EP24: Yossi Sundakov-Krumins | Australia's Biggest Comp Prize
The Hangout Australian Climbing PodcastShow Notes
This week I am Hangin with Yossi Sundakov-Krumins. Yossi a pioneer i the climbing space here in Australia. Birthed from Yossi's mind is the Money Comp, a climbing competition like no other. No first prize just bags of money. Yossi also runs Skywood climbing home to maybe one of the best woodies in Australia & he operates Olio Climbing, a climbing hold company out there to assist setters in any way they can. Hope you enjoy this episode and please go chewck out the 'Money Comp' happening Oct 10th at Skywood. Live stream available. LINKS 👉 Support the Climbers Fund 👉 View Dosage Mug 👉 Join the Campfire 👉 Instagram 👉 Youtube
GUEST LINKS 📸 Yossi Instagram 📸 Skywood Climbing Gym (Northern Beaches) 📸 Olio Climbing Holds
CHAPTERS 00:00 Intro & Guest Welcome 02:20 Yossi's Climbing Backstory 05:27 Comp Climbing & Youth Worlds Semis 09:00 Path into Setting 18:44 Running a Business Through COVID 25:34 Gym Ownership: Challenges & Positives 28:50 Gym Economics & Closures 31:24 What Gyms Are Missing: Coffee, Alcohol & Community 36:06 What Makes Skyward Different 39:17 The Money Comp: What It Is 44:38 Going Interactive: Livestream & Tech 48:27 International Interest & Taking It on the Road 49:45 Money Comp Format & Setting 55:40 Qualifiers, Entries & Numbers 1:01:46 Setting Philosophy 1:08:50 Standout Setting Experiences 1:14:10 Hold Making with Olio 1:16:56 Why Holds Cost So Much 1:32:15 Innovation & the Future of Holds 1:37:54 Arco Youth Worlds & Olio on the World Stage 1:40:13 Listener Questions 1:47:33 Money Comp Dates & Sign-Ups 1:49:14 Outro
KEYWORDS The Hangout, Hangout podcast, Australian climbing podcast, climbing podcast, Episode 23, Yossi, Skyward Climb, Brookvale, Northern Beaches, Olio Climbing, climbing holds, hold making, hold shaping, IFSC Level 2, route setter, route setting, boulder setting, The Money Comp, Money Comp, $15,000 prize pool, biggest prize pool in Australian climbing, Oct 10th, climbing competition, bouldering competition, Youth Worlds, Arco, gym ownership, climbing gym, climbing gym business, why holds cost so much, future of climbing, Australian climbing, climbing community
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