he is 33 years old😮❤

33 is not old. A 33 year old is equal to a 20 year old in anything athletic, and i would even argue that usually a 33 year old is more athletic IF he/she has kept in shape during 20s

​@@EdvardBolaasMusic33 is very old in sports. Hence so many people stop their athletic careers long before 33 even. Props to the man for winning.

You think people watch these clips cause they wanted a recap?

Thanks for the spoil

Thanks jerk

@@Moonwiredrealistically what else did you expect the comments to be about?

why are the camera angles so bad at IFSC finals it makes no sense to me. the producers must not be climbers

Amazing competition, awful production

I think it was the right leg's placement kind of wrapping under that hold which provided stability/anchored them enough to the wall to be able to finish like they did

It's a highlight channel, so the video needs to be cut to ensure the IFSC can't just pull it immediately off of KZfaq...

@@icedbannanas...... I didn't say they couldn't cut, just that if they could avoid cutting midsentence it would be better.

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Definitely a bit of a gimmick. But it gets to a point where you need to raise the skill ceiling. I don't think we are anywhere near it, mind you. But it's not a terrible idea to explore different ways of adding difficulty. I don't like the notex holds, I think that it's antithetical to the goal of providing consistency between athletes. I'd personally rather see comp move away from parkour style and increase difficulty through body position. The second to last bolder with the jump up shoulder catch was a really awesome balance between raw parkour style strength and flexibility/body positioning. Unfortunately for the average casual viewer who doesn't climb much if at all (which is the target demographic) these flashy big parkour moves are more exciting because they look impressive. Unfortunately the boulders that are the coolest to watch as a climber are the most boring if you can't understand the difficulty in the movements. I think notex holds would simply just be a bandaid to the problem that would only result in power creep, not a legitimate raise of the skill ceiling. But for safety I'd much rather see notex holds than shit like the women's boulder that ended in a dyno to a duo pocket, or climbs that involve crack jams and mono holds etc. That does raise the skill ceiling, but it also greatly increases the risk of injury. It's a tough problem to solve, but I don't think the time to sort it out is during live competition.

@@randoprior4130 It's interesting, I'm not a climber. Only been bouldering once and did some rope climbing in school ages ago. So it's hard to judge what's reasonable route setting. I guess if the boulder is relatively easy it just becomes more of game of limiting your attempts. I play Discgolf and there is a lot of discussion about tournaments using artificial things to increase the difficulty. At the end of the day everyone is given the same challenge though.

@@randoprior4130 Spot on comparison with parkour. I totally agree that the boulders to watch as climber are more the slow, body positioning than the rush/parcour style. It's not something I particularly enjoy watching and hope it won't keep going in that direction. I guess they just want to make bouldering a complete different speciality from difficulty climbing which kinda makes sense for olympics and such.

@@randoprior4130 While I agree with most of what you said I'm curious. What's so bad about jams and mono? I'm a very average level climber and at the level I'm at they don't feel dangerous when they appear

If you mean the other competitors the answer is no. They go to an isolated zone where they wait for the next Boulder to climb. Sometimes climbers can see what’s the next boulder beta from another climber when they climb at the same time, but this will take time for them to top the climb they have in front.

They would've to take it off if they didn't cut it. Also these are climbing highlights, if you want to watch the full competition go ahead, but you'r on the wrong channel here...😅

@@undeadbs6004 Oh sorry, I did not notice that it was not the official ISFC channel. Do they still put the entire competitions online? I couldn’t find them on KZfaq.

@@fariedabuzaid9604 A few days ago when I looked for it I couldn't find it either, dunno what happened to the channel. Def will check again whether I can find it...

otherwise i am very grateful for the vid

I agree but maybe suggest it a bit less aggressively. I think it's actually ok though but not as loud as it is now.

Thanks for the feedback! I really appreciate this comments, they help a lot. I will keep it in mind for the next videos 😁 cheers!

i thought my second comment evened out the aggression. @@simonoldenhove9386

I totally agree, it just makes me irritated and more likely to look for other channels that don't do it