The VooDoo Climbing Blog: Sloperfest 2007

3/7/07

Sloperfest 2007 - Horse Pens 40

Horse Pens was awesome! It was our first trip there & we had a great time!

Over 500 people attended the 2nd annual Sloperfest Climbing Comp & Music Festival in Steele Alabama. The event raised over $5000 to split between 3 charities - The http://www.seclimbers.org/ , Children's Hospital-Birmingham, and Chandler Mountain Volunteer Fire Department.

Our fabulous host, Josh Reyes took 2nd place in the Iron man competition climbing 54 problems and racking up 20,293 points. After all that climbing He still managed to give us a tour of the classic problems on Sunday.

Everyone was super friendly – seriously, the BEST vibes - we made lots of new friends - The food was yummy, the music was great & the bouldering was AMAZING! Your feet really stick on this rock and you can’t believe the Slopers!

The party was a PARTAY. We brought a delicious keg of Sweetwater IPA – which we ran out of way too soon. Next year we have to bring more beer! We’re planning at least one more trip this fall – but we’re going to have to stay a lot longer – way too much fun for just a weekend!!!!

Flying in on the red eye - Birmingham, AL

Setting up the Stage at Horse Pens 40

Sandstone Boulder Heaven!

Lisa on a fun warm up

Frank on the same problem

Comp day - Lisa on Skywalker

Lisa saving a beer for Wills

Josh & Frank heading out for a tour

Working Bum Boy

Frank working Great White

Frank on Bum Boy

Josh topping out on another cool looking problem

On a fun Arete

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.

3/7/07

Sloperfest 2007 - Horse Pens 40

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