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the shizzle => MoonBoard => Topic started by: Sasquatch on September 11, 2018, 06:04:19 pm
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Going off the theme of good problems at different grades, I was wondering if anyone had made any lists of a particular grade they'd be willing to share. I'm going to start putting ones together at various grades to share for a friend who is looking to really progress on the board this winter. He's been a vert/techy sport guy for years, so the MB is a big weakness for him. My user name for the MB is: Todd Helgeson.
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Which hold setup are you on? My wall has moved to the 2017 setup so I have a few lists on there
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I have access to both set-ups. My home wall is on the 2016 for now, but my friends wall has the full 2017 setup.
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Here's a bunch that I've enjoyed across both sets - nothing harder than 7B as I'm not very strong. Would be good to hear any others you'd recommend on the 2017 setup as I seem to have lost my lists...
2016 Moonboard
6b+
- Bitter
- Squincher
- Saluhallen 4
6c
- Sourkrawt
- Ataualpa
7a
- Borneo
- Magnum
- Punch Drunk
7a+
- Power Cat
- Problem 9
- Black Beatle
7b
- Fingers Crossed
- Coca & Mignotte
- Ironarm
2017 Moonboard Masters
6c
- Fight the Power
- Little Black Submarine
7a
- Genesis Chain
- The Yellow Project
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Cant go wrong with the benchmark list IMO. Sure, there's a few sandbags in there, but looks like the moon team have been adding some softies in there lately too, so it's getting a bit more balanced.
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I've got 9 of the 91 6A+ - 6C+ benchmarks left to do, all of them nails...
Ticked off two more last night though that, although hard, were really good:
Bilder Im Kopf 6C
C-Curve 6C+
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I guess I just don't agree with the benchmarks as being a good means of progression. I find they're all over the place, and substantially inconsistent in both difficulty and in quality. For reference, I've done all of the 2016 benchmarks up to 7A+, all but 1 of the 7B's (Ironarm), done 7 of 14 of the 7B+'s, 8 of 21 7C's, 5 of 9 7C+'s, and 1 of 3 8A's. For it being all a standard board and hold setup, that seems to me like a massive variance.
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Shameful sales plug here but for anyone looking to get stronger in their own home/garden, I have a dismantled moonboard and holds for sale in the for sale forum.
:off: :sorry:
Getting back on topic I found the current set up and problem list a bit dull and all over the place. All the problems were really similar and maybe varied by one hold. The old set up was much better.