New to board climbing? 🥲 Top tips to get into it!

Moving away from the colourful holds at the climbing gym and towards those scary wooden boards can be pretty daunting. Everyone climbing there seems to be a 💪MEGA WAD💪 But don’t worry! There are lots of benefits to board climbing that will help you level up your technique and strength!

Top Tips for Breaking Into Board Climbing:

✅ Choose an approachable board: nothing too steep, with friendly holds. Kilter Boards are great to get started on. Some boards have an adjustable angle, so you can train at 5 degrees, then 10 degrees, all the way up to 50 degrees!

✅ Don’t worry about the grades! Board climbing is a different beast. Be prepared for the grade you’re climbing on the wall to drop significantly when you get on a board. They’re very different styles and grading is really different.

✅Find out if your local board has an interactive screen or uses an app like Stokt. Knowing in advance can help you feel more confident approaching the board for the first time.

✅ Don't forget to BRUSH your holds!

✅ Start off using the big foot holds then practice and perfect a small selection of climbs. These can become part of your warm-up in the future.

✅ Use these climbs to progress and push yourself. For example, for practising on the smaller foot holds or performing different techniques or drills (e.g. twisting vs climbing straight on, flagging vs no flagging).

✅ You can also take these climbs and recreate them on a steeper board as your strength grows!

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[adribier]

Step 1: have a decent gym nearby with decent equipment

Step 1 failed 😢

[fpswreck]

board climbing is so humbling if you only do indoor bouldering XD

[Exletionyt]

I wish we had an easier board than just the 40 degree moonboard

[firegodbg]

The grades are so hard because the gyms just pump their grades to the sky and the board is made by a community

[MrTwohunnidpercent]

Board climbing is my preferred method unless it’s outdoor ofc

[AuralEntropy]

Tip 1 should always be brush the board. You will make fast friends and get great support. If you've ever felt alienated by the board crew, it's because you're not brushing.

[bensontszkinleung]

any tips on when to start board climbing?

[BlooBerry-]

Those red holds look like moldy strawberries

[mainr]

Im what world is that red juggy climb a v3?

[dj-xmuu]

great tips🙌 never thought of changing from twisting to square on

[kazboven]

Step 1 have a gym with diffrent kilter boards and not just 60 degree one

[georges.]

I love board climbing because I can climbs and care about the funny named climbs not care about the grade

[dylanbrogan]

Is anyone familiar with the app running on the screen used for the Woody?

[trunk]

Nothing's worse for your ego than a kilterboard

[THE.RIDDLE.REALM.]

in what world was that red a V3 straight jug run to the top i would say easy V1

[shifty]

Y'all ever climb outside like the good ol days?

[trenche]

what the fuck do you mean v3 on the wall?? is this ragebait? thats like a v0+, if you climb v3 in the gym and fall of v3s on the board, then your gym has soft grading and youre not really climbing v3