I realized that it had been four and a half years since the last time. This time, I went to Shin-Yokohama to see Mr. Eli of THOUFUN. We read the questions we had received from Twitter and chatted without feeling like it had been a long time since we had seen each other.
It is the day of the powder. So, although it was not on our schedule, we had to record a Podcast show on short notice. While reading the newsletters and announcements, it turned out to be more of a mess than usual, as if it was a day of powder.
I thought We used to read the messages from listeners on the Podcast every year on the Day of the Powder, but that never happened at all, I only did it once in 2019. Interesting.
Kona Radio is a well-known English conversation resource. For this episode, Vitaly-sensei went back to basics and chose an orthodox theme. He brought about 15 items as essentials for climbing, but due to time constraints, we have five this time!
KONA Radio, Episode 83 is a chat session between the factory manager, the landlord, and Hakase, and we received a lot of letters from Twitter and e-mails. Among other things, we will send you a story about muscles.
Happy New Year to all KONA RADIO listeners! This is Hakase. In episode 82, we talk about everyone’s favorite topic. Yes, climbing shoes. We welcomed Mr. Tachibanazono-san, who is involved in the development of Unparallel shoes, and talked about various topics related to climbing shoes, including the new Souped UP shoes and shoe demos, while looking back on the year 2022.
If you feel that your current shoes are not right for you, or you are not sure about your size, or if you have any other shoe problems, this is a must listen. (from around 1:15:00)
We invited Daisuke Kasahara, aka DK, as our guest for the first time in 4 years, since 2017. We hope you enjoy this episode where we chat about route sets, holds, and funny stories with DK, who is now bursting with happiness after overcoming knee surgery last year.
How do you use the words Grip, Grasp, and Grab to describe taking hold? We welcomed Vitaly Sensei, a language expert, climber, and guitar teacher, to answer questions from our listeners.
This is Ep. 79 of KONA Radio with Mr. Tajima (@tajippei), owner of a well-established climbing gym in Kurume City, Fukuoka Prefecture and a researcher for Tokyo Powder.
Tajippei, who only climbs rocks, and Hakase, who stays in the office and takes care of his hobbies by the minute, were afraid that we hadn’t gained any interesting stories to talk about since last year, so we asked our followers on Twitter for some questions.
We welcomed @SIN_UNPARALLEL, who is involved in shoe development at UNPARALLEL (US), the company that brought you such great shoes as Flagship and VIM, to talk about what happened to the climbing scene in 2021.