Powerband

Ω Little man Ivan Greene has been caught chipping on video - click here to view. I think the most surprising thing about that is the gloves he’s wearing. WTF? Ω

Ω From Paul Robinson: “The sit start is a newer concept in America. It is very important to the rest of the world and becoming more popular in the states”. That’s right people, the sit start is very important to the rest of the world Ω

Ω Man of the moment, Fiz Wineron, is now in Hueco (if you haven’t been following the media reports). And he’s been throwing down. His 8a.nu scorecard reports three V11s and five V10s. Even if you went with the lowest grades given on 8a for those problems, the kid has been busy. Watch this space Ω

Ω Summer is typically a quiet period for bouldering in Aotearoa. Too hot, too sunburned, too drunk. But there have been pockets of activity:

• The Auckland Grammar School Xtreme Rock Climbing Arena has been an arena for bouldering excellence. Glenn Erik Johannessen has been crushing, repeating his old skool test pieces and adding some new links and sitters. Not to be outdone, Jason Watson has done a slew of V7s and 8s, repeated Glenn’s V10 (using new beta to drop the grade) and adding a new V9, Yakuza.
  
• Waitomo has seen some action, with repeats of the usual problems by the latest batch of spotty gym rats.
• Bouldering on the West Coast has been booming, helped along by a great spread in the summer issue of The Climber and some inspiring images from Troy and co.

That’s a wrap. Of sorts Ω

Ω Oliver Miller has climbed the neo-classic Grampians test piece, Ammagamma V13. Here’s a video of him crushing:

The Grampians: Ammagamma from Oliver Miller on Vimeo.

I think that makes him the latest Kiwi to climb 8B, the first in the Gramps since Sticky Dale Pudding. I wonder what ProBlog will say? Ω

Ω Pro blogs. So awesome Ω