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In-Depth Tech Video: Control Shock Technology
Get in-depth with Control Shock Technology (CST): Black Diamond’s industry-leading trekking pole shock system. Tor Brown, Trekking Pole Line Manager, explains the inner workings of CST. [READ MORE]
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How-to Video: Glove Sizing
Think you know your glove size? Maybe, maybe not. Learn how to measure the exact glove size for your hand. [READ MORE]
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HOW-TO VIDEO: AvaLung Packs
There are four essentials items to your snow-safety kit: beacon, probe, shovel, AvaLung . If you are buried in an avalanche an AvaLung can significantly extend your fresh air supply. Watch this video to learn the basics of your AvaLung pack. How-to Video: Using a Black Diamond AvaLung Pack from Black Diamond... [READ MORE]
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How-to Video: Trimming your Fall 2010 Skins
If you have a new pair of our Fall 2010 skins with STS, watch this video to learn how to properly set'em up—cut the skins to length, attach the adjustable tip loop, trim the skins to match your skis’ sidecut and adjust the tip loop. [IMPORTANT NOTE: If you have STS skins that are pre-Fall 09, follow the instructions that come with the... [READ MORE]
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Black Diamond's 16th Annual Fundraiser for the Utah Avalanche Center
Thursday, September 17, 2009 is the unofficial precursor to ski season along the Wasatch! Join Black Diamond and Uinta Brewing for an evening of Mexican food, drinks, music and a silent auction to support the Utah Avalanche Center. Event is outdoors, and will be held rain, snow or shine! You must be 21 to attend, or accompanied by an... [READ MORE]
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8th Annual Climb4Life Salt Lake presented by Black Diamond
The 8th Annual HERA Women's Cancer Foundation Climb4Life hosted by Black Diamond Equipment will be held September 17-20 in Salt Lake City. The event, part of a national series that raises money for ovarian cancer research and awareness initiatives, roped in more than $100,000 last year! Join HERA as we bring together men, women and teens to... [READ MORE]
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Yosemite Facelift 2009
The Sixth Annual Yosemite Facelift will take place from September 23-27, 2009. It's a park-wide volunteer trash cleanup event. All participants are rewarded with a free daily raffle and evening programs. The National Park Service partners with the Yosemite Climbing Association by offering free entrance to the Park and free camping.... [READ MORE]
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Fourth Annual 24 Hours of Horseshoe Hell
2009 marks the fourth annual 24 Hours of Horseshoe Hell . This year’s weekend of fun will kick off on September 25-27th, 2009 , and promises to be the biggest and best yet. Hell is an endurance style climbing competition held at the ever popular Horseshoe Canyon Ranch near Jasper, Arkansas. Teams of two partner up and take to the... [READ MORE]
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Carabiner Testing Video
Our QA team breaks hundreds of biners a year during the design and manufacturing process. This video illustrates the three different configurations we use when pull-testing our carabiners; closed gate, open gate and minor axis. In addition to these batch tests every single carabiner is tested to one half of it's rated strength.... [READ MORE]
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BD athlete Chuck Fryberger reports on his recent trip to Rocklands
Chuck Fryberger is one of Black Diamond's most motivated and devoted boulderers (not to mention an accomplished filmmaker). He has returned season after to season to South Africa's Rocklands, climbing and filming every day, and this year yielded another great adventure. Below is a report from Chuck along with some photos. If I... [READ MORE]
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BD athlete Drew Stoecklein ripping it in South America——Dispatch #4
Black Diamond ski athlete Drew Stoecklein is spending six weeks skiing in South America, hitting the mountains in search of steep lines, blower pow and a cultural adventure. He will be providing us with weekly updates on his travels, complete with photos from the slopes. Here is Drew's fourth dispatch, this time after a competition in Las... [READ MORE]
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New 2009/10 Black Diamond skis profiled on Powder Magazine TV
The crew at Powder Magazine grabbed our Ski Hardgoods Manager, Thomas Laakso, for a quick preview of Black Diamond's latest and greatest skis for 2009/10. Check'em out in the video and then go to our Ski page to get even more info and buy them online or find a dealer near you. [READ MORE]
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Winger For The Weekend #9
It is with great joy and celebration that we present Winger For The Week #9, courtesy of Laurel Hunter and her refusal to be refused. Laurel is a graphic designer in BD's marketing department and she's been steadfastly sending us Winger candidates for the past two months. None have made the cut for various reasons (too serious, too... [READ MORE]
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Example #1398 why wearing a helmet is a good idea
Need another reason to wear a helmet ? Check out this email and photo we received from a climber in Portland, Oregon. Good thing he had his Tracer on! From: Lew Scholl Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 4:12 PM To: bdmo@bdel.com Subject: Savior Hemet I thought you guys might want to see pictures of the helmet that saved my... [READ MORE]
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CLIMB SMART Climber's Gathering, October 23-25, 2009, Joshua Tree National Park, California
CLIMB SMART Climber's Gathering, October 23-25, 2009, Joshua Tree National Park, California Kick off the Joshua Tree climbing season with Black Diamond Athlete/Patagonia Ambassador Brittany Griffith and Patagonia Ambassador Ron Kauk. They and other notable climbers, as well as AMGA guides from Wilderness Outings, will offer clinics for all... [READ MORE]
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BD athlete Jacqui Edgerly wins South American Freeskiing Championship at La Parva, Chile
JACQUI EDGERLY WINS THE NORTH FACE SOUTH AMERICAN FREESKIING CHAMPIONSHIPS PRESENTED BY SMIRNOFF From flip-flops to powder, world’s best freeskiers pioneer exciting new lines on McConkey’s venue at La Parva, Chile, during the first stop of the 2010 Subaru Freeskiing World Tour La Parva, Chile, September 5, 2009 —During the First... [READ MORE]
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BD athlete Nico Favresse and team make 5.13 A1 ascent in Baffin Island
Nico Favresse has been sending us sporadic reports from his two-month expedition to Baffin Island (read updates #1 , #2 , #3 , #4 and #5 ) and has now just returned with great news of a near all-free 5.13 A1 ascent of the 850-meter west face of Mount Asgard. Favresse, teamed with his brother Olivier, Sean Villanueva and Stephane... [READ MORE]
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Abond climbing in the limestone paradise of Yangshuo, China
Liuyong Bang (aka, Abond) calls sport-climbing mega-zone Yangshuo, China his home and with all that primo limestone around it's no surprise he's become one of Asia's strongest climbers with a host of 5.14 ascents to his credit. Check out this video Mike Call and Boone Speed made of Abond sending in Yangshuo. Abond... [READ MORE]
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Big airs, tight trees and crazy deep powder action——BD athlete Zack Giffin's POV ski video
Black Diamond ski athlete Zack Giffin is all about style, be it huge airs, blower pow or shooting POV video. This ski video he made from last year's epic season up in the Pacific Northwest has all three. Enjoy. BD athlete Zach Giffin's POV ski video from Black Diamond Equipment on Vimeo . [READ MORE]
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BD athletes Dylan Johnson, Colin Haley and Josh Wharton attempt north ridge of Latok 1
This past summer a trio of Black Diamond alpinists, Dylan Johnson, Colin Haley and Josh Wharton attempted to make the first ascent of the coveted north ridge of Latok 1 (7145 m) in Pakistan's Karakorum Range. Immense in length and difficulties, the north ridge is a stunning unclimbed gem and has become one of the most sought after first... [READ MORE]
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Winger For The Weekend #10
The coveted spot for Winger #10 has gone to the three-headed BD monster Tina Nardi who works in our retail store in SLC as well as wrangles sales samples and serves as the yoga dominatrix for BD's 6:45am employee yoga class. With all that work we're not sure how she had time to troll YouTube for this video, but we're guessing that after... [READ MORE]
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BD employees explore world's highest via ferrata in Borneo
In mid-August 2009 three Black Diamond Quality Assurance Engineers, Nick Rueff, Jimmy Basler and Andy Merriman, made a side-trip from working at BD Asia to Borneo's Mount Kinabalu, home to the world's highest via ferrata. Below is the excellent trip report and photos Nick sent us upon returning Stateside. (Since Jimmy, Nick and Andy argue... [READ MORE]
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Playing in the Paine—Dave Turner's wild rides in Patagonia
In 2009 I was fortunate enough to tag a few new summits in the Paine region of southern Patagonia. My original intention was to solo a new big wall route on the South Tower, but after sustaining a pretty bad tendon injury on a few smaller climbs, I was forced to eliminate the big wall climbing, and try a few different peaks instead. There... [READ MORE]
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Flakes: the latest ski film from Powderwhore
The crew at Powderwhore have cranked out another stunning ski film for 2009/10, this one titled Flakes. Full of epic pow that's sure to get you frothing for the white room, Flakes is your must-see ski flick of 2010. Watch the full teaser here and go to their website to find showtimes and locations. ... [READ MORE]
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BD employee Kolin Powick tackles the north face of Canada's Mount Temple
Black Diamond’s Director of Quality, Kolin Powick , felt he needed some alpine fun so he recruited his buddy, Matt Steward from SLC and blasted back to his Canadian homeland for a quick fix. Their objective: the Greenwood/Jones on the north face of Mount Temple. Below is the trip report and photos KP sent us upon is happy return to his... [READ MORE]
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Winger For The Weekend #11
Winger #11 comes from the Marketing Department's Randy Hankins (aka Rando, aka The Randmeister) who was narrowly edged out last week by the beer dominoes . Rando's nominee survived the cut this week, though, and, hey, look at that... it even involves climbing! (But none that we would recommend trying...) The video's key footage is around the... [READ MORE]
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Cheapest, most ghetto crampon ever?
Pep Olle, our sales agent in Spain, sent us the following email and photos of what has to be the cheapest, most ghetto crampon set-up ever. From: Pep Olle Subject: worst crampon Date: Donnerstag, 17. September 2009 16:33 Hello, I met two Argentinians on the way to Aneto—the highest summit in the Pyrenees. There... [READ MORE]
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BD athlete Jacqui Edgerly reports on her win at the South American Freeskiing Championship
I finally arrived in La Parva, Chile after driving up 45 curvas from Santiago, where the cherry blossoms were blooming and the green grass was on the rise. I put on my skis and headed up the hill. The snow was nasty, cheese grater and bulletproof! It hadn’t snowed in a week or two and the temperatures had been in the 60s and now had dropped... [READ MORE]
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BD athlete Toni Lamprecht makes an 8a multi-pitch first ascent in France's Verdon Gorge
During August/September 2009, Black Diamond athlete Toni Lamprecht teamed up with Uli Strunz and Benno Wagner and spent several weeks in the Gorge du Verdon with the target to establish a first ascent on one of the amazing limestone walls in this area in the south of France. The result is Le Vieux et la Mer ("Old Man and the Sea"),... [READ MORE]
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BD athlete Drew Stoecklein ripping it in South America—Dispatch #5
Black Diamond ski athlete Drew Stoecklein is spending six weeks skiing in South America, hitting the mountains in search of steep lines, blower pow and a cultural adventure. He will be providing us with weekly updates on his travels, complete with photos from the slopes. Here is Drew's fifth dispatch: (Read Drew's previous dispatches... [READ MORE]
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8th annual HERA Climb4Life recap
From September 18-20 2009, Black Diamond hosted the 8th Annual HERA Climb4Life in Salt Lake City, Utah and I’m super stoker I was a part of it this year! Volunteers, participants and pro climbers from all over the country (and some even from other countries) met in Salt Lake City to raise some major dough for ovarian cancer research.... [READ MORE]
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Winger For The Weekend #12
It was a struggle to wade through the dozen or so candidates for Winger #12 that have been sent to us over the past five days. What did we want? Funny? Weird? Sports? Music? Animation? Naked midgets wrestling in a vat of pudding? We had them all to choose from. In the end we went for this little vid, a sweet little toe-tappin' number (sent to... [READ MORE]
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