I have a general interest question. How do you eventually get invited to participate in a world cup like innsbrook? Can't wait to see you participate in one. Love your channel btw.
Yeah good question! We have a Canadian national ranking system- and the top 2/3 in the ranking get to go to WC’s! Right now I’m 5th in the ranking but the points I’ve been earning look like they’ll set me up to be 3rd in a few months! So hopefully soon 👍 And thanks 🙏
Sick video as always! 12:05 I have a question, what do you think allows him to stop on the volume. The things I can think of are shoe and rubber, being able to drop the heel lower and maybe foot strength? In terms of shoes I feel like yours are also amazing volume smearing shoes so I doubt that has a big impact. In terms of heel mobility I also think you're dropping them as low if not lower. And lastly I'm not sure if foot strength plays a role but if it does would be very interested to hear. It is also possible I misunderstood and you can stand on the volume just not get into it dynamically as he does which would make a lot of sense. I am getting into slab now and would be very interested in hearing your thoughts :)))
Yeah good question! Honestly I think this situation is mostly mental! You’re right about the shoes- they are both great for smearing and if Alex and I switched shoes I think the situation would be the same. He just has absolutely no fear and trusts the volume completely, whereas I’m simply scared that my foot will slip! This allows him to apply a lot of pressure to the volume and get more friction. With enough tries perhaps I could’ve learned to trust the volume too but in this case there was other beta to try ;)
I have a maybe somewhat unsettling question: why Canadian climbers like Guy & Kinder, Oscar, Alanna, -which all are truly super strong, don’t succeed at world cups, even most of the time not making to the semis? What’s your diagnosis? 🙏✋🏼
@@richardsonsclimbing fair.. so my follow up question would be, assuming they have the “prerequisites”, what are the key *requisites* that Canadian climbers are missing in world cup?
At this point I’m using the TNs since the comp is coming up in a couple days. I feel more confident in the TNs because I’ve worn them longer than the Qubits! Once the comp is over I’ll use the Qubits again and also start testing the FS Pros!
