Raw Footage Edu Marin on Stoke the Fire (9b).

Qualifications at the 2016 CEC National Series Bouldering competition are now complete at the North Shore hive and here are your results going into finals! Looks like it is going to be a showdown!

Men’s Open

1. Foley,Mike
2. Lai,Kin Wah
2. Sethna,Eric
4. Mah,Jason
5. Luo,Ivan
6. Sherkat,Tosh
7. Taplin,Jesse
8. Funk,Andrew
9. Wellington,Matthew
10. Runions,Derek

Women’s Open

1. Yip,Alannah
2. Vest,Allison
3. Zoraj,Jani
4.Thompson,Eva
5. Hrozova,Lucie
6. Weber,Alyssa
7. Earle,Chloe
8. Haigh,Gillian
9. Celeste Wall

This weekend, the Hive North Shore, will play host to their first bouldering competition of the year. Double-billed by both Climbing Escalade Canada and Tour De Bloc, this National Series Competitions will count towards national points and not provincial points. Finals for this event will start at 7pm on Saturday Dec. 3rd, 2016 and is open to all spectators. With the talent pool coming out of the woodworks, this event will no doubt be off the hook!

Last years event at the Hive North Shore. Photo courtesy of Shane Murdoch ©

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This weekend, the Hive North Shore will play host to a double billed bouldering competition that is a part of both the Climbing Escalade Canada National Series as well as the Canadian Tour De Bloc. The talent for climbing competition in Canada is getting stronger and stronger and this year’s event should be a shaker of a contest.

Coming off three wins this season, Richmond-based climber Kin Wah Lai has propelled himself into the spotlight on top of the podium after two successful seasons competing in British Columbia. This year, Kin has made substantial improvements in his climbing by focusing on his weaknesses while gaining advice from professional climbers as he competed internationally during two stops of the IFSC World Cup. We thought it would be great to catch up with him and see what he had to say.

Always trying hard, Kin Wah Lai. Photo courtesy of Ken Chow ©

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Here is the latest trailer for the Banff Mountain Film Festival Tour.

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An early season solo ascent of The Sorcerer in the North Ghost River Valley, Alberta.

For those who spend a certain amount of time on the road, you may have once crossed paths with Phillip Schaal. I met him briefly during my time in Rocky Mountain National Park. Here is a portrait by the folks at Brooklyn Boulders.

The Boulder House in Victoria, Bc played host to it’s first ever Tour De Bloc yesterday, featuring many of our strong athletes from BC. Kin Wah Lai took first place for the third time this season with wins at the last two SCBC competitions. The BC competition season is stacked right now! Here are the final results.

Men’s Open

1. LAI, Kin Wah 4 T 7 / 4 B 7
2. JOHNSON, Gavin 3 T 8 / 4 B 12
3. STEWART-PATTERSON, Robert 2 T 3 / 2 B 2
4. DOYLE, Aidan 2 T 7 / 3 B 8
5. HOY, Ryder 2 T 11 / 4 B 13
6. FUNK, Andrew 1 T 8 / 3 B 10

Women’s Open

1. HROZOVA, Lucie 4 T 8 / 4 B 4 1,811
2. STEWART-PATTERSON, Alison 0 T 0 / 4 B 6 1,626
3. MILLER, Delaney 0 T 0 / 4 B 9 1,807
4. BEREZOWSKI, Amanda 0 T 0 / 4 B 14 1,706
5. WAGSTAFF, Claire 0 T 0 / 3 B 5 1,566
6. FRANGOS, Becca 0 T 0 / 2 B 3

Qualifiers are done @boulderhouse_victoria. Psyched for finals this evening. @hiveclimbing

A video posted by Gavin Johnson (@gavinj00) on Nov 26, 2016 at 3:01pm PST

This weekend, among three competitions that took place across Canada, Grip It Climbing Centre in Saskatoon played host to their annual Tour de Bloc. The competition was fierce but here are the results.

Men’s Open

1. SETHNA, Eric 4 T 8 / 4 B 6
2. EVELEIGH, Scott 2 T 2 / 3 B 3
3. MACMILLAN, Robin 2 T 6 / 4 B 10
4. DERKSEN, Mark 1 T 1 / 2 B 3
5. GUMPAC, Guian 1 T 2 / 3 B 5
6. DEAR, Mitch 1 T 4 / 3 B 6

Women’s Open

1. GOLDHOFF, Julia 4 T 4 / 4 B 4
2. THOMPSON, Eva 4 T 5 / 4 B 4
3. WEBER, Alyssa 3 T 3 / 3 B 3
4. KENNEDY, Regan 2 T 6 / 4 B 11
5. LI, Samantha 2 T 8 / 3 B 9
6. DICK, Annalisa 0 T 0 / 1 B 10

Live feed of the 2016t La Sportiva Legends Only competition from Sweden.