2015 World Cup Roundup | Munich, Germany

On the semi-finals, play by play of the Munich competition, and what to expect for next year’s expansive season…

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This is the final episode of Chalk Talk’s 2015 IFSC Bouldering World Cup Roundups as it was the final comp of the season. There were more Americans involved than ever. USA Climbing has been attempting to fundraise for athletes along with some athletes reaching out to the community with crowdfunding efforts.

The plan was to produce an episode after each of the World Cup competitions with analysis, feedback, and awe from myself, Jackie Hueftle, and anyone else I could wrangle worth speaking to about this season. I hope we lived up to the hype. We’re both already excited about next season where there will be 8 IFSC Bouldering Word Cups in new and existing cities, along with the World Championships held in Paris, France next year.

Show Notes for episode on 2015 World Cup Roundup:

A quick wrap-up of the semi-finals round with some serious upsets from the likes of Nathaniel Coleman (USA), GG Mondet (FRA), Adam Ondra (CZE), Dimitri Sharifudtinov (RUS), Miho Nonaka (JPN), Aya Onoe (JPN), and more
How weather conditions and hold texture could’ve made a difference in finals with some of the first climbers out doing well in the round and the later climbers struggling more
Notes on a couple heavy-hitting females (Shauna Coxsey (GBR), Megan Mascarenas (USA), and Akiyo Noguchi (JPN))
We eventually stop beating around the bush and get into the structured problem by problem analysis
The beta savvy skills of Martin Stranik (CZE)
The experienced Alexey Rubstov (RUS)
Jan Hojer’s (GER) struggling performance in the race for overall season podium against Jongwon Chon (KOR)
The two girls who rocketed on the scene, Stasa Gejo (SRB) and Katja Kadic (SLO)
Where Akiyo Noguchi (JPN) seemed to be having some un-characteristic troubles this comp
What happened for Megan Mascarenas (USA) having trouble on the final problem
What to look forward to next year including where the 8 World Cup events will be held