Latest Updates, 9 Sept 2010

WC 2010 - Eindhoven. Picture reposted from http://www.teknikhandholds.com/tekkies/

Posted on 9 Sept

Notes of a travelling route setter : Bouldering World Cup – Eindhoven 2010.
Tonde describes his experiences setting for the WC in Eindhoven. Grueling, skin-ripping, extreme exhaustion, low pay… Despite all that, nothing could take away his pride in setting for the best man and woman boulderers in the world. And most respectable of all, his accountability towards the climbers.
See also Udo Neumann’s video of the Boulder WC Report #5 – Eindhoven. With enough resources, perhaps SCA could emulate his work in SBL 2011.
Most importantly, feedback matters! SCA salutes Udo Neumann’s effort in being a bridge for competitors and route-setters. See his interviews with climbers about the problems in Boulder WC 2010.

Posted on 7 Sept

Climb NUS results are out! Click to see.
SIM ODAC will be having a registration/collection booth at Climb Asia on 11th Sep, from 1000 – 1400hrs. And another one on 15th Sep, from 1700 – 2100hrs. Last chance…

Posted on 2 Sept

SIM Bouldering Championships is gonna rock you! Featuring a 18 x 5m wall, YES, 18m long! The SIM wall, built by Climbers Laboratories will be Singapore’s biggest ever seen in a bouldering competition!
Together with lots of volumes, an unique and fun Team event and of course, wicked route-setting, be prepared to send, or get splayed out on the mat falling from 5m high!
Watch out for fantastic prizes in the Team event, with the top team walking away with a $350 volume sponsored by Greater Heights! Plus handholds will be given away throughout the event!
So what are you waiting for, sign up now if you haven’t already, and join us on the 24th and 25th of September to witness a clash of the titans!
Competition wall open to public on 25th September after Open finals and Prize-giving ceremony. So remember to bring your climbing shoes on 25th Sept when we open up the competition problems to the public. Challenge yourself, and feel what it is like to be an Open finalist!

SIM Competition Wall by Climbers Laboratories

Note that each panel is 2m x 1 m!

Posted on 30 Aug

ROCK ON is back! Happening from 10-14 November, Singapore’s premier rock climbing competition is back and it’s bigger than ever! Click on for more information and to register now!

Posted on 29 Aug

EDGED – BookReview by XiaoXian : 9 OUT OF 10 CLIMBERS MAKE THE SAME MISTAKES, written by Dave MacLeod.

Posted on 25 Aug

Singaporeans, we deliver in Africa too.

Posted on 23 Aug

Posted on 16 Aug

What does Ben & Jerry’s, and Anderson ice-cream have to do with climbing? Join Xiao Xian as she discuss the finer points of ice-cream, and climbing, on Edged.

Posted on 11 Aug

Tired of Krabi? Try climbing in Philippines instead. Check out this informative climbing site by our climbing friends in the Philippines.

Posted on 10 Aug

Videos of Boulderactive are finally up. Click to see.

Angry Har

Posted on 9 Aug

Collection booth for SIM Bouldering Championships. Venue – Climb Asia. Date – 13 Aug, Friday. Time – 3-7pm. Remember, Early Bird registration ends on 14th Aug.
JAPANESE TEAM AT SHEFFIELD BOULDER WORLD CUP – Videos on EDGED

Posted on 8 Aug 2010

Long overdue pictures from Boulderactive!

Pictures by Izzat.
Pictures by Garick. Check out his other pictures if you dig his photo-ninja-skills. See http://www.flickr.com/photos/spkrboxx/
Pictures by Obscura. Obscura is probably one of the most understated media production houses in Singapore. Check out their website at http://www.media-design.us/obscura/ to view their portfolio.

Thanks again to you guys for covering the SBL. Just for you, we’re gonna get Nikon to sponsor us in 2011!

Want to buy a pair of 5.10 Galileos? Click to view at Forum.

Posted on 7 Aug 2010

Ace Adventure is BACK for its 6th edition! If you’re thinking of a little cross-training and adrenaline shot before the SBC2010, this is what you need!

Posted on 4 Aug 2010

For SBL2011 – Gravical will be held on the Moon, there will be a Humans vs Martians category, a Boulder League Battlenet and a Boulder-TLC (tables, ladders, chairs) Deathmatch! See raw data from the SBL2010 survey here.
A shoutout for Pumpfest on the Teknik site about how insane bouldering comps in Singapore are! Thanks again to Teknik for sponsoring your cool holds! We’ll be seeing more of them at the SIM Bouldering Championships!

Asian Youth Series Hong Kong (HKG) 23-24 Jan 2010

Written by Ben Toh. This article is not representative of the views of sgclimb.com or SCA.

Organised by the Hong Kong Sport Climbing Union,

The bouldering competition for youths took place last weekend in Hong Kong. 2 well-known names from our region were there, Ms.Joanne Soo (IFSC International Judge) and Mr.Francis Lo from Malaysia (IFSC Continental Route-setter).

It is saddening that a regional Youth Bouldering Championships, represented by Japan, Thailand, Taiwan, Malaysia and Philippines has no Singapore representatives, except as an official. It would have been the perfect opportunity to expose our burgeoning Youth climbers to international climbing standards, and perhaps, inspire them to train harder.

Flying to Hong Kong wouldn’t be expensive, plus there is no entry fee! So why the hell didn’t we send any representatives?!

I would have paid for Marcus Yeo’s air ticket just to see him compete against the the regions best youth athletes!

But alas, the decision was SMF’s to make. So why didn’t they send? Don’t bother asking.

Instead of lamenting on what could have been, perhaps we should all look forward to the upcoming Singapore Bouldering League. Remember, this league is created for our Singapore climbers!

Pictures on Facebook of the Asian Youth Series Hong Kong (HKG) can be found here.

The event page can be found here.

Psyching up for 2010 – Videos from IFSC Climbing Worldcup

Credit to Udo “udini” Neumann for the good work. Please visit his Channel at www.youtube.com/user/therealudini or his personal site at http://www.udini.de/.

“It is the nature of human progress that we learn. By watching the clips posted here and elsewhere, we will learn about climbing and therefore improve. Somewhere in the world a talented girl or boy, say 12 years old, who watches Adam, Johanna, Chris and all the other great climbers of our time, will be a far better climber in five years time than those guys ever could be!

So read on, watch those clips, watch them again, discuss them – we will keep on making them, for the future of climbing!”

SCA salutes Neumann, and is inspired to continue our work to make climbing better, also for the future of climbing, starting in Singapore. Watching the climbers from Xinmin Secondary, I dare wager that we can be the best in Southeast Asia in 4 years time, maybe less. And soon after that, our first Asian Championships no.1! Allez all!

Watch the videos, go climb, train hard, prepare yourself for what’s coming in 2010.

*Last 2 videos are from MedunInfo’s Channel.