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Message: [QUOTE="ShmiCO, post: 3488953, member: 9524"] What are you watching besides women's basketball? I'll go first and share the other sport I'm passionate about, but I'm on the hunt for other sports to watch in re-runs. For me it's competition climbing, aka [B]sport climbing[/B]. I can't think of a better way to introduce it than with the best female climber on the planet: [B]Janja Garnbret[/B]. Sport climbing was set to debut at the Olympics this summer so the governing body IFSC held a series of World Cup competitions in 2019 for climbers and countries to qualify. [I]Janja won every one.[/I] [MEDIA=youtube]qGTiNScHQwA[/MEDIA] As you can see it's different from outdoor rock climbing. The routes are created from artificial walls, volumes and holds. And the routes are brand new, unique -- no route is ever reused. Climbers have 4 minutes to figure it out and get to the top. Perhaps the biggest difference from outdoor rock climbing is that almost everything you can see -- the wall, the big angular volumes, the big holds -- is [I]slippery[/I]. The places where a climber can get good purchase are tiny, few and far between. The last big difference is "dynamic" moves (called "dynos") -- basically parkour on an overhanging wall. It's a style that's popular in Europe, in contrast to the Japanese style which favors precision and flexibility, and the American style which goes for power and endurance. You'll see a mix of these in IFSC competitions, and mastering all three is what separates the very best climbers. This next video is a short compilation that shows different climbers approach the boulder problems. If you just saw the Janja©2019 climb you'd think this stuff is easy, so reality check time. [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rDoK8H61Dg[/URL] YouTube is a great source of climbing videos. The [URL='https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2MGuhIaOP6YLpUx106kTQw']International Federation of Sport Climbing[/URL] channel has many high quality competition videos, with an excellent commentator. A search for "Janja Garnbret" will lead you to many other channels. Hankering for belay ropes, bolts and quickdraws? There's a discipline called "Lead" in IFSC competitions that features a 17 meter route that competitors must climb as far as they can within 6 minutes. Of course, the men climb too. The best all-around male climber is Adam Ondra -- another name worth searching, especially if you enjoy Lead and outdoor climbing. So, which sports are [I]you[/I] watching? [/QUOTE]

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