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Sometimes I climb
3x 🇦🇺 National champion 🥇🥇🥇
Play, dream and love 🙃

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Funnest climb on the kilter board yet, The V9, Sandbag V2!!!🤙

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Boulder Lab Masters - M4
Construction project complete 👷‍♂️
@daniel_spies1 with a glorious run
Hella vibes, see you next year

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9 Degrees Sydney WBS 2026

Last month I had the opportunity to be apart of filming 9D’s Winter Boulder Series, supporting @tomjgilligan for that night. Had a amazing time shooting the athletes and all the craziness that comes with events like these!
#sport #content #climbing

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It’s been about a month since WBS and we can’t wait for another one next year! Congratulations to all the winners, as well as a massive thank you to our generous sponsors with the prizes. We’d like to thank our good friends from @climbing_anchors for backing the podium prize pool for this year! These events would not be possible without support like this so thank you ♥️

📸 @phillipsage

#sydneybouldering #9degreessydney
#boulderingmakesyouhappy

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Some more black and whites from VOL 1.
Hope you enjoy. 🙏

#vol1 #climbfit #bouldering #bouldercompetition

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VOL 1, 2026. Until next year!
A couple of shots from yesterday's @climbfit_sydney bouldering competition.
Massive congratulations to @audylanparks
& @tahnia_climbing for taking home the crowns.

#bouldering #comp #vol1 #climbfit

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Our All Stars line up is hereee
Tune in tomorrow at 9D Chatswood. Finals kicking off at 2pm 📺🔥

#sydneybouldering #9degreessydney
#boulderingmakesyouhappy #9DWBS26

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And of course I couldn’t leave the arco dump just staying in my gallery 😉🇮🇹

Thanks to all my friends that made this trip so special 🫶🏻

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Competitions and being a professional athlete can hurt like hell.
Especially when you feel like you gave,and keep giving ,everything you possibly can… and at the end, you’re just left with emptiness and no desire to continue this game.
That’s how I felt after the EC in Barcelona. Or, if I’m being honest, after pretty much every competition this season💔
But I guess this is also what professional sport teaches you:
TO APPRECIATE THE PEOPLE AROUND YOU, WHO ALWAYS SUPPORT YOU AND STAY BY YOUR SIDE.
TO LEARN FROM THE MOMENTS THAT HURT THE MOST.
AND TO REALIZE THERE IS ALWAYS MORE IN YOU.

And somehow, through all the disappointment, pain and doubts, I’m actually so grateful for all of it 🥺
Maybe this is part of the game too ❤️‍🩹

(Here are some recent moments from my life. Couldn’t be more thankful for all of it! thanks a lot to my friends , love yaaa guys 🫂)
One week of rest is done, ready to start over!

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Y WORLD CHAMPS 2026 ARCO🇮🇹- pl 57/110🥲

I couldnt really show what Im capable of on this comp, i think mostly because the style of boulders. I gave everything into the last preparations and felt really good on training camp before comp. But in bouldering i have to be ready for all styles of setting, so next year i wiil come back leveled up, already on senior comps💥⚔️

Despite not that good performance, I really loved competing in this beautiful place like here in Italy. Spending time with old friends and making new ones is always a pleasure for me.

Now we’re resetting batteries before preparation for new season, and I am motivated more than ever to give absolutely everything🥵

Im thankful for my parents to make those comps happen and for my coach to prepare me, excited for more work.

#climbing #competition #bouldering #worldchamps #arcoclimbing

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leaving koper with two busted knees but a heart very full ❤️‍🩹 this trip ended with an injury, but i’m amazed at how the people surrounding you can bring joy into any situation 🙂‍↕️🫶🏻

heading home for some doc appointments to see what’s up. but for now, so grateful for the climbing, the swims, the long drives, the side quests, the food, & the laughs with the koper gang 🥰🌄
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@arcteryxtoronto @arcteryx @lasportivana @chalkfactory @climbcanada

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Two weeks in training in Slovenia 🇸🇮

These two weeks have been some of the best days of my life I have meet so many incredible people, learned so much about my self and my climbing and gained so much experience.

Next stop world youth, Arco 🇮🇹🥷⚔️😤

#climbing #italy #bouldering #fyp #ᴠɪʀᴀʟᴘᴏsᴛ

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