innsbruck and first in wujang headed into the seminal world cup in paris NUMBER_TOKEN he was looking to do something groundbreaking when both the lead and bouldering championships in the same event he got lead but on the bouldering wall he ran into another rising superstar in tomoa narasaki a gymnast turned climber tomoa was a japanese bouldering specialist who was quickly building a name for himself on the international scene NUMBER_TOKEN was his breakout year culminating in the paris event where he beat out andra for gold this was a statement win for tomoa and it was significant for the sport because the two climbers really couldn't be more different in their approaches like i said adam is a traditional outdoor climber who cut his teeth on slippery check routes and loves technical insecure climbing timoa is not that a gym climber by nature he's always used his gymnastics background and insane athleticism to embrace the new more parkour-based style that competition climbing is moving towards faced with paddle moves coordination jumps and massive swings tomorrow is right at home and when he beat andra out in NUMBER_TOKEN it sent a message to the climbing world you don't need a long list of outdoor achievements to be a good competition climber and in fact spending more time in the gym might actually be better if you're looking to hone your strength and coordination hey everyone it's tom randall here i hope you're enjoying the video i just wanted to let you know that in the link and description below there is a discount to unparallel climbing shoes so this is through the uk distributor dark ventures just go below into the description and there's a link with a discount to any shoes from unparalleled
START_SPONSOR_TOKEN hey everyone it's tom randall here i hope you're enjoying the video i just wanted to let you know that in the link and description below there is a discount to unparallel climbing shoes so this is through the uk distributor dark ventures just go below into the description and there's a link with a discount to any shoes from unparalleled END_SPONSOR_TOKEN