This past Saturday we hosted the Friction Bouldering Series at Sportrock Alexandria. A very long day but a great day all around.The youth competed in the morning starting at 10am and the adults competed in the afternoon with Open Finals starting at 7pm. Each group had 3 hours to complete as many problems as they wanted with only their top 5 scoring problems being used to tabulate their rankings. The top 5 men and top 5 women then went on to finals.
Our kids from the Junior Team climbed hard. Some competed for fun and some came to win- and most of them were able to do both. Out of the 5 youth categories Sportrock won 4 of them.
Lots of great photos were taken- here's Andre pulling hard to the left taken by Nic.
The adult comp was exciting to watch. Lots of people I talk to all the time climbing the hardest and longest they ever had. Of course the top climbers busted out the hardest 5 problems in the gym within an hour and then left to get food before returning at 7 for the finals they were assured to be in.Here's Samantha to the right stretching out her amazingly long legs and an unknown climber to the left locking it off to the top.
Sasha competed of course and ended up winning the women's open competition as she has done throughout the series. Having just turned 15 she competed the past summer at the Junior Worlds in Ecuador and ranked 3rd. In the world. At 15. She's a great climber and a good kid.
We also had Friksn Climbing at the comp. That's pronounced "friction" by the way.Their clothing is sharp and Justin (the head of Friksn) and all the people with him were friendly... and overly generous! From the first moment I saw their designs a few weeks ago while deciding on shirts to get for the Junior Team I was hooked. Its rare that a majority of designs by one company catches my eye and all of theirs did.
Take a look at their website at the link above.
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