About this episode

The episode discusses the latest developments in board climbing with insights from industry veterans.

Boards have become a unique discipline and culture within climbing, so we created a recurring podcast focused on the latest things happening in board climbing and what it means for our sport from industry veterans and board lovers: Michael Rosato from Tension Climbing, Max Zolotukhin from Sickos Social Club, and Joshua Horsley the host of Testpiece. Patreon Bonus Content (join Patreon for extended cut): Discontinuing the TB1How to convince a gym owner to buy a board SHOW NOTES: Sickos Social...

People in this episode

Host: Joshua Horsley

Guests: Michael Rosato, Max Zolotukhin

Topics covered

• board climbing
• climbing culture
• industry insights
• gym ownership
• climbing boards

Keywords

• board climbing
• climbing culture
• Tension Climbing
• Sickos Social Club
• gym ownership
• TB2
• belay board
• Kilter situation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Tension Climbing, Sickos Social Club

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