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Winger For The Weekend #46
Juvenile? Yes. Painful even to watch? Absolutely. A perfect Winger for the Weekend? Without a doubt! The two-footed nut-stuffer stomp at 0:26 and the high-impact air-to-handrail-crotch-slammer at 0:44 are probably the most brutal, with the inverted "Star Power" tomahawk-guitar whack attack at 0:31 a close third...... [READ MORE]
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Winger For The Weekend #45
Don't worry if you nicht Deutsch sprechen —even though the guys in this Winger are speaking German, you'll quickly figure out what these rocket surgeons are up to. In preparation for liftoff, please make sure your tray tables and seat backs are in their upright and locked position—and that you've passed your smoke off to your... [READ MORE]
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BD Athlete Chloé Graftiaux reports from Melloblocco 2010
At this year's Melloblocco - the largest Bouldering Event in the world, held in Val di Mello in Northern Italy - Black Diamond was on the scene again, and our athletes displayed top performances. Adam Ondra and Chloé Graftiaux both flashed 7 of the 8 Final Boulder problems, winning their respective catagories. Here's Chloé's report of... [READ MORE]
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BD athlete Eva Walkner makes first descent on Greece's Mount Olympus
This past winter Black Diamond athlete Eva Walkner traveled from her home in Salzburg, Austria to Greece to nab the first descent on Mount Olympus. Below is her trip report and some amazing photos. (all images by Ruedi Flück) With 20kg on our backs, we march for seven hours in the direction of the Christos Kakalos Refuge,... [READ MORE]
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VIDEO: BD athlete James Kassay on Stimulation (8B), Hollow Mountain Cave, Grampians
James Kassay sent us this video of his recent repeat of Stimulation, an 8B roof problem he made the first ascent of in 2004 at the Grampians' famed Hollow Mountain Cave. Check out the super-tech beta! [READ MORE]
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BD athlete Raphael Slawinski interview and mixed climbing video
Black Diamond athlete Raphael Slawinski is one of Canada’s most accomplished climbers—from ice to rock to mixed funk in the alpine, Raph tackles it all with skill, precision and power. So what makes this Polish-born physics professor tick? Photographer John Dickey spent a weekend with Slawinski, filming him mixed climbing and recording an... [READ MORE]
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VIDEO: BD athlete Alex Honnold on Clash of the Titans (5.13a), Tuolumne Meadows, California
Black Diamond athlete Alex Honnold was filmed making an ascent of the knob-peppered Clash of the Titans (5.13a) in Tuolumne Meadows, California by Kevin Jaramillo (as part of Jaramillo's current film project). This high quality clip provides some great insight into Honnold's life philosophy, as well as shows how cryptic 5.13 knob pimping... [READ MORE]
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VIDEO: BD athlete Nalle Hukkataival bouldering in Finland
Black Diamond athlete Nalle Hukkataival is from Finland and even though his global travels don't leave him much time in his homeland, he has managed to discover and establish some amazing problem hidden in the forests of Finland. Here's an excerpt from Chuck Fryberger's latest film Core that showcases Nalle bouldering on some of Finland's... [READ MORE]
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VIDEO: BD athlete Justin Wood bouldering in Fontainebleau, France
BD athlete Justin Wood spent a month bouldering in Fontainebleau, France and sent us this great clip that showcases some amazing problems. [READ MORE]
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VIDEO: BD athlete Christian Bless big mountain tele skiing in Alaska
Black Diamond athlete Christian Bless filmed this POV footage during a spring trip to the Chugach with Alaska Backcountry Adventures and enst it to us along with this report. Sensational snow, breathtaking peaks, blue ice, smiling ski bums and a helicopter… isn’t this every freeriders dream? My dream of skiing in Alaska came true... [READ MORE]
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BD athlete Steve Romeo reports on a ski mountaineering day in the Teton backcountry
Black Diamond athlete Steve Romeo lives in the Tetons—literally. He has a house in Jackson, Wyoming and spends pretty much every day he's at home exploring the backcountry for hidden stashes and forgotten goods. Recently he ventured into the northern part of the range and came back with a great story and photos of a big day of ski... [READ MORE]
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BD athlete Nalle Hukkataival reports on sport-climbing trip to Spain and bouldering in Finland
Black Diamond athlete Nalle Hukkataival spent some time this spring sport climbing in northern Spain, where he managed a handful of enduro 8b+ and 8c’s. It seems as though he’s also found a crazy-hard new bouldering project in his native Finland. Nalle sent us the following report and photos of his recent travels and discoveries. A... [READ MORE]
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All-new Gizmo and Wiz headlamps now available
All-new for Spring 2010, the Wiz and Gizmo headlamps have been redesigned with fresh colors, innovative features and more power. These new headlamps are available now, so get'em while they are hot! The Gizmo is an at-the-ready headlamp with three SinglePower LEDs emitting 24 lumens for go-anywhere lighting. It has on/off/strobe... [READ MORE]
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Winger For The Weekend #44
Here's not one but TWO Wingers For The Weekend—both cartoons, both pretty damn weird (one of which was made by the same geniuses behind Charlie The Unicorn and sent in by The King—aka, Jeff Maudlin , who runs BD customer service and mail order). We were weirded out by them both so much we figured it was best to share them with everyone... [READ MORE]
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The Birth of Black Diamond 2.0
To our Friends, Partners, Retailers, Consumers and Vendors Dear Friends of Black Diamond This is a milestone day for Black Diamond. When we founded this company, we wanted to build great products to maximize the enjoyment and safety of the sports we love so much. More, we wanted to build a company that reflected,... [READ MORE]
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VIDEO: BD athlete Steve Romeo skis southeast face of Middle Teton
Black Diamond athlete Steve Romeo recently sent us this video that documents his wild descent down the steep southeast face of Middle Teton. [READ MORE]
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BD athlete Barbara Zangerl reports on recent 8b and 8b+ sends in Austria
Black Diamond athlete Barbara “Babsi” Zangerl has been cranking all spring at the sport crags of Austria and managed to pull off a couple of highlight 8b and 8b+ ascents. Below is her report and some photos. The entire forest in Neiderthai is scattered with various-shaped, very high boulders with lots of potential and really nice... [READ MORE]
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BD Employee Lorenzo Bagordo reports from his trip to Albarracin, Spain
Lorenzo took some time off and flew to Spain, where he spent a few days in Albarracin in a super-nice Bouldering area. Below is his report and some photos: It's been two years since my first trip to Albarracin, and then it was clear to me that ‘I'll be back. Mother Nature almost ruined my plans, as the volcanic ash from... [READ MORE]
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QC Lab: Strength of a worn belay loop and when to retire a harness
The following QC Lab was originally posted a few years back on the old BD website after Todd Skinner died in Yosemite when his belay loop broke. I feel belay-loop strength is still a relevant subject and wanted to bring it back to everyone’s attention, especially since I still get emails from people asking me about belay loop strengths and... [READ MORE]
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Winger For The Weekend #46
Here’s seven more reasons why the inter-web is the ultimate Winger-hunting playground. The first video is the real thing, a clip from the 1970s of Edward Hill, a Soviet-era vocalist (celebrated as the “Honored Artist of the USSR” in 1968 and “People’s Artist of the USSR” in 1974), making a horribly lip-sync’d mouth music rendition... [READ MORE]
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