The VooDoo Climbing Blog: July 2007

7/28/07

Scott's Road Bike

Here are some photos of Scott's new hand built steel road bike built out to 18 pounds. Frank did an excellent job - his next frame is a cross bike for Cici.

7/19/07

Wilene (Frank's Mom) just made a small batch of these new VooDoo totes & I'm almost out of stock! I found some cool discontinued retro fabrics a couple of months ago & we thought they would be perfect for our new bags. They're lined with a tough golf bag lining material - If you're interested drop me a line gina@voodooholds.com
Once these fabrics are gone, that's it - they're gone. I'll have to keep shopping around for cool fabrics - it's a tough job, but someone has to do it!

Okay, it's 7-23 and our new totes are sold out! - a couple of Shops in Flagstaff still have some in stock - Vertical Relief Climbing Gym 928-556-9909 & Mountain Sports Downtown 928-226-7233

When our next batch is ready I'll post it here.

7/16/07

Pics

Photos from a recent visit to the Priest & Howard's Draw. I'm not sure why we haven't spent more time at Howards - this is the first time any of us had been to the Whale Shark Arete & Schlotzkys roof - fun, fun, fun!

All Photos by Roxanna Brock

Rich

Champ

Jeff

Frank

Gina R.

Rich

Gina N.

Gina R.

Frank

All Photos by Roxanna Brock

7/10/07

Today in the VooDoo Workshop... Beer Cozies!!!

Yup, we just can't let anything go to waste around here. Our dilema - what do we do with our left over foam & tiny pieces of scrap fabric??? Keep our beer cold in style!

And if you're bored at work - check this out http://www.myscienceproject.org/beer.html

7/9/07

Roxanna Brock Slide Show & Fundraiser

Roxanna & Rich did a cool slide show at our local climbing gym Vertical Relief on Saturday night. Lots of awesome photos from their recent Honeymoon trip to a cool limestone crag in Turkey! There was a big turnout and the show was amazing... I think everyone in the room that night wants to plan a trip to Turkey.

Roxanna had a great idea to host a fundraising raffle at her slide show for the Northern Arizona Climbers Coalition. The NACC has been MIA for a while but a bunch of motivated locals are trying to revitalize the NACC with hopes to bring our local climbing community together - the raffle raised $90.00 - pretty good for our first fundraiser! Thanks to everyone who participated in the slideshow & raffle, many thanks to Roxanna & Rich for the great idea & generous raffle prizes... a couple of Mad Rock Harnesses, Black Diamond Tees, Patagonia Capeline, Vegas Limestone Guidebooks, VooDoo Tees & Chalk Bags - to name a few. Thanks To everyone at Vertical Relief, you guys are the best! Vertical Relief will be hosting a Slide show or Climbing Movie the Saturday after every "Flagstaff First Friday Art Walk".

getting warmed up for the show

7/3/07

Bike Building

So this is what Frank has been up to lately - building a custom road bike frame for Scott W. Pretty cool stuff - dropped the finished frame off at the powder coater this morning - I can't wait to see it all put together!

A few VooDoo Innovations

Environmentally Responsible
The original environmentally responsible urethane climbing hold: VooDoo holds are made with a bombproof semi elastic mix. Our specially formulated polyurethane mix is non TDI, non mercury and our pigments are lead free, creating a safer climbing hold for the buyer and the manufacturer. After 15 years of working with urethanes and understanding all of the benefits we’re happy to see other hold companies are finally switching to urethanes.

Pure Base Technology
VooDoo created a unique manufacturing process that allows us to laminate a pure, semi-flexible base (comparable to the consistency of a modern skateboard wheel) to the standard core material of our holds. The advantages:
*Semi-flexible base adjusts to the surface contours of climbing walls
*Softer base creates more friction between the hold and the wall, dramatically reducing spinning holds.
*Improves the safety and durability of our holds by allowing the edge of the hold to flex rather than chip off and create ugly and sometimes dangerous sharp edges.
*Pure Base does not alter the shape or the texture of the climbing hold, and has been tested to withstand the common cleaning solutions used by climbing gyms across the country.

Dual Texture holds
VooDoo was the first to create dual texture holds and we are still the best at it. The slick texture forces the climber to use the textured gripping surface on the hold which requires more accuracy. Dual texture holds are many course setters’ favorites because they make it difficult to cheat a move.

Hollow Back holds
VooDoo revolutionized the hold industry by inventing the hollow back hold. The hollow backs make our holds lightweight and easier to handle while setting routes. By using less material we keep the cost of the hold and shipping down.

Sliding bolts
Another VooDoo innovation, with a sliding bolt there are more options to use existing t nut locations, allowing you to slide the bolt where you need it. Two attachment points make it so the bigger holds can’t spin.