Slap Holds

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

2009-01-27T16:31:00.000-08:00

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

2008-08-22T23:38:00.001-07:00

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

2008-08-18T07:04:00.001-07:00

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?

2008-08-06T08:51:00.000-07:00

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

2008-07-14T09:06:00.000-07:00

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

2008-07-07T11:59:00.000-07:00

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

2008-07-07T11:49:00.001-07:00

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 Austral ia

A sea of volumes!

2008-06-12T03:36:00.000-07:00

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

Beast!

2008-05-29T14:04:00.000-07:00

A short (very) video from team member Roddy. Looks like the training is paying off! Good luck with the Grindelwald World Cup mate.

2008-05-21T03:25:00.001-07:00

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!

Ned Font action

2008-05-15T03:37:00.000-07:00

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.

cyclone arrives!

2008-05-14T10:08:00.000-07:00

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!

2008-05-14T06:04:00.000-07:00

Monster jugs monster jugs monster jugs!
Some of the holds I've made up in the last couple of weeks. I'm still a bit slow with getting the screw on pictures up as I haven't had chance to cast them again...............all the other ones went out on a big order already

Features are GO

2008-05-12T05:25:00.000-07:00

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.

New holds!

2008-05-06T10:58:00.000-07:00

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

Another team member

2008-04-22T08:46:00.000-07:00

Well this one is to balance out the recent red hair situation. Lily Fitzgibbon, Sheffield resident and this years BUSA winner. Look out for her new blog coming soon.

Also in the pipeline I've just cast some new shapes of a screw-on variety. Will post up some pics soon

Another member to the Slapholds team

2008-04-21T10:12:00.000-07:00

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

BUSA winner

2008-03-17T10:19:00.000-07:00

Congrats to Ned on winning this years BUSA event

Check out details and pics here on the Climbing Works website

Slaphold comp winner

2008-03-04T09:51:00.000-08:00

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

Slapholds sponsors.........

2008-02-22T12:59:00.000-08:00

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

The Arch Climbing wall

2008-02-18T10:08:00.000-08:00

South London has been crying out for a wall and who better than to build one than Fred Stone.

Slapholds lent a helping hand by sponsoring the wall and providing them with 90% of their holds.

So get yourself down there and start getting strong

Slap holds reviewed

2008-02-09T09:41:00.000-08:00

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

Welcome to the new blog

2008-02-06T09:23:00.000-08:00

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!