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Updated 5 NOV 2020
Awarded Finnish Innovation by Kaarle Vanamo
Joyride Games Oy (Ltd) in Finland. Founded by Kaarle Vanamo 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 his vision to be suitable for sports centers, gyms, resorts, or climbing training purposes. Vanamo visioned a rotating climbing wall that would be functional, stylish, technologically advanced, mobile enough to allow its use in outdoor events too. Vanamo started developing a climbing wall that would meet his vision. Fortunately, the concept got supported by the Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation (Tekes). This allowed the first prototype to be born and it gained immediate worldwide attention when 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. The climbing wall was named and branded as a ClimbStation™. From the founding year of 2004, the product was delivered to its first customer in 2007. 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 for FIBO Innovation awards. In 2015 Vanamo discovered a new technology that could bring a lot of benefits when implemented into a rotating climbing wall in the right way. The idea was to use the climber's weight as an energy source to move the rotating surface with the help of the Kinetic Energy Recovery System (KERS). When done right, the new technology would make the climbing wall both simpler, smarter, speed up the setup time, reduce the weight, and potentially costs too. K.E.R.S has the benefit of improved safety as the system uses 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 happened since the beginning of the concept that aims for the best user experience in rotating climbing. As a product inventor, I strongly feel the product we deliver has to be something the owner - you can be proud of owning and enjoy to operate. A lot of things need to be right, starting from all aspects of safety and user experience, base frame, mechanical structures, electronics engineering, software, user interface design to finishing touches of all materials. Only then it has value and joy for the long term in return. See what they write about us: Throomers.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.
