Please consider using our affiliate links to get discounts and support the channel :) www.hoopersbeta.com/store 👇The most valuable lessons our viewers have learned from board climbing (from a recent survey) 👇 Most upvoted: @lazeavlad - Pulling the holds with the tip of the shoe 2nd most upvoted: @NestorMandela - Trying HARD, rest a lot between attempts. I'm addicted to the Kilter 💜 3rd most upvoted: @sofussverressnnfinne204 - Importance of resting between goes, micro beta and just pulling really hard. 4th most upvoted: @jMelo215 - Using my hips to generate powerful, dynamic movement and pulling into holds with my toes Others :) @introspection3884 - Tension @Perry0823 - Learning how to crossover underneath my arm as opposed to crossing over it. @metacum - Body positioning, tension, and timing. @FissureRaiOh - Tension, and how that is almost a lazy form of climbing, in the paradoxical sense that once you become proficient at it, you can’t turn it off, you just learn how to relax into the necessary position and stay tight while moving. @parkerramthun - Cutting feet/ how to keep your feet @stefanofalero - body tension technique, learning to visualize the massive effects of shoulder positioning on moves, getting volume at my limit without getting restricted by the available climbs like with commercial setting. it improved my sport climbing more quickly than anything else, cuz it helped me read and execute good body positioning on rock so much more consistently @planat96 - The Kilter board forced me to get better with my feet. @billy44talent - Sometimes you gotta change the way you grip a hold to progress. For example, Flip a crimp into an undercling. Or Pinch the side of a hold to make room for your foot. Etc. @josephearley9530 - In tandem with C4HPs ‘wall crawl’ concept - how to actively engage on terrible holds @georgealexanderp - Throw your pelvis at the wall to go up. @CaseyFackreClimbing - Definitely how to properly back flag @meganwong9508 - How much you can actually squeeze with your lower body. After board climbing for awhile, when I went to commercial sets, I was surprised at just how much my engagement/smearing became...and what it really feels like to maximize body tension from toes to finger tips. @nandovancreji - pogo!!!! @Solace7899 - Knee drops honestly. And making my own routes on the Moonboard @Sepp2009 - Proper breathing! World changing.. @dngyng1000 - Turning hip. I actually needed to turn my hip much more to execute proper outside step and to reach far holds. @ManTanDan93 - As parker says down below: footwork. If you weren’t great at using your feet before, the board will change that @heraclitus4884 - How essential foot tension is at that angle with smaller holds and ways of keeping that tension @theresalei6244 - The scorpion! @Perry0823 - Learning how to crossover underneath my arm as opposed to crossing over it. @DannyDorfel - Keeping tension in the hips and pushing through the feet. It just makes everything easier… @5tr4nge75 - Learning how to actually try, not just half arse attempts @S2lomon - The importance of tension and precise footwork. I'm not a strong climber, so if I miss the foothold, or loose it on a hard move, I will just fall. @dasnklas1164 - Flagging: how small differences where you Put the flagging foot make a huge difference, how much tension and Stability you can generate from the flagging foot (a Lot!) Breathing: when to breath, how Long, when to tighten Up and when to relax Hip positioning: when to square Up vs Twist, etc. How to get insured 😁, or how to avoid it @CampariSoda - Breaking down big and intimidating problems into smaller, more manageable pieces. A super valuable technique that can be applied across all facets of life. @dylansmith3452 - Pushing in different directions with each leg, for example one leg pushing horizontally and the other Pushing vertically shortly after @billy44talent - Sometimes you gotta change the way you grip a hold to progress. For example, Flip a crimp into an undercling. Or Pinch the side of a hold to make room for your foot. Etc. @nf2px - To try and relax as much as possible and just let what needs to happen, happen. @wellbornyouth - Until recently I had been limiting myself to the 25 degree 2017 board but I started trying the 40 degree 2016 a few weeks ago and it's made a BIG difference. I've been learning to make my footwork a lot more 'active', whether that's digging in a toe to avoid a cut-loose as I make a big reach, pushing much further over a knee to maximally optimise body position before reaching for a hold, or actually putting some meaningful pressure into the smear during a flag. It's also forced me to address my habits and go-to strategies - I will almost always opt to position myself so I can have one hip turned to the wall, but the board is teaching me that often that isn't the most optimal or efficient position. There being lots of beta videos on the popular problems is a great way to see how differently other people are completing the same problem and changing my perspective on best approach. @oscarcann - Generating and getting REALLY close to the wall! It makes a hugeeee difference and moves that feel impossible are achievable if done correctly

sorry to hear about Dan! wish him a speedy recovery! I guess he should have done some face pulls lol

1:32 common "hey whats this board thing lets try it - oh nvm" moment

Wishing Dan a speedy recovery! We want him to flash our projects for many more years.

The advice to aim for a specific part of the hold with a specific finger was fantastic. I've never thought of it that way before, and sometimes I do fluff a climb because i'm just slapping in the "area" of a hold, so I'm definitely going to try this.

I'll never tire of seeing Kyra absolutely crush everything. That "alternate start beta" was insane.

Would be cool if you could compare different styles of climbing, and how they make it work. For example Colin Duffy climbs mostly in open crimp/drag, but still manages to climb crimpy boulders with that style.

This type of videos is insanely good, very informative for intermediate climbers, a good balance between specific and general advices. Bravo !

Its so nice to see these videos especially since my gym is about to get the 2024 moonboard!!

Informative and entertaining as always

Fun videos, keen to apply some tips and try these problems! It's great to have Kyra on, she makes it look so easy!

Wow. Just discovered only now the best climbing channel on KZfaq !

Those Crossover / rose moves are my nemesis!! Its nice to see these videos just before we get the 2024 set!!

Top-notch editing in these videos. I really enjoyed the direct comparisons.

Awe Dan love you dude, health issues are a nightmare

Hi Hooper + Co, I have a question. Does it still count as a half-crimp if your DIP is hyperextended/PIP is above the DIP? Basically a full/closed crimp but with no thumb. Been having some hand problems and I think it's because my half crimp is actually more of a full crimp.

Good tips!

I looooooove these videos! Could you do a series on kilterboard with a range of grades plz 🙏🏻

GRR Waterloo hell yeah!!! Hope Dan recovers quick

On 9:30, I'm surprised that you are not talking about the knee direction. And the angle of feet. The only way to generate force from the right leg is by pushing you out of the wall, right? Unless you twist your heel to the left, to give your knee more to the right instead of into the wall, and activate your calf. Right?

My fingers are fat and I’m tall (~6 2). I feel some and even most of recommendations can’t be useful for me unless I get my fingers way more stronger. I wish you had a video for how someone with my body-type can do super crunched and fingery moves on the Moonboard more efficiently.

I feel like a lot of bad body positions are the result of subconsciously trying to protect yourself from falling, like the first dude doesn't twist fully into the position because his legs are no longer under him then. Any tips for dealing with that?

i dont know man. they are just stronger in a lot of cases