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The Mountain ACademy goes into Round 2!
The Mountain Academy 2, a special Alpinism workshop which is organized by Mountain Hardware in close cooperation with Black Diamond, goes into Round 2. The Mountain Academy 2, a European project, offers young and motivated teams of alpinists the possibility to demonstrate their diverse mountaineering... [READ MORE]
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VIDEO #2: BD athlete Drew Stoecklein's summit-to-sea expedition in Alaska's Brooks Range
Black Diamond athlete Drew Stoecklein teamed up with Griffin Post, Andre Sommer, and Anthony Bonello for a month-long expedition to Alaska's Brooks Range. The goal: descend never-before-skied peaks and then raft hundreds of miles out to the Chuki Sea. The video below is the second of a three-part series. To watch the first video,... [READ MORE]
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VIDEO: BD athlete James Kassay on Mana (V13), Grampians, Australia
Black Diamond athlete James Kassay has been on a tear lately in the Grampians of Australia. The V13 power problem Mana was his latest big-digit tick and this video showcases the problem's quality moves and bullet stone. [READ MORE]
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VIDEO #3: BD athlete Drew Stoecklein's summit-to-sea expedition in Alaska's Brooks Range
Black Diamond athlete Drew Stoecklein teamed up with Griffin Post, Andre Sommer, and Anthony Bonello for a month-long expedition to Alaska's Brooks Range. The goal: descend never-before-skied peaks and then raft hundreds of miles out to the Chuki Sea. The video below is the third of a three-part series. To watch the first video,... [READ MORE]
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FREERIDE ESPANA: Martin Webrant and Reine Barkered rip it up in the Pyrenees of Spain
Here at Black Diamond it’s all about the down. That’s why we are psyched to have skiers like Reine Barkered and Martin Webrant on our team. All year these guys are on the freeride prowl to find tasty powder and big, high-speed lines—ideal riders to highlight in our 2010 Freeride brochure, especially after they rallied down to Spain... [READ MORE]
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Winger For The Weekend #60
This WInger For The Weekend #60 comes from our photo editor, Sandra Gnandt, who sent it to us on her way out the door to get married and honeymoon in Kauai for two weeks. We're not sure what sorts of romance and recreation her soon-to-be husband Judd has planned for their Hawaiian getaway, but he better not piss her off—especially if she's... [READ MORE]
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QC Lab: Daisy chain dangers
QC LAB—Daisy chain dangers I see it all the time. People at the cliff with one or two daisy chains girth hitched to their belay loop or tie-in points, and using them as a personal anchor system when at an anchor. Wrong. Dangerously wrong. Lets be clear: You should NOT be using a daisy chain to anchor yourself to a belay. Daisy chains... [READ MORE]
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Winger For The Weekend #61
If ever there was ever a dude that personified the Winger For The Weekend, it would have to be Sir David Hasselfhoff. The guy is a global mega-baller who has ridden the roller coaster of celebrity-ism to unprecedented notoriety. Night Rider, Baywatch, German pop singles, rehab, failed rehab, rehab again, The Hoff has been/done/seen it all.... [READ MORE]
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BD athletes Kate Rutherford and Jasmin Caton report on their Greenland expedition
Black Diamond athletes Jasmin Caton and Kate Rutherford traveled to southern Greenland last month on a climbing expedition to the famed Tasermiut Fjord, home to a host of stunning 1,500-2,000-foot granite big walls. Rutherford and Caton both wrote up great reports from their three-week trip, and we decide to post them both along with photos.... [READ MORE]
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BD athlete Liuyong Bang repeats Spicy Noodle (8c+), Yangshuo, China
Black Diamond athlete Liuyong Bang (aka, Abond) recently made the second ascent of China's hardest sport climb, Spicy Noodle (8c+) at the White Mountain cliff outside of Yangshuo, home of the Yangshuo Climbing Festival . Shortly after his redpoint, Abond sent us the following email and photos. From: abond Subject: I... [READ MORE]
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VIDEO: BD athlete Roy Schott goes big in New Zealand
Black Diamond athlete and New Zealander Roy Schott sent us the following POV video he made to show what winter is like down at New Zealand's Cragieburn after 40 centimeters of overnight pow. Sick! [READ MORE]
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VIDEO: BD athlete Paul Robinson bouldering in the Rocklands of South Africa
Black Diamond athlete Paul Robinson recently wrapped up his trip to the Rocklands of South Africa, where he ticked off a host of hard problems, including the first repeat of Monkey Wedding , a V15 established by fellow BD athlete and bouldering icon, Fred Nicole . Below is a short video Robinson put together of a couple of sweet looking... [READ MORE]
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Binding mounting specs for 2010/2011 Black Diamond skis
Click here to download a PDF that details the binding mounting specs for all of Black Diamond's 2010/2011 skis. If you have any questions about mounting bindings on our skis, put down the drill, send them an email to: ski@blackdiamond.eu Archives: Click here to download a PDF that details the binding... [READ MORE]
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Winger For The Weekend #62
Uhhhh... WTF? We've seem some pretty weird Wingers in the past, but this has got to be the weirdest Winger ever. [READ MORE]
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Winger For The Weekend #63
This Winger For The Weekend all started when our technical illustrator, Mike Tea, sent us a talking cat video. Then our graphic designer, Crystal Bruner Harris, sent us one titled "baby monkey riding backwards on a pig" (the soundtrack to which was immediately made into ringtones). Next thing you knew, everyone on the westside of the Marketing... [READ MORE]
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SKI HERE NOW — Webisode #0
This coming winter season marks the debut of Black Diamond's Ski Here Now, a three-part webisode that takes a Zen look at skiing in the big mountains of Europe, featuring Black Diamond skiers in France and Switzerland. The Ski Here Now webisodes will be released in November, December and January exclusively in the Black Diamond Journal.... [READ MORE]
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TRIGLAV IN WINTER: A PROPER BEAST — Marko Prezelj on Slovenian alpinism
Marko Prezelj detests what he calls “tasty talk”. Tasty talk is bullshit. Marko doesn’t want to hear superlatives or extraneous babble when he’s climbing. He’s a dedicated alpinist from the heart of the Slovenian Alps who is straight-edge serious about his climbing and his gear. A bit hard-lined? To the uninitiated or uncommitted,... [READ MORE]
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Climbing legend Kurt Albert dies in via ferrata accident
On the evening of September 28, the climbing world lost another legend with the passing of Kurt Albert, renowned expedition rock climber and originator of the “rotpunkt” (redpoint) philosophy. Albert died of injuries suffered in an 18-meter fall from a via ferrata in Bavaria, Germany. He was 56. Albert's influence on the progression of the... [READ MORE]
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