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yeah got it in one really. You'd really be surprised at what you can stick on. I bought some scarpa vantages as my first shoe. They're a great introductory shoe because the sole is quite stiff, and new climbers wont have develop the muscles under their feet yet so this supports it. The rubber is quite soft too Anyway point is my shoes as 'low' rating as they are, I can still stand on about 8mm button holds! Obviously any less and I try to use my instep rather than just my big toe...but its hard to comprehend until you put on a pair and use them This ofcourse means that with climbing shoes EVERYTHING becomes a ledge

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climbing shoes arent *required* but you'll be able to do SO much more with a pair. I really recommend borrowing some of buying some if you're going to even just try it. In regards to chalk, yeah it doesn't need to be attached, slap some on and climb, fall off, try again etc. Bouldering routes usually aren't long enough to require more than one chalk...dip...thing.... But you do need a chalk bag to contain the chalk ball Thats my favourite thing about bouldering, is the minimialistic kit. Shoes + chalk + chalk bag.

your uni club will have trips out to REAL places Make sure you go, no matter what, you wont be disappointed

sam that was a baaaad video but some nice riding. Although I want to see the WHOLE balance line at 0:56 next time beasty as always man

thats really cool Annoyed me at first got repetitive but glad i watched it all

that was just short and really cool, I remember Kenny doing some nice streety stuff on the london ride too. Nice to see an actual video Give it to a good editor and he could definitly become another youtube star Nice moves

so long as it IS brand new, nothing wrong with it... of course you should!!!!

really nice stuff, great watch! bike looks nice too

then you still have NCB of one year. So long as they dont find out you've lost you're license, as said above, you're laughing. although whats it worth to stay quiet?

what? no. read the first post again. PROPERLY

is it still for sale? I might write him a cheque...

just get out and ride your bike instead thats cooler.

ebay?

Lets define some things first If you sidehop too close, thats fine for low stuff because your bars are going to be OVER the wall, even at compression. But as you go bigger, you'll be too close and your bars will hit/squash you fingers etc. So you need to be over half bar width away from the wall That said, usually the closer you are the better, but again, as the wall height goes up, you need to start further away, because you're travelling for longer which means you need to clear the wall for a longer time Its all trial and error really, and what feels comfortable to you. As Mr Vandart suggested pointing your front wheel at the wall is pretty helpful, not too much though, its still a sidehop

im interesting in seeing the scanned pages

I now have a small collection (3...) of short videos of trips to a couple of indoor centres. http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/video/?id=510663614 First two are in the Beacon centre in LLanrug, the third is Boulders in Cardiff Hopefully Ill get a few on the one here in swansea too

i thought that as soon as you crash etc, you lose them all and have to start again, unless you have ncb protection.

ummm you currently dont have a license...and you have an insurance policy. Do your insurers know you dont have a license?

im gutted this is happening ali, but its good youve got all this evidence against him! Even though you're bikeless and moneyless I feel happy for you that youll get revenge. Id keep to the books though to be honest

im 21, riding 6-7 years i think.

that was stupid. youre lucky youre not a spaz right now to be honest

thats AWESOME