Board Talk #12 — The TB2 Expansion, The World’s Best Board Climber, and The Case For Full Crimping with Ben Burkhalter and Michael Rosato

About this episode

The episode discusses the latest developments in board climbing with industry veterans Ben Burkhalter and Michael Rosato.

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, Ben Burkhalter, and Joshua Horsley the host of Testpiece. Patreon Bonus Content (join Patreon for extended cut): What happened to The Red Board?Why are spray walls disappearing?The rules of board climbing SHOW NOTES: “How Soon...

People in this episode

Host: Joshua Horsley

Guests: Ben Burkhalter, Michael Rosato

Topics covered

• board climbing
• climbing culture
• TB2 expansion
• full crimping
• climbing industry

Keywords

• board climbing
• TB2 expansion
• full crimping
• climbing culture
• Tension Climbing

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Tension Climbing

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