About this episode

The episode features a discussion with Michael Rosato and Quinn Spadafora about the culture of board climbing and insights from Board Lords 10.

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 and Quinn Spadafora from Tension, and Joshua Horsley the host of Testpiece. *Patreon Bonus Content (join https://www.patreon.com/testpiece for extended cut):* - How you can attend Board Lords - Was there a 3rd climb prepared for Bord Lords 10? - Mi...

People in this episode

Host: Joshua Horsley

Guests: Michael Rosato, Quinn Spadafora

Topics covered

• board climbing
• climbing culture
• Board Lords
• Tension
• climbing industry

Keywords

• board climbing
• Board Lords
• Michael Rosato
• Quinn Spadafora
• climbing industry
• Tension
• climbing culture

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Tension

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