Past Podiums
John Burgman journeys through the climbing World Cups of previous seasons—discussing specific events, highlighting superstars of the past, and exploring how old competitions shaped the present-day World Cup circuit.
Episodes
An examination of the best climbing competition performances of Chris Sharma's career (thus far), including legendary moments from American and international events.
An examination of the best performances of Janja Garnbret's career (thus far), including early standout moments and more recent highlights. (Music from Pixabay—AudioCoffee, Psychronic, Coma-Media, and Lesfm)
An examination of the UIAA's 1991 Lead World Cup final round for the men's division from Birmingham, England. Stars of the event include François Petit, Yuji Hirayama, Elie Chevieux, François Lombard, and more. (Music by AudioCoffee and AlexiAction from Pixabay)
An examination of the UIAA's 1991 Lead World Cup final round for the women's division from Birmingham, England. Stars of the event include Susi Good, Robyn Erbesfield, Isabelle Patissier, Nanette Raybaud, and more. (Music by AudioCoffee and AlexiAction from Pixabay)
An examination of the IFSC's 2016 Boulder World Cup final round from Munich, Germany. Stars of the event include Stasa Gejo, Mélissa Le Nevé, Miho Nonaka, Shauna Coxsey, David Firnenburg, Mickael Mawem, Tomoa Narasaki, Jongwon Chon, and many more. (Music by AudioCoffee from Pixabay)
An examination of the IFSC's 2016 Boulder World Cup final round from Vail, Colorado, in the United States. Stars of the event include Alex Puccio, Megan Mascarenas, Miho Nonaka, Shauna Coxsey, Anna Stöhr, Sean McColl, Tomoa Narasaki, Yoshiyuki Ogata, Kokoro Fujii, and many more. (Music by AudioCoffee from Pixabay)
An examination of the IFSC's 2016 Boulder World Cup final round from Innsbruck, Austria. Stars of the event include Megan Mascarenas, Miho Nonaka, Shauna Coxsey, Anna Stöhr, Sean McColl, Tomoa Narasaki, Rolands Rugens, Jongwon Chon, and many more. (Music by AudioCoffee from Pixabay)
An examination of the IFSC's 2016 Boulder World Cup final round from Navi Mumbai, India. Stars of the event include Akiyo Noguchi, Miho Nonaka, Sol Sa, Melissa Le Nevé, Tomoa Narasaki, Kokoro Fujii, Jongwon Chon, Jeremy Bonder, Rustam Gelmanov, and many more. (Music by AudioCoffee from Pixabay)
An examination of the IFSC's 2016 Boulder World Cup final round from Chongqing, China. Stars of the event include Kokoro Fujii, Jan Hojer, Jorg Verhoeven, Tomoa Narasaki, Akiyo Noguchi, Miho Nonaka, Shauna Coxsey, and many more. (Music by AudioCoffee from Pixabay)
An examination of the IFSC's 2016 Boulder World Cup final round from Kazo, Japan. Stars of the event include Miho Nonaka, Petra Klingler, Fanny Gibert, Shauna Coxsey, Chloe Caulier, Kokoro Fujii, Jeremy Bonder, Rustam Gelmanov, Michael Piccolruaz, and many more. (Music by AudioCoffee from Pixabay)
An examination of the IFSC's 2016 Boulder World Cup final round from Meiringen, Switzerland, which kicked off that year's Boulder World Cup season. Stars of the event include Akiyo Noguchi, Shauna Coxsey, Megan Mascarenas, Martin Stranik, Jakob Schubert, Jorg Verhoeven, Aleksei Rubtsov, and many more. (Music by AudioCoffee from Pixabay)
An examination of the IFSC's 2015 Boulder World Cup final round from Munich, Germany, which concluded that year's Boulder World Cup season. Stars of the event include Jongwon Chon, Martin Stranik, Jan Hojer, Aleksei Rubtsov, Fanny Gibert, Stasa Gejo, Akiyo Noguchi, Shauna Coxsey, Megan Mascarenas, and many more. (Music by AudioCoffee from Pixabay)
Past Podiums returns to its usual format with an examination of the IFSC's 2015 Boulder World Cup final round from Haiyang, China. Stars of the event include Akiyo Noguchi, Miho Nonaka, Shauna Coxsey, Petra Klingler, Adam Ondra, Jan Hojer, Jongwon Chon, Alban Levier, and many more. (Music by AudioCoffee from Pixabay)
USA Climbing’s 2022 National Championships kick off later this week! In this special episode, John Burgman and Pete Woods (commentator for the National Championships) break down all the storylines, talk about the big names that will be there, and analyze some potential outcomes for the Boulder, Speed, and Lead disciplines. Superstars discussed include Colin Duffy, Nathaniel Coleman, Kyra Condie, Ben Hanna, Quinn Mason...
An examination of the IFSC's 2015 Boulder World Cup final round from Chongqing, China. Stars of the event include Jan Hojer, Jongwon Chon, Jeremy Bonder, Sean McColl, Tsukuru Hori, Miho Nonaka, Shauna Coxsey, Sol Sa, Akiyo Noguchi, and many more. (Music by AudioCoffee from Pixabay)
An examination of the IFSC's 2015 Boulder World Cup final round from Vail, Colorado, in the United States. Stars of the event include Akiyo Noguchi, Megan Mascarenas, Miho Nonaka, Margo Hayes, Nathaniel Coleman, Adam Ondra, Jason Holowach, Jan Hojer, and many more. (Music by AudioCoffee from Pixabay)
An examination of the IFSC's 2015 Boulder World Cup final round from Toronto, Canada, which kicked off the 2015 Boulder season. Stars of the event include Juliane Wurm, Alex Puccio, Anna Stöhr, Akiyo Noguchi, Nathaniel Coleman, Alban Levier, Jongwon Chon, Adam Ondra, and many more. This episode features special guest Tyler Norton, who worked as an MC at the event. Tyler is the creator of the Plastic Weekly YouTube channel, which fe...
Photographer Eddie Fowke reflects on the 2014 Boulder World Cup season. He talks about his travels that year, his interaction with the competitors, as well as the highs and lows of the various IFSC events. He also discusses his founding of The Circuit—a magazine that was among the first media outlets to focus exclusively on competition climbing.
(Music by Mezhdunami, Lesiakower, and Audi...
An examination of the IFSC's 2014 Boulder World Cup final round from Laval, France, which concluded that year's Boulder World Cup season. Stars of the event include Rustam Gelmanov, Jan Hojer, Akiyo Noguchi, Miho Nonaka, Anna Stöhr, Fanny Gibert, Shauna Coxsey, and many more. (Music by AudioCoffee from Pixabay)
An examination of the IFSC's 2014 Boulder World Cup final round from Haiyang, China. Stars of the event include Jongwon Chon, Sean McColl, Jan Hojer, Tomoa Narasaki, Petra Klingler, Akiyo Noguchi, Miho Nonaka, Anna Stöhr, and many more. (Music by AudioCoffee from Pixabay)
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