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Adidas Rock Stars 2019
September 24, 2019, 10:05:11 am
for anyone that missed it. Keep the volume low as the commentary is mostly dire (repetitive breathless gibberish) as is the music (wedding music - boke).

Good fun despite the somewhat cringey overall vibe. Some really cool boulders and just the right balance of difficulty. Nice to see some minging crimps and also people outwitting the parkour and turning M2 into a rather great problem (W2 a bit boring as it was quite familiar). Not sure who set the crack on M3, we need to see the Wide Boyz on that.

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#1 Re: Adidas Rock Stars 2019
September 24, 2019, 05:30:04 pm
Enjoyable comp I thought.

I enjoy LL's commentary - he actually gets excited about climbers, Sasha's - not so much. She's not a comp climber (has she ever competed?) and has a rather monotone delivery, so not sure what she brings to the role.

For a "rock" stars event - the music was laughably awful.

Good problems though, and I like the knock-out format - mostly as men and women get to compete separately.

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#2 Re: Adidas Rock Stars 2019
September 25, 2019, 12:18:04 am

 (has she ever competed?)

I think I'd take her comp record over his.....

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#3 Re: Adidas Rock Stars 2019
September 25, 2019, 09:23:16 am
*Frantically Googles*

Ah - silver in bouldering in 2011. I've learnt something!

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#4 Re: Adidas Rock Stars 2019
September 25, 2019, 09:34:02 am
this is a pretty nice one from her too. No slouch. Sorry Durbs I couldn't get on with LL  :blink: but at least it was good overall.

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#5 Re: Adidas Rock Stars 2019
September 25, 2019, 10:14:08 am
Oh yeah - she's an incredible climber, don't get me wrong - just not known (to me) as a competition climber.

 

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