ready to kick it old school?

The vision of Old School Cool is to celebrate the setting styles of past decades while utilizing the resources of a modern climbing gym. For the climbers that shy away from modern moves like paddles, skate moves, and dynos, this competition is for you. To highlight the ‘old school’ style we will emphasize techniques that require body tension, hard crimping, small moves, etc. and to keep it old school there will be no coordination moves and no fiberglass! Plus, all the throwback vibes you can handle: N64, Uncrustables®, slap bracelets, Polaroids, and more goodies that’ll make you say ‘oh man, I remember these!’

Mark your calendar

• Saturday, March 1st, 2025
  • Open categories have the option to compete in qualifications on Friday, February 28th

how does it work?

We’ve expanded our competition waves to better serve our climbing community! Choose the time slot that works best for you:

• Wave 1 General Registration: Saturday, March 1st | 11:30am – 2:30pm (Check-in 11am)
• Wave 2 General Registration: Saturday, March 1st | 3pm – 6pm (Check-in 2:30pm)
• Women’s Wave: Saturday, March 1st | 8am – 11am (Check-in 7:30am)
  • Created in response to community feedback to provide an additional supportive environment for female-identifying climbers
• Open Category Wave: Friday, February 28th | 7pm – 10pm (Check-in 6:30pm)
  • A dedicated session for our Open Category participants

Note: All climbers are welcome to register for any of our general waves! The Women’s and Open Category waves are additional options to help reduce congestion and create inclusive spaces for our community.

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competition info

There are 3 hours in each wave for competitors to climb and log sends into KAYA. Here’s the rule breakdown:

• You’ll be able to climb as many boulder problems as you want as many times as you want.
• Each boulder problem will have a point value to it.
• Your top five boulder problems count as your total score. There will be no flash bonus.
• Honor system, so please no cheating!
• We will be using the KAYA app, so make sure you have it installed and set-up before the competition.
• You must be 13 years old or older to compete.

Your ticket provides you with drinks (non alcoholic and alcoholic / ID must be presented) before the Open Finals round. Finalists will be called at ~6:40 pm, so all Open climbers should be present at that time. Spectating passes are available for purchase (include drinks + snacks)!

Finals will be a unique non-onsight style round where the top 5 finalists in the Open categories will compete. There will be 3 finals boulders per gender and finalists will take turns trying to send each boulder in order, as denoted by the routesetters. Whichever finalist has the least number of attempts across all three boulders will win!

We will be taking day-of signups for all categories. If you plan to compete in Open + want to be eligible for finals you MUST sign-up prior to February 28th.

category breakdown

Competitors can compete in the male, female, or non-binary category for each skill level. We welcome competitors to choose the skill and gender category they are most comfortable with. You will be competing against those in the same category/skill level as you. As a general rule, your skill category should be determined by the hardest grade you regularly redpoint in the gym.

• Beginner: VB – V2
• Intermediate: V3 – V5
• Advanced: V5 – V7
• Open: V8+

raffle

Raffle will be held at the end of the day for all competitors and will include over 50 prizes! Some prizes include North Face gear, Chicken N Pickle vouchers, climbing gear, and more! You must be present to win!

anything else i need to know?

• Early bird pricing before February 13th – sign up early to save $$
• Spectator passes are required for access to both the redpoint + finals rounds. Competitors do not need to purchase spectator tickets.