http://fiveten.com/ http://fiveten.com/images/stories/NewBox_black.png http://fiveten.com/ http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13995-mexico-part-1-el-potrero-chico-urs-moosmuller http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13995-mexico-part-1-el-potrero-chico-urs-moosmuller On Christmas day, my friend Daniel and I decided to head down into Mexico to check out the climbing in El Potrero Chico. El Potrero Chico is located right beside the small town of Hidalgo just an hours drive from Monterrey. Monterrey is one of the largest cities in Mexico and has recently been taken over by two major drug cartels and is considered one of the most dangerous. Coming over the border was nerve racking, but surprisingly easy. We got through customs in twenty minutes which must be some kind of record, because we have heard stories of... ]]> Wed, 03 Apr 2013 18:12:00 -0400 13995 2013-04-03 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_321414-10151179799327443-1425993032-n-1365012739.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_734302-3929829258070-1273985223-n-1365012739.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_3770-3929830018089-2088175335-n-1365012740.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_734696-3929829778083-1798888603-n-1365012740.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_282902-3929829538077-1110350720-n-1365012740.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13994-spring-season-is-in-brad-weaver http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13994-spring-season-is-in-brad-weaver Spring climbing season has arrived in the Southeast. After a long winter of bouldering I'm back on a rope and ready to make my routine trips to the Red River Gorge. I've already been able to make it up to the Red a couple of times now and I couldn't be more psyched! I always forget how good climbing at the Red is and it’s always a bit of a shock at how much fun I have there. Even a 'bad' weekend is still a success. I've been busy in the gym trying to gain... ]]> Wed, 03 Apr 2013 16:48:00 -0400 13994 2013-04-03 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_image-1365007683.jpeg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13993-open-and-youth-national-championships-matt-lubar http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13993-open-and-youth-national-championships-matt-lubar It’s a bit overdue (sorry!), but here Is my recap of Open and Youth ABS Nationals. Enjoy! Whew. What an physically, emotionally and mentally taxing last two weeks it’s been! It all started Friday, February 22nd when I found myself heading down to Colorado Springs bright and early. This was the my first Open Nationals, so I had zero expectations and was just treating it as a training exercise. I also was just psyched to climb and have some fun on some top notch boulders. I ended up doing quite well seeing as though it was my... ]]> Wed, 03 Apr 2013 01:05:00 -0400 13993 2013-04-03 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_dsc-0045-1364951151.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_dsc-0057-1364951151.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_dsc-0043-1364951152.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_dsc-0015-1364951152.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_dsc-0011-1364951153.JPG http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13992-danny-macaskill-releases-new-web-series-imaginate http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13992-danny-macaskill-releases-new-web-series-imaginate London, April 2nd 2013 - World renowned trials bike rider Danny MacAskill returns in 2013 with his biggest project to date, ‘MacAskill’s Imaginate’, launching on the April 16th.Following on from the success of ‘Inspired Bicycles’, ‘Way Back Home’ and more recently ‘Industrial Revolutions’, the world has been waiting with torturous amounts of anticipation for Danny’s next project.The ‘MacAskill’s Imaginate’ series follows Danny as he returns from a career threatening injury to potentially the highlight of his career to date; taking inspiration and advice from some of his heroes and contemporaries along theway.A compelling watch throughout, the series tracks the... ]]> Tue, 02 Apr 2013 18:36:14 -0400 13992 2013-04-02 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13992_imaginate-trailer-1-1364928330.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13992_imaginate-trailer-2-1364928331.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13992_imaginate-trailer-3-1364928331.jpg ]]> http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13991-five-ten-adds-to-its-world-cup-dominating-downhill-team-with-steve-smith-brook-macdonald-and-cedric-gracia http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13991-five-ten-adds-to-its-world-cup-dominating-downhill-team-with-steve-smith-brook-macdonald-and-cedric-gracia April 2013 - Redlands, CaliforniaFive Ten, the leader in high-friction, technical bike, climbing and outdoor footwear, announces the addition of Steve Smith, Brook Macdonald to our Elite Team and Cedric Gracia to our European Downhill Team. Smith, Macdonald and Gracia will be joining Five Ten riders Greg Minnaar, Sam Hill, Danny Hart, Jill Kintner, Emmeline Ragot, Steve Peat, and Troy Brosnan. ]]> Tue, 02 Apr 2013 15:48:20 -0400 13991 2013-04-02 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13991_0004-1364918107.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13991_0003-1364918107.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13991_0002-1364918107.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13991_0005-1364918107.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13991_0001-1364918108.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13990-bishop-spring-breaking-and-harlem-shaking-mike-rougeux http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13990-bishop-spring-breaking-and-harlem-shaking-mike-rougeux The climbing team again made the annual trek to Bishop with our partners in crime, the MAC Climbing Team.  The size of our crew doubled from last year which translated to more fun and more sending. ]]> Tue, 02 Apr 2013 15:39:00 -0400 13990 2013-04-02 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-1108-1364917155.JPG http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13989-arrrrg-nicholas-milburn http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13989-arrrrg-nicholas-milburn This past weekend was my first comp of this year's SCS season! Back to ropes, tall stuff and endurance training. Since it was also Easter weekend I had and Friday off of school, so I went out to Austin early and went to Reimers Ranch and climbed some of that Texas limestone. The first thing I got on was Prototype which was my project for a long time when I was a wee boy. It feels much easier than I remember. I walked down and met some friends of mine from Houston at the House of Pain wall. I... ]]> Tue, 02 Apr 2013 02:17:00 -0400 13989 2013-04-02 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_arrg-1-of-14-1364869036.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_arrg-7-of-14-1364869037.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_arrg-3-of-14-1364869037.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_arrg-2-of-14-1364869037.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_arrg-4-of-14-1364869037.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_arrg-11-of-14-1364869037.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_arrg-10-of-14-1364869037.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13988-spring-break-sandstone-joseph-gifford http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13988-spring-break-sandstone-joseph-gifford This spring break I traveled to Tennessee with Nick Milburn to climb some awesome southern sandstone. We set out on the highway and stopped in Lafayette for some rest. The next day we drove out and an hour into our drive we hit dead stopped traffic! So we got kinda bored sitting on the highway not moving and this led to Nick unicycling down the freeway which was quite entertaining. After hours of stop and go traffic we finally started moving fast and made it to Nicks house in Chattanooga, TN that night. The next day we climbed at... ]]> Tue, 02 Apr 2013 01:31:00 -0400 13988 2013-04-02 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_spring-break-10-of-20-1364866317.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_spring-break-8-of-20-1364866317.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13987-armistice-fa-tim-rose http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13987-armistice-fa-tim-rose Thursday was cold, rainy and snowy.  Conditions being less than ideal I didn't really expect much.  I drove almost 2hrs to get to Gretna so I wasn't going to leave without trying to do the Cut Tree project.  Gault and I fell off the top of this boulder a combined 300 times.  Thankfully it went down. ]]> Mon, 01 Apr 2013 16:11:00 -0400 13987 2013-04-01 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_armistice-1364832685.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13986-fontainebleau-2013-ferran-guerrero-hervas http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13986-fontainebleau-2013-ferran-guerrero-hervas This year we did not want to miss the holiday we had ahead of Easter, so Laia few months ago came up with the bright idea to go alone for a week with our small to Fontainebleau, and I have to say thank you, go alone implies some handicaps when scaled according to problems, but in the end I think it was more positive than negative, but not if you've noticed in chains and how well we have managed our time. ]]> Sat, 30 Mar 2013 11:09:00 -0400 13986 2013-03-30 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13986_000-1364920165.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13986_001-1364920165.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13986_007-1364920165.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13986_isatis-006-1364920166.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13986_002-1364920166.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13986_008-1364920166.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13986_isatis-005-1364920166.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13985-2013-wind-river-festival-results-kim-becker http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13985-2013-wind-river-festival-results-kim-becker The Wind River Festival is part of the Western Whitewater Championship Series, a series of 8 river festivals throughout the summer and fall. Racers accumulate points throughout the series, of which the individual with the most points per category is deemed Champion of the Western Whitewater Championship Series. The Wind River Festival featured the first of many downriver kayak races to come- a mass-start, grueling 25 minute all out paddle to the finish line! ]]> Fri, 29 Mar 2013 20:06:00 -0400 13985 2013-03-29 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13985_img-0469-1364844337.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13985_64719-10151387463684387-1415350769-n-1364844438.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13985_8569253986-7d766d7af9-b-1364844439.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13985_577404-10151387464539387-442661579-n-1364844439.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13985_8566938152-ad0eeb9190-h-1364844439.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13984-back-to-spain-spring-break-sasha-digiulian http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13984-back-to-spain-spring-break-sasha-digiulian I was walking to class early last week, talking online with one of my best friends, Matilda Soderlund from Sweden, on Facebook. She told me that she was going to Spain in a week and that I should come. I had a few days off school so, why not? You only live once, right? =] So, tickets booked, and my impromptu week trip to Spain was scheduled. Needless to say, I am in love with Spain, specifically the Catalonia region where I have spent the majority of my time. There is just an infinite amount... ]]> Fri, 29 Mar 2013 11:35:00 -0400 13984 2013-03-29 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-0326-1364556934.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_untitled-3420026-1364556934.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13983-whooo-spring-break-nicholas-milburn http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13983-whooo-spring-break-nicholas-milburn This spring break I went out to the southeast (big shock I know). My whole family went up and we invited some friends. Brian Towner and his soon to be wife Kristy Dorris came up from Houston, Dalan Faulkner and Sam Rockstein drove up from Dallas and Joe Gifford from Austin. So we had ten people living in our tiny little house, but since it was a climbing trip we weren't in the house very much. Joe and I drove separately and we managed to make the drive in record time,... ]]> Fri, 29 Mar 2013 01:07:00 -0400 13983 2013-03-29 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_spring-break-13-of-20-1364519250.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_spring-break-1-of-20-1364519251.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_spring-break-2-of-20-1364519251.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_spring-break-3-of-20-1364519251.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_spring-break-16-of-20-1364519251.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_spring-break-4-of-20-1364519252.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_spring-break-18-of-20-1364519252.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13982-new-season-is-here-jan-poric http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13982-new-season-is-here-jan-poric It's almost end of March and we still have snow in Slovenia. In few weeks we have first downhill race. I hope that snow will go away. Almost everything is the same as last year about me and downhill racing. I have the same GT Fury downhill bike, 661 helmet and knee pads, Leatt brace, Royal gear, Quiksilver clothes, Continental tires, Under Armour base layer clothes and new Five Ten shoes. My girlfriend Mateja took some nice shots of pre-season riding. Check my updated blog: http://www.janporic.blogspot.com/ ]]> Thu, 28 Mar 2013 22:08:00 -0400 13982 2013-03-28 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-0093-web-1364508496.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-0055-web-1364508497.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_bmx-gt-1364508497.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-0076-web-1364508497.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13981-the-ninja-spirit-guntram-joerg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13981-the-ninja-spirit-guntram-joerg Tenerife being an awesome spot for rope climbing is well known. With Bouldering we are talking about a lot of uncertainty. Doing his homework of preparation and planning GU (Guntram Joerg) quickly realized that this island had already rejected the brave ascent attempts of many strong guys and girls. It was only after short scouting-session with Walter Gollner - THE austrian-stranded-in-tenerife-local that GU realized that there still was loads of potential to crush. GU got to work and it was only a fews days that the first hits on his ticklist - some of them boulder problems that had... ]]> Thu, 28 Mar 2013 18:39:00 -0400 13981 2013-03-28 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_me-media-naranja-8a-1364495952.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_201302-teneriffa-1175-1364495952.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_201302-teneriffa-1068-1364495952.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13980-climbing-essential-edging-colette-mcinerney http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13980-climbing-essential-edging-colette-mcinerney Here's a short instructional piece in a series of videos Joe Kinder and I are doing for EMS. Enjoy! ]]> Thu, 28 Mar 2013 09:05:00 -0400 13980 2013-03-28 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_quantum-1364461516.png http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13979-my-first-abs-nationals-seth-rogers http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13979-my-first-abs-nationals-seth-rogers I've always been better at ropes and speed than bouldering.  I've been to 3 sport and speed nationals but this was my first bouldering nationals.  What a great experience!  It was held in Colorado Springs in the civic auditorium where they built a wall just for the nationals.   ]]> Thu, 28 Mar 2013 06:18:00 -0400 13979 2013-03-28 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_nat-seth-2-1364451495.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_nat-sign-1364451497.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_nat-seth-3-1364451498.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_nat-ethan-1364451500.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_nat-hands-1364451501.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_nat-team-1364451503.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13978-first-ascent-of-the-reflecting-pool-v13-carlo-traversi http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13978-first-ascent-of-the-reflecting-pool-v13-carlo-traversi Having made a few quick trips to Red Rocks, NV over the past few years, I have always been well aware of the vast potential that the area holds, especially for hard bouldering. When I ventured back to the Las Vegas area for the month of February this year, I couldn’t help but wonder why it took me so long to return. Sunny, crisp days in the dead of winter with a massive supply of intriguing sandstone just a stones throw from one of the liveliest cities in America. Pretty much perfect. Upon arriving I... ]]> Wed, 27 Mar 2013 18:55:00 -0400 13978 2013-03-27 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_carlo-reflecting-pool-low-1364410552.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13977-coyote-rock-gym-ottawa-on-hans-christian-montenegro http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13977-coyote-rock-gym-ottawa-on-hans-christian-montenegro This is my fourth competition of the season. There were 58 climbers in the open category. The out-of-town climbers came only from Toronto and Montreal.The Coyote Rock Gym is a famous place for competitions in eastern Canada. They always put on a good show for spectators and have good problems for competitors.The qualifying round was not too hard and many climbers did the hardest problems. After three hours of climbing, I completed six problems in the top seven problems. This score put me in eighth place in the finals. I was nervous because all the climbers were in excellent... ]]> Wed, 27 Mar 2013 14:38:00 -0400 13977 2013-03-27 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_coyote-1364395081.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13976-camping-is-in-tents-aicacia-young http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13976-camping-is-in-tents-aicacia-young I don’t know about you, but springtime always makes me want to travel! I have no doubt that you all have some amazing trips planned, and I’m here to help. Whether you’re headed to Hueco, Red Rocks, HP 40, or RRG, you’re bound to want to do some camping – at least I always do! If you plan on camping, you might be tempted to just pack shelf-stable foods and graze your way through the trip. However, you can definitely prepare healthy meals on a camping trip. I’ve put together a short list of recipes and meal ideas for... ]]> Tue, 26 Mar 2013 18:21:00 -0400 13976 2013-03-26 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_imag3170-1364322099.jpg