Pose Down

After having to reschedule our spring shoot, due to weather, we finally had a beautiful weekend ahead of us. The plan was to get outside with some of our athletes as well as some other willing suckahs to do their thing on some rock in upstate New York. The temps were perfect...for tanning...but not for sending. Unseasonably warm for this time of the year the rock felt slick and we where getting spit off left and right. We had a great time nonetheless...the energy and the psych was high and as usual, Craig, Granit's awesome photographer was able to get some great shots. We also had a surprise visit from Paul Jung, videographer from Bass for Your Face...since he messed up his finger recently and hasn't been able to climb he decided it was too nice a day to not come out and chill with the Granit team. Not sure if PJ was able to get any footage...the day was bright and sunny...way too much exposure for video. We stayed out 'til days end hoping to get cooler temps, however, the crew just got more tired and more silly...here's a look at some of the shots Craig was able to capture...

NY State Parks in Jeopardy

There was a post on Facebook the other day that made a mention that NY Governor Patterson was proposing the idea of closing some NY State parks due to budget cuts. One of the parks in that statement was Minnewaska State Park Preserve. That would mean that Peterskill, one of the primary areas of bouldering and guiding of trad climbs, would be shut down.

That just doesn't fly!! Check out www.accessfund.org and click on TAKE ACTION to petition this from happening. We have to stand up to save our "playground" out there in the woods...

Back From the Printer

A couple of weeks ago Granit Life spent the day at the printer, getting all the graphics and colors perfected for the new Spring '10 line. On Friday, Jose fought his way back down to Brooklyn to pick 'em up...

Here's a sneak preview...

Waiting for Spring

Here on the east coast we've been anxiously awaiting for the weather to shift...the past month it dumped snow, in some areas over 3 feet. And that was just during one storm. The positive thing is that as soon as the front moved through the temps would climb back up into the 40's and the snow would melt...however, that also meant a lot of wet rock. Recognizing that this weekend would be prime for getting outside, Aron Back, the guy from Connecticut that seems to know every bit of beta for bouldering in New England, got us all psyched for a trip to Lincoln Woods. Double checking with some of the local boys up in Providence to make sure the rock was dry and the ground not too muddy we set out for a day of mad crimping and technical granite sloper problems.

The day was amazing...clear blue skies, warm sun, lots of laughs and of course, crushing! The best send of the day was when Dan "Danimal" Giusti got his grrrr on and made the ascent of Chemical, V9, a real finicky bottom section and finishing up on edges over an egg-shaped piece of rock. He made it look like a walk in the park. Silverstein had a good day too...most notably, he sent Diesel, V8, a slightly over-hanging crimp-fest to a giant move to a giant jug on his second try...not bad. Most impressive was our tour guide, ABack, he hadn't been to the "Woods" in over a year, and yet he managed to climb everything we got on and make it look effortless.

This was only the beginning, Granit Life will be out this spring in full-force...watch out!!!