Sorry for the slow.................

Been a bit slack on the blogging front as we have been busy little bees. I'll do a decent update as soon as I can get so photos together

So get ready for:

Lots of new exciting holds with dual bolting technology

Updates on our projects

Updates from the slap sponsored heros

Satellite

We have just made up a brand new fibreglass volume to go in our range. It's really useful and has four bolt placements.

Crimping action

Our sponsored hero Ned has been busy carving us some shapes ideal for a bit of crimpage action. We have called his signature set the Rising Stars, and each screw-on has a star decal to set it off nicely on the wall.

We have been testing these beauties out on our 45 degree board and they are fairly brutal! This set is also ideal on 90 degree walls for climbers who have just started out and want to work on their crimping technique.

Board?

We have been holed up in our new workshop for the last week armed with saws and drills (and a small pile of broken drill bits) building our new board at one end of it. It is a monster and hopefully we will all be monsters as well soon after a bit of pulling down on it. At 16 feet wide by 13 feet long it is also makes the perfect quality control tool, as we can give all of our new shapes a good beating to check they are good enough to include in our ranges.

Here are a few photos of our progress erecting our new toy.

Here is our workshop before building begins:















And then came the wood:




















And then some boards (thanks Gary for lending us your muscles and long limbs):




















And a couple of holds:




















We have also been busy creating a couple of new ranges, including a screw-on range carved by our very own British Bouldering Champion Ned Feehally. Coming soon!

British Bouldering Champion

Keith Sharples 2008


Slap sponsored hero Ned crushed his way to glory on Sunday at the Ciffhanger event. He beat a strong field in the finals of Jon Partridge, Dave Barrans, Stew Watson, Smith, Gaz Parry, Tom Sugden and Mark Croxall.

As in all great comps it came down to the last problem of the day. Awesome stuff
Keith Sharples 2008

Montauban WC

Congratulations to slapholds sponsored hero Ned for his highest placing at a WC event

Ned topped out on 4 problems and got the bonus on the 5th just missing out on the next round

Youth Worlds -Sydney

The eyes of the climbing world are set to be on Adam Ondra at the Youth Worlds in Sydney Australia.

Slapholds will be representing by sponsoring the event with our awesome holds

Check out the details at Sport Climbing Australia