2025-07-19T23:24:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-19T23:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/76567\/"},"modified":"2025-07-19T23:24:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T23:24:10","slug":"escondidos-alex-nye-returns-to-american-ninja-warrior-semifinals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/76567\/","title":{"rendered":"Escondido\u2019s Alex Nye returns to American Ninja Warrior semifinals"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Escondido resident and five-time competitor Alex Nye, 34, will return to American Ninja Warrior to compete in the semifinals (Photo by Trae Patton\/NBC)<\/p>\n

Escondido resident and five-time returning competitor Alex Nye is set to appear once again in the semifinals of sports reality show \u201cAmerican Ninja Warrior<\/a>,\u201d now in its 17th season.<\/p>\n

Nye has reached the semifinals in every season in which he\u2019s competed \u2013 \u00a0seasons 10, 12, 14 and 16 \u2013 and advanced to the national finals in last year\u2019s competition.<\/p>\n

This season, he\u2019s aiming to make another strong run to the finals.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m very proud to represent San Diego as one of our few professional ninjas,\u201d Nye said. \u201c This year, I want to take my time and get as far as I possibly can.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Nye spent most of his childhood outdoors \u2013 climbing trees, jumping on trampolines and skateboarding on the ramps his father built for him and his brother in their own backyard.<\/p>\n

After tuning in to an episode of the show at home, he became interested in the ninja sport. Yet with no professional \u201cninja gym\u201d nearby \u2013 the kind equipped with the same obstacles used on the show \u2013 Nye had no way of trying it out for himself.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He instead learned to practice through rock-climbing, parkour, gymnastics and other ninja-adjacent sports.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The turning point in his ninja career came after he moved to San Diego County with his wife.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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After buying their first home in Escondido, he used the construction knowledge he picked up from his father to build a backyard training course of his own.<\/p>\n

Nicknamed \u201cthe jungle\u201d for the thick canopy of trees overhead, the course quickly became a go-to training spot for San Diego ninjas.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s no professional level gym in San Diego for someone like me to train at, so it was born out of necessity,\u201d Nye said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThe community has definitely recognized the effort I\u2019ve put into it, and it\u2019s become a lot of people\u2019s favorite place in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nye added that the course also allowed him to focus on training to address his particular areas of weakness.<\/p>\n

After failing on the Salmon Ladder and Flying Bar in past seasons of the show, he rebuilt the obstacles as accurately as possible, and trained with them as part of his course.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He said he now feels comfortable enough with both obstacles to face either in future competitions.<\/p>\n

According to Nye, the courses featured in semifinal rounds typically test endurance, and many new competitors may be tempted to speed through the obstacles.\u00a0<\/p>\n

While having done so in the past, Nye said that this year he plans to take his time and make it through the entire course, which is especially important this season, when so many younger competitors will be participating alongside him.<\/p>\n

Although Nye is only 34, he noted that the sport seems to be moving toward a younger audience, especially after the show lowered the minimum entry age to 15 in season 15.<\/p>\n

However, he added that the younger competition has only motivated him to \u201cput up a fight.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/strong>It\u2019s really easy to get discouraged and say, \u2018I\u2019m past my prime, I can\u2019t keep up anymore,\u2019 but my main goal with \u2018Ninja\u2019 is to improve, putting everything else aside,\u201d Nye said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just always want to be getting better, even if I\u2019m getting older.\u201d<\/p>\n

Viewers can tune in to \u201cAmerican Ninja Warrior\u201d to watch Nye compete in the semifinals at 8 p.m. Monday on KNSD.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Escondido resident and five-time competitor Alex Nye, 34, will return to American Ninja Warrior to compete in the…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":76568,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5134],"tags":[52986,5229,52987,1582,276,10087,1030,3549,7264,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-76567","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-diego","8":"tag-alex-nye","9":"tag-america","10":"tag-american-ninja-warrior","11":"tag-ca","12":"tag-california","13":"tag-escondido","14":"tag-nbc","15":"tag-san-diego","16":"tag-sandiego","17":"tag-united-states","18":"tag-united-states-of-america","19":"tag-unitedstates","20":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","21":"tag-us","22":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114882484559687475","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76567"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76567\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}