Journal

The Journal is dedicated to the sports and people that make Black Diamond what it is.

  • Tuesday, September 6, 2011

    VIDEO: Black Diamond Equipment's 2011/12 ski development, design and testing

    A massive amount of effort and innovation has gone into our new line of Freeride Series skis . Watch the video here as we take you through all of the the crucial steps from CAD design to prototyping to field testing to manufacturing to quality assurance testing.   [READ MORE]

  • Wednesday, September 7, 2011

    BD athlete Sam Elias reports on climbing and traveling in Europe—PART 4

    Black Diamond athlete Sam Elias finishes off his four-part European travel updates with the below recap that finally finds Sam doing what he set off to do: climb! The four different reports Sam sent in do a great job of showing the unpredictable and exciting ride that international travel can provide. Thanks for the updates, Sam! I... [READ MORE]

  • Thursday, September 8, 2011

    BD athlete Adam Ondra wraps up his trip to Rocklands, South Africa

    Black Diamond athlete Adam Ondra recently returned from his bouldering trip to Rocklands, South Africa and sent us this final report. Not surprisingly, it sounds like he had one hell of trip! [Working out the moves of Livin' Large (8C) on toprope.) Psyche was high after the ascent of Monkey Wedding . The other hardcore line in... [READ MORE]

  • Friday, September 9, 2011

    Winger For The Weekend #106

    There are a lot of weird competitive sports out there (remember Winger #98 ?), but Winger For The Weekend #106 has to rank near the top. Jala Neti Racing?! Really?! If this Winger isn't a viral marketing hoax than an appearance in the Olympics can't be far off...   [READ MORE]

  • Monday, September 12, 2011

    VIDEO PROFILE: BD athlete Alex Honnold 5.13 sport climbing at Phalanx of Will, Arizona

    Black Diamond athlete Alex Honnold hooked up with us down at the Phalanx of Will, a unique sport climbing tower/crag in the Arizona Strip, just outside of Saint George, Utah. Besides bagging a bunch of pitches, Honnold sat down with us and discussed a bevy of topics, including stalkers at restaurants and the joys of clipping fixed quickdraws.... [READ MORE]

  • Wednesday, September 14, 2011

    BD athlete Nalle Hukkataival bouldering in Grampians, Australia

    BD athlete Nalle Hukkataival is down in Australia right now, bouldering his brains out on the sweet stone of the Grampians. He posted the following report recently on his blog, along with a couple of great photos from Keith Ladzinski, who is down there shadowing Nalle and documenting the sendage for an upcoming video for Black Diamond. Stay... [READ MORE]

  • Thursday, September 15, 2011

    Winger for the Weekend #107

    Anime, terrible boy band music, dorm-room-style computer camera footage - Winger for the Weekend #107 has it all. But how do they do it? Have a great weekend.   [READ MORE]

  • Wednesday, September 21, 2011

    BD athlete Chris Schulte bouldering in Magic Wood, Switzerland

    Black Diamond athlete Chris Schulte put together this quick video of him sending some classic granite blocs (and nabbing a nice FA, as well) in Switzerland's famed Magic Wood.   [READ MORE]

  • Thursday, September 22, 2011

    BD athletes Alex Honnold, Sonnie Trotter and Kyle Dempster featured in Alpinist 35

    Black Diamond athletes Alex Honnold , Sonnie Trotter and Kyle Dempster are all over Alpinist #35, which is out on newsstands now. Honold is the focus of an insightful feature, while Trotter and Dempster both penned their own articles on Squamish and Mount Edgar, respectively. All three articles make up one of the best issues of Alpinist... [READ MORE]

  • Thursday, September 22, 2011

    Winger for the Weekend #108

    Not only is this weekend's Winger hilarious in its own right (and eerily reminiscent of Winger for the Weekend #57 ), but the way in which the footage reached the interwebs is equally classic. Apparently the featured rollerblader filmed himself skating around to a homemade panpipe soundtrack, and left the footage at his buddy's... [READ MORE]

  • Monday, September 26, 2011

    BD athlete Paul Robinson bouldering first ascents near Cape Town, South Africa

    Black Diamond athlete Paul Robinson ventured down to South Africa again this past July/August, but this time—rather than revisit Rocklands—decided to devote his energies into developing new problems near Cape Town. Here's the video he made of some of the sweetest FAs he pulled off during his trip. [READ MORE]

  • Wednesday, September 28, 2011

    BD athlete Nalle Hukkataival wraps up his bouldering trip to Grampians, Australia

    BD athlete Nalle Hukkataival has just wrapped up his bouldering trip to Australia’s Grampians and sent us the follow report and photos. Sounds like he really scored on the trip and developed some amazing new problems! We sent ace lensman Keith Ladzinski down to Australia to document Nalle’s first-ascent action and he came back with a ton... [READ MORE]

  • Friday, September 30, 2011

    Winger for the Weekend #109

    Think you're a real tough mountain man? Well you've got nothing on the star of Winger for the Weekend #109. Crossing swollen rivers, saving babies and punching cougars in the face - this guy is a real-deal American hero. You just don't mess with a guy on a buffalo. Have a great weekend.   [READ MORE]

  • Wednesday, September 21, 2011

    VIDEO: BD athlete Chris Schulte bouldering in Magic Wood, Switzerland

    Black Diamond athlete Chris Schulte put together this quick report and video of him sending some classic granite blocs (and nabbing a nice FA, as well) in Switzerland's famed Magic Wood. A two-month stretch in Font comes to a close pretty quick, despite how full it sounds, and we decided to extend our tickets another month to take... [READ MORE]