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Thursday, December 15, 2011
TBS 7 At Mission Cliffs
Mission Cliffs just had an awesome turnout for the latest TBS 7 comp. 409 climbers stopped by to turn in scorecards. The comp series has been greatly successful this season with over 1300 different climbers stopping by to compete.
The Touchstone setters spent a solid amount of time establishing new problems for the comp. The great boulder problems had everyone pysched.
There was a photo booth were climbers stopped by to get some classic candid pictures.
There was a chair bouldering competition during the evening. Climbers rallied around a small chair and tried to climb around the piece of furniture without touching the ground or knocking the chair over.
There's more great pictures of the event at the Touchstone Flickr Page.
The fun at the TBS 7 comps is coming close to an end.
On Saturday January 28, Touchstone's newest gym, The Studio will have it's grand opening. The TBS 7 Finale will be held at the new gym.
Not only will the new gym have free food, t-shirts, beer, and tons of new problems but there will also be an onsight final with cash prizes. The men and women's winners will receive $400 for first, $200 for second, and $100 for third.
Get pysched for The Studio's opening and the TBS 7 Finale!
Mission Cliffs just had an awesome turnout for the latest TBS 7 comp. 409 climbers stopped by to turn in scorecards. The comp series has been greatly successful this season with over 1300 different climbers stopping by to compete.
The Touchstone setters spent a solid amount of time establishing new problems for the comp. The great boulder problems had everyone pysched.
There was a photo booth were climbers stopped by to get some classic candid pictures.
There was a chair bouldering competition during the evening. Climbers rallied around a small chair and tried to climb around the piece of furniture without touching the ground or knocking the chair over.
There's more great pictures of the event at the Touchstone Flickr Page.
The fun at the TBS 7 comps is coming close to an end.
On Saturday January 28, Touchstone's newest gym, The Studio will have it's grand opening. The TBS 7 Finale will be held at the new gym.
Not only will the new gym have free food, t-shirts, beer, and tons of new problems but there will also be an onsight final with cash prizes. The men and women's winners will receive $400 for first, $200 for second, and $100 for third.
Get pysched for The Studio's opening and the TBS 7 Finale!
Labels: mission cliffs, TBS 7, The Studio
¶ Thursday, December 15, 2011 0 Comments
Monday, December 5, 2011
Mission Cliffs Comp and Holiday Food Drive
On December 9, the Touchstone Bouldering Series will be hitting Mission Cliffs. The friday night San Francisco comp promises to be one of the best one yet. TBS7 comp shirts will be given to competitors, there will be delicious pizza, tons of free beer, and a host of new boulder problems.
Additionally, Mission Cliffs will be holding a raffle for a North Face gift card for people that bring in food for the holiday food drive at Mission Cliffs. Each person that brings in a can, box, or package of food will recieve a raffle ticket. There's no limit so help out the SF Food Bank.
The holiday food drive will be continuing for the rest of the month. If you bring in half a bag of food, a route will be named after you. If you bring in a whole bag, you get one of 15 overnight use lockers for the month of January. Every can of food gets your name on the thank you wall.
The Food Bank provides food to over 22,000 households every week, and serves 78,000 meals per day, through 400+ nonprofit partners. That night, volunteers helped package over 2,300 lbs of rice.
An astonishing 49 million Americans face food insecurity this year. Visit www.sffoodbank.org to learn more about how you can stop hunger. Stop by Mission Cliffs for the comp and help the SF Food Bank.
Additionally, Mission Cliffs will be holding a raffle for a North Face gift card for people that bring in food for the holiday food drive at Mission Cliffs. Each person that brings in a can, box, or package of food will recieve a raffle ticket. There's no limit so help out the SF Food Bank.
The holiday food drive will be continuing for the rest of the month. If you bring in half a bag of food, a route will be named after you. If you bring in a whole bag, you get one of 15 overnight use lockers for the month of January. Every can of food gets your name on the thank you wall.
The Food Bank provides food to over 22,000 households every week, and serves 78,000 meals per day, through 400+ nonprofit partners. That night, volunteers helped package over 2,300 lbs of rice.
An astonishing 49 million Americans face food insecurity this year. Visit www.sffoodbank.org to learn more about how you can stop hunger. Stop by Mission Cliffs for the comp and help the SF Food Bank.
Labels: mission cliffs, SF Food Bank, TBS 7
¶ Monday, December 05, 2011 0 Comments
Sunday, November 20, 2011
TBS 7 Videos
The Touchstone bouldering series comps have been blowing up California. The great climbing, the awesome atmosphere, and the guarantee fun has made the seventh year of the Touchstone Bouldering Series one of the best. A series of videos have been made of the comps. Here's two of the latest and greatest comps.
A little Ironworks action:
More from MetalMark
The next bouldering comp will be December 9th at Mission Cliffs. Get pysched!
A little Ironworks action:
More from MetalMark
The next bouldering comp will be December 9th at Mission Cliffs. Get pysched!
Labels: Berkeley Ironworks, MetalMark, TBS 7
¶ Sunday, November 20, 2011 0 Comments
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
TBS 7 Comes to MetalMark
Saturday afternoon, MetalMark will be hosting the 7th annual Touchstone bouldering series at the gym. The route setters have been busy establishing new boulder problems. From 1 to 5pm, the Fresno gym will be filled with awesome climbing.
Mike Doyle, a Canadian youth climbing team coach, wrote an excellent training manual for people that want to train for a comp series. Doyle's instructions include an awesome visualization technique.
There's also some great information out there about nutrition that helps. There's lots of thoughts regarding carbohydrate intake, dieting, and what foods help performance. Here's a cool link to some information about climbing competition food.
The comp will be a blast. There will be pizza and beer for those not looking for a strict diet. There will be a ton of fun for everyone.
MetalMark will also be hosting the Reel Rock Film Tour at 7:30. Tickets are $10 in advance and $12 at the door. The Tour features an awesome segment about the Nose speed record and Diablo Rock Gym manager Hans Florine will be showing in the film.
Mike Doyle, a Canadian youth climbing team coach, wrote an excellent training manual for people that want to train for a comp series. Doyle's instructions include an awesome visualization technique.
There's also some great information out there about nutrition that helps. There's lots of thoughts regarding carbohydrate intake, dieting, and what foods help performance. Here's a cool link to some information about climbing competition food.
The comp will be a blast. There will be pizza and beer for those not looking for a strict diet. There will be a ton of fun for everyone.
MetalMark will also be hosting the Reel Rock Film Tour at 7:30. Tickets are $10 in advance and $12 at the door. The Tour features an awesome segment about the Nose speed record and Diablo Rock Gym manager Hans Florine will be showing in the film.
Labels: Fresno climbing competition, Hans Florine, TBS 7
¶ Tuesday, November 08, 2011 0 Comments
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Comp Season in Full Swing
The Touchstone Bouldering Series is in it's 7th year and the comps have been getting better and better. The recent Ironworks comp had a record number of competitors with 469 scorecards and at least 500 competitors.
There was a mantel competition won by the youngest competitor, Bella. Nesquik came out to provide all the climbers with chocolate milk. Pyramid Brewery provided the climbers with great beer.
Ironworks had over a hundred pizzas for all the hungry climbers and Akiva sold his amazing ice cream sandwiches.
Needless to say the Ironworks comp was amazing!
Earlier this summer, there was a ton of spray from the Pipeworks comp. The hot August weather didn't detour the 250 competitors and the antics were high.
Pipeworks staff member, Diane Ortega came up with a great end of the comp game. A dozen climbers were given 4 ounces of soda and a tab of Alka Selzer. They had to hold both in their mouth without swallowing. Needless to say there was a lot of spray coming out of people's mouths. Local boy Matt Amicucci took the prize for that section of the comp.
At every comp, the setters work hard to put up new and awesome boulder problems and routes. This year was no different. The setters put up a great selection of climbs at all the gyms.
Diablo Rock Gym will be hosting the next comp on October 21. DRG Manager Hans Florine, a long time competitive rock climber, will definitely make their comp one of the best.
The final comp will be at Touchstone's newest gym The Studio in San Jose on January 7th. Get pysched for another round of great climbing competitions!
To see more comp photos check out the Ironworks Flickr page
There was a mantel competition won by the youngest competitor, Bella. Nesquik came out to provide all the climbers with chocolate milk. Pyramid Brewery provided the climbers with great beer.
Ironworks had over a hundred pizzas for all the hungry climbers and Akiva sold his amazing ice cream sandwiches.
Needless to say the Ironworks comp was amazing!
Earlier this summer, there was a ton of spray from the Pipeworks comp. The hot August weather didn't detour the 250 competitors and the antics were high.
Pipeworks staff member, Diane Ortega came up with a great end of the comp game. A dozen climbers were given 4 ounces of soda and a tab of Alka Selzer. They had to hold both in their mouth without swallowing. Needless to say there was a lot of spray coming out of people's mouths. Local boy Matt Amicucci took the prize for that section of the comp.
At every comp, the setters work hard to put up new and awesome boulder problems and routes. This year was no different. The setters put up a great selection of climbs at all the gyms.
Diablo Rock Gym will be hosting the next comp on October 21. DRG Manager Hans Florine, a long time competitive rock climber, will definitely make their comp one of the best.
The final comp will be at Touchstone's newest gym The Studio in San Jose on January 7th. Get pysched for another round of great climbing competitions!
To see more comp photos check out the Ironworks Flickr page
Labels: Berkeley Ironworks, Sacramento Pipeworks, TBS 7
¶ Tuesday, September 27, 2011 0 Comments
Monday, September 19, 2011
Ironworks Comp this Friday
This week is Touchstone Bouldering Series comp time at Berkeley Ironworks. The setters will be taking down the old problems Tuesday evening and readying the walls for the hundreds of climbers who will be heading to Berkeley on Friday night.
Last year's comp at Ironworks marked Touchstone's 10th anniversary. This year the festival will be even better with tons of new boulder problems, lots of great beer and food.
For those that want to check out a little bit about Training for Climbing Competitions- take a look at this article. Here's a cool visualization exercise that Mike Doyle, the head coach of the Canadian Youth Climbing Team, uses.
Stop by 800 Potter Street on Friday evening and check out the festivities!
Last year's comp at Ironworks marked Touchstone's 10th anniversary. This year the festival will be even better with tons of new boulder problems, lots of great beer and food.
For those that want to check out a little bit about Training for Climbing Competitions- take a look at this article. Here's a cool visualization exercise that Mike Doyle, the head coach of the Canadian Youth Climbing Team, uses.
Stop by 800 Potter Street on Friday evening and check out the festivities!
Labels: Berkeley Ironworks, Climbing Competitions, TBS 7
¶ Monday, September 19, 2011 0 Comments
Saturday, August 6, 2011
TBS 7 at Great Western Power Company
The recent comp at Great Western Power Company kicked off the Touchstone Bouldering Series 7th year of climbing competitions in the bay. Over 300 climbers and spectators headed to the Oakland gym with 272 people participating in the event!
The record number of climbers got a chance to eat lots of Extreme Pizza, drink some great Pyramid Beer and recover from their climbing efforts by drinking a ton of Nesquik Chocolate Milk- chocolate milk is an awesome recovery drink. Check out the blog that was written about it.
Mission Cliffs member and smoothie ninja Andy Bayowski whipped up some delicious and healthy future good smoothies. There was an awesome raffle and a ton of great prizes given away.
To see more picture check out the GWPC Flickr Page
The next comp will be August 26th at Sacramento Pipweworks. Get ready to crush!
The record number of climbers got a chance to eat lots of Extreme Pizza, drink some great Pyramid Beer and recover from their climbing efforts by drinking a ton of Nesquik Chocolate Milk- chocolate milk is an awesome recovery drink. Check out the blog that was written about it.
Mission Cliffs member and smoothie ninja Andy Bayowski whipped up some delicious and healthy future good smoothies. There was an awesome raffle and a ton of great prizes given away.
To see more picture check out the GWPC Flickr Page
The next comp will be August 26th at Sacramento Pipweworks. Get ready to crush!
Labels: chocolate milk, Nesquik, TBS 7
¶ Saturday, August 06, 2011 0 Comments
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Climbing Video Instructions- The Basics of Bouldering
Learning how to rock climb isn't easy. It takes time, dedication, and some instruction. Luckily, there's lots of information out there on how to climb better. Check out this series of videos which explains a little bit about bouldering and how you can improve your climbing.
Take your new climbing skills to the next Touchstone Bouldering Series Comp coming to Sacramento Pipeworks on August 26th.
Take your new climbing skills to the next Touchstone Bouldering Series Comp coming to Sacramento Pipeworks on August 26th.
Labels: bouldering videos, how to climb, TBS 7
¶ Tuesday, August 02, 2011 0 Comments
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
TBS 7 Coming to Great Western Power Company
This Friday night, July 29th, Touchstone climbing gyms will be kicking off the first of their annual bouldering series comps. The crew of full time route setters at the gym have been hard at work taking down the old problems and establishing a slew of great new ones.
GWPC will be providing beer, pizza, and t-shirts for all competitors. It's free for members. For rules and details about the comp- check out the Comp Page
Climb the steep moves out of the cave, slap your way up the overhanging prow, get some high ball love on the lead wall- but most of all, stop by the comp this Friday night and have FUN!
GWPC will be providing beer, pizza, and t-shirts for all competitors. It's free for members. For rules and details about the comp- check out the Comp Page
Climb the steep moves out of the cave, slap your way up the overhanging prow, get some high ball love on the lead wall- but most of all, stop by the comp this Friday night and have FUN!
Labels: climbing comps, GWPC, TBS 7
¶ Wednesday, July 27, 2011 0 Comments
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Touchstone Bouldering Series 7: Coming Soon!
In the past few years, TBS has become synonymous with the best climbing comps in the world. This month, Touchstone will be kicking off it's 7th annual bouldering series comps at the first of their 7 gym locations. On July 29th, hundreds of California climbers will be heading to Great Western Power Company in Oakland for beer, pizza, t-shirts and great bouldering.
The new MetalMark gym in Fresno and the soon to open Studio in San Jose will both be holding their very first bouldering comps.The team of Touchstone route setters will be setting their best problems at the gyms.
For more details about the point structure and rules of the comp check out the comp page.
The dates and locations of the comp are as follows:
GWPC
July 29th, 2011
Pipeworks
Aug. 26th, 2011
Ironworks
Sept. 23rd, 2011
DRG
Oct. 21st, 2011
MetalMark
Nov. 12th, 2011
Mission Cliffs
Dec. 9th, 2011
The Studio
Finale
Jan. 7th, 2012
The new MetalMark gym in Fresno and the soon to open Studio in San Jose will both be holding their very first bouldering comps.The team of Touchstone route setters will be setting their best problems at the gyms.
For more details about the point structure and rules of the comp check out the comp page.
The dates and locations of the comp are as follows:
GWPC
July 29th, 2011
Pipeworks
Aug. 26th, 2011
Ironworks
Sept. 23rd, 2011
DRG
Oct. 21st, 2011
MetalMark
Nov. 12th, 2011
Mission Cliffs
Dec. 9th, 2011
The Studio
Finale
Jan. 7th, 2012
Labels: climbing comps, TBS 7, Touchstone Bouldering Series 7
¶ Tuesday, July 12, 2011 0 Comments
