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There is a Fast Forward available during this leg. Cut to Phil shouting over water rapids beneath him. He is currently positioned at the Flow Rider, a 30,000 gallons per minute man-made surfing area at a water park. If a team can ride this for two minutes, they win the Fast Forward. Hey, wasn’t there a movie made about the surfing ability (and shark bite) of one of this season’s contestants? They didn’t do a dribbling competition during any of the Harlem Globetrotters’ seasons. I’m just sayin’.

Kym and Alli are in first place, so there is no reason for them to attempt the Fast Forward, especially not once they read the description. It might as well say The Team Who Performs the Challenge aka Adam & Bethany will win the Fast Forward. Alli quickly says, “I don’t wanna do it.” Smart woman.

Wait a minute. I am flabbergasted when Kym persuades Alli that they need to try. Alli’s confused expression mirrors my own. What the hell, Kym? There is competitive and then there is crazy. You have a world champion surfer as one of the remaining contestants. Would you challenge Peyton Manning to a passing competition? Garry Kasparov to a chess match? January Jones to a bad acting competition? Have some common sense.

Even Brooke is smart enough to know not to do this. Honest to God. BROOKE.

The sweet scientists and wrestlers engage in a discussion about how to handle the U-Turn. Even though they are hours away from having to worry about it, they may not have a chance to discuss it again. So, all four of them agree that the bicyclists will be chosen. I love how nobody expects them to win the Fast Forward.

Amy & Maya arrive first at an amazing structure. The Marina Bay Sands is a 57-story hotel featuring the SkyPark. This is a flat surface covering 12,400 meters at the TOP of the hotel. It includes an infinity pool, a nightclub, a restaurant and the world’s largest cantilever with observation deck. All of this exists 600 feet in the air. Contestants are being asked to perform a tightrope from one tower to the other. For like the sixth time in the history of the show, my mind screams, “OH HELL NO!”

Alli starts to freak out during the cab ride to the water park. She is starting to have a bad feeling about this. Welcome to 20 minutes ago for everybody else, Alli. As if on cue, the editing cuts to the Soul Surfers saying that they want to read the Fast Forward clue “just for fun.” I don’t expect Kym and Alli to have much fun with it. Adam mentions surfing and Bethany’s head snaps up so fast that you would think someone yelled “shark!”

Sorry, I swear I gave Soul Surfer a positive review and love Bethany as a competitor.

Adam is surprisingly against the idea of trying. Both of them note that it is too risky since they are in first place. Meanwhile, Alli explicitly tells Kym that they have to do the surfing fast in case somebody else shows up. The look on Kym’s face transparently identifies that she had not considered the competition enough until this moment.

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