http://fiveten.com/ http://fiveten.com/images/stories/NewBox_black.png http://fiveten.com/ http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10275-congratulations-to-five-ten-athletes-who-competed-in-brussels http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10275-congratulations-to-five-ten-athletes-who-competed-in-brussels Congratulations to Five Ten Athletes Alizee Dufraisse (France) and Sachi Amma (Japan) for their great performance in the recent World Cup, Brussels. ]]> Tue, 28 Sep 2010 23:23:00 -0400 10275 2010-09-28 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10275_defaultnoimage_1285716264.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10275_Picture3_1285716228.png http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10275_Picture4_1285716228.png http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10273-2010-noreaster http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10273-2010-noreaster This past weekend I was at the Nor'Easter event in Lincoln, NH. Now, I've been to a few events before, many of them at an international level, and I must say that I have standards for being impressed. I was impressed at the Nor'Easter. Out of the three competitions on the Unified Bouldering Championships circuit Unified Bouldering Championships, the final stop stands out as not only the best of the three, but one of the best US competitions I've done. ]]> Tue, 28 Sep 2010 17:41:00 -0400 10273 2010-09-28 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10273_10053012_1285695700.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10273_10053002_1285695700.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10272-fall http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10272-fall Fall, coming soon to boulders near you!lk I wore a jacket this morning. Granted it was 6:30 am when I left the house, but as temps haven't dropped below 90 in Chattanooga yet, it felt wonderful. And the annual Hound Ears comp is coming up this weekend - it will be the first time most of the southern boys have climbed outside in a couple months and it marks the beginning of the season. ]]> Tue, 28 Sep 2010 17:40:00 -0400 10272 2010-09-28 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10272_defaultnoimage_1285708096.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10238-2010-youth-world-championships http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10238-2010-youth-world-championships It's been a while since I posted a blog on here! To recap on this summer, I placed 5th at the 2010 SCS Nationals in Lead at the Stone Summit Climbing Gym in Atlanta, GA. I made the 2010 US Team for MYA Lead and had an invite to go to the IFSC Youth World Championships in Edinburgh, Scotland in September. I was able to fund raise for the trip, but that was not the only thing that was required to make this trip count. I had to put more effort into training than I ever had before. ... ]]> Tue, 28 Sep 2010 04:37:00 -0400 10238 2010-09-28 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10238_defaultnoimage_1285688087.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10237-five-ten-takes-1st-at-noreaster-comp http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10237-five-ten-takes-1st-at-noreaster-comp Congratulations to Five Ten climbers Ethan Pringle and Alex Johnson for taking First place in the Nor'Easter Competition this past weekend (Sept 24-26, 2010). ]]> Mon, 27 Sep 2010 22:35:00 -0400 10237 2010-09-27 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10237_MG5101copy_1285626932.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10237_MG5075copy_1285626933.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10237_MG4975copy_1285626933.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10236-mount-evans-the-wolverine-land-countdown http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10236-mount-evans-the-wolverine-land-countdown Last thursday was a good day! I woke up psyched and everyone else seemed to be on the same program. Me, Nalle, and Chad decided to head up to Mount Evans, aka Wolverine Land, despite the intimidating snow storm that was predicted online.  A few hours later, we were in the boulders and freezing.  Luckily, NO snow!  I was more psyched than ever and decided today would be the the day to finish some boulders. ]]> Mon, 27 Sep 2010 22:15:00 -0400 10236 2010-09-27 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10236_Picture7_1285628202.png http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10235-how-to-tailwhip-tailtap-by-jon-gomez http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10235-how-to-tailwhip-tailtap-by-jon-gomez Jon Gomez shows us some tricks in this video from X EL Norte BMX ]]> Mon, 27 Sep 2010 22:00:00 -0400 10235 2010-09-27 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10235_Picture3_1285624817.png http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10233-haymaker-and-wet-dreams-premier-oct-1st http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10233-haymaker-and-wet-dreams-premier-oct-1st The event will held in Chico, CA at Dragon Graphics on Friday OCT. 1st. We are asking people to start showing up around 5:30 pm for Wet Dreams and then HAYMAKER will follow. Here is a poster with all the details. Learn more at ShastaBoyz.com ]]> Mon, 27 Sep 2010 16:11:00 -0400 10233 2010-09-27 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10233_postersmall_1285603874.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10233_poster_1285603874.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10232-the-noreaster http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10232-the-noreaster I am sitting in Boston Logan International, exhausted after a weekend of competition climbing, little sleep and an early morning drive from Loon Mountain, NH to Boston. This trip was one of those that I would do all over again, despite its whirlwind nature. I arrived in Boston on Thursday evening and met up with Alex Johnson to drive to Loon Mountain, NH for the Unified Bouldering Championship event. We drove 2.5 hours to the small town of Lincoln, NH, a quaint “mountain” town. The White Mountains are a far cry from the mountains I am used to,... ]]> Mon, 27 Sep 2010 00:31:00 -0400 10232 2010-09-27 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10232_downsized0925001237_1285547484.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10232_downsized09250013061_1285547484.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10232_09240018331_1285547484.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10230-melissa-le-neve-5th-in-european-championship http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10230-melissa-le-neve-5th-in-european-championship Really nice competition and big event for the world of climbing in Austria this weekend: the European Championship. Lead, boulder and speed, the high level of sportclimbing was meeting for an exeptional demonstration in competition. ]]> Fri, 24 Sep 2010 22:48:00 -0400 10230 2010-09-24 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10230_6157114768487259441375506678313038787338729n1_1285368484.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10229-rehab-part-1 http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10229-rehab-part-1 Ouch, my finger! I hurt my finger back in Feb, just before the comps were going to start. I was feeling really strong and psyched, and then suddenly I could hardly pull on jugs. How frustrating. I limped through the comp season and ended up doing pretty badly (surprise surprise). However, in the 2 comps where my finger felt ok I managed to get into the semi finals – not too bad considering the lack of preparation. ]]> Fri, 24 Sep 2010 15:49:00 -0400 10229 2010-09-24 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10229_defaultnoimage_1285343791.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10228-kevin-jorgeson-in-climbing-magazine http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10228-kevin-jorgeson-in-climbing-magazine Check out Kevin Jorgeson and the Five Ten Anasazi Lace up Blancos on this month's cover of Climbing Magazine. "On October 2, 2010, Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson will rendezvous in Yosemite Valley to begin their final—they hope—multi-week session of joint effort on the first free climb up El Capitan's biggest, blankest sector: the Dawn Wall. In a 2.5-hour interview at Caldwell's home in Estes Park, Colorado, we asked Tommy and Kevin about their training, how they stay motivated, their tactics for the route, how they'll define success on the climb, and what will happen if they... ]]> Fri, 24 Sep 2010 15:29:00 -0400 10228 2010-09-24 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10228_KevJMagCover_1285342163.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10228_KevJClimbingMag1_1285342383.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10228_ClimbingMag2_1285343195.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10228_KevJClimbingMag2_1285362249.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10227-they-dont-make-em-like-they-used-to http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10227-they-dont-make-em-like-they-used-to Which is a good thing really! My first pair of shoes were the EB's, and back then they were awesome. That was like 30 years ago. Recently I saw a friend had some and was psyched to see how they were. Putting them on felt familiar and surprisingly well fitting. I felt like I could go out and climb hard! They were in great condition with a good edge, a collectors item! Setting off I was confident, but then two moves later all the progress in climbing shoes became very obvious! ]]> Fri, 24 Sep 2010 09:39:00 -0400 10227 2010-09-24 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10227_108froggat2_1285321170.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10225-pinkbike-review-of-2011-line-up http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10225-pinkbike-review-of-2011-line-up PinkBike.com had nothing but good things to say about our 2011 line of DH/FR shoes. "When Five Ten stormed onto the scene ten years ago they really transformed the world of flat pedals. Back then the Impacts were the only shoes available ... Now the range of shoes aimed at riders has increased massively, as well as carrying much improved styling and now there are even SPD shoes available for those who prefer to be clipped to the bike." ]]> Thu, 23 Sep 2010 15:52:00 -0400 10225 2010-09-23 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10225_Picture8_1285257144.png http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10224-dpm-news-and-video-from-brazil http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10224-dpm-news-and-video-from-brazil Jon Cardwell article on DPM.com "Motivated by several emails and some amazing photos Jon Cardwell made a trip to Brazil and came back with a handful of double-digit FA’s." ]]> Wed, 22 Sep 2010 21:13:00 -0400 10224 2010-09-22 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10224_Picture7_1285256483.png http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10222-sonnie-trotter-on-the-cover-of-japans-rock-and-snow http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10222-sonnie-trotter-on-the-cover-of-japans-rock-and-snow Hooray Sonnie—you rock in any language! ]]> Wed, 22 Sep 2010 19:16:00 -0400 10222 2010-09-22 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10222_rockandsnow49cover_1285182969.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10222_rockandsnow49page8and9_1285182970.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10221-from-sonnie-with-love http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10221-from-sonnie-with-love From the very (very) beginning, I've worn Five Ten Shoes, nearly 15 years now. I have climbed hundreds of first ascents in them all over the world, from 5.9 - 5.14d. Some notable, others not as much. But a sense of pride goes into each new climb, no matter what. And I'm proud to announce that yesterday evening [ed. note: Sunday, Sept. 19] I made the first ascent of the a new route to the top of the Second Summit here in Squamish. It's called the "Intrepid Traverse", 4 pitches, 5.13c. What... ]]> Wed, 22 Sep 2010 18:57:00 -0400 10221 2010-09-22 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10221_SonnieNewRouteVerdes_1285181877.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10221_SonnieIntrpeidTraverse_1285181877.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10220-exactly-whatttttt-is-a-biver http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10220-exactly-whatttttt-is-a-biver Inquiring minds want to know … what exactly is this BIVERing business?! Not quite deep water solo-ing, not quite shallow water bouldering, "bivering" is a type of bouldering we here in MoabLandia do over the Colorado river! The term was coined by photographer and five ten athlete Eric Odenthal: b-ouldering + over the r-iver = "bivering"! ;-) ]]> Wed, 22 Sep 2010 18:05:00 -0400 10220 2010-09-22 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10220_GBAddi201022_1285178756.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10220_GoldBar6x81_1285178756.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10220_GoldBar09018_1285178756.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10220_JakeGB1_1285178756.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10220_GBAddi201012_1285178756.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10220_GoldBar6x86_1285178756.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10220_6x8BoldBarBouldering44_1285178756.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10219-beautiful-photos-from-ivan-luengo http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10219-beautiful-photos-from-ivan-luengo Ivan Luengo shares these images. For more information and photos from Ivan, visit his website. ]]> Wed, 22 Sep 2010 15:56:00 -0400 10219 2010-09-22 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10219_ivanluengopianobaja_1285171010.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10219_tostaurorabaja_1285171010.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10218-the-best-line http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/10218-the-best-line What makes "the best line"? This is a question I often ask myself but still don't really know the answer, or perhaps it is just that my answer changes with the seasons. Is it the moves, is it the features, is it the location, the aesthetic beauty, or the fact that it pushes you towards excellence. Here are a couple of pics of my current contenders. They are wildly different, but impossible to choose between... Let me know what you think. ]]> Wed, 22 Sep 2010 07:52:00 -0400 10218 2010-09-22 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10218_Picture4_1285171293.png http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/10218_Picture5_1285171293.png