Indo-Canadian Brother-Sister Team Go Nude To Take First Place In First Leg Of Amazing Race Canada

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mazing Race Canada sibling duo Sukhi (left) and Jinder Atwal went au naturel to take first place in the first leg of the competition reality show Amazing Race Canada!

When they were asked to get completely nude and return to their pose (with Sukhi Atwal just behind her brother Jinder, hands on his shoulder), they might have balked — but their opponents were in the same building attempting the same challenge, and given that only one team can complete the Fast Forward, there was no time to deliberate.

TORONTO – Indo-Canadian siblings Sukhi and Jinder Atwal, who are described as motor-mouth, went au naturel in La Belle Province to win their first leg of “The Amazing Race Canada” on Tuesday.

The Atwals picked up their pace by dropping trou at a Fast Forward nude modelling challenge, one which forced the frenetic pair to together hold an uncomfortable pose and carefully avert their eyes from one another, reported Canadian Press.

“I don’t know how we’re going to explain this to mom and dad,” joked Jinder. “Not going to lie, probably the most awkward thing I’ve ever done in my life.”

While the siblings were flashing skin, Vancouver bartenders Ryan Steele and Rob Goddard survived by the skin of their teeth — finishing dead last yet again but finding a reprieve in the form of a non-elimination leg for the second time in three weeks.

This was an episode, however, that made even Olympic gold medallists Natalie Spooner and Meaghan Mikkelson appear mortal.

As the racers were whisked more than 5,500 kilometres from Paris to Montreal, the studiously stoic pair seemed to be indulging in some mild celebration — understandable, perhaps, given that they had won an unthinkable six of the past eight legs.

After the obligatory ring-fawning, the teams were off to the week’s Road Block: a two-stage precision driving course that required a “quarter drift” — a 90-degree fish-tail — and a “reverse 180” high-speed turn on a rain-drenched course outside Montreal. (The Quebec setting allowed one more opportunity for the Atwals to showcase their unique version of French, with Jinder trying to galvanize his cab driver by shouting: “Rapido!”)

Atwals went for all the marbles when they bypassed the Detour entirely in favour of the high-risk, high-reward Fast Forward option.

In an entertaining bit of gamesmanship, the true nature of the challenge was laid bare gradually. First, they were simply told to pose fully clothed. Then they were asked to strip to their underwear.

“I’m thinking, ‘Did I shave my legs?'” Sukhi conceded.

When they were asked to get completely nude and return to their pose (with Sukhi just behind her brother, hands on his shoulder), they might have balked — but Rob and Ryan were in the same building attempting the same challenge, and given that only one team can complete the Fast Forward, there was no time to deliberate.

And so, as Jinder was fond of pointing out, the pair were in their birthday suits on his birthday.

“Don’t look back,” warned Sukhi.

“Don’t look forward,” replied Jinder.

Afterward, there was much understandable blushing.

“Let’s just pretend like it never happened,” suggested Jinder. “Thank God we didn’t pick one of those intertwined poses.”

Courtesy Canadian Press