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Bouldering League
Fall 2025

Ready to climb, compete, and connect? Join us for our very first Bouldering League! It is a 5-week challenge with weekly route resets, divisions for all skill levels, and prizes for top finishers.

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It's your chance to push limits, build community, and have a blast on the wall. 

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We are partnering with the Kaya climbing app on this incredible event. Read on for details on format and how to participate. 

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Awards will be presented at our Halloween potluck party on October 25th! ​​

Format

  • This league will happen over the course of 5 weeks starting on Sept 22 ending at noon on October 25th. Awards will be presented at the community potluck on October 25th.

  • Each competitor posts their best 5 climbs.  Those climbs will be given a score relative to the climber’s handicap (see more below).  The competitor’s score for the week will be the average of those scores.

  • Each team’s score will be the sum of the top 3 climbers’ scores.

  • League will run on the Kaya app.

How to Participate

1

Get Ready

Download the Kaya App and search for Big Island Bouldering League and join the challenge.

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2

Set Your Skill Level

This will be the hardest grade you can usually send in 5 climbs – look at our circuit chart if you need to map your color to the level.

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Team Up

Register a new team, join an existing team, or sign up as an individual and we will assign you to a team. Maximum 5 climbers on a team.

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Climb!

  • Mark your climbs in Kaya including each attempt and sends.  We welcome you to upload video of your successful sends!

  • We will average the top 5 scores and calculate the score for the highest 3 team members each week.

  • Check the leaderboard in Kaya for the top individual and team climbers!

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Scoring

Scoring a Route

  • Scoring is Relative: All boulders will be scored based on a Relative Format. A competitor’s score is directly related to their handicap (registered max grade).

  • Flashing the Route: Completing a route on a first attempt results in max points for the route. If a climber has a V2 handicap they will receive 100 points for successfully flashing a V2. If a climber has a V9 handicap they will receive 100 points for a V9. Each grade deviation is +/- 10 points. If a V2 climber successfully flashes a V3, they will receive 110 points.

  • Multiple Attempts: 1 point is deducted per failed attempt. So if a V2 climber successfully climbs a V2 on their 3rd attempt, they will receive 98 points. If a V2 climber successfully climbs a V3 on their third attempt, they will receive 108 points. 

  • Tracking: Attempts may easily be tracked in Kaya by clicking "Attempt" on your route each time you try that route. Once sent, select "Log Send". 

  • League moderators reserve the right to bump handicaps to prevent sandbagging.

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Individual Weekly Scoring

  • The top 5 sends will count towards your score on the leaderboard per week.  Your weekly score will be a sum of your top 5 sends for that period.

 

Team Weekly Scoring

  • Teams can consist of 3 to 5 people, but only the top 3 scores from the team’s weekly scores will be counted towards the team score.  This allows teams to remain competitive if 1 or more members are away, ill, injured, or otherwise unable to participate.

  • Those top 3 scores will be added together to calculate the team score for the week.

League Guidelines

Criteria for a send:  

  • Climbers must start with both hands established on the start holds and feet off the pads. 

  • Climbers may only use holds that are part of their route to help them progress towards the finish. All routes will be monochromatic. All volumes on for all climbs. 

  • To complete a climb, the climber must show control of the top of the wall or the finish hold(s) with both hands. 

  • Climbs must be completed “clean,” that is, without falling or using holds from a different route.

  • If you have any questions on the criteria listed above feel free to ask the front desk.

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Attempts:

  • Every time a climber pulls onto the wall counts as an attempt. For example, if a climber falls 6 times while initially projecting a route, and sends it the next day in one go, that will count as 7 total attempts to complete the route in its entirety without any falls. 

  • If a climber ‘flashes’ the climb, or completes it on the first try, it is considered 1 attempt. 

  • 1 point is deducted per failed attempt. Flashing the route will result in max points for the route.

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Expiration of climbs:

  • All boulders will be eligible for one week (i.e. Monday evening through Sunday night) and availability will be shown in Kaya

  • You cannot repeat a boulder once it is sent and included in your score.

Awards & Prizes

  • Awards ceremony will take place on October 25th at a gym community potluck.  We encourage all league participants to join us for the awards ceremony and potluck.

  • Top 3 teams will receive prizes.

  • Winning team will receive a Kaya Pro subscription!

Other Information

  • 5 climbers maximum per team.

  • Cost is free with membership or purchase of day pass.

  • If climber does not have access to a smart phone there will be a paper option – scores from this will not be included in the weekly leaderboard.

  • $5 off Bouldergeist Competition on November 1st for people who completed the bouldering league all 5 weeks.

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