Poles Apart

Poles Apart is a main game first played on the original version of Takeshi's Castle.

The contestant starts on a high platform at the edge of a lake. In the middle of the lake is a floating mat.

Using a pole, the contestant has to vault across the lake and land on the mat. If they judge it right, and land on the mat without falling off, they win the game; but if they miss, and end up in the water, they lose.