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BD employee Thomas Laakso reports from his ski trip to Antarctica
Thomas Laakso , the Ski Hardgoods Manager here at Black Diamond, recently returned from an amazing ski trip to the bottom of the earth: Antarctica. Below is his trip report and photos that will surely get you inspired to begin planning your next big ski trip (we know Thomas already is…). I was most fortunate to take a trip... [READ MORE]
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Black Diamond Expands Ski Test Centers in Europe
Black Diamond has recently opened a new Ski Test Center in Chamonix, to compliment the already existing BD Test Center in La Grave. Chamonix is an epi-center of freeriding and backcountry skiing in the Alps, and BD is proud to be involved with this new partner. Surrounded by classic ski stations such as the... [READ MORE]
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Ice Climbing Festival Kandersteg 2010
The next Ice Climbing Festival in Kandersteg is coming up and we hope to see you there as well! The Festival will take place from the 8th-10th of January, 2010 at our new event location at the ‘Seilpark Kandersteg' across the Gemmi Lodge. The rock wall will be iced especially for the competition and the workshops. The ice already looks very... [READ MORE]
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QC Lab: Retiring Old Ropes
We’ve all seen it at the cliffs, and I’m a major offender myself—climbing on old ratty ropes. Yeah, ropes are expensive and that’s the main reason people push their ropes to the limit—trying to squeeze every last ounce of use out of them until they become a dog leash or door mat. I’m not going to lie—I get sweet deals on cords,... [READ MORE]
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BD athlete Simon Anthamatten makes first ascent of south face of Jasemba
A couple months ago, Black Diamond athlete Simon Anthamatten teamed up with his brother, Samuel, and fellow Swiss mountain guide Michael Lerjen to make the first ascent of the south face of Jasemba on the border of China and Nepal. Simon sent us the following email and stunning photos shortly upon his safe return. ... [READ MORE]
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Winger For The Weekend #28
Thirty-three seconds of sickness, featuring the one and only Death Metal Rooster. Crank it to 11 and hit play. Have a great weekend! [READ MORE]
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BD athletes Reine Barkered and Martin Webrant score epic turns in Davos, Switzerland
Black Diamond athletes Reine Barkered and Martin Webrant drove from Sweden to Davos, Switzerland in search of powder, big airs and tasty photos with photog Martin Söderqvist. They scored on all fronts and drove home happy men. Below is a report and photos from Söderqvist, as well as one from Dan Caruso , Black Diamond Europe's Ski... [READ MORE]
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Report and Photos: Ice Climbing Festival Kandersteg 2010
The 10th Annual Kandersteg Ice Climbing Festival took place last weekend in the Ice Climbing Mecca Kandersteg, Switzerland in the Berner Oberland. With 500 spectators on hand, the Festival was held in a new location this year, at the Kandersteg Rope Park just across the street from the Gemmi lodge. This crag provided the best available... [READ MORE]
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BD athletes Josh Wharton and Ines Papert win Ouray Ice Festival comp and Will Gadd climbs 28,712 feet in 24 hours!
This year’s 15th annual Ouray Ice Festival had many memorable marks, from Will Gadd suffer-festing through a one-man 24-hour ice climbing fundraiser to four Black Diamond athletes reaching podium (including wins by Ines Papert and Josh Wharton ) in one of the most suspenseful ice comps in recent history. As in past years, the three-day... [READ MORE]
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Issue with 2009 Xenos Ice Clipper slots
It has come to our attention that the construction of some of the Ice Clipper slots on our 2009 Xenos harnesses are not satisfactory and may become unstitched during use. We became aware of this at the same time many of you did, just as the ice season kicked into high gear in the last couple of weeks. During recent lab and field-testing,... [READ MORE]
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Black Diamond Equipment Asia—a video tour
In 2006, Black Diamond Equipment Asia, a wholly owned subsidiary of Black Diamond Equipment, was established in southeast China. It’s important to note that the manufacturing in China is being done in our own factory. Black Diamond Equipment Asia is a Black Diamond built, owned and managed facility that is operated and staffed by Black... [READ MORE]
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BD athlete Albert Leichtfried makes first ascent of longest icefall in Austria
Black Diamond athlete Albert Leichtfried teamed up with Benedikt Purner in early December 2009 to make the first ascent of the longest icefall in Austria, the 1000-meter long Moonwalk ( WI 6 M7). Moonwalk is a combination of classic north face climbing with serious waterfall and mixed climbing. Below is a short report and photos Leichtfried... [READ MORE]
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Adam Ondra and Sonnie Trotter join the Black Diamond Global Team
From Yuji Hirayama to Marko Prezelj to Dave MacLeod to Ines Papert to Fred Nicole to Alex Honnold, the climbers on Black Diamond’s Global Team are some of the best boulderers, sport climbers, trad masters and alpinists in the world. And now we’re stoked to announce that we’ve added two more aces to the deck: Adam Ondra and Sonnie... [READ MORE]
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Winger For The Weekend #29
Admit it, you dig that Black Eyed Peas song "I Gotta Feeling" . It's got the tasty hooks, the groovable beats and the "party 'til the sun comes up" lyrics that have kept it on heavy rotation at every club from Ibiza to Indiana to Istanbul. Well, we gotta feeling, too: that you're going to enjoy Winger for the Weekend #29, a beauty of a YouTube... [READ MORE]
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Preview the all-new Fall 2010 Efficient Series skis and boots
Next winter is a long ways away—heck, this winter isn't even over yet—but we're so stoked on our all-new line of Efficient Series skis and AT boots for Fall 2010, we decided to share them with you now. Click here to go to skibd.com , which showcases all of the new goods, plus design insight, tech specs, videos and 360-degree product... [READ MORE]
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Winger For The Weekend #30
It's been a busy 10 days or so here at Black Diamond North America with the Outdoor Retailer Tradeshow in town and then the SIA Tradeshow in Denver (plus BD Europe getting ready for the ISPO show), so that must explain the lack of quality Winger candidates sent to us over the past week. (What... everyone is too busy working to send us five-sar... [READ MORE]
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BD athlete Patxi Usobiaga has surgery on injured shoulder
Black Diamond athlete Patxi Usobiaga blew up his shoulder this past December and recently underwent major shoulder surgery that’ll put him on the shelf for 10-12 weeks (which for a climbing and training machine like Patxi is an eternity ). We wish him well on a speedy and full recovery. Below is an email Patxi sent us describing the injury... [READ MORE]
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