Roller Ball

Roller Ball (also known as Take the Reins and Pegs Over Easy) is a recurring balance and endurance challenge that originated in .
==Rules==
The castaways must stand on a small log while balancing a ball on a wooden disc. At regular intervals, more balls will be added onto the plate until there are three balls, which will increase difficulty. If at any time a ball falls off the disc or a castaway loses their footing on the log, they will be eliminated. The last castaway standing wins.
The Take the Reins variation of the challenge instead has castaways balance a ball on a disc, and balance the disc on two ropes. At regular intervals, they must their hands farther back on the rope, making it more difficult to balance the disc.
A third variation, Pegs Over Easy, requires castaways to balance balls on an inclined table. Lowering the table would trigger a device which locks the table into a new position, making it more difficult to balance the balls. Unlike the other two variations, castaways may drop balls, so long as they still have at least one remaining on their table.
==History==
=== United States ===
The challenge debuted in as the first individual Immunity Challenge. Natalie Tenerelli won the challenge, outlasting Mike Chiesl.
The challenge was re-used two seasons later in , where it was once again used as the first individual Immunity Challenge. Troyzan Robertson won the challenge, outlasting Kat Edorsson.
In the rules of the challenge were changed. The contestants had to balance a ball on a disk, and balance the disk on two ropes. At regular intervals, moved their hands farther back on the rope making it more difficult to balance. After 25 minutes, a second ball was added. Keith Nale outlasted his son, Wes Nale, to win the first individual Immunity Challenge of the season.
In , it came down to Keith Nale and Joe Anglim. Joe ended up winning.
In , the challenge returned to its original version, where it was used as the first individual Immunity Challenge. Nick Maiorano ultimately won the challenge, outlasting his former Gondol tribemate Tai Trang.
In , the Take the Reins variation was again used, where most of the tribe dropped out within the first two minutes of the challenge. In the end, Chelsea Townsend outlasted Sebastian Noel to win immunity.
In , the original version of the challenge was used yet again. In the third round, the challenge came down to Alison Raybould, Mike White, and Nick Wilson, with Mike ultimately winning his first individual Immunity Challenge.
In , a new variation of the challenge was introduced where castaways had to balance three balls on an inclined table. Every time they lowered the table, a device would lock the table into a new position, making it more difficult to balance the ball, with the last person with at least one ball still on their table being the winner. After over 25 minutes, the challenge came down to Aaron Meredith and Jamal Shipman, with Aaron ultimately outlasting Jamal to win immunity.
The Take the Reins variant of the challenge reappeared in as the final six Immunity Challenge. By the start of the second round, only Lauren Harpe and Heidi Lagares-Greenblatt were still in the game. Ultimately, Lauren outlasted Heidi to win her second individual Immunity Challenge.
=== Australia ===
In , a variant of the challenge appeared as the final ten Immunity Challenge. Contestants would stand on a perch while holding on to two ropes to keep their ball balanced on a weighted hanging track. At regular intervals, the contestants will move to stand on narrower perches. The last person left standing with their ball still on their track wins. After about 30 minutes and standing on the second-narrowest perch, only Jordie Hansen and Mark Wales remained in the challenge, with Jordie ultimately defeating Mark for the win.
=== New Zealand ===
==Winners==
<tabber>United States=
Episode	Challenge Type 	Winners
 	Individual Immunity	
 	Individual Immunity	
 	Individual Immunity	
 	Individual Immunity	
 	Individual Immunity	
 	Individual Immunity	
 	Individual Immunity	
 	Individual Immunity	
 	Individual Immunity	
|-|Australia=
Episode 	Challenge Type 	Winners
Episode 24	Individual Immunity	
Episode 15	Individual Immunity	
|-|New Zealand=
Episode 	Challenge Type 	Winners
Episode 10	Individual Immunity	
</tabber>
==Gallery==
Murlonio RB.png|The Murlonio tribe competes in .
rollerballsow.png|The Tikiano tribe competes in .
0004-s29 press images ep7 0004.jpg|The Huyopa tribe at the challenge in .
Cambodia Rollerballs.jpg|The Orkun tribe competes in .
S32_press_images_ep7_106308_D22222b.jpg|The Dara tribe competes in .
S36 Ep10 009b.jpg|Chelsea competes in .
Kalokalo_rollerball.jpg|The Kalokalo tribe competes in .
S39E08 IC.jpg|The Lumuwaku tribe competes in .
s44e12 carson take the reins.jpg|Carson competing in .
==Trivia==
* This challenge has only been used for individual immunity.
* Jeremy Collins and Keith Nale are the only contestants to have competed in this challenge twice.
** Keith has won once and lost once, while Jeremy has lost both times.
==References==
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Category:Redemption Island Challenges
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Category:San Juan del Sur Challenges
Category:Survivor: Cambodia
Category:Cambodia Challenges
Category:Survivor: Kaôh Rōng
Category:Kaôh Rōng Challenges
Category:Survivor: Ghost Island
Category:Ghost Island Challenges
Category:Survivor: David vs. Goliath
Category:David vs. Goliath Challenges
Category:Survivor: Island of the Idols
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Category:Survivor 44 Challenges
Category:Australian Survivor (2016)
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