world’s best athletes : 9 videos

4,000 enthusiastic spectators at the Porsche-Arena in Stuttgart, Germany witnessed a world-class climbing event which included the sport’s top stars, a fun, Rock themed atmosphere and an exciting Superfinal. Futuba Ito (JPN) and Yoshiyuki Ogata (JPN) won the title this year against a very impressive collection of international athletes after they were able to pull off the final victory on the super boulder against Janja Garnbret (SLO) and Florian Klingler (AUT) respectively. The start list re...

This weekend has seen the world’s bouldering elite descend on Stuttgart for a truly special competition. 55 athletes from more than 17 different countries were invited to adidas ROCKSTARS this year. Lead- and Bouldering-World Champions, overall winners and top climbers of the 2019 Bouldering World Cup and Olympic qualified athletes were invited to this unique event. They first had to make it through the qualification and semi-final. In the superfinals the athletes had to climb simultaneously...

The world’s best bouldering athletes fight for an entry to the superfinal at the annual adidas ROCKSTARS invitational that is hosted in Germany on the 13th and 14th of September. Around 3,800 spectators can share the excitement when World and European champions, World Cup winners, and national champions impressively demonstrate why bouldering, i.e. climbing without a rope over a crash pad, is considered one of the most difficult disciplines in sport climbing. One year before the Olympics in T...

Over 70 athletes from more than 20 different countries were invited to adidas ROCKSTARS this year. They first had to make it through the qualification and semi-final. The top 6 men and women advanced to the great final on Saturday evening. They fight in two rounds for the entry to the superfinal. Here, the top 2 compete in direct comparison on a so-called “super boulder” that was specifically created for the event. The athletes climb simultaneously an identical route on two sides of the same...

Impressive, gravity-defying moves on vertical walls are guaranteed when the world’s best bouldering athletes fight for an entry to the superfinal at the annual adidas ROCKSTARS invitational that is hosted in Germany on the 21st and 22nd of September. The prestigious event draws the top stars of the climbing scene to Stuttgart’s Porsche-Arena, because it stages enthralling competition bouldering as intoxicating show. The popular invitational contest for the international climbing elite takes p...

Well-deserved winners at the adidas ROCKSTARS 2017 in the Superfinals: Alex Puccio (USA) in the women’s and Tomoa Narasaki (JPN) at the men’s category showed an amazing performance on the critical boulder, which meant the official “adidas ROCKSTARS 2017” champion title for both. The Japanese has already solved the „problem“ after 18 seconds and showed his huge relief when he smashed the buzzer. Truly, his goal to keep the title was a hard challenge against his South Korean opponent Jongwon Ch...

This weekend has seen the World’s elite rock climbers descend on Stuttgart for a truly special competition. adidas ROCKSTARS 2017 pairs over 80 invited athletes from 25 different countries with intense musical performances and a passionate and vocal crowd of over 3500 fans to create an event unlike anything else in the climbing universe. Even by the high standards of adidas ROCKSTARS, the athlete line-up this year was incredibly strong. Of the 82 athletes who started, the field was narrowed...

This weekend has seen the World’s elite rock climbers descend on Stuttgart for a truly special competition. adidas ROCKSTARS 2017 pairs over 80 invited athletes from 25 different countries with intense musical performances and a passionate and vocal crowd of over 3500 fans to create an event unlike anything else in the climbing universe. Even by the high standards of adidas ROCKSTARS, the athlete line-up this year was incredibly strong. Of the 82 athletes who started, the field was narrowed...

Spectacular, gravity-defying moves on vertical walls are guaranteed when the world’s best bouldering athletes fight for an entry to the superfinal at the prestigious IFSC Masters adidas ROCKSTARS in Germany on 15 and 16 September. The event draws the top stars of the climbing scene to Stuttgart’s Porsche-Arena – and combines enthralling competition bouldering with lots of rock’n’roll. The popular invitational contest for the international climbing elite takes place for the seventh consecutive...