JR competitors HAVE A CHOICE to use AUTO BELAYS if they so desire.
There is no obligation or penalty for using it and it does not affect the winning results.
JR's can accept or refuse the auto-belay at the start of every burn.
We want everyone to feel safe and have a good time.
JR Competition.
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There are 100 JR registration spots (boys + girls = 200)
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Boys and Girls 10-14 (Exceptions can be made for younger climbers, email us any queries)
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Competitors from 10-12 need to be accompanied by a legal adult
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Competitors from 10-14 must have a signed waiver from a legal guardian, sent to you by email
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You must be between 10&14 (inclusive) years old on the Friday of the qualifying/seeding of your competition date.
Qualifiers.
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Qualifiers or 'seeding' happens the Saturday morning of the weekend of competition and all rounds including finals (late afternoon) will happen the same Saturday.
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You will have a warm-up session, and then you will climb the wall twice, once on the left route, and once on the right route, against another opponent.
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Your combined time is added together to give you your seeding position
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The top 32 boys and 32 girls with the fastest times will advance to the quarter-finals on Saturday morning in front of a live audience, TV cameras, Redbull live stream, and the world.
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You will receive an email containing your Friday seeding/qualifying block/timeslot 30 days prior to the event
Route Grades.
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Men's Open - 7b+
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Women's Open - 7a
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JR Open - 7a
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PARABLOC Open - 5c (Adapted/Set by PARA Climbing certified Setters)
Athlete Pass.
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Your athlete pass is essentially a VIP
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VIP Access for THREE days (Even if you don't qualify)
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Rapid VIP access (reserved line/side) to the main wall during all free climbing times on the wall
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6H of climbing on the MAIN WALL/ a day GUARANTEED
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Catered Vegetarian & Vegan Meals all day.*
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Competition LTD Edition T-shirt from NOGRAD**
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Access to the Redbull VIP Lounge
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Free drinks (water etc) and redbulls all weekend.*
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Industry Mixer/Opening Party Invite +1 date
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Gift Bag full of goodies
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Yoga and physiotherapist on-site
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Extended practice
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Access to the second auxiliary wall
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Access to all zones including VIP
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7-day access to all ARKOSE climbing gyms (Friday to Friday)
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Discount on HOTEL & Shops
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Slacklines, low water bouldering, and access to all activities all weekend
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Automatic entry to all other main EVENTS (more prizes to win)
Competition Format.
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The Psicobloc Open Series is a SPEED CLIMBING competition.
Water.
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You will be falling into what is referred to as 'OPEN WATER'...in the sea
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All locations host a minimum of 4.5 meters of water depth if not more
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Safety boats, lifeguards, and paramedics will be standing by, for the entire competition weekend
Wall.
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The Psicobloc Open Series is the biggest and highest DWS wall in the world
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18 meters high (from the platform)
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8 meters wide
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6.5m of overhang
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trublue auto belay to come down (over the water) if you don't want to jump
Registration Process (JR).
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There are 100 JR registration spots (men + women = 200)
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The registration applications are set in progressive price/gift steps
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Presale @ 100€ + branded shorts by NOGRAD
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Earlybird @120€
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Block 1 @130€
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Block 2 @ 140€
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Block 3 @ 150€
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Blocks are set dates, refer to the event location registration tickets for cut-off dates (If the registration of the current block of tickets sells out, the following registration block is automatically activated)
JR Competition.
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There are 100 JR registration spots (boys + girls = 200)
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Boys and Girls 10-14
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Competitors from 10-12 need to be accompanied by a legal adult
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Competitors from 10-14 must have a signed waiver from a legal guardian, sent to you by email
*(VIP Lounge ONLY. No drinks in or out of the lounge)
** NOGRAD is the official Psicobloc Open Series apparel partner
