[lagerstarfish]

and again on B3   

[lagerstarfish]

Trommelfeuer 

after this I expect to be entertained by Graeme and Percy playing house music on wine bottles and bags of cash

[lagerstarfish]

that Adidas women's superfinal is what the Olympics should be

[GraemeA]

that Adidas women's superfinal is what the Olympics should be

And should we have the same format for the men, or something different?

[finbarrr]

i'm pretty sure the comment was posted between the women's ant the men's final.

but please please pretty please don't add time to bouldering

[GraemeA]

that Adidas women's superfinal is what the Olympics should be

The format for the women's super final turned out to be pretty much IFSC standard format. 4+ minutes with most tops winning :-)

[lagerstarfish]

that Adidas women's superfinal is what the Olympics should be

And should we have the same format for the men, or something different?

3 people doing the same problem at once, obviously (gold, silver, bronze); and all three should look like they're enjoying the challenge

maybe have a money prize for the best victory dance?

[Fiend]

Superb route setting in the men's final by Adam Pustelnik (8c+ allegedly). Another highlight was Petra Klinger's ascent of women's final boulder

Damn right that.

The recent IFSC stuff has been generally great 

Will have to catch up on the rockstarz.

[Percy B]

I am obviously biased, but of all the media from the world championships, I like this one the best. A five minute short from the mens finals, but just key bits in slo-mo with a half decent soundtrack......

[GraemeA]

I am obviously biased, but of all the media from the world championships, I like this one the best. A five minute short from the mens finals, but just key bits in slo-mo with a half decent soundtrack......

I obviously thought the whole thing was shit and the setting hasn't moved on from the Foundry Bouldering League 1994/5. Low level traversing in the fire escape corridor is what is needed in the Olympics.

Ps Percy did okay in Paris :-)

[fatneck]

Meant to say this ages ago, big shout out to the Bishmeister for awesome setting in Paris. I expect someone has already said it but the final women's problem was one of the best I've ever seen! The look on Petra Klingler's face as she stuck the move was "moment of the year" for me and also Anna Stohr wagging her finger when she figured out the move too late. Just brilliant! 

[Doug]

2017 IFSC Bouldering World Cup provisional calendar:

Final	Date	Venue	Country
Sat	08/04/2017	Meiringen	Switzerland
Sun	23/04/2017	Chongqing	China
Sun	30/04/2017	Nanjing	China
Sun	07/05/2017	Tokyo	Japan
Sun	21/05/2017	Amsterdam	Netherlands
Sun	11/06/2017	Vail	USA
Sun	25/06/2017	Mumbai	India
Sat	19/08/2017	Munich	Germany

In additional there's:

Date	Event	Venue	Country
26/02/2017	CISM World Winter Games	Sochi	Russia
25-26/03/2017	Studio Bloc Masters	Pfungstadt	Germany
21-23/07/2017	The World Games	Wroclaw	Poland
25-26/05/2017	ROCKMASTER	Arco	Italy

The two World Games events feature Lead, Speed and Bouldering but I don't know if they are stand alone competitions or combined like the Olympics proposal.

[GraemeA]

2017 IFSC Bouldering World Cup provisional calendar:

Final	Date	Venue	Country
Sat	08/04/2017	Meiringen	Switzerland
Sun	23/04/2017	Chongqing	China
Sun	30/04/2017	Nanjing	China
Sun	07/05/2017	Tokyo	Japan
Sun	21/05/2017	Amsterdam	Netherlands
Sun	11/06/2017	Vail	USA
Sun	25/06/2017	Mumbai	India
Sat	19/08/2017	Munich	Germany

In additional there's:

Date	Event	Venue	Country
26/02/2017	CISM World Winter Games	Sochi	Russia
25-26/03/2017	Studio Bloc Masters	Pfungstadt	Germany
21-23/07/2017	The World Games	Wroclaw	Poland
25-26/05/2017	ROCKMASTER	Arco	Italy

The two World Games events feature Lead, Speed and Bouldering but I don't know if they are stand alone competitions or combined like the Olympics proposal.

The World Games have stand alone medals but possibly also a Combined medal like in Paris.

The CWIF will also be on the Calendar when I remember to ask. It will be 18/19 March and already the line up is looking promising - McColl, Hojer, Kruder (x2), Gejo, Chon, Le Neve, Klingler have all said they will be coming.

[fatneck]

Good CWIM line up!

[Durbs]

Late to the party, but just caught up on IFSC Paris and Rockmasters too.

Agree with everyone the Women's IFSC final was ace - W3 was sooooo close to being done, which would've flipped the contest on its head and W4 was a fantastic problem. Seen a couple of those toe-hook-catch moves recently, really interesting.
Only minor grumble was lack of crowd noise on the audio. Packed stadium, and kept on being told "the crowd are on their feet" but there didn't seem to be any ambient noise in the live feed - so felt a little stale.
Route-setter co-commentator was good IMO, Stasa was interesting too - though all were guilty of talking over attempts...

Rockmasters was ace. Again, women's final was a real nail-biter, and Men's was just insane - Jan got out-Jan'd! Good commentary from Liam and Shauna too.

Top stuff.

Take Rockmasters production, stick it on IFSC and you have a winner. I guess this would also require Rockmasters' budget, so not likely to happen.

[GraemeA]

Late to the party, but just caught up on IFSC Paris and Rockmasters too.

Agree with everyone the Women's IFSC final was ace - W3 was sooooo close to being done, which would've flipped the contest on its head and W4 was a fantastic problem. Seen a couple of those toe-hook-catch moves recently, really interesting.
Only minor grumble was lack of crowd noise on the audio. Packed stadium, and kept on being told "the crowd are on their feet" but there didn't seem to be any ambient noise in the live feed - so felt a little stale.
Route-setter co-commentator was good IMO, Stasa was interesting too - though all were guilty of talking over attempts...

Rockmasters was ace. Again, women's final was a real nail-biter, and Men's was just insane - Jan got out-Jan'd! Good commentary from Liam and Shauna too.

Top stuff.

Take Rockmasters production, stick it on IFSC and you have a winner. I guess this would also require Rockmasters' budget, so not likely to happen.

I heard Rockstars costs around 600,000 Euros, which is significantly more than any World Cup.

[Durbs]

 

Yowzers. They must be hoping to sell a LOT of shoes

[Durbs]

Although on that note, I wonder why Adidas or other big players (e.g. over-caffeinated cow-stomach-bile drink) haven't looked into funding the World Cup - or if they have, why they didn't.

I guess 9 rounds at €600,000 is quite an investment, but if they're happy to drop it for a one-off, it might be worth it for a season?

Maybe post 2020...

[erm, sam]

I think they get more value for money by doing their own events/stuff.

Kailas, a Chinese brand do sponsor boulder world cups, and the fact you have not noticed shows the benefit of doing so.

[Durbs]

Oh,  I was aware of them, just don't think you can even buy it in they uk? Though haven't actually looked..

[GraemeA]

I think they get more value for money by doing their own events/stuff.

Kailas, a Chinese brand do sponsor boulder world cups, and the fact you have not noticed shows the benefit of doing so.

Kailas sponsor the whole World Cups, not just boulder. But they do it for exposure in their main market, which is China. They are in their 3rd season so I guess they think they get value for their money.

[Duma]

https://www.instagram.com/p/BMjrg9njEAm/
Melissa's retired from WCs

[fried]

 

[fatneck]

My feelings exactly... 

[Muenchener]

So she'll be spending more time down my way working AD