Powerful dynamic moves and spectacular jumps: on September 19 and 20, 2014, ROCKSTARS enters the next round. The invitational contest for the world’s best bouldering athletes with a 20,000 EUR prize purse takes place in the modern Porsche-Arena in Stuttgart, Germany for the third time in a row. Apart from climbing skills and creativity, bouldering athletes need motivation and adrenaline to reach maximum performance in a competition, which is why adidas ROCKSTARS combines elite sports with live music to create an intoxicating climbing rock show.
Climbing meets Music:Heated up by the punk rock band Badasstics and battling DJs, cheered on by 3,000 enthusiastic spectators, world champions and world cup winners demonstrate their impressive skills and enjoy being celebrated like rock stars. The previous adidas ROCKSTAR champions, triple BoulderWorld Champion and overall World Cup Winner 2013 Dmitrii Sharafutdinov from Russia (victor2011), World ChampionOverall (L/S/B) 2012 Sean McColl from Canada (victor2012) and surprise winner 2013, Jernej Kruder from Slovenia, will all be back. This year, they are facing fierce competition from Germany. Jan Hojer is in the best shape ever. With three Boulder World Cup victories this season, he won the overall title.
November 4, 2023 – Val Verzasca, Switzerland – The Verzasca Dam, an engineering marvel nestled in the picturesque Val Verzasca of Switzerland that stands 220 meters tall, became the stage for the climbing elite. Red Bull Dual Ascent, now in its
second edition, attracted 24 of the world's best…
The women’s field is headed by the exceptionally gifted Sasha DiGiulian (USA), the youngest and third womanin the world to climb the difficulty grade of 5.14d(9a), and boulder badass Shauna Coxsey(GBR), who claimed podium places at six of the eight Boulder World Cups this year, winning twice.
A total of 70 top-class athletes from 20 different countries are invited to adidas ROCKSTARS, including the best men and women of the IFSC world ranking, the top three of the German Boulder Cup and the European Youth Cup, as well as winners of o ther international climbing competitions. More Information: www.adidas-rockstars.com/en
Adam Ondra dominated the bouldering scene again and won a gold medal in the second World Cup competition in Salt Lake City. He took second place in the qualification and proceeded to the finals from the same position. This time, he was surprised by the victory and admits that a little luck was…
Adam Ondra completed today's finals in Meiringen, Switzerland, and won a gold medal in the first competition of this year's World Cup. He kept first place in bouldering continuously from the qualification until the very exciting finals. He was satisfied with his excellent form and appreciated a…
