EORA

The winter trade show season has come and gone.  Unfortunately, I didn't get out to SLC for the OR show, but I did attend the EORA show in Greenville, SC.  Between Kurt Smith and myself we rallied to assemble a beautiful display of the best climbing gear on the market in just under 8 hours (two sessions of course).  The focus of the whole week was work, whether it be meeting with retailers or brainstorming on our own strategy for the spring/summer season.

The highlights for our booth, which is always the best, were the new products from Metolius, Evolv, Sterling, Entre' Prises, and Salewa.  Metolius has a brilliant new pad design that will change the way we direct falling climbers to the pads below.  Behold....The Shield!!!

Evolv has come out with a solid selection of approach and casual footwear.  These are the best looking and fitting shoes from Evolv yet.  The first is The Bolt, a rugged approach shoe with super sticky Trax rubber for rock scrambling.   And if you haven't seen them yet, The Cruzer, a simple canvas shoe for any approach or decent or your casual go anywhere do anything shoe, available in four colors with more to come.  Behold....

New from Sterling is one more hot color added to the Fusion Ion2 line up.  Sterling has also added 10mm and 19mm dyneema dog bones in various lengths for your sport climbing needs, which I failed to get pictures of but can be seen at bottom right of the second picture below.  Also, you will start to see Sterling Rope's new packaging this Summer.  Finally, the best ropes on the planet will have the best labels and wrapping as well.  Be.....yeah you get it.....

Salewa has taken the technical footwear market by storm.  With an ever impressive selection of light weight, rugged, and functional stylings the Salewa line is far superior to the rest.  Here is a peak at the Salewa fall colors, as well as the new Snow Trainer.  The Snow Trainer is an insulated gore-tex boot with a proprietary vibram ice-friction sole (groundbreaking!).  Like I said, very impressive.....

Last but certainly not least, Entre Prises has basically doubled it's catalog of handholds.  Unfortunately, we did not have any samples of the new shapes. So please check out the website and browse the new selection here: epusa.com

Well, there you have it folks, the hottest new products on the market.  Keep your eyes peeled at your local retailer for your chance to get up with the Jones'.

Oh yeah, I leave for Red Rocks and Bishop on Friday!

Holler at me!

Cheddar.