Quote from: T_B on August 05, 2015, 03:51:08 pmQuote from: petejh on August 05, 2015, 11:27:47 amWho really challenged Shuana except a visiting French student? Last year's winner decided to go trad climbing according to the BMC news item. The event needs more than just live video coverage, it needs PRIZE MONEY too. Then you'd get the best competitors in the country and that in turn would generate more interest.Michaela is still injured, and Pete don't forget that Michaela was in the finals of the World Champs last year so is pretty handy.
Quote from: petejh on August 05, 2015, 11:27:47 amWho really challenged Shuana except a visiting French student? Last year's winner decided to go trad climbing according to the BMC news item. The event needs more than just live video coverage, it needs PRIZE MONEY too. Then you'd get the best competitors in the country and that in turn would generate more interest.
Who really challenged Shuana except a visiting French student?
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Michaela is still injured, and Pete don't forget that Michaela was in the finals of the World Champs last year so is pretty handy.And saying that Fanny is "a visiting French student" is a little understated, you could easily have said "visiting French Team member and World Cup medallist who happens to be studying for a short while in Sheffield"
I'm going for a wet shave
'The only world class boulderer who entered the men's won'. Well blow me down, the only world class boulderer who entered a national comp won? And this bores youAnd people say I'm mad
I was stating quite explicitly that barrans is world class when taken with my other statements, I was drawing Pete out for his ridiculous argument.Strangely I also knew dave came 2nd which was why I asked the question, I also knew every name from the China comp.Keep up Tim, spending all your time with the dead is starting to hamper your time with the living.
Quote from: a dense loner on August 07, 2015, 12:29:28 pmI was stating quite explicitly that barrans is world class when taken with my other statements, I was drawing Pete out for his ridiculous argument.Strangely I also knew dave came 2nd which was why I asked the question, I also knew every name from the China comp.Keep up Tim, spending all your time with the dead is starting to hamper your time with the living.Fuck me, well in that case I'd stick to unpunctuated oddly capitalised straight bullshit puncturing. The sarcasm didn't come across at all well.
What had Tyler ever done in a bouldering comp to make him stand out as world class?
What had Tyler ever done in a bouldering comp to make him stand out as world class?Did everyone reading that understand what I just asked? Do I need to semi defend my question with the caveat of I know, and so does everyone with eyes, that Tyler is absolutely quite easily one of the worlds best boulderers yet I don't recall him being a world class (as Pete would imply) comp climber.
the one comp he enters he wins placing ahead of the UK's best comp boulderer without much trouble. I think everyone would agree that he's a boulderer of world-class standard. That isn't a criticism of anyone, it's what happened. It's a sample size of one and maybe he'll never enter another comp.
I'm making the point of Pete belittling every other climber in the field is a bit harsh, which is fine for the most part but not when the runner up is also world class.If we're starting to be funny what does "can you not just make it now please" mean? Is that English?
Another potential reason for lack of interest might be the lack of genuine top-level UK competitors in UK bouldering comps. Who really challenged Shuana except a visiting French student? In the mens event, the only world-class boulderer who entered won. Growth would attract more good climbers to want to train and to compete in the BBCs.
I don't think he did beat him comfortably, the difference was height and iffy setting. If he was that much better he would have won the semis and the qualifiers (which he didn't by quite a long way).
Pete said this:QuoteAnother potential reason for lack of interest might be the lack of genuine top-level UK competitors in UK bouldering comps. Who really challenged Shuana except a visiting French student? In the mens event, the only world-class boulderer who entered won. Growth would attract more good climbers to want to train and to compete in the BBCs.The point was about the lack of strength in depth of the UK competition squad. Arguing about whether Barrans is world-class or not is interesting, but whatever the conclusion, I don't think Pete is miles out, factually, even if he's not precise, in that we don't have that many athletes who threaten finals at WCs, or by any other measure.It would have been much more interesting to challenge the paragraph itself - I'm sure the French have a good national competition, yet there aren't hordes of frenchies in the WC finals? What about the US? What's theirs like? The canadians?
Quote from: Lund on August 07, 2015, 12:40:52 pmQuote from: a dense loner on August 07, 2015, 12:29:28 pmI was stating quite explicitly that barrans is world class when taken with my other statements, I was drawing Pete out for his ridiculous argument.Strangely I also knew dave came 2nd which was why I asked the question, I also knew every name from the China comp.Keep up Tim, spending all your time with the dead is starting to hamper your time with the living.Fuck me, well in that case I'd stick to unpunctuated oddly capitalised straight bullshit puncturing. The sarcasm didn't come across at all well.You said I was attacking your forum English? I'm sure I was replying to this, your post a few up, strangely attacking my forum English. Bizarre, I'm obviously such a tosser who attacks someone for no reason
You've never had a conversation with me about this! I look I listen I understand. If different people stand there saying you should hear Daves views on the 30, every things piss and citing that as an example, then i come to think of you thinking its piss. The board being at the wrong angle only helps the tall, if it was the correct angle the move would be smaller. Ergo id be able to piss it Now whats this got to do with WOB i ask myself
Can someone drag up the stats for podium places in world cups 2009 to-date (so we get at least one male) so we can see how the UK's best comp climbers compare to other nations?