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Updated 18 May 2020
Awarded Finnish Innovation by Kaarle Vanamo
Joyride Games Oy (Ltd) in Finland. Founded in 2004 to develop the best possible rotating climbing wall. During traveling and research of life, Vanamo realized that no climbing wall equipment was available that would meet the vision been suitable for sports centers, gyms, resorts, or climbing training. Vanamo visioned a rotating climbing wall that would be smart to use, mobile and it should allow its use in short-term events outdoors too. Kaarle Vanamo started developing a climbing wall that would meet his vision. Kaarle´s concept got supported by the Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation (Tekes). After the prototype was born, it gained immediate worldwide attention and got noticed by the Beyond Tomorrow series presented by the Australian Television Channel 7 in 2005. The same show was soon aired by the Discovery Science channel worldwide. From the beginning of 2004, the product was delivered to its first customer in 2007. The climbing wall was named and branded as a ClimbStation™. In December 2008 ClimbStation won a prestigious ISPO FINALIST award in the Brand-New-Brand competition. ClimbStation was also presented internationally at the ISPO-WINTER 2009 exhibition held in Münich Germany in February 2009 and was chosen as one of the Hottest New Brands. In the year 2013 ClimbStation was nominated by FIBO Innovation awards. In 2015 Kaarle Vanamo discovered a new technology that would bring a lot of benefits when implemented into a rotating climbing wall. The idea of using the climber's weight as an energy source to move the rotating surface with the help of the Kinetic Energy Recovery System (KERS). If this innovation was done right, the new technology would make the climbing wall both simpler, smarter, speed up the setup time, and reduce the weight. K.E.R.S had also the benefit of improved safety as the system would use the low voltage. By Spring 2017, the Kinetic Energy Recovery System (KERS) was finally presented at the FIBO fair in Germany. In 2018 we launched a new tilting mechanism that uses less energy and has a very low operational noise. A lot of versions, tests, and design improvements have been done since the beginning of the concept which all aims for better user experience, from the installation process, troubleshooting, and better reliability. As a product inventor, I strongly feel the product you deliver has to be something the owner can be proud of owning and enjoy to operate. Only then it has good value and joy for the long term in return. See what they write about us: Throomers.com, DudeIWantThat.com, Fitness-Gaming.com, BusinessInsider.com |
– KAARLE VANAMO, INVENTOR AND CEO
ClimbStation has plenty of variety to choose from and it is very easy to use.
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Our mission is to bring this beautiful sport better available. Our focus is on reliability, safety, and the best experience to enjoy the sport of climbing.
Our mission is to bring this beautiful sport better available. Our focus is on reliability, safety, and the best experience to enjoy the sport of climbing.
