Friday 22 August 2008
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.
Monday 18 August 2008
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.
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.
Wednesday 6 August 2008
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!
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!
Monday 14 July 2008
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
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
Monday 7 July 2008
Montauban WC
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
Slapholds will be representing by sponsoring the event with our awesome holds
Check out the details at Sport Climbing Australia
Thursday 12 June 2008
A sea of volumes!
After several weeks of work our order for 40 Volumes has finally left the slapholds workshop. Here's a sneak preview of the suckers...........
There are 6 different types with more to follow in the future. All have a textured finish and between 3 and 6 bolt-on placements.
Here are a couple of extra shots to wet your appetite
There are 6 different types with more to follow in the future. All have a textured finish and between 3 and 6 bolt-on placements.
Here are a couple of extra shots to wet your appetite
Thursday 29 May 2008
Beast!
A short (very) video from team member Roddy. Looks like the training is paying off! Good luck with the Grindelwald World Cup mate.
Wednesday 21 May 2008
Apart from spending the last week up to our armpits in fibreglass (6 more volumes on the way!!) we have been busy moulding up some new screw-ons for you. We have reshaped our whole range of screw-on feet to improve the screw placement - we hope you like them as much as the last range. The Implausibles are really tiny - probably the smallest holds on the market. We challenge you to find smaller!
Thursday 15 May 2008
Ned Font action
Some recent footage of Slapholds team member Ned climbing Neverland. Thanks to Keith for the footage and commentary.........
Neverland, 8A from pascal brown on Vimeo.
Neverland, 8A from pascal brown on Vimeo.
Wednesday 14 May 2008
cyclone arrives!
well, after a long time waiting in our workshop to be photoshopped, The Cyclone has arrived on our website. The hold was named by James D from Georgia, America, last month in a competition run by Climbing Hold Review. As a prize we shipped him over a Cyclone of his very own. Well done James :)
Here is a photo of it up at his wall in Georgia. He tells us that The Cyclone "kicks serious butt".
Jugsters!
Monday 12 May 2008
Features are GO
The last few days have been busy making up our first commercial fibreglass feature, the Big Bug, which is 60cmx50cm, and 25cm high (see photo). We have also been working on six further plugs which will be about a metre long, including between 4 and 6 bolt-on placements. These are going to be made up in the next week. We usually make bespoke fibreglass shapes but have decided to start producing them in bulk following popular demand. All going well this will lead to an order of 40 features for a London wall.
Tuesday 6 May 2008
New holds!
I've been busy in the workshop again with some moulding up action. This time some monster jugs to complement our range.
Also finished are 4 new set of screw-ons. After feedaback on our old screw-ons we decided to carve with a rougher texture (to prolong use) and have countersunk the holds a little larger to accomodate all types of screws.
The largest are sort of lunar like hand/foot holds. The mediums are like little nubbins ideal for a steep wall. The small/mediums are angular with good and bad bits.
The small ones are tooooo small to even photo.......ha ha only kidding. They are however as small as you can get with polyurethane (which means pretty damn small). I'm psyched to get them on my board and start training some tension!
More photos when they are all cast and ready to climb on
Also finished are 4 new set of screw-ons. After feedaback on our old screw-ons we decided to carve with a rougher texture (to prolong use) and have countersunk the holds a little larger to accomodate all types of screws.
The largest are sort of lunar like hand/foot holds. The mediums are like little nubbins ideal for a steep wall. The small/mediums are angular with good and bad bits.
The small ones are tooooo small to even photo.......ha ha only kidding. They are however as small as you can get with polyurethane (which means pretty damn small). I'm psyched to get them on my board and start training some tension!
More photos when they are all cast and ready to climb on
Tuesday 22 April 2008
Another team member
Monday 21 April 2008
Another member to the Slapholds team
Now this is getting silly........we have 3 members of the team who are ginger!
Scottish strong boy and also British Team Member Roddy Mackenzie is the lasted member to the Slapholds team. Check out his blog here
and crushing Fata Morgana in Font
Scottish strong boy and also British Team Member Roddy Mackenzie is the lasted member to the Slapholds team. Check out his blog here
and crushing Fata Morgana in Font
Monday 17 March 2008
BUSA winner
Congrats to Ned on winning this years BUSA event
Check out details and pics here on the Climbing Works website
Check out details and pics here on the Climbing Works website
Tuesday 4 March 2008
Slaphold comp winner
Congratulations to James D on winning the hold naming comp. A hold is whisking it's way across the Atlantic to you.
This beast is now known at the Cyclone
Friday 22 February 2008
Slapholds sponsors.........
As we already had one ginger on the team we thought it only right to invite another!
Mild mannered Midlander and British Team hero Ned Feehally has become part of the Slapholds team. Check out his blog here
Monday 18 February 2008
The Arch Climbing wall
Saturday 9 February 2008
Slap holds reviewed
Thanks to the lovely people at the climbing hold review blog we have had a set of our holds reviewed!
Check it out here
Here is a video the testing process................looks painful
Wednesday 6 February 2008
Welcome to the new blog
Hey all
We thought it would be a good idea to put a blog together so that you can all keep up to date with what's happing at Slapholds.com
We are currently running a comp on the climbing hold review blog to name one of our new holds. Check out the picture of it here and leave a name with a chance to win!
We thought it would be a good idea to put a blog together so that you can all keep up to date with what's happing at Slapholds.com
We are currently running a comp on the climbing hold review blog to name one of our new holds. Check out the picture of it here and leave a name with a chance to win!
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