80: Watch KING LINES to improve your English (Vitaly)

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.

Find Vitaly (He doesn’t wear a border shirt)
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79: Highly Conscious Followers (@tajippei)

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.

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78: Be Proactive And Be On Guard (SIN)

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.

Show note

  • What Happened in 2021
  • Read the Tweet
  • The benefits of accumulation
  • The first Rock Beans
  • KAITAKU no KABE
  • KINAN Climbers Rock Perty 2021
  • Flagship
  • Skills and knowledge to be able to choose for yourself
  • Exhibition and NEW shoes
  • Time for a change of direction
  • Taking a purepioneer climber to Mitake
  • Watching “Top of the Top” competition

UNPARALLEL https://www.caravan-web.com/special_unparallel/

74: Work hard for the online game. (Grappa)

This episode’s guest was Mr. Neji Mei of Grappa, whom I hadn’t seen since the end of last year.
We talked about what’s been going on in our lives, games, masks, lack of exercise, and other ideas for the gym. We also spent some time talking about various stuff we got from Twitter and reading letters from Grappa customers.

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72: I finished “a” V6 (climber_t_field)

We welcomed Mr.Koji Toyoba from Tajimi City, Gifu Prefecture, one of the hottest places in Japan, to talk about How do you enjoy the rock climbing and the style, sharing experiences through a problem, anti-corona virus measures and current events.

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71: Value of a onsight(@tajippei)

We welcomed Mr. Tajima (@tajippei), owner of a well-established climbing gym ‘Joy Wall’ in Kurume City, Fukuoka Prefecture, and a researcher for Tokyo Powder, to talk about why he climbs, the past one year, climbing holds, YouTube, Onsight, Highballs, the Olympics, and more.

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