The Strati Climbing Homewall Survey results are in and CBJ has released their first ever Homewalls & Trends report.
Big take-aways are:
A staggering 2/3 of home walls have been built in the last year
These add to peoples’ training options with most climbers still going to commercial gyms for the social benefits and quality route setting
They have great data on spend, reasons, future plans and usage!
Read more below.
An important announcement from SCWA regarding the 2021 WA State Boulder Titles. Change the date on your calendars!
We are excited to announce the WA State Boulder Titles will be held at Iris Boulders in Canning Vale on the weekend of 24th-25th July! Registration details will be announced soon so keep an eye on Iris and SCWA’s socials in the coming weeks.
Unfortunately, the State Lead Titles will not be going ahead as planned on May 1st. We hope to confirm an event soon for later in the year.
The AusPlay data for 2019-20 has been released showing detailed data for our climbing community.
Key figures include:
218.8 thousand participants in our sport
205.2 thousand adults (36% female)
13.6 thousand kids (54% female)
Reasons for climbing
Fun/enjoyment
Physical health or fitness
Psychological/mental health/therapy
Social reasons
Get the details in the Rock Climbing/Abseiling/Caving Report.
Vertical-Life have released the 2020 International Climbers' Survey.
According to the publisher,
“This comprehensive study (over 12,000 respondents) has been designed to get an in-depth understanding of climbers as consumers within the climbing industry. Get specific insights on your preferred targets. The survey report describes a series of 6 key personas, result of a multi-segmented cross-analysis, giving relevant insights for the different types of climbers, their values and motivations as well as demographics.”
