On September 17th, 2009 climbers gathered at Urban Rocks Gym to pull down in plastic paradise for a chance to win some gear and cash. This competition would not have been possible without the help from our sponsors: Evolv, Mountain Khaki, La Sportiva and BlueWater Ropes. Thanks to Evolv, 4 place winners went home with a free pair of shoes and some raffle winners left with a new chalk pot and flip flops. Mountain Khaki sent every place winner home with a special discount card. Norm at La Sportiva hooked us up with the biggest raffle prizes of the night: a free pair of Sportiva shoes and a BlueWater Rope!
And to those wondering where the comp name came from…
No, it is not because we have an affinity to Christian Slater, although he did a wonderful acting job in the hit 90’s feature film ‘Pump Up the Volume’; but it is because we received a HUGE shipment of HUGE holds! Thanks to Etch and Nicros, our boulder is chock full of volume-sized holds, features and XXL holds now!
This event was the biggest comp that Urban Rocks has hosted to date with 45 competitors and just about as many spectators watching the show. Everyone competed very well and a couple of categories even tied making the results even more exciting. Competition winners were determined by totaling the top five hardest climbs of the night. In case of a tie, the top six problems were tallied and then the top seven problems, ect. There were three categories: Men’s, Women’s and Youth. Within the Men and Women’s categories there were four divisions: Recreational, Intermediate, Advanced and Open. Below are the place winners of the competition:
YOUTH1st - Grant Spear *
* A special congratulation goes out to Grant for not only being the only youth competitor at this comp and doing extremely well, but also because he tied Men’s Recreational for 1st place as well.
RECREATIONAL – Women’s1st - Rachel Gilson
2nd - Summer Wofford
RECREATIONAL – Men’s1st - Tyler Wilson
2nd - Alex Snider
3rd - Nathaniel Bankhead
INTERMEDIATE – Women’s1st - Brooke Hadden
2nd - Chandler Wells
3rd - Bethany Sizemore
INTERMEDIATE – Men’s1st - Andrew Bryne **
2nd - Daniel Gonser **
3rd - Tim Willison **
ADVANCED – Women’s1st - Ashley Hamilton
ADVANCED – Men’s1st - Jacob Fellers
2nd - Al Smith
3rd - Robby Gambrell
OPEN – Women’s1st - Kasia Pietras
OPEN – Men’s1st - Jimmy Webb
2nd - Brion Voges
3rd - Jeremy Walton
** Due to a miscalculation on our part, the Men's Intermediate category winners that were announced at the competition were incorrect. The appropriate changes have been made and we apologize for any inconvenience that this caused.
A big thanks goes out to all of our sponsors, the competitors and anyone else who brought this comp together!
