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How to Choose Your Auto Belay Connector
When selecting the webbing for your TRUBLUE Auto Belay, you have five different connector options. Understanding the pros and cons of each type of connector will help you to select the best one for your facility.
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What’s Different About Speed Climbing This Time Around?
The Olympic record for men’s speed climbing was set by Bassa Mawem in the sport’s inaugural event in 2021. That mark currently stands at 5.45 seconds. Less than three years later, Samuel Watson set the men’s speed climbing world record time of 4.798 -- a whopping 13.6% improvement on the ...
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Training for Speed Climbing: Tips from the World's Fastest Climbers
Training tips from three of the world’s best speed climbers on how to get started, get better, and get insanely good at speed climbing. It’s no coincidence that the two most dominant athletes in the history of US men’s speed climbing are both from the same youth program. Samuel Watson, ...
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Get to Know Sam Watson: Speed Climbing World Record Holder
It's official! Speed climbing world record holder Sam Watson is the newest member of Team TRUBLUE! By the time you're reading this, Sam has probably already broken his own world record pace, but, as it stands today, 4.79 is the mark to beat.I recently had the opportunity to talk to Sam Watson ...
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Providing Climbing Access to the Boys & Girls Club of Stamford
“Climbing is a super fun and fast-growing sport, but also an expensive one,” says Craig Baker, CEO for the Boys and Girls Club of Stamford, Connecticut.The Club offers a variety of youth programs for around 1,600 kids in the community, from leadership and career development to fitness, STEM ...
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Tips for Hosting a Successful Speed Climbing Competition
With major showcases like the YETI National Championships this week and the 2024 Paris Olympics right around the corner, competition speed climbing is on the rise. Regardless of your feelings towards the latest climbing discipline, it’s not hard to see the fascination. Even the flattest of ...
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Free Fall Product Comparison
The QuickFlight Series combines the thrill of bungee jumping with the safety and reliability of Head Rush Technology’s patented magnetic braking system. This is the same advanced braking technology that we use across our full family of adventure devices. Our braking system is trusted to protect ...
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How to Choose Your TRUBLUE Auto Belay
At Head Rush Technologies, we engineer and manufacture three different models of auto belays for climbing facilities to choose from: the TRUBLUE iQ, the TRUBLUE iQ+, and the TRUBLUE SPEED. All three TRUBLUEs come with our patented magnetic braking technology and are certified for a user weight ...
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Breaking Down the Different zipSTOP Models
What are the key differentiators between the zipSTOP zip line brake, the zipSTOP IR, and the zipSTOP Speed? Before diving too deeply into that question, let’s first take a look at what the different models from the zipSTOP family have in common.What Sets zipSTOP Apart from Other Zip Line ...
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How to Modernize Your Zipline Braking System
Modern zipline courses have come a long way in recent years. With customers clamoring for ever-longer and faster rides, zipline operators have turned what was once a simple formula – a platform, a cable, a ladder for retrieving dangling riders – into a carefully calculated engineering ...
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