FRB SPECIAL
SBS-5 - The Spot Gym - The HighBall Comp.
by Jeff Williams 12-09-09

The Spot hosted their third competition of season as part of their annual bouldering series.  The fifth year of the event, this year the series consisted of 4 competitive events spread out through the Fall and Winter. The SBS opened with the ever popular known GunShow in September, the second comp, Psychedelia was held in October, the HighBall comp was in December and a final comp, the Gladiator Finals will be held on January 10th. 

The Annual series has become a highly anticipated event and the highball comp was a big success. Each event in the series draws in diverse crowd of spectators and contestants. Known for drawing high profile competitors, the series has had such competitors as Daniel Woods, Chris Sharma, Matt Wilder and Paul Robinson as entrants. Women's competitors have included Alex Puccio and Alex Johnson. The series has become the testing grounds for up and coming climbers, and draws competitors from around the world. In addition to the opportunity to mingle and compete with high profile climbers, spectators and contestants alike were treated to great raffle prizes, free beer from Avery and free food from Wahoos Fish Tacos.

This year’s title sponsor was Native Eyewear, and there were plenty of free eyewear given as raffles in addition to t-shirts, hats and other gear. Plenty of free passes were thrown out to the crowd.  A high energy and exciting series, full of youthful exuberance and camaraderie, the events are always a crowd pleaser, and this year was no exception. Dirt Monkey kept the beats flowing and the party atmosphere going through the night.

The HighBall comp featured one very unique event. This was the slackline competition. A separate event held just before the final comp, the slackline competition was a true crowd pleaser. A slackline was strung between the 2 main boulders and 5 pre selected contestants showed off their skills. Andy Miller was the crowd favorite and pulled of the win of the night with his balance and back flip.

The Men's finals top 3 winners were Paul Robinson, Adam Markert and Gabor Szekely. The top 3 women’s finalists were Chauncienia Cox, Gabi Masse and Audrey Gawrych. See all the results here.

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