bouldering

Thanks for Everyone at 2021 Bouldering States

What an incredible weekend of bouldering that was!

SCWA would like to thank all the climbers that entered and made this our biggest state competition yet. You came and crushed. Thanks to your friends and family who supported and cheered.

We’d like to thank our setters headed by Mitch Day who created problems that wowed, intimidated and ultimately tested our climbers to the limits.

Thanks to our volunteers, judges, cake makers, media streamers, DJ Tess, marshalls, scorers… So many little jobs that go towards making the big job run smoothly.

This event would not have happened without a home and Iris Boulders provided a terrific space. A massive thank you to Marko and the team for making the gym available for four days.

We must also give a shout out to Deanna Whyte and Dave Haywood of @deannawhytephotography who once again spent the weekend taking thousands of photos, capturing every moment of the magic! (www.deannawhyte.com.au).

An event like this takes a lot of organising and effort from volunteers and board members. When you pay your SCWA / SCA registration fees, you are helping to grow our sport so we’d like to give a special thanks to our members for sticking with us.

We are all aware of the limitations and frustrations many other states and territories worldwide are experiencing so for us to be able to enjoy such a phenomenal event not just celebrates WA’s success, but helps keep bouldering’s light burning bright worldwide. Thank you all for being a part of it. Until next time!

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Homewalls & Trends 2021 Released

The Strati Climbing Homewall Survey results are in and CBJ has released their first ever Homewalls & Trends report.

Big take-aways are:

  • A staggering 2/3 of home walls have been built in the last year

  • These add to peoples’ training options with most climbers still going to commercial gyms for the social benefits and quality route setting

They have great data on spend, reasons, future plans and usage!

Read more below.

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2021 State Boulder Titles at Iris Boulders

We are excited to announce the WA State Boulder Titles will be held at Iris Boulders in Canning Vale on the weekend of 24th-25th July! Registration details will be announced soon so keep an eye on Iris and SCWA’s socials in the coming weeks.

Unfortunately, the State Lead Titles will not be going ahead as planned on May 1st. We hope to confirm an event soon for later in the year.

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