Wheel Rock Board Talk #9 With Noah AND Benn Wheeler — Adam Ondra Destroys the TB2, The Most Controversial V15, and Setting For Lord Boards

About this episode

The episode discusses the latest developments in board climbing, featuring insights from industry veterans Noah and Benn Wheeler.

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: Noah Wheeler, Benn Wheeler, and Joshua Horsley. Patreon Bonus Content (join Patreon for extended cut): Noah’s biggest lesson from his injuryWhat are the defining characteristics of the British board style?How to address elitism in the climbing community and between...

People in this episode

Guests: Noah Wheeler, Benn Wheeler

Topics covered

• board climbing
• climbing culture
• British board style
• elitism in climbing
• Adam Ondra
• V15 controversy

Keywords

• board climbing
• Adam Ondra
• TB2
• V15
• climbing community
• British board style
• elitism

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: TB2, Lord Boards

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