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Bouldering brands

Short problems, hard moves, many attempts. Shoes, chalk, crash pads, brushes, and training boards.

89 brands

• 8BPLUS — Character chalk bags and climbing accessories
• A-Climbing — Kobe-made climbing shoes from kids sizes up
• Acopa — Climbing shoes rooted in a Guadalajara last shop
• Alpidex — German value climbing and outdoor gear house brand
• Alpkit — UK outdoor clothing, camping kit and Sonder bikes
• Antworks — Wooden hangboards and home training gear, made in Austria
• Arc'teryx — Technical shells, harnesses and packs from North Vancouver
• Asana Climbing — Boise crash pads and gym bouldering landing systems
• Avila Climbing Co — Climber-owned Grippa chalk and apparel from Clearwater, Florida
• Beal — Dynamic ropes and harnesses, made in the Isère
• Beastmaker — Wooden fingerboards and holds, CNC-cut in its own UK workshop
• Black Diamond — Cams, carabiners, headlamps and ski touring gear from Salt Lake City
• Blitz Climbing — Climbing chalk and softgoods sold as Blitz Chalk
• Blue Ice — Ultralight alpine harnesses, tools and packs from Les Houches
• bluepill — Competition and commercial climbing holds and macros from Germany
• Boot Bananas — Banana-shaped shoe deodorisers and drying inserts from Poole
• Butora — Korean climbing shoes in wide and narrow lasts, plus gym rentals
• Café Kraft — Climbing apparel and Gimme Kraft hangboards from Nuremberg
• CAYL — Climbing and hiking packs and apparel from Seoul, with an in-house repair desk
• Chalk Cartel — Climbing chalk hand-packed in Albuquerque, sold by the bag or bucket
• Chillaz — Tyrolean climbing and outdoor apparel from Vomp
• Chupa Climb — Liquid and block chalk for climbers, made in the EU
• Climb On! — Plant-and-beeswax skin bars and balms revived for climbers
• Crafty Climbing — Polish handmade animal chalk bags and wooden hangboards
• Cypher — Value CE climbing hardware under Liberty Mountain
• Death Grip — Plastic-free climbing chalk sister brand to Asana
• deWoodstok — Angle-adjustable boulder brushes and a bamboo hangboard from Delft
• DMM — Welsh forged trad protection, carabiners and ice tools
• Dry Hard — French liquid climbing chalk in a sugarcane bottle
• E9 — Italian climbing apparel and crash pads from Ascoli Piceno
• EB — French climbing shoes since 1950, made near Grenoble
• Edelrid — Ropes, harnesses and belay devices from Isny im Allgäu
• Evolv — Climbing shoes from a Southern California crew, now Oberalp-owned
• Five Ten — Climbing and mountain-bike shoes built around Stealth Rubber.
• Flashed — Calgary bouldering pads, chalk and gym padding
• Friction Labs — Climbing chalk blended and bagged near Denver
• Frictitious Climbing — Doorway-mount hangboards and finger-strength tools for home
• Gipfel — Indian-made climbing, boulder and Himalaya camp kit
• Goliath — Shells, convertible pants and merino for hikers, from Singapore
• Goodgrip — German climbing brushes, chalk and route-setter tools
• JeansTrack — Spanish technical denim pants for climbing, trekking and bikes
• Kapitän Ohlsen — German outdoor care, chalk and climbing hand cream from Hausen
• Karma8A — Bouldering clothes from a Paris climbing collective
• Kinetik Climbing — Owner-sewn crash pads and chalk gear from Bend, Oregon
• KletterRetter — German climbing apparel and rental-friendly kit
• Krieg Climbing — US climbing brushes built for outdoor holds
• La Sportiva — Mountain running shoes from a family factory in Val di Fiemme
• Lapis — Slovenian climbing-holds line from Schlamberger in Vrhnika
• Lattice Training — Climbing coaching plans plus its own wooden lifting edges and hangboards
• Looking for Wild — Lyon climbing pants and apparel built for rock and daily wear
• Mad Rock — Climbing shoes and hardware, with a limited lifetime warranty
• Max Climbing — Climbing training tools designed and selected in Belgium
• Megabeta Climbing — Climbing totepacks and sling bags from a US indie maker
• Megos and Woods — Regional wooden climbing holds and hangboards from Franconia
• Metolius — Cams, crash pads and training boards from a factory in Bend
• Midnight Lightning — Seawater-derived climbing chalk with liquid refills, from Squamish
• Misty Mountain — Made-in-USA climbing harnesses and soft goods since 1985
• Miwok — Austrian climbing apparel and boulder bags made mostly in Europe
• Moon Climbing — Sheffield climbing apparel, crash pads and MoonBoard training walls
• Mushroom Pads — Spanish crash pads and chalk kits from near Madrid
• Nature Climbing — Granite and wood climbing holds, hangboards and brushes made in Aarhus
• Nograd — French stretch climbing pants with kids lines and a Villejuif showroom
• Ocún — Climbing shoes, harnesses and hardware from Polička
• Organic Climbing — Crash pads and chalk bags sewn in Pennsylvania, offcuts reused
• PitchSix — Adjustable belay glasses and the Force Board training platform
• Rafiki — Czech climbing apparel, shoes and crash pads from Plzeň
• Red Chili — Handmade climbing shoes from Isny in the Allgäu
• Rhino Skin Solutions — Skin repair and grip care for climbers, made in central Oregon
• Rock Experience — Italian mountain apparel for climbing, trek and snow
• Rock Technologies — Peak District climbing chalk from seawater magnesium
• Rúngne — Climbing pants, tees and chalk from a Norwegian climbing label
• Rupe — Handmade climbing and yoga apparel from a Saronno lab
• Scarpa — Asolo mountain shoemaker whose trail line is made like its boots
• Send Climbing — Hueco Tanks crash pads and kneepads from El Paso
• SNAP Climbing — Chamonix-born crash pads, chalk and climbing apparel
• So iLL — Climbing shoes and holds from St. Louis, with Fred Nicole
• Spotter Climbing — Hueco Tanks factory crash pads and bouldering mats
• Tenaya — Spanish performance climbing shoes made for edging
• Tension Climbing — Wooden hangboards and the Tension Board, made in Denver
• Tindeq — Bluetooth force gauges and finger-training rungs for climbers
• Tokyo Powder — Japanese climbing chalk
• Trango — American climbing hardware and protection
• Triop — Czech climbing shoes across beginner to advanced
• Unparallel — Climbing and bike shoes on in-house rubber, from ex-Five Ten makers
• Vertics — Forearm compression sleeves and climbing socks from Wiesbaden
• Voodoo Climbing — Arizona crash pads and climbing softgoods since 1993
• Wild Climb — Italian climbing shoes from Montebelluna
• Wild Country — Friends cams and climbing hardware under Oberalp in Bolzano
• YY Vertical — Hangboards, door-frame mounts and belay glasses from the French Alps