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Climbing for Sport & Play

Introducing climbing features to a playground is a great way to add an element of challenge to the landscape. Developing core strength and coordination skills, a climbing unit is often the first piece of equipment a child will head for when entering the area.

Our bouldering walls are designed to provide an exhilarating experience for adults as well as children, offering challenging routes and a fun way to stay active and engaged.

Climbing features are particularly appealing to older children, who may have outgrown more traditional playground items, and those looking to increase the risk and challenge they experience at the park.

Our bouldering walls are sturdy structures, capable of entertaining a large number of children at one time, and have proved hugely popular where they have been installed.

With bouldering walls, cubes, and climbing structures in our portfolio, browse the full range below!

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Our Bouldering Products

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ZigZag Boulder 1 Z 001

ZigZag Boulder 2 Z 002

ZigZag Boulder 3 Z 003

ZigZag Boulder 4 Z 004

ZigZag Boulder 5 Z 005

ZigZag Boulder 6 Z 006

ZigZag Boulder 7 Z 007

ZigZag Boulder 8 Z 008

Wall Bouldering Cube S 220605

Wall Bouldering Cube M 220610

Wall Bouldering Cube L 220615

Wall Bouldering Cube Xl 220620

Wall Bouldering S 220680

Wall Bouldering M 220685

Wall Bouldering L 220690

Climbing skirt mini A 0-56651-000

Climbing skirt mini B 0-56653-000

Climbing skirt mid 0-56663-000

Climbing rock mini + pipe slide 0-56655-000

Climbing combination 0-55120-500

Climbing wall 0-55449-500

Climbing tower 0-55462-500

Hanging Frame 175016

Cargo Net Wall 081285M

Obstacle Wall 081236M

Rope Wall 081235M

Monkey Bars 081230M

Bell climber 0-53302-501

Moomin Tent MP0203

Climbing Construction “Book” 7S-200309-01

Bouldering

Bouldering is an increasingly popular pastime for all ages of people, and especially with older children. The Olympic sport is gaining popularity, and many local authorities are starting to tap into this by installing bouldering units into their play areas.

We have a fantastic range of steel, HDPE, HPL, and glue laminated wooden structures that can add the height and challenge to your playground/ sports facility that both children and adults will crave.

Watch our bouldering video below.

What is Bouldering?

Bouldering is a form of rock climbing that is performed on small rock formations or artificial rock walls, known as boulders, without the use of ropes or harnesses.

Bouldering problems (the sequence of moves that a climber performs to complete the climb) are usually less than 4-6 meters (15-20 ft.) tall.

The sport originally was a method of training for roped climbs and mountaineering, so climbers could practice specific moves at a safe distance from the ground.

Throughout the 20th century, bouldering evolved into a separate discipline.

The sport made its Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020 and featured three disciplines:

Speed climbing
Bouldering
Lead climbing

Who?

Cities / municipalities / urban planners and developers
Our bouldering walls are the most efficient tools that any government can use to obtain their sport-related objectives, delivering the highest social return for a one-off investment.

Gyms and sport clubs
Own bodyweight equipment is successfully moving into the gym market, bouldering is becoming a new form of fitness.

Private use
Walls can be made suitable for private use in home gardens.

Where?

Public Spaces / Parks / Playgrounds /
Education Institutions / Sport Clubs /
Amusement Parks / Private Gardens

Users

(age 6-99)
Boulder problems have various levels of difficulty for people of all ages and skills. Slabs (rock faces that are angled at less than 90 degrees or less than vertical), larger handholds and footholds are designed for kids and beginners, certain problems built on edges and overhangs create a more difficult challenge for advanced users.

Technical Information

Most of our bouldering products are compliant with European climbing provisions (artificial climbing walls, EN 12572-2:2017- ZigZag Play and ZigZag Boulder only) and the European standards for playgrounds (TÜV EN 1176), which specifies general safety requirements for public playground equipment and surfacing. (Lappset, Kaiser & Kühne and Spiel Bau products are EN1176 only).
Climbing without the use of ropes or harnesses, the highest standing level is 3 m.
3m (according to the European standards for playgrounds)
4m (according to the European climbing provisions)
Surfacing extends out 2,5 m (8 feet) out from the farthest overhanging point as a minimum.
Fall zone is built of an impact absorbing safety surface.
Suitable for outdoor and indoor installation.
Climbing holds and paths can be endlessly reset or rearranged.

outdoor bouldering wall with marked routes

Routes (ZigZag Play & Bouldering)

Routes placed on the walls are colour-coded to indicate different levels of difficulty, so everyone can find a challenge according to the climber’s level of experience.

ROUTES / LEVEL / USER
YELLOW-ORANGE / 3A – 4A / children
RED – BLUE / 4B – 5B / beginner
PURPLE – BLACK / 5C – 7A / advanced

Climbing Market

Climbing used to be a very niche extreme sport, however due to the growing number of climbing gyms more people are choosing to gain strength and fitness in recent years.

25 million people are climbing regularly in the world.
Climbers are young (39% under 18) but practice until 60 and older.
The share of female climbers is very high (38% vs. usual maximum 31%).
In Austria: 48% men, 52% women, in France: 59% men, 41% women (2015).
Climbing debuted in the 2020 Olympics.
In past years around 40% of new gyms in the US have been bouldering only or mostly bouldering only. (2017)

Outdoor Sport & Playground Market

Today, 55% of the world’s population lives in urban areas, a proportion that is expected to increase to 68% by 2050. Today, the most urbanised regions include Northern America (with 82% of its population living in urban areas in 2018), Latin America and the Caribbean (81%), Europe (74%) and Oceania (68%). In such an urbanized world, public spaces play a vital role in urban planning and development. (UN2018)

Increasing awareness of being healthy.
Sport is becoming top priority in life.
Indoor sport activities are moving out to urban spaces to make available for greater societies.

Climbing Equipment