climbing meets music : 6 videos

Jessica Pilz and Janja Garnbret were out first and it was a tense super-final which swung one way then the other, with both climbers coming close to reaching the buzzer, only to fall at the last move. With 90 seconds left on the clock, both climbers were on the crash mats, tired from their previous efforts but beaming broad smiles as the audience roared them on. Time ran out with both athletes on the wall but someone had to win so they climbed on! Finally, Janja reached up for the crucial top...

While the route setters quickly swapped the holds from the women’s superfinal for the men’s ones, Robeat and Trommelfeuer once again took the stage and treated the crowd to some amazing percussion/beatboxing. With the holds ready to go, Jan Hojer and Tomoa Narasaki made their way onto the stage. In front of a home crowd, Jan inevitably got the bigger cheer but all of Tomoa’s victories this year have come away from Japan, so he can cope just fine with or without the crowd supporting him. Wi...

Rock and roll rhythms and funky vibes, plus powerful, dynamic, and spectacular climbing moves on vertical walls: at ROCKSTARS 2016, the world’s best bouldering athletes fight for the coveted “Rockstar” title and a high prize-money at Porsche-Arena in Stuttgart, Germany, on September 23 and 24, 2016. Climbing and bouldering are booming worldwide, which shows in the fact that the International Olympic Committee has recently chosen the sports to be included in the programme of the 2020 Olympic...

With four of the six female competitors being under 18 and one being 18 years old the final featured the “next bouldering generation”. 17-year old Megan Mascarenas who participated in the invitational contest for the first time and won both, the qualification and the semi final round, lived up to her great performance by defeating Akiyo Noguchi (JPN) in a thrilling super final,claiming the the 2015 adidas ROCKSTAR title. “At first attempt in the super final I thought I’d have to go fast, but...

Defending champion Sean McColl (CAN), who won the event in 2012 and 2014, achieved his goal of a threepeat. „When I got through the first cut I kind of had to laugh at myself about assuring the podium again as I have won in 2012, got 3rd in 2013 and won again in 2014“, McColl says. “It’s always very exciting to be on the superboulder. Honestly I didn’t really know how it was going to go. I thought we would both make the jump at the first try and that it was going to be a race for the buzzer,...

Powerful, dynamic and spectacular moves on vertical walls are guaranteed when the world’s best bouldering athletes meet for the season’s grand finale at the Porsche-Arena in Stuttgart, Germany on 25 and 26 September, fighting for the coveted adidas ROCKSTAR title. The goal of competitive bouldering is to reach a hold that is marked as ‘top’ using as few attempts as possible. Apart from maximum power, dynamics and creativity, athletes need motivation and adrenaline to reach maximum performan...