The best of Adidas Rockstars 2017OnBouldering2018-09-20 | A full summary of the final round of the 2017 edition of Adidas Rockstars. All the problems including the superfinal.
Our website http://OnBouldering.comThe day Chon arrived | Sunday SendsOnBouldering2019-05-26 | There was a time when Jongwon Chon wasn't the massive star that he is today. Back in 2014, when he made his first final, many of us were scratching our heads wondering who this young crusher was. Today we gonna review an impressive ascent from that day.
Our website http://OnBouldering.comWhy didnt he stop him! | Sunday SendsOnBouldering2019-05-19 | Today we gonna see, for the first time, a clearly illegal top. During the 2013 Munich Bouldering World Cup, Russian climber Rustam Gelmanov topped the 3rd semifinal problem after an invalid start. The judge noticed the incorrect start, but for some reason didn't stop Rustam!
Our website http://OnBouldering.comRock-climbing on plastic | Sunday SendsOnBouldering2019-05-12 | Although most of us enjoy a good triple dyno and other circus tricks that we often see in modern competition bouldering, some of us have a special place in our hearts for old-school, crimpy, rock-like problems. This week we gonna see Mina Markovic climbing one of those gems from Munich 2013.
Our website http://OnBouldering.comIn memory of David Lama | Sunday SendsOnBouldering2019-04-28 | This week's Sunday Sends episode is dedicated to David Lama, Jess Roskelley, and Hansjörg Auer, who died in an avalanche in Canada a few days ago.
Our website http://OnBouldering.comInsecure till the last move | Sunday SendsOnBouldering2019-04-21 | Today we gonna see one of Austria's most prolific climbers in action: Katharina Saurwein. She retired from comps at the end of last season after almost 2 decades competing internationally. We gonna see her improvise her way up a very insecure, volume-based, slab from the 2016 World Championships.
Our website http://OnBouldering.comFollow the red flat holds | Sunday SendsOnBouldering2019-04-14 | Today we feature an ascent by Japanese star Rei Sugimoto, to celebrate his bronze medal in Meiringen last week. Sugimoto has been competing internationally for about 14 years (his first final was 8 years ago) and he’s still performing at the highest level (despite the many changes in the sport).
Our website http://OnBouldering.comA tricky sequence and a hard pull to the top | Sunday SendsOnBouldering2019-04-07 | This week we gonna look back at a hard ascent by Guillaume Glairon-Mondet that took place during the semifinals of the 2014 World Cup in Grindelwald, Switzerland. The last pull to grab the top was very very hard!
Our website http://OnBouldering.comMale Qualification Problems | Meiringen 2019 Bouldering World CupOnBouldering2019-04-05 | A quick and dirty edit of some Instagram videos that show all the problems in the male qualification round of the 2019 IFSC Bouldering World Cup in Meiringen.
Our website http://OnBouldering.comThe 2019 World Cup is here! Meiringen preview!OnBouldering2019-04-04 | The 2019 IFSC Season starts tomorrow in the Swiss town of Meiringen. More than 250 climbers will take part in this event, including all the favorites to the title. Semis and final will be offered live on Saturday.
Our website http://OnBouldering.comOnly 3 tops and only THIS flash! | Sunday SendsOnBouldering2019-03-31 | Today we gonna see James Kassay sending a super hard slab problem from Chongqing 2014. This problem shut down most of the semifinal climbers that day, only 3 tops. James took his time on the wall and had to improvise a lot, but he managed to flash it and secure a spot in the final.
Our website http://OnBouldering.comWide pinches and a terrible undercling | Sunday SendsOnBouldering2019-03-24 | Today we gonna see Shauna Coxsey sending a very powerful problem from the first full IFSC season that she did, 2013. We haven’t seen her competing in a while but soon she’ll be back on the World Cup walls, so let’s prepare with this nice top from almost 6 years ago.
Our website http://OnBouldering.comBad holds, slightly overhanging… another old-school gem! | Sunday SendsOnBouldering2019-03-17 | This week we gonna see Gabri Moroni faced with a pretty hard line that shut down most climbers in the semifinal of the 2014 World Cup in Grindelwald. Only 5 tops and nobody climbed it in less than 3 tries. The last move was very difficult but on his 6th attempt, Gabri found the way and got the top.
Our website http://OnBouldering.comSean McColl and the Green Pyramid of Doom | Sunday SendsOnBouldering2019-03-10 | Last weekend Sean McColl offered yet another great performance at the CWIF. The Canadian crusher has been killing it in comps for a long time and today we gonna see him on a problem that is almost 7 years old, a tricky and technical boulder from Munich 2012.
Our website http://OnBouldering.comA tough fight with massive slopers | Sunday SendsOnBouldering2019-03-03 | This Sunday we gonna see a climber that, despite being one of the most recognized names in the history of the sport, never won a World Cup. Melissa Le Neve was a habitual finalist in IFSC Bouldering competition for about a decade. She won several medals, including 3 silvers, but she never got a gold. Nevermind, she has always been a crowd favorite and an inspiring fighter that is sorely missed in the circuit.
Our website http://OnBouldering.comHow Kilian Fischhuber broke the spell and won his first championship | Sunday SendsOnBouldering2019-02-24 | Kilian Fischhuber is one of the best competition climbers ever, no questions asked. But oddly enough, despite his many years of success in international competitions, which include 47 medals in World Cups, up until 2013 he had never won a championship title. That changed during the European Championships that took place that year in Eindhoven.
Our website http://OnBouldering.comThe day Jan Hojer turned rain into gold | Sunday SendsOnBouldering2019-02-17 | No more World Champions for a while! Today we gonna see a climber that has never been World Champions but that has won his fair share of IFSC medals, Jan Hojer. We gonna review his last ascent from the first World Cup that he won. A competition in which initially he didn’t even make semis!
Our website http://OnBouldering.comMassive slab + coordination dyno! | Sunday SendsOnBouldering2019-02-10 | We still have room for yeat another World Champion! To celebrate Jule Wurm's comeback from retirement (don't get too excited, she's just taking part in Dock Masters 2019) we gonna see her topping a very hard slab during her most successful competition season, 2014. That year she won the Bouldering World Championships in Munich
Our website http://OnBouldering.comShe destroyed this powerful boulder! | Sunday SendsOnBouldering2019-02-03 | Time for another World Champion! Our fifth in a row. This week we feature an ascent by two times World Champion Anna Stöhr. We gonna see the Austrian legend making a very powerful problem look easy. Or easy until the very last move, which caused trouble to all the climbers that got so far up the wall.
Our website http://OnBouldering.com3 Times Climbing World Champion vs. Horrible Pinches | Sunday SendsOnBouldering2019-01-27 | What happens when an unstoppable force meets an unpichable pinch? That's more or less what we gonna see today. Dmitry Sharafutdinov facing a brutal problem during the semifinal round of the 2014 World Cup in Chongqing, China. Most climbers fell on pretty much the first move, but Dmitry almost flashed the boulder!
Our website http://OnBouldering.comHe completely misread this sequence! | Sunday SendsOnBouldering2019-01-20 | This week we continue with yet another World Champion (after Adam Ondra and Petra Klingler). Today we gonna see Sean McColl crushing during the semis of the 2014 World Cup in Toronto. There, he made his way to the final with an ascent of the hardest semifinal problem. He could have flashed it, but during his first try he completely misread the sequence and ended up upside down!
Our website http://OnBouldering.comControlling a huge swing after a technical dyno | Sunday SendsOnBouldering2019-01-13 | Today we gonna see how World Champion Petra Klingler tackled a tricky sideways dyno during the 2013 World Cup in Innsbruck. The move wasn't a big jump at all, but the configuration of the holds produced a big swing that only a handful of climbers managed to control. It took Petra 6 tries, but she finally found the key to sticking the move.
Our website http://OnBouldering.comMassive volume, no holds, poor texture. Welcome to Toronto! | Sunday SendsOnBouldering2019-01-06 | Today we welcome 2019 with an ascent by the one and only Adam Ondra. We gonna see him topping a very technical problem that revolved around a massive volume with no holds and less-than-ideal texture. Tricky and frustrating, this problem shut down most climbers in the competition. Adam needed some tries, but he finally managed to top it.
Our website http://OnBouldering.comA Shoulder + Finger Test! Sunday SendsOnBouldering2018-12-30 | This is the last Sunday Sends of 2018! We gonna bid farewell to an amazing year of bouldering with a hard ascent by Russian crusher Vadim Timonov. During the 2014 Innsbruck Bouldering World Cup, he was one of the 5 climbers who managed to top the third qualifying problem. Let’s see it!
This Sunday, we celebrate Christmass with a very special ascent. The one by Chris Sharma during the 2014 Deep Water Soloing event that took place in Puente La Reina, Spain. The video I made from that event has been super popular and so far has been viewed well over 2 Million times! Today we gonna see Sharma’s ascent uncut. Enjoy!
Our website http://OnBouldering.comA flashing masterclass by Kilian Fischhuber | Sunday SendsOnBouldering2018-12-16 | This week we gonna review an ascent by the one and only Kilian Fischhuber. During the qualifying round of the 2014 World Cup in Innsbruck, he offered an impressive flash of a very hard, crimpy and technical problem. We can learn a lot about climbing movement just watching him make his way to the top!
Our website http://OnBouldering.comThe only time this happened in a World Cup! | Sunday SendsOnBouldering2018-12-09 | This week we gonna review a very unique ascent, done by Shauna Coxsey. It is unique because it was the only time that a problem has been used for both men and women during an IFSC senior bouldering World Cup. In 2014, in Chongqing, the last qualifying problem for the men was also the last qualifying problem for the women.
Our website http://OnBouldering.comThe setters wanted it all! Only 4 climbers passed the test | Sunday SendsOnBouldering2018-12-02 | This week we gonna see Fanny Gibert climbing a very hard qualifying problem from Munich 2015. The kind of boulder that requires pretty much every skill in a climber's arsenal: balance, coordination, flexibility, finger strength... it was all necessary. Perhaps that's why only 4 climbers out of 41 got the top.
Our website http://OnBouldering.comThis boulder will make your fingers hurt! | Sunday SendsOnBouldering2018-11-25 | Today we gonna see Australian crusher James Kassay topping a very crimpy problem from the World Cup in Chongqing in 2014. The holds were so tiny I bet you will cringe while watching!
Our website http://OnBouldering.comCaution: Body tension required! | Sunday SendsOnBouldering2018-11-18 | Today we go back to the 2013 European Championships in Eindhoven. We gonna see one of the few ascents of the last problem in the female semifinals. It was a long problem that required careful movement and lots of body tension. Slovenian star Mina Markovic spent a lot of time on the wall but she got the top and the tick t
Our website http://OnBouldering.comToo powerful!? Less than 5% got this top! | Sunday SendsOnBouldering2018-11-11 | Today we gonna see 2018 Overall Bouldering World Cup Champion Miho Nonaka sending a very powerful problem from Munich 2015. This problem shut down 81 out of 85 climbers! The last move, in particular, was very hard, the top was a massive jug, but it was a looong reach away!
Our website http://OnBouldering.comThis first move pissed off a lot of people! | Sunday SendsOnBouldering2018-11-04 | This week we gonna review an ascent of a very frustrating problem. The first qualifying boulder in Log Dragomer 2013 featured a very annoying start. Climbers spent up to 18 tries to top this line. Swiss star Cedric Lachat managed to get the top on his 10th attempt.
Our website http://OnBouldering.comShe didnt stop until she found the way! | Sunday SendsOnBouldering2018-10-28 | Today we gonna see former US Champion and World Cup winner Megan Mascarenas giving a very long and tiring try to a qualifying boulder from the 2016 World Cup in Meiringen. She flashed the problem but it took her about a minute and a half to get to the top. An example of determination and improvisation!
Our website http://OnBouldering.comIt doesn’t get much flatter than this! | Sunday SendsOnBouldering2018-10-21 | Today we celebrate Jan Hojer’s ascent of Es Pontas with footage from a radically different problem: a super flat and technical slab from the 2015 World Cup in Munich. It only got two tops (out of 59 climbers) but Jan made it look pretty easy!
Our website http://OnBouldering.comClever way to use your hip! | Sunday SendsOnBouldering2018-10-14 | This week we are going to review an ascent by British climber James Garden. Not a big competition star but a really strong climber that was part of the UK Team for a few years. We are going to see him topping a problem during the World Cup in Innsbruck in 2013.
Our website http://OnBouldering.comWhat do you mean run and jump?? | Sunday SendsOnBouldering2018-10-07 | If last week we saw a very old-school problem, today we gonna go to the other extreme. We gonna revisit a modern-style problem that got some climbers confused about how they were supposed to start the problem.
Our website http://OnBouldering.comTHIS is truly old-school | Sunday SendsOnBouldering2018-09-30 | Nowadays after almost every big final, there's a lot of talk about modern setting style vs. old-school setting. This Sunday we gonna look back at an ascent from 10 years ago, to see how a truly old-school problem looks like. Don't expect too many volumes or triple dynos, and you gonna need to look closely if you wanna see the holds
Our website http://OnBouldering.comThats not how you are supposed to climb! | Sunday SendsOnBouldering2018-09-23 | This Sunday we gonna see one of the most unorthodox climbers in the international competition circuit, World Champion Tomoa Narasaki. He has his own way of doing things and sometimes that includes his own way of solving mantles.
Our website http://OnBouldering.comFemale Super Final | Adidas Rockstars 2018OnBouldering2018-09-22 | Spoilers! (obviously) The female Superfinal in Stuttgart had a tricky mantle that caused some trouble!
Our website http://OnBouldering.comMale Super Final | Adidas Rockstars 2018OnBouldering2018-09-22 | Spoilers! (obviously) The Male Superfinal in Stuttgart was fast and full of displays of friendship and camaraderie.
Our website http://OnBouldering.comAdidas Rockstars 2018 SemifinalsOnBouldering2018-09-22 | Easy but droppable problems in the semifinals. The male round was a flash fest in which 4 tops in 9 attempts were necessary to make finals. Keita Watabe and Alex Puccio are in first place.
Our website http://OnBouldering.comTops galore in the qualifying round of Adidas RockstarsOnBouldering2018-09-21 | Adidas Rockstars is in full swing in the Porsche Arena in Stuttgart. The qualifying round took place this morning and some big names are already out. The boulders, with one exception, fell on the easy side and mistakes were harshly punished.
Our website http://OnBouldering.comWe want the athletes to feel special Sonja Gueldner-Hamel interviewOnBouldering2018-09-21 | Sonja Gueldner-Hamel is one of the masterminds behind Adidas Rockstars. Over the years she's worked behind the scenes to make sure everything runs smoothly and the event is the best way to present the sport and the athletes to the whole world.
Our website http://OnBouldering.comShe wont let go! Sunday SendsOnBouldering2018-09-16 | This Sunday we gonna review an ascent by one of the best competition climbers ever, Anna Stöhr. She recently announced her retirement from competitions, sadly she couldn't compete in Innsbruck due to a back injury. During her long and super successful career, she left us many great moments, including this climb that we gonna see today.
Our website http://OnBouldering.comLots of tops and lots of heartbreaks in the male semifinalOnBouldering2018-09-15 | Today the men faced much easier problems than those set for the women. 4 tops have been required to make finals and many favorites failed the test: Adam Ondra, Tomoa Narasaki and Jernej Kruder are out.