How much money was promised in an endorsement deal by a shoe company to the first American to finish the 2011 obstacle course?
American Ninja Warrior (season 3) The third season of "American Ninja Warrior" began airing on July 31, 2011, on G4. Tryouts took place in May 2011 at Venice Beach, California. After the tryouts, the top 15 competitors competed in Ninja Warrior Boot Camp with the top 10 moving on to Japan for the finals of the competition as a part of Sasuke 27 and a chance at becoming the first American to conquer the course and win a $500,000 endorsement deal with K-Swiss. No competitors made it beyond stage 3.
Porter Stansberry Frank Porter Stansberry is an American financial publisher and author. Stansberry founded Stansberry Research (previously Stansberry & Associates Investment Research,) a private publishing company based in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1999. He is the author of the monthly newsletter, "Stansberry's Investment Advisory", which covers investments and investment theory in commodities, real estate, and the stock market. He is also the creator of the 2011 online video and infomercial titled "End of America" (77 min). In 2002, the SEC brought a case for securities fraud and a federal judge fined him $1.5 million in 2007.