Written by Hailey McFelia | Photos by Jason Chang & Elias Hardt
Next weekend is arguably the biggest Sender One weekend of the year. Saturday August 24th will be our 3rd annual Summer Send-Off Rock Climbing Competition and Sunday, August 25th will be our Sender City Lakewood Grand Opening Party!
Summer Send-Off:
Say farewell to Summer with the ultimate all-level rock climbing competition! Here’s the rundown of everything you need to know about this end of summer celebration and competition.
“The category is……” (Hope you read that in a Ru Paul voice). Okay but seriously, the categories will be broken down by:
-Men | Women
-Recreational | Advanced | Open
If you need a little help with breaking it down, we’ve got ya covered. Here are the category breakdowns:
Recreational (v0-v4)
Advanced (v4-v7)
Open (v7+)
For prizes, there’s a total cash purse of $4,000 to be won for the Open category. All categories will receive trophies for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners. Black Diamond, Mad Rock, and Static have kindly donated to the Recreational and Advanced top 3 winners winners.
OPEN (Men's & Women's Each)
1st: $1000 + Trophy
2nd: $600 + Trophy
3rd: $400 + Trophy
Total Cash Purse: $4,000
RECREATIONAL & ADVANCED (Men's & Women's Each)
1st: Black Diamond Crash Pad + Trophy
2nd: Mad Rock Bundle + Trophy
3rd: Static Bundle + Trophy
We hope you are as stoked as we are for this event. To help ease any butterflies you may have here’s a breakdown of the schedule for the day:
RECREATIONAL & OPEN
8AM - Check-in (Rec & Open)
8:45AM - Competitor Meeting (Rec & Open)
9AM - Start Competition (Rec & Open)
10AM - Check-in (Advanced)
10:45AM - Competitor Meetings (Advanced)
11AM-3PM - Competition (Advanced)
1PM - End Competition (Rec & Open)
1PM - Official LKW Ribbon Cutting
1:30PM - Awards (Rec)
11AM-3PM - Competition (Advanced)
3:30 - Awards (Advanced)
4PM-5PM - Competition (Open Onsight Finals)
5:15PM - Open Awards (Open Onsight Finals)
Highly recommend you stick around for the Open Onsight Finals as 6 finalists from each Open Category will battle it out for the Gold, Silver and Bronze. For the first time in Summer Send-Off History, the Onsight Finals will be set with BRAND NEW holds sponsored by SOiLL!! If you enjoyed watching Bouldering in the Olympics on-screen, Onsight Finals will be your chance to watch a similar comp in-person!
Summer Send off is more than a competition though! We love our Sender One community and are so stoked to share another Summer Send off with you. To celebrate you can expect games, crafts, and a local vendors village.
VENDOR VILLAGE AND FOOD OPENS @ 12PM
Food trucks! Fun goodies! Exciting things to look at!
BEER TABLE OPENS @ 12:45PM
That’s right beer! Hurray Beer! Beachwood Brewing Company & Athletic Brewing Company (Non-alcoholic options available!)
GRAND OPENING RIBBON CUTTING @ 1PM
Let’s make the grand opening of Sender One Lakewood official!
What kind of games & crafts can be expected? We know our climbers love a good challenge. So we will have a few physical challenges and Sender City challenges for y’all. For those who are just in it for the fun of it, kick back with some lawn games 🙂
If you're really into crafting and a more family-focused climbing vibe, our Sender City Grand Opening Party is for you! For our crafts, we will have a tie dye station for your new Lakewood Sender One shirt and a rope craft station where we will take dead rope and convert it into door mats and koozies! Sunday will include rolling Sender City sessions, Top-Rope sessions where staff will be on stand-by to belay, family yoga classes, and a face painter!
Here’s the beta for PARKING for BOTH Saturday & Sunday! You’re going to want to pay attention to this folks! This is actually your reward for making it all the way to the end of the blog.
Do not park in F&M Bank lot
Parking in front of gym accessible through Lakewood Blvd
Parking behind the gym accessible via Del Amo Blvd
Additional parking can be found at the Westfield Mall across the street
RSVP for either or both days today!
Saturday - Summer Send-Off Competition
Sunday - Sender City Grand Opening Party
Can’t wait to see you Saturday and/or Sunday! If you can’t make it, tune in to our Sender One Instagram for coverage throughout the competition!