GYM PROJECTS
Long Beach Landmark Gets a Gym Makeover
Long Beach Rising, Long Beach, CA
Specs: 17,000-square-foot bouldering gym located inside a historic landmark building (constructed in 1926) known as "The Packard,” originally used...
PARTNER RESOURCES
Using Data to Make Connections in Climbing Gyms
According to the State of Climbing Report 2019 published by the American Alpine Club, 65% of climbers are between the ages of 18 and...
2nd WICS Connects at Exciting Time for Climbing
Two months before the first climbing Olympians qualified for the Olympic Games in Tokyo, the annual World Indoor Climbing Summit (WICS) took place on...
Delire Climbing: Healthy Bodies, Healthy Minds, Healthy World
In today’s world, people are searching for balance; balance between work, family, friends, sports and fitness, and hobbies. Partners come up with creative ways...
RESEARCH & EDUCATION
Where Computers and Climbing Meet: Behind The Desk With Jon Lachelt
Behind the Desk…is an ongoing series that profiles people influencing and advancing the industry in gyms from coast to coast. For this installment, CBJ...
Ask A Lawyer: Are All Climbing Gyms At Risk Of Being Shut Down?
Word quickly spread around the global climbing world about an article recently published in The Irish Times. The article reported that all gyms in...
We’re Hiring: Ground-Floor Opportunity At CBJ
Climbing Business Journal is growing and currently seeking a talented and motivated marketer with experience in the climbing gym field to join our growing team as Marketing Assistant. This is our first hire and a ground-floor opportunity. In this role, the candidate would help with a wide array of marketing and office tasks including social media management and data research.
Making Better Gyms: 4 Key Insights on Physical Inclusivity
Most climbing gyms already have the raw materials to offer great experiences for patrons with physical disabilities, but a paraclimbing champion shares what is needed to make any gym welcoming to climbers of all physical ability levels.
Standing Out In a City of Many Gyms: Behind the Desk with Michael Paukner
Behind the Desk… is an ongoing series that profiles people influencing and advancing the industry in gyms from coast to coast. For this installment, we travel to the Northeast—to Boston—where climbing is booming in one of the most tightly-packed urban landscapes in the country. We chat with Michael Paukner at Rock Spot about the keys to appealing to a broad customer base, the best ways for a gym to stay unique in a crowded market...and the best music to blare during those hard gym sessions.
USA Climbing Hires New Marketing VP
The chief governing body for competition climbing in the United States, USA Climbing, recently announced Kelly Feilke as its new Vice President of Marketing, Communications, and Development. The role will entail close work with the organization’s Board of Directors, and Feilke will report directly to USA Climbing’s CEO, Marc Norman.
Optional Pay: 6 Lessons from a Pioneer
Last year, the reportedly first nonprofit climbing gym in the United States featuring a pay-as-you-can business model opened in Tennessee: Memphis Rox. Buzz circulated online on climbing, indoor climbing, outdoor and non-climbing publications alike after its opening on March 22nd. Now 18 months since Memphis Rox opened its doors to all, the Climbing Business Journal checked in with Jon Hawk, Director of Operations, and Zack Rogers, Director of Administration, to learn more about the business side of the equation and share their experience with climbing professionals interested in a similar undertaking.
From Volunteer Routesetter To Gym Manager: Behind the Desk With Matthew Butler-Bugher
Behind the Desk…is an ongoing series that profiles people influencing and advancing the climbing industry. In this installment, CBJ heads to the East Coast and talks about the inner workings of Vermont’s MetroRock gym, the concept of rockstar routesetters, and good espresso being the best fuel for the day.
Stop Use Issued For Some Perfect Descent Auto Belays
The following press release was sent yesterday by Perfect Descent Climbing Systems:Littleton, CO - C3 Manufacturing, maker of Perfect Descent Auto Belays, today announced...
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Finding Time To Volunteer: Behind The Desk With Emily Moore
Behind the Desk… is an ongoing series that profiles people influencing and advancing the climbing industry across the country. This month, CBJ heads out...
LATEST INDUSTRY NEWS
Gyms Change Belay Policies to Make ABD the Requirement
It was recently announced that all locations of The Front Climbing Club in Utah would be enacting a new belay policy. “Starting on December...
Popular Virginia Gym Gets a ‘Sister Facility’
Latitude Climbing and Fitness, Virginia Beach, VA
Specs: Brand new 16,000 square-foot facility (with over 13,000 square feet of climbing surface) will feature top ropes,...
Two More Gyms Just Opened // CBJ Ads Work
Don’t miss news from this week:
Long Beach Landmark Gets a Gym Makeover
Colorado Gym Offers Diverse Challenges for Kids
Get Your Brand In Front Of Climbing...
Get Your Brand In Front Of Climbing Gyms
Since 2013, CBJ has filled a gap in climbing media as the only publication focusing exclusively on the business side of the climbing industry....
Colorado Gym Offers Diverse Challenges for Kids
EVO Kids, Louisville, CO
Specs: Nearly 7,000-square-foot space combines climbing walls (bouldering and top-roping, with additional walls to come) and ninja equipment with various obstacle...
Long Beach Landmark Gets a Gym Makeover
Long Beach Rising, Long Beach, CA
Specs: 17,000-square-foot bouldering gym located inside a historic landmark building (constructed in 1926) known as "The Packard,” originally used...
Movement Moves // Data Makes Connections // ID Gym News
Don’t miss news from this week:
Movement Joins the El Cap FamilyUsing Data to Make Connections in Climbing Gyms
Idaho To Get a New Gym With...
Idaho To Get a New Gym With a View
Vertical View, Meridian, ID
Specs: 32,000-square-foot facility (18,000 of which is climbable surface) is being built completely “from the ground up.” The gym features four...
Using Data to Make Connections in Climbing Gyms
According to the State of Climbing Report 2019 published by the American Alpine Club, 65% of climbers are between the ages of 18 and...
Movement Joins the El Cap Family
It was recently announced that El Cap, among the largest national networks of climbing gyms, has acquired Movement Climbing and Fitness. Other gym chains...
