As we begin 2018 Scarpa UK has a few more presents to unwrap in the form of some new additions to our athlete team!

We’d like to welcome the first two new members; bouldering brothers Sam and Joe Lawson. Both have recently moved to Sheffield from the less than rocky Norwich. Sam and Joe are looking forward to tackling some more northern problems after reducing their commute to the crag. We also talk to the Lawson’s about their film-making projects and discuss what they’re looking forward to now they’re part of the Scarpa Team.

Alasdair Kennedy trains and climbs indoors at The Bristol Climbing Academy, he’s put together a few training tips for Scarpa UK, offering some key points to focus on and some ideas on how to keep in peak form over the winter months.

Alasdair is based near Bristol and a regular visitor to the Pembrokeshire Cliffs. Earlier this year he made an ascent of Charlie Woodburn’s Something’s Burning E9 7a at Stennis Ford and has a growing list of trad ascents.

The Maestro is a revolutionary new trad climbing shoe from SCARPA that offers stability for standing on small edges and yet has enough flex for smearing.

The Brand New Scarpa Maestro and Maestro Mid

Matthew Phillips is a Scarpa supported athlete and an ambassador for Paraclimbing nationally and abroad. After achieving Gold at this summers IFSC Paraclimbing cup in Sheffield and having another successful year with the GB Pararclimbing Team – Matthew speaks to us about the last few months and encourages people with disabilities to get involved with climbing.

We caught up with Scarpa Athlete Michaela Tracy during the aftermath of last weekend’s Battle of Britain bouldering competition in Manchester. She gave us an insight into how she approached the final problems and how challenging a contest the BOB had been.