http://fiveten.com/ http://fiveten.com/images/stories/NewBox_black.png http://fiveten.com/ http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/14030-spring-break-at-the-red-zoe-steinberg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/14030-spring-break-at-the-red-zoe-steinberg Well, my spring break came and went just like any other year, and I’d have to say it was definitely one of the better ones. After three days of playing extreme catch-up at school because of nationals, I was so psyched for a solid ten days of climbing at one of my favorite places in the world: the Red River Gorge. Given that bouldering season had just ended for me, the red was pretty much the perfect place to go to get myself motivated, as well as somewhat in shape for the next few months of sport... ]]> Fri, 19 Apr 2013 01:25:00 -0400 14030 2013-04-19 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_climbing-52-rrg-2013-1366334745.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_climbing-53-rrg-2013-1366334745.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/13774-abs-divisionals-2013-zoe-steinberg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13774-abs-divisionals-2013-zoe-steinberg Last year was the first time that USA Climbing decided to hold bouldering divisionals as well as rope divisionals, as a way of making the two disciplines of the sport more similar to each other. The idea of having regionals, then divisionals, then nationals rather than simply going from regionals to nationals got mixed reviews, but the organization decided to keep divisionals in the mix. So, last weekend, I drove ten whole minutes away to the Gravity Vault to compete for a stop at nationals. I felt like I was in pretty good shape, but I... ]]> Mon, 21 Jan 2013 17:40:00 -0500 13774 2013-01-21 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_chat-2012-1358790055.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_climbing-42-1358790055.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_chat-2012-2-1358790056.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_climbing-43-1358790056.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_chat-2012-3-1358790056.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13706-bouldering-in-varazze-and-donnas-ita-niccolo-ceria http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13706-bouldering-in-varazze-and-donnas-ita-niccolo-ceria Hi there! After a month and over my blog reborn with new words about my bouldering adventures. The main topic is about the first half of December, since in November no important things happened. In fact November was a month of training except some little rock times with poor results. I had three weeks really full of mixed training sessions, with 6/7 sessions per week, by using different kind of trainings like fingerboard, pan gullich, climbing gym, a bit of rock and in addition of these things also three or four hours of stretching per week. After this period... ]]> Sun, 16 Dec 2012 14:33:00 -0500 13706 2012-12-16 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_alphacentauri-8a-varazze-3-fileminimizer-1355668387.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_klettermachine-8a-donnas-foto-max-buovli-2-fileminimizer-1355668387.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_klettermachine-8a-donnas-foto-max-buovli-4-fileminimizer-1355668388.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_niccol-ceria-raptor-standing-start-8a-varazze-f-c-core02-fileminimizer-1355668388.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_niccol-ceria-raptor-standing-start-8a-varazze-f-c-core01-fileminimizer-1355668388.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13683-2012-whitewater-symposium-kim-becker-russell http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13683-2012-whitewater-symposium-kim-becker-russell The 2012 Whitewater Symposium was held at Wet Planet Whitewater in Husum, Washington on the weekend of October 12-14, 2012. It was a gathering of whitewater's most inspirational and influential individuals from all parts of the industry: instructors, professionals, manufacturers, retailers, and consumers. It was an exciting event, full of various presentations and facilitated discussions in which the past, present, and future of the paddlesports industry was discussed. Amidst these discussions were various classes and demos: River Rescue Scenario Practice, SUP basics for flatwater and whitewater, Roll clinics, Editing with GoPro, ACA Instructor Certification, and much more! This year... ]]> Fri, 07 Dec 2012 16:19:00 -0500 13683 2012-12-07 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13683_311228-10151132469538212-940804247-n-1354920392.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13683_screenshot20121117at11-59-21am-1354920392.png http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13683_250504-10151123554848212-23538848-n-1354920392.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13534-china-aizhai-bridge-base-jumping-festival-suz-graham http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13534-china-aizhai-bridge-base-jumping-festival-suz-graham I have never been to China before- had a tease last year when a similar event was planned and I was invited, but then was cancelled last minute. So this time, when I started getting a string of emails with official invitations from the Hunan Government I was hopeful it would actually happen this time. With things ‘like this,’ you never really know- my world is filled with lots of really great ideas, fantastical assurances about lifetime trips and reality tv series’ so you have to take everything with a grain of salt. However, once in a while it... ]]> Fri, 12 Oct 2012 06:18:00 -0400 13534 2012-10-12 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_Screen Shot 2012-10-11 at 10.54.35-pm-1350022684.png http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_Screen Shot 2012-10-11 at 10.51.24-pm-1350022685.png http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_Screen Shot 2012-09-20 at 3.46.05-pm-1350022685.png http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13525-up-rock-down-rock-broken-in-the-end-sam-hayden http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13525-up-rock-down-rock-broken-in-the-end-sam-hayden My summer has been pretty interesting, fractured my knee, biked quite a bit, and found some new rock. In recovery right now from my broken knee...avulsed my tibia where the ACL connects biking with a friend on a paved road. I had surgery a week after the accident and they screwed me back together. Since then I’ve been training upper body and core like crazy and have been able to do some one footed climbing the last two weeks. Hopefully I’ll be doing the ABS comp at Petra Cliffs in two weeks, though I’ll... ]]> Wed, 10 Oct 2012 00:14:00 -0400 13525 2012-10-10 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-1134-1349828063.png http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-0835-1349828064.png http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-1336-1349828064.png http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_img-1442-1349828065.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13452-two-v13s-from-lincoln-lake-and-a-trip-to-the-emergency-room-jimmy-webb http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13452-two-v13s-from-lincoln-lake-and-a-trip-to-the-emergency-room-jimmy-webb Here's a video of a couple cool climbs at Lincoln Lake and a glimpse in to my ER experience! ]]> Thu, 13 Sep 2012 03:27:00 -0400 13452 2012-09-13 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13452_webb-1-1347638494.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13451-ups-and-downs-jimmy-webb http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13451-ups-and-downs-jimmy-webb At the end of august I decided to make my way back to Colorado in hopes of catching those early fall temps in the high country. The trip definitely did not go as planned and I had a few unfortunate set backs. First off was the weather and then on my 3rd day of climbing I manage a pretty nasty gash down my left forearm. The only upside that I can think of is the fact that I got to climb 2 AMAZING V13's, Clan of the Cave Bears and The Mote in God's Eye, both at... ]]> Thu, 13 Sep 2012 03:24:00 -0400 13451 2012-09-13 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13451_untitled-1-1347549976.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_216053-4124769089797-9261034-n-1347506659.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13449-fa-high-ball-in-central-ma-joah-larson http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13449-fa-high-ball-in-central-ma-joah-larson A video of a recent FA in Central, MA and my thoughts at Comp Climbing VS Rock Climbing!!! ]]> Wed, 12 Sep 2012 15:39:00 -0400 13449 2012-09-12 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_7339760802-eb6b90defe-b-1347464395.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13432-busy-summer http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13432-busy-summer I am travelling a lot lately! And I like it! I was in Squamish for one month this summer and had a super good time with a bunch of my friends. It was my 4th summer there and I managed to climb some projects of my own. I started my trip by trying the crimpy test piece When Harry Met. A v12 problem consisting of only few moves on super thin holds. It gave me some trouble since it’s not a type of problem I’m use to do. After trying it for a couple sessions I had... ]]> Tue, 04 Sep 2012 23:06:00 -0400 13432 2012-09-04 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_defender-1346799965.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_defender-1346799965.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_ride-1346799965.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_imga0056-1346799965.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_imga0061-1346799966.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_imga0028-1346799967.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_imga0027-1346799968.JPG http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13303-mybikestand-interview-kyle-warner http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13303-mybikestand-interview-kyle-warner Recently I was given the opportunity to do an Interview for Mybikestand.com I am super happy with how it turned out and if you want to check it out click here! http://mybikestand.com/racer-spotlight-shredding-with-pro-dh-racer-kyle-warner/ ]]> Thu, 26 Jul 2012 04:47:00 -0400 13303 2012-07-26 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_161a-xl-1343278078.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13278-hookin-up-the-needed-dennis-yuroshek http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13278-hookin-up-the-needed-dennis-yuroshek So here I am hangin out in Hood River, few days after the wicked Oregon Enduro. This little town has it all, amazing trails, food and people. I had one of my best weekends here racing, it really suited my downhill background and landed me in a solid 6th place finish. I had a smile on my face the whole time I was riding. My girlfriend Carolynn Romaine had a stellar time and killed it with a 3rd in the Womens PRO class, so stoked for her!Any who we put the van in drive and headed to Sandy Ridge... ]]> Thu, 19 Jul 2012 18:32:00 -0400 13278 2012-07-19 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_fivetenshoes-1342722721.jpeg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13276-sf-salmon-bachelorette-party-kim-russell http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13276-sf-salmon-bachelorette-party-kim-russell What happens when four lady paddlers are getting married in the same year? You have a Bachelorette Party on the River! Earlier this month, 9 ladies from Oregon, Washington, Idaho, California and Montana, rallied for a 4-day wilderness self-support on the South Fork of the Salmon River, near McCall, Idaho. ]]> Wed, 18 Jul 2012 01:55:00 -0400 13276 2012-07-18 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13276_538578-3853341005685-26302751-n-630x472-1342799633.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13257-hans-christian-montenegro-time-to-start http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13257-hans-christian-montenegro-time-to-start I was so happy to receive my Five Ten gear today!  I can't wait to wear the BoxLogo™ Tank for jogging in the park. Also, I look forward to wearing the new Team 5.10® Black shoes when I go climbing. They look so cool, sharp and perfect for hard moves. I'm going to start wearing them right away! ]]> Thu, 12 Jul 2012 01:13:00 -0400 13257 2012-07-12 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_fiveten333-1342055604.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_fiveten1-1342055604.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_fiveten5-1342055605.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13220-ashland-enduro-kyle-warner http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13220-ashland-enduro-kyle-warner So this past weekend "23/24th" was the first ever Ashland Enduro Race and the only word to describe it was Epic! This race was the second of the five round Oregon Enduro Series and the field was absolutely STACKED. Over 300 racers registered to compete in the first ever Ashland Enduro with over 65 Pro men. The race was broken up into 4 stages two 4 minute stages one 7 minute stage and the final stage was a 23 minute sprint through hell. The Format was amazing and helped create a very relaxed atmosphere with two stages on Saturday... ]]> Mon, 02 Jul 2012 06:12:00 -0400 13220 2012-07-02 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13220_ashland-or-1341209566-1341268695.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/13220_ashland-or-2-1341209566-1341268695.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13175-life-of-a-privateer-on-the-road-dennis-yuroshek http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13175-life-of-a-privateer-on-the-road-dennis-yuroshek You love mountain biking? You love shredding the unknown trails and mountains? but you can only dream of riding all of these places like your favorite pro rider right? Well whats stopping you? Nothing is stopping my girlfriend Carolynn Romaine and I from doing so... We dont have sponsors who pay for our bills or have airplanes waiting for us at the terminal. All we have is each other the open road and amazing friends all over the country willing to give us a place to sleep, good food or a hot shower. If it wasnt for Mountain biking... ]]> Wed, 20 Jun 2012 18:29:00 -0400 13175 2012-06-20 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_securedownload-4-1340216984.jpeg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_575231-10150940261804323-860751960-n-1340216984.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_424912-3261593215453-1135867432-3217727-1257780199-n-1340216984.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13160-josh-larson-at-the-2012-vail-world-cup http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13160-josh-larson-at-the-2012-vail-world-cup The 2012 Vail World Cup experience was amazing! When one thinks of Vail they might think of skiing and fur coat shops, when I think of Vail I think of rad competitive climbing and expensive pasta. Last year the wall was at a prime location near the center of the village and at the foot of the mountain, (Mt. unknown) and this year it was near the end of the village next to a soccer field….not ideal for spectating but it all worked out perfect in the end. Good job to all the setters, USA Climbing and comp coordinators... ]]> Sat, 16 Jun 2012 00:20:00 -0400 13160 2012-06-16 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_7339757932-9381a6bc0e-b-1339806030.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_7154556267-fe36bec9de-b-1339806030.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_7325774972-08e871b428-o-1339806031.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13123-first-of-many-jimmy-webb http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13123-first-of-many-jimmy-webb Well this is my first Five Ten blog post. I'm so psyched to be on the team!!  My life is beginning to change for the better and I am looking forward to what comes next. My girlfriend Kasia Pietras and I are leaving for a month and a half road trip to Colorado in just 6 days and we can't wait.  Twenty hours on the road will be tough, but worth it. ]]> Tue, 05 Jun 2012 18:08:00 -0400 13123 2012-06-05 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_574838-595577641367-89600125-31991860-411596576-n-1338919720.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_179504-595770549777-181262498-n-1338919720.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_545647-595770599677-2008267152-n-1338919720.jpg http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13087-beer-bikes-and-boats-kim-russell http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13087-beer-bikes-and-boats-kim-russell The best weekend ever usually consists of a long day on my bike, a solid day on the river in my kayak, and a big ol' BBQ with some friends. This last weekend was exactly that... the best weekend ever. ]]> Thu, 24 May 2012 16:56:00 -0400 13087 2012-05-24 http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_kim-russell-five-tens-1337878572.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_sandy-ridge-trail-system-1337878572.png http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_sandy-ridge-flat-1337878573.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_149786-350535818334234-242233789164438-850748-2021338931-n-1337878573.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_kim-russell-mid-downriver-race-1337878573.JPG http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_379224-10150848409264387-100733799386-10029359-1611758145-n-1337878573.jpg http://fiveten.com/images/stories/jreviews/_547202-2892145917575-1678080685-1722653-695123751-n-1337878574.jpg