Kyle Soderman

**Kyle Soderman** is a ninja coach and current stuntman from Minnesota, currently living in LA. He worked alongside Hunter Guerard and Sarah Schoback in Schoback's Ninja Warrior gym, Obstacle Academy.

He currently works as a stuntman for Los Angeles' Universal Studios, which is where the Los Angeles courses have always been held since American Ninja Warrior 8.

Soderman made his ANW debut in American Ninja Warrior: Ninja vs. Ninja, as a member of the Lizard Kings. However, he didn't compete in the main show until American Ninja Warrior 11.

## American Ninja Warrior 11

During qualifiers, he and Hunter Guerard were anticipating to go head to head on the new Power Tower. While Kyle managed to breeze through the first five obstacles in almost 70 seconds, he made a huge gamble to go for the Mega Wall. From there, he came fingertips from finishing with a top 2 time and therefore participate against Guerard in the Power Tower. He was unable to succeed in his next two attempts, therefore failing the Mega Wall in qualifying and placing 12th overall.

In the city finals, Kyle's run was digested, but it was shown that he blazed through the first six obstacles, but he shockingly failed on the Salmon Ladder, placing 22nd and ultimately not moving on to National Finals. His full run, however, was shown as a digital exclusive, where it was explained that he had a good run going, but got careless on the third rung, causing the left side to be uneven.

He was originally invited back to compete on season 12 before the COVID-19 pandemic delayed production, and he ended up not making the cut on the modified season.

## American Ninja Warrior 13

Kyle competed in the 5th episode of qualifiers. His run was fast forwarded. He attempted the Mega Wall, and got close but failed. He had no problem with the regular wall though and finished a little faster than his friend Hunter Guerard, placing 7th overall.

Kyle later competed in the final episode of semifinals. His run there was also digested, but he got revenge on the Salmon Ladder. Then he chose to go for the Diving Boards at Split Decision and cleared. He subsequently than cleared the entire semifinals course with the fourth fastest time and he moved on to Las Vegas for the first time in his career.

In Las Vegas he made a big first impression. He was one of the few to clear The High Road in Stage 1 and he finished the course with the second fastest time. In Stage 2 he moved with a solid pace and was one of only four to make the reverse grab on Falling Shelves. He ended up clearing Stage 2 with the third fastest time. In Stage 3 he powered through the first three obstacles but ran out of strength on the Ultimate Cliffhanger. He had the fourth best performance of the season.

## American Ninja Warrior 14

Kyle returned for his third season, first competing in the fifth and last qualifying episode. His run was digested, but he once again cleared the course, doing so in 6th place. Additionally after missing it in both season 11 and 13, he finally got the Mega Wall and won $10,000.

Kyle later competed in the second semifinals episode. There he cleared the first seven obstacles with relative ease despite a close call on Hopscotch. He ended up going out on the eighth obstacle, falling on the first drop of the Box Office. He placed 8th overall, earning his second straight trip to the national finals.

Kyle competed in the National Finals and was shown in the first episode of Stage One. His run was digested, but he cleared The High Road for the second straight season, and he once again finished Stage One with the second fastest time. On Stage Two his run was again, digested. He made it through the first 4 obstacles, but the upper body obstacles seemed to take a toll on his heavier weight (180 lbs), as he failed on the fifth obstacle, Hornet's Nest, ending his season.