Tour de Bloc 8: Gravity

Last week’s comp at the Gravity Climbing Gym was another great Tour de Bloc competition. With head route setter Jody Miall on premise, we knew we could count on him for some really good finals. Thankfully, we had a great turn out for the competition and the finalists gave a great show! Props to Dustin and Stacey for their extremely convincing win this week (wow!). Dustin, we’re already excited for the next leg at True North Climbing in about a week!

Here are a couple of my favourite pictures from the comp. Visit the Tour de Bloc site or my flickr photostream for more pictures.

La compétition de la semaine passée Gravity Climbing Gym fut un autre succès! Avec Jody Miall sur place pour préparer les problèmes finales, on pouvait s’attendre à quelque chose de beau. Plusieurs compétiteurs (et compétitrices) forts se sont bien placés et les finales étaient vraiment le fun! Félicitation à Dustin et Stacey pour leurs belles victoires bien méritées. Dustin, on a déjà très hâte pour la compétiton de True North Climbing dans une semaine.

Voici quelques-unes de mes photos préférées de la compétition. Allez visiter le site du Tour de Bloc ou mon photostream flickr pour plus de photos.

Men

1. Dustin Curtis
2. Mark Button
3. Sebastien Lazure
4. Travis Van Ryn
5. Ayo Sopeju
6. Eric Sethna
7. John Bowles
8. Pete Woods

Women

1. Stacey Weldon
2. Sasha Vince
3. Erin Ford-Zieleniewski
4. Iyma Lamarche
5. Kacy Wilson
6. Eve Switzer

That’s right. That’s the foot hold some of them used as a crimp. Sick!

Tour de Bloc 7: Nationals at Rockhead’s, Day 2

Over the past weekend, we had the chance to hold the National Bouldering Championships at Joe Rockhead’s in Toronto. The finals were really exciting and spectacular (see day 1 for photos of the qualifiers). Here are some of my favourite shots of the finals. Don’t forget to check out my flickr site for even more photos.

In case you didn’t know. The results:

Men’s Finalists	Women’s Finalists
1. Sean McColl 2. Yves Gravelle 3. Terry Paholek 4. Sebastien Lazure 5. Josh Muller 6. John Bowles 7. Tash Zielinski 8. Simon Forget 9. Florent Balsez 10. Dustin Curtis 11. Keith Mackay	1. Clarrie Lam 2. Elise Sethna 3. Melissa Lacasse 4. Stacey Weldon 5. Bonnie de Bruijn 6. Selena Wong 7. Holly Reid 8. Regan Kennedy 9. Kerri Briggs 10. Elizabeth Maltais

Mel working on problem #1.

Bonnie finishing problem #1.

Streched Simon reaching out on problem #2.

Dusting playing Twister

Yves working his abs on problem #5

Tour de Bloc 7: Nationals at Rockhead’s, Day 1

The official full results of the qualifying rounds (along with some cool videos and photos) were posted on the tour de bloc’s facebook page. Go check it out!!

Here are the finalists for tomorrow. Should be a really good one! I’ve posted some of my favourite shots from today below. For the full set of photos, check out my flickr site.

Men’s Finalists	Women’s Finalists
1. Terry Paholek 1. Yves Gravelle 3. Tash Zielinski 4. Sean McColl 5. Sebastien Lazure 6. Josh Muller 7. Dustin Curtis 8. John Bowles 9. Simon Forget 10. Keith Mackay 10. Florent Balsez	1. Stacey Weldon 2. Bonnie de Bruijn 3. Kerri Briggs 4. Clarrie Lam 5. Elise Sethna 6. Melissa Lacasse 7. Selena Wong 8. Holly Reid 9. Regan Kennedy 10. Elizabeth Maltais

Holly on problem #3

Stacey cruising problem #4

Terry working hard on #4

Josh getting ready for the dyno on #4

Tour de Bloc 7: Delire, Eastern Regionals

It’s already been a week since the Tour de Bloc 7’s Eastern regionals. The event was held at Délire in Québec City. Here are some of the shots and results from the competition. I really can’t wait for Nationals at Rockhead’s in Toronto!

Ça fait déjà une semaine depuis la compétition Tour de Bloc Régionale de l’Est. L’événement a pris place au centre d’escalade Délire à Québec. Voici quelques photos et les résultats de la compétition. J’ai vraiment hâte aux Nationaux à Rockhead’s!!

Women’s Open:

1. Stacey Weldon
2. Mélissa Lacasse
3. Holly Reid
4. Bonnie de Bruijn
5. Elizabeth Maltais

Bonnie on problem #1

Mélissa on problem #3

Men’s Open:

1. Dustin Curtis
2. Tash Zielinski
3. Yves Gravelle
4. Sébastien Lazure
5. Florent Balsez

Flo on problem #1

Sébastien on problem #2

Tash cruising problem #3

Dustin finishing up problem #4

Tour De Bloc 7: True North

On the menu for this week’s Photo Monday are some of my best shots from the last leg of the 7th Tour de Bloc. It was held at Toronto’s newest climbing facility: True North. The gym is really impressive! Big spaces, lots of good angles, and very cool textures. It’s definitely worth a visit if you climb in Toronto! The four final problems were set on a huge, spectator-friendly bouldering wall (so cool), and this time around Dustin Curtis teamed up with the tour’s head route-setter, Jody, to set some of the most spectacular problems yet. See for yourself…

Au menu cette semaine pour le Photo Monday: Une sélection de mes meilleurs photos de la dernière compétition du Tour de Bloc (avant les régionaux à Québec). La compétition était au tout nouveau gym d’escalade de Toronto: True North. Le centre d’escalade est vraiment très très bien. Il y a beaucoup d’espace, de beaux angles, et de la super texture sur les murs. Nous avons eu droit à quatre problèmes de finals cette fois-ci, et puisque Dustin Curtis a aidé Jody à ouvrir les problèmes, ils étaient super spéctaculaires! Voyez par vous-même…

Women’s Open Result:

1. Bonnie de Bruijn
2. Iyma Lamarche
3. Marine Cusa

Men’s Open Result:

1. Tash Zielinski
2. Ayo Sopeju
3. Eric Sethna

Bonnie almost sticking the last hold on problem #4. Mind you, this doesn’t properly represent her winning performance (she flashed the first 3 problems!), but it’s a cool shot.

Superman! Again, Ayo did superbly in the finals.

Tash easily finishing up problem #4. This shot is not extra-ordinary, but I wanted to include a shot of Tash in this post because he climbed an amazing final round! In fact, he climbed it so quickly that I couldn’t get a better shot than this one… oh and did you notice the cast on his right ankle?

Chris flying on problem #3. Muzzillo is one of the most chill climbers – and so strong! (He placed 5th).

There are more shots on flickr. Make sure you stop by.

Il y a d’autre photos sur flickr. Allez-voir ça!

Cheers,

Tour De Bloc 7: Gravity

We had a great time in Hamilton for the 7th leg of the Eastern Tour de Bloc 7. Thanks to Jody Mial who came up with a ton of awesome problems!! The finals were particularly well set, perfectly tweaked to accommodate and separate the field. Here are the results and a couple of shots I took during the comp. Enjoy!

Nous avons eu une super compétition Tour de Bloc à Hamilton en fin de semaine. Les problèmes étaient super bien setter, comme d’habitudes, grâce à Jody Mial. Les finales, en particulier, étaient vraiment bien ajustées pour les compétiteurs. Voici les résultats et quelques photos que j’ai pris pendant la compétition!

Women’s Open Result:

1. Bonnie de Bruijn
2. Marine Cusa
3. Iyma Lamarche

Men’s Open Result:

1. Ayo Sopeju
2. Eric Sethna
3. Dustin Kerr

Bonnie attempting problem #4.

Bonnie, working problem #4, flashing the zone and winning the comp!

Steve almost sticking the crux on problem #4.

Ayo sticking the crux on problem #4 and winning the comp. Way to go!!!!

Photo Monday: Tour de Bloc 7

So, as I promised last week, here are my favourite shots from the finals of the Tour de Bloc 7 competition in Burlington. Unfortunately, as I warned you last time, indoor climbing shots being what they are, I had to post-process them quite a bit. Hope you enjoy! Let me know what you think.

Marine on problem #2

Jany pulling hard on problem #3