Shauna Coxsey, the winner of the Boulder World Cup 2016 and in Meiringen last weekend, speaks out in regards the IFSC decision to sell out to Flosports. "The Athletes Commission strongly disagree with the IFSC on the matter and even asked athletes in Meiringen to refuse to be interviewed on the live stream, a request I was happy to comply with. At no point were the athletes asked for their opinion on the paywall. I have not yet spoken to one person who knew about the partnership between the IFSC and FLOsports before the announcement went live. That includes the athletes, event organisers, National Federations, IFSC staff etc. I am disappointed."

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Peter Crane, who started the petition Cancel the IFSC Live-streaming subscription fee, which 12 000 have signed, has been in contact with IFSC directly. Based on the communication and the lack of answers, Peter has written a very critical article under the headline, Behind the Deal – is the IFSC President hiding?, which ends. "On the IFSC homepage, Marco Maria Scolaris (IFSC President) promotes "good governance", "transparency" and "athletes [sic] inclusion in the IF decision-making processes at all levels". Marco Maria Scolaris' job as IFSC President is to govern in a way that reflects those values, not to do the opposite. In this sense, we believe he has failed as IFSC President. With climbing en route to the Olympics, we feel the federation needs a stronger, more qualified leadership team than ever – and one that practices the values it preaches. Marco Maria Scolaris, if you are listening, come out of the dark and give the international community the honest, transparent response they deserve." The article also links to Liam Lonsdale - BREAKING IT DOWN: THE IFSC PAYWALL FIASCO. (c) Eddie Fowke

Az első bouldervilágkupát, számos érdekesség fűszerezte. Először is az IFSC szerződése, miszerint fizetőssé szeretnék tenni a világkupák élő közvetítését. Ez ellen számos versenyző és világsztár lázadt fel, s a forró hangulat a Meiringeni világkupa megnyitóján sem maradt el. Másodszor mi is érdekeltek voltunk, kis hazánkat Király Norci, Bajusz Balázs és Strommer Soma képviselték. Norci két zónával a 71. helyet csípte el, Bajusz Úr egy zóna flash-el a 99., Soma 3 zónával a 87. helyezést szerezték meg. Ezek a számok ugyan magasak, de ne felejtsük el - ez egy egészen más világ mint a hazai versenyek, illetve mindkét srác az első világkupáján debütált rutin nélkül. De az is érzékeltetheti a mezőny komolyságát ha azt mondom Daniel Woods 45. hely, Rustam Gelmanov 57. helyezés. A két hazai igen kemény boulderes legény pedig jelenleg a franciaországi Fontainebleau-ban van, ahol már a Bajszos be is zsebelte az első 7C-jét, de kíváncsian várjuk a Magyar csapattól a további eredményeket.

Jonathan Siegrist reports on Instagram that he has done Pachamama 9a+ in Oliana, which was put up by Chris Sharma in 2011. The American has previously done 18 9a's and four 9a+'. "I'll be unpacking the lessons learned from this process for a long time. Truly, it feels like a chapter in my life ended when I clipped the chains last night. A new level for my climbing and an experience I will never forget. Flooded with gratitude, 'Pachamama'... Onward." (c) Matty Hong

Matty Hong reports on Instagram with this great picture that his girlfriend Anna Liina Laitinen has done Joe Blau in Oliana which was is her second 8c+. After the Fin had done her first 8c+ in Dec 2016, she commented to 8a. How can you explain your fast progress in the last year? Travelling, training and the company I've been climbing with. One year ago I started training a lot, more than ever. But the progress is not only explained by training hard but the biggest improvement has been in a mental part of climbing and caused by just climbing a lot in a different places, different routes, and pushing myself to a situations I'm not feeling the most comfortable with. The company I've spent time and traveled have had a huge impact to my climbing as well. When your friends are climbing hard you naturally start trying harder routes. And I'm sure I wouldn't climb this hard without my positive boyfriend Matty Hong who's super psyched as well. Being super motivated and psyched to climb is my secret. And there's no end for it which is scary!