French climber Oriane Bertone, just 12 years old, has become the 9th women to ever climb a boulder graded 8B+ | V14 by repeating Fred Nicole’s Golden Shadow in Rocklands, South Africa.
La Sportiva Legends Only 2017 is here!
on 24 November, 2017
The 2017 edition of La Sportiva Legends Only takes place tomorrow, at 8 pm, in Stockholm. Petra Klingler, Katja Kadic, Fanny Gibert, Melissa Le Neve, Stasa Gejo and Shauna Coxsey will face 5 very challenging problems in a unique competition format.
Melissa Le Neve, Don’t Let Go | Sunday Sends
on 22 October, 2017
French star Melissa Le Neve may have retired from the World Cups, but she’s still climbing as hard as ever. Two weeks ago she won the Bloc Shop Open, in Montreal, ahead of climbers like Alannah Yip or Alex Puccio. Outdoors, over the last year, she climbed her first 8B | V13 and 8B+ | […]
5 moments from the Bloc Shop Open 2017
on 9 October, 2017
The Bloc Shop Open, held in Montreal, was a really good show. The final was full of international stars, with Mickael Mawem and Melissa Le Neve winning the event. I’ve chosen 5 of the moments from the event that caught my attention, let me know what you think!
Mélissa Le Nevé climbing her first 8B boulder
on 23 December, 2016
Great video by Relais Vertical, covering Mélissa Le Neve’s ascent of La Cicatrice d L’Ohm (her first 8B | V13 ascent), her retirement from the World Cup circuit and her outdoor climbing plans. Enjoy!
8B’s for Le Nevé and Sinnhuber
on 13 December, 2016
Very hard sends for a bunch of ladies. Bouldering stars from France, Austria, Spain and the USA have been busy crushing on rock and sending hard lines close in their respective countries.
Mélissa Le Nevé retires from the World Cups
on 10 November, 2016
French climber Mélissa Le Nevé has announced her retirement from the international competition scene. After more than 8 years of competition at the highest level, mostly bouldering, she plans to focus on outdoor climbing from now on, without discarding taking part in some invitational events here and there.
Slow Moments 2016 by LT11
on 29 June, 2016
One of the best bouldering videos you gonna see this year! Like they did the last two seasons, Louder Than Eleven has put together a slow-motion highlight reel of the World Cup in Vail. And I think it is the best so far, the images are simply beautiful and the sound effects are perfect.
Clémentine Kaiser and Pascal Gagneux, 2016 French Bouldering Champions
on 6 March, 2016
Clémentine Kaiser and Pascal Gagneux have won the 2016 French Bouldering Champoinships, held in Toulouse this weekend. Mélissa Le Nevé, Alban Levier, Pyrene Santal and Sean McColl completed the podium.
Highlights reel from La Sportiva Legends Only 2015
on 16 January, 2016
We’ve finally published the second part of our Legends Only coverage. If in the previous video we saw how the climbers prepared the problems, now we’ll see how they did in the real comp.
