Nick Hanson Returns to ‘American Ninja Warrior’ This Summer
![Nick Hanson scales a “salmon ladder” in his hometown of Unalakleet.](https://knom.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/2015-09-12-nick-hanson-001-2-1200x800.jpg)
Unalakleet’s Nick Hanson — “The Eskimo Ninja” — returns for a third season this summer on “American Ninja Warrior.”
A Youth Summit in Kiana
![Nick Hanson, from the very top of a large, wooden structure, looks down on children sitting on the floor of the Kiana school gymnasium.](https://knom.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Nick-Hanson-in-Kiana-2x3-ratio-2736px-1200x800.jpg)
KNOM endeavors to connect with listeners, on the air and face to face. Recently, volunteer producer Lauren Frost had the chance to do both during a special youth summit in rural Kiana, Alaska.
An “Eskimo Ninja” Inspires
![Nick Hanson scales a “salmon ladder” in his hometown of Unalakleet.](https://knom.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/2015-09-12-nick-hanson-001-2-1200x800.jpg)
Through your support, a recent episode of KNOM’s Story49 featured a young man from Unalakleet, Alaska, whose training in Alaska Native Youth Olympic games helped turn him into a competitor on the nationally-televised show “American Ninja Warrior.”