Boulder World Cup 2011 - Eindhoven

It's Kilian and Akiyo, once again. At the new outdoor venue - in the square designed by Massimiliano Fuksass - Kilian Fischhuber (AUT) beat Daniel Woods (USA) by 2 attempts to send all boulders in the final round, while the French François Kaiser steps in third place with 3 problems completed. In the women's field, Akiyo Noguchi, from Japan, claims back the first place by sending the four final boulders by the routesetter Jamie Cassidy in 6 attempts, against Anna Stöhr's 8 attempts. Melissa Le Neve (FRA) got the bronze medal with 3 tops out of 4. Fischhuber is now leading the World Cup Ranking 2011 with 409 points, while Dmitry Sharafutdinov follows at 366; despite Noguchi's victory, Stöhr is still at the top of the women's ranking for 2011 with 540 points, against Noguchi's 429.
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Boulder WC report # 2 - Vienna

Have to keep that short since I'm already halfway on the plane to Colorado for next weekends event in Vail. Kilian won by a bigger margin this time, doing one more problem than Adam in the semis as well as in the finals. The girls' problems seemed to be more attractive to me and we saw a stunning display of asian bouldering style by Akiyo Noguchi, Momoka Oda and the very impressive Ja-In Kim from Korea. Stay tuned for more soon ...
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Boulder WC 2010 report #1 - Greifensee

The Boulder World Cup 2010 will be a thrilling affair, at least for the boys! Current champion Kilian Fischhuber and wonder boy Adam Ondra tied at the finals in Switzerland's Greifensee with Kilian only winning because his better semi final performance. Bouldering contests are much more experience dependend than lead events. After floating through most of the qualification and the first semi final problems, Adam temporarily lost it (as you can see in the clip) and looked like, well, the seventeen year old boy that he actually is! In the finals though he gave Kilian a tough run for the money. Very impressevely Kilian dealt with the pressure of Adam flashing problem #3 and #4. It will be very interesting to observe this duell over the course of the season. As for the girls, Jacky Godoffe's less than inspired route setting in my opinion left a lot to be desired. For the future there is quite some room for improvement to get the girl problems up the standard of the boys. It was a close decission between current champion Akiyo Noguchi, Chloé Graftiaux and the final winner, Alex Johnson from the States. Shot with my "2010 toy guerrilla camera set", consisting of a Nikon D5000 and 2 Kodak Zx1. Of course the quality is solala, but the bag is cheap and light :-)
Adam Ondra Kilian Fischhuber Juliane Wurm Jonas Baumann bouldering Boulder Word Cup IFSC Akiyo Noguchi Chloé Graftiaux Alex Johnson therealudini
Boulder World Cup 2011 report - Barcelona

Barcelona (ESP) - The heat of Barcelona seems to have shuffled the cards of the 2011 Boulder World Cup, as the favorites Kilian Fischhuber and Anna Stöhr (AUT) did not make it to the podium in the competition set by Reini Fichtinger. In the women's field, Akiyo Noguchi was the only one to complete all four problems, while the second ranked Alex Puccio just sent 2, although being very close the the top of the second boulder. Third the French Melissa Le Neve, with 2 tops in Finals and one top less than Puccio in the Semis. Guillame Glairon Mondet seized his victory and the gold medal by flashing the fourth problem. Behind him, two Russians, Rustam Gelmanov and Dmitry Sharafutdinov, the only one to make it on problem number four together with the French winner. Anna Stöhr and Kilian Fischhuber maintain the lead of the WC Ranking 2011, although their advantage on respectively Noguchi and Puccio has been reduced. Sheffield next week will give an hint of who could gain the World Cup 2011: after Sheffield, the Boulder World Cup will take a break until the last competition of the year, in Munich. Unfortunately this video is less attractive than some other clips too since there was no light on the wall. The footage of the GoPros and other small chip cameras was pretty much unusable. (it would have been very helpful if some of the responsible people had been to some of the previous BWCs to learn a thing or 2) The whole event was doomed when they decided to do it in this concrete <b>...</b>
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Boulder WC 2010 report #7 - Munich

The Bouldering World Cup 2010 stayed gripping up to the last problem! Munich's '72 Olympic stadium provided a worthy location for the final event. Of all the potential winners, only Chloé Graftiaux dropped the ball and didn't make it to the finals. In the finals Akiyo Noguchi won by the narrowest margin possible - Anna Stöhr needed one more try for the only problem the girls could climb in the finals. Route setting was very "russian style" as many competitors put it, meaning rather rock like moves on bad holds, what tends to favor either, well, russians or ... rock climbers. Since Adam Ondra is the best rock climber in the world right now It was no surprise than that he won the event and with it the overall Boulder World Cup 2010.
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WCPuurs women finals 2011

Women finals World cup lead climbing Puurs 1 Oct 2011 with Sasha Diguilian,Mina Markovic,Kim Jain,Angela Eiter and Akiyo Noguchi
Women finals World cup lead climbing Puurs 1 Oct 2011 Sasha Diguilian Mina Markovic Kim Jain Angela Eiter Akiyo Noguchi Debreyne
Boulder World Cup 2011 report - Milano

Jain Kim and Kilian Fischhuber were the winners of the first Boulder World Cup of the 2011 season in Milano. I kept the report rather short since I already uploaded most of the individual boulder problems, still, the split screens really give so much more information about the route setting but also about the technique of the competitors! As usual, check out www.ifsc-climbing.org for all additional info and www.udini.com for "behind-the-scenes" reports.
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Boulder WC 2010 report #6 - Sheffield

The Sheffield Boulder World Cup 2010 was a lovely event taking place in a circus tent on a grassy fairground. Fortunately weather forecasts were wrong and we enjoyed perfect english boulder conditions! Good news for the last BWC in Munich on the last weekend of July: almost every outcome is still possible with Adam Ondra winning and Kilian Fischhuber not being in the finals for the first time this year! Same is true with the girls where Sheffield winner Chloé Graftiaux, third place Akiyo Noguchi and Anna Stöhr (not in the finals this time) all still can win the Boulder World Cup 2010! We were not entirely happy with the route setting this time and show longer takes of the actual climbing than on previous "Boulder WC reports" to make our point. Specifically, we thought the girls' problems were too reach depended and we are not excited about those "pro-forma-two-hands-on-something-pseudo-tops" (watch for the yellow dihedral and Anna Stöhr falling off three times in the clip!) If you think differently, please join the discussion about route setting. Also stay tuned for our thorough analysis of the "State of the Art of route setting" later this year! On another technical note concerning our "Boulder World Cup 2010 reports" - they walk a fine line between being "fast out" and "interesting & informative". Yes, lower thirds with competitors names would be nice, but mind you, these clips are edited by me immediately after returning from the very draining comps and are meant to <b>...</b>
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IFSC Boulder World Cup - Women's Finals

The penultimate round of the IFSC Boulder World Cup hit Sheffield on the 2nd and 3rd July 2011. The competition took place as part of the Cliffhanger festival and the women's finals were held on the Sunday.
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Boulder WC 2010 report #4 - Moscow

Moscow - what an adventure! Not the comp, that was organized really well at a nice location in a huge parc. But getting there and back through this 9-30 million people (nobody knows) Moloch was interesting for most teams! Routesetting was okay with an emphasis on sharp crimps, favoring climbers with a long reach. Adam Ondra has a long reach and made it clear from round one on that Moscow 2010 would be his first Bouldering World Cup victory. Nobody could touch him on most of the problems. With the girls it was much more diverse again. We saw a Natalija Gros that smoked all the others in the qualification round and somehow had lost it all the next morning in the semifinals. For Chloé Graftiaux it went just the other way around with one of her worst performances in the first round and a second place in the finals. Talking of the girls finals, they were downright confusing with winner Anna Stöhr, Chloé and the again amazing Ja-In Kim all having their different weak and strong moments in different problems. (It would have helped if the organizers had used their impressive LCD panels for making things clear, but, I guess you can't have it all, impressive panels AND information.) At the end, it was all good though with Anna securing her first World Cup victory of the year. Because of the parc location there was a huge audience and the finalists had to sign lots of autographs for the enthusiastic crowd!
Anna Stöhr Kilian Fischhuber Adam Ondra bouldering Boulder World Cup Akiyo Noguchi Chloé Graftiaux Ja-In Kim IFSC therealudini
the Art of DMITRY SHARAFUTDINOV - Arco 2011

The Arco World Championships was a two faced affair, at least concerning the bouldering. On the bright side was solid route setting, stunning performances and the realization how high the standard is meanwhile, especially in countries that usually don't compete in the world cups (for many reasons). On the dark side we an arrogant organization that was unable to cope with the many competitors and clearly not interested in bouldering at all. Lets start with the bright side though! (see pics from Arco from the perspective of the German bouldering team here!) We have 2 well-deserved winners! Bouldering World Championships have their own rule, one is, "they all boulder well, and in the end a russian boy wins!" (as it has been from 2005 on). When Rustam Gelmanov and Dmitry Sharafutdinov executed their first problems in the semis it became clear to all their competitors that they intended to write this rule in stone. The same is not quite true for the girls, but how Yana Chereshneva and Olga Bibik managed to show this year's best performances when it is the most important is a secret all other athletes and coaches would like to know! They both climbed easier into the final than ... Anna, who was on the brink of repeating "the best unsuccessful climbing you can possibly see" as in Sheffield and Barcelona. In the semis she cruised problem 1-3 only to be stopped with the delicate match on problem #4. The semis were again dominated by Jule Wurm who is clearly the strongest female <b>...</b>
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the Art of Anna Stöhr - Arco 2011

Anna Stöhr's way through the (semi-) Finals towards being bouldering world champion 2011. Unlike at the BWCs, the organizers made it difficult to film for anybody who didn't pay for TV rights. We hope you'll enjoy this little clip nevertheless! The Arco World Championships was a two faced affair, at least concerning the bouldering. On the bright side was solid route setting, stunning performances and the realization how high the standard is meanwhile, especially in countries that usually don't compete in the world cups (for many reasons). On the dark side we an arrogant organization that was unable to cope with the many competitors and clearly not interested in bouldering at all. Lets start with the bright side though! We have 2 well-deserved winners! Bouldering World Championships have their own rule, one is, "they all boulder well, and in the end a russian boy wins!" (as it has been from 2005 on). When Rustam Gelmanov and Dmitry Sharafutdinov executed their first problems in the semis it became clear to all their competitors that they intended to write this rule in stone. The same is not quite true for the girls, but how Yana Chereshneva and Olga Bibik managed to show this year's best performances when it is the most important is a secret all other athletes and coaches would like to know! They both climbed easier into the final than ... Anna, who was on the brink of repeating "the best unsuccessful climbing you can possibly see" as in Sheffield and Barcelona. In the <b>...</b>
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Boulder World Cup Finals Munich 2010: Boulder 1 and 2

www.bergleben.de - beim Boulder-Weltcup in München fiel die Entscheidung um den Sieg im Gesamtklassement. Hier seht ihr den Clip zu den ersten beiden Problemen im Finale. Here ist the clip to last stage of the boulder world cup 2010 in munich (germany) - join it... See and read more on out website www.bergleben.de/klettern!
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CWCH07 Final Women Bouldering Avilés/ Final bloque chicas

Resumen de la final de bloque femenina,celebrada en los Campeonatos del Mundo de Aviles 2007 con Anna Stóhr,Olga Bibik,Akiyo Noguchi,Yulia Abramchuk,Juliette Danion,Svitlana Tuzhylina..Resume of the final women bouldering CWCH07 celebreated in Avilés,Spain.
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Promo IFSC World Cup Boulder Eindhoven 2010.mov

www.worldcupboulder.nl IFSC World Cup Boulder Eindhoven 2010 promo. 25 & 26 June - Klokgebouw Strijp S. Eindhoven, The Netherlands Bouldering, Eindhoven, World Cup
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2010 Men's World Cup Bouldering Finals at the Teva Mountain Games

Video highlights from the Men's IFSC Bouldering World Cup Presented by Pyramide at the Teva Mountain Games on 6.5.10. Daniel Woods took top honors in the event after a second place finish in 2009. The Teva Mountain Games are a project of the Vail Valley Foundation. Complete event details can be found at www.tevamountaingames.com.
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IFSC Bouldering World Cup Qualifiers - 2010 Teva Mountain Games

A short video from qualifiers at the IFSC Bouldering World Cup presented by Pyramide at the 2010 Teva Mountain Games on 6.4.10. a The Teva Mountain Games are a project of the Vail Valley Foundation. Complete event details can be found at www.tevamountaingames.com.
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IFSC Bouldering World Cup - Vienna - 2010

Highlights of the Bouldering WC in Vienna (AUT)
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