We understand that it is about time for another shoe order. In the mean time, if your child is in desperate need of new shoes, there are a multitude of donated ones upstairs in the office. We probably have about 50 or so pairs of used climbing shoes so if you need ones without holes or that are slightly bigger please just ask Erin or Maggie and we can let you in and help size you. On the flipside, if your athlete has outgrown a pair of their shoes that are still in good condition, please consider donating them to the pile.
Tryouts for the 2016-2017 Bouldering Season are live: Please make sure that you sign up soon. They will be held August 13th in 3 different sessions
Online Sign up for Tryouts: Click Here
Evals: July 18th -22nd.
Sully will shortly be sending out an email as to what this entails including details and an explanation so hold tight for that.
Last week of practice: July 25-29
Team Award Party: Friday, July 29, 6:00-7:00 pm
There will still be M3 practice this day that will end at 6 in time for the party. Please bring your favorite dish. Click here for the potluck sign up form
Break: August 1-19 (3 weeks)
Tryouts: Saturday, August 13, 3 sessions, 9-10:30 am, 11:30-1 pm, 2-3:30 pm (This year, we’re only hosting tryouts for one day, no Sunday option)
First week of practice: August 22-26
-Practice
Practice will continue like normal on Monday and Tuesday for all teams. After Tuesday, athletes are not allowed in the building. If they come inside, they will be disqualified.
-Regionals Team Dinner/Pot Luck @ U-Mound
On Wednesday 5/11 we will be having practice at U-Mound (4-5:30pm), followed by a potluck style team dinner @ City View Park. This event is open to all the teams. One of us will be bringing T-shirt paint for anyone interested in making a custom Mojo t-shirt for Regionals, and I think at least some of the coaches are bringing water-guns!?
To get to U-Mound:
Take Tramway to Copper, and head East. Copper ends at the trailhead to U-Mound, and we will be hiking up as a group at 4:15. The Bouldering area is Northeast of the trailhead.
To get to City View Park:
Take Tramway to Copper, and head East to Jewel Pl. It’s just down the street from the trailhead to U-Mound. Please bring a dish to share. The signup for this is here
Hi Everyone!
-If you haven’t signed up for Regionals, you must do so by the 30th of April! Here’s the link:
-Parent Meeting for Regionals:
We will be offering two parent meetings for Regionals next week. Please attend one.
Monday 5/2 6:00 – 6:30
Tuesday 5/3 4:15 – 4:45
During the meeting we will talk about the Dos & Don’ts of being a parent at Regionals, plus what to expect. The practice following the parent meeting will be a Onsight Practice Competition. Please feel free to watch the practice comp!
Remember in order to register, you must have completed two local competitions and be a member of USAC. If you are having issues with getting credit for a comp, or something with USAC, please call or email one of the coaches and we will take care of it for you.
MOJO Athletes and Families,
As the 2015-2016 USAC Bouldering Season winds down, all of the MOJO coaches would like to congratulate our athletes on an incredible season! The opportunity to experience a shared passion for the sport of rock climbing with the next generation of tremendously talented climbers is one of the things we treasure most about working here; we are immensely thankful for this opportunity.
To our team parents and families, we would also like to extend our sincere gratitude. MOJO would not exist without your kids, but coaching would be much more difficult if it were not for the time, energy, and support that you put in each week. Whether it’s carpools, help with fundraisers, asking questions, volunteering at competitions, or just simply supporting the enthusiasm of your strong, motivated kiddos, we cannot be thankful enough for all that you do to make the team possible.
We are excited that four of our athletes- Domingo Jones, Joshua Le Rexford, Katie Bone, and Saskia Bauman- are all headed to USAC Youth Bouldering Nationals next month in Madison, Wisconsin. Additionally, another twenty-eight of our team members moved on from our Regional competition and represented Stone Age at Divisionals in Tuscon, Arizona. MOJO had more team members at Divisionals than any year in the past, truly a testament to the strong future of the MOJO and the Stone Age climbing community.
As coaches, we endeavor to further hone and improve the experience we are able to offer MOJO athletes each season. Looking toward the 2016 USAC Sport climbing season and beyond, small changes will slowly take place within the structure of MOJO so we can continue to provide the best coaching possible.
First and foremost, the coaches felt unanimously that the single best way to improve the experience for our athletes is for each athlete to receive more personal attention from coaches during practice. To approach this goal, our team for the 2016 USAC Sport season will consist of 48 spots, with 16 athletes per team. Currently, we invite 18 athletes per team.
Secondly, we will be updating our expectations outlined in our team contract to require at least 1 more day spent climbing outside of weekly practices in addition to enforcing the existing obligations. Our hope is that, by increasing our ratio of coaches to athletes at each practice and ensuring a high level of commitment to MOJO from the athletes, both coaches and athletes will have more to offer and to gain from MOJO moving forward.
Finally, MOJO was founded on the idea of “creating climbers for life.” A crucial element of this mission statement is providing athletes with a diversity of climbing experiences outside of the gym. MOJO’s outdoor climbing trips up to this point have been some of our favorite experiences as coaches, but they have simultaneously proved a significant financial barrier to effective operation of the team. As coaches, we want to offer as many outdoor climbing opportunities as possible to the athletes who value them without sacrificing other aspects of our programming.
Beginning next season, outdoor trips will be offered on a pay-per-trip basis. By charging per trip, we hope to schedule and adequately staff more outdoor trips per season, and make available more climbing trips for those athletes passionate about climbing outdoors. Bryan, Maggie, Lance, and Aaron are currently reworking our MOJO budget to see if and how these changes will affect the cost of our team dues. As soon as the numbers are available, we will communicate any changes in price or payment structure to all of our team families.
In the meantime, we’re excited to finish this season’s workouts in high spirits, truly proud of all the team has accomplished this year. We look forward to tryouts for the Sport climbing season, and all of the new challenges and rewards each MOJO athlete is sure to provide us in the coming year. If you see our athletes that are representing MOJO and Stone Age at Nationals next month, please support them and congratulate them on their hard work and terrific performance.
Thank you for being a part of the MOJO family,
MOJO coaching staff
Team Mojo’s tryouts for the American Bouldering Series (ABS) season are soon!
August 15th & 16th. There are three sessions to choose from, 9 am to 10:30 am on Saturday and Sunday and 11:30 am to 1 pm on Saturday only.
Registration is free for current gym members. Anyone without a membership will have to pay a day pass to tryout. The registration deadline is 24 hours before your booked session. Any late registration will include a $20 fee.
There is a parent meeting during the first half hour of each session. This meeting is mandatory for new parents and optional for recently returned parents (if your child has been on Team Mojo before but not in the last 2 seasons, please attend the meeting). Please schedule your child at a time that allows you to attend the parent meeting.
This tryout format is similar to tryouts in the past year. This involves more than just rock climbing. There will be multiple stations of different tasks such as exercising, problem solving, and discussion. We want to get to know you and let you get to know us.
For any questions or concerns please email Aaron Stromberg at Aaron@StoneAgeGym.com or Maggie Kelly at Maggie@StoneAgeGym.com.
Team Mojo is hosting a Bouldering Competition and FUNdraising Festival!
Friday, April 3rd: festivities start at 5 pm, the bouldering competition goes from 6 to 9 pm
At Stone Age Climbing Gym
This will be focused around a stone cup style, just for fun, bouldering competition. The Mojo athletes will help set the competition climbs and organize the event. There will be a $10 fee to enter the competition and many opportunities to support the team through activities and FUN. Activities include but not limited to raffle prizes, food trucks, and an opportunity to dunk Stone Age staff in a tank full of water!
This event is all Cash Only!
Registration and comp tickets are available for purchase on April 3rd starting at 5 pm in the lobby for $10.
All other tickets, such as the raffle and dunk tank, are also cash only. Food trucks are subjective to their own set up.
Registration and comp tickets are available for purchase on April 3rd starting at 5 pm in the lobby for $10.
All other tickets, such as the raffle and dunk tank, are also cash only. Food trucks are subjective to their own set up.
T-shirts & Tote bags: Team Mojo athletes submitted drawings that were then merged together into a custom Mojo logo. This design will be printed on T-shirts for $20 and tote bags for $10. All Mojo athletes will have tickets available for pre-order and they will also be available for pre-order at the front desk. The pre-orders are only available until Friday, March 20th. After that a limited supply can be purchased in the lobby during the event on April 3rd. Cash only please 🙂
Dunk Tank: Dunk tank nomination jars will be at the front desk for the 2 weeks leading up to the event. All the coaches and the one and only, Bryan Pletta, will each have a jar and votes will be based on the amount of $ put in each jar. We will then have a dunk tank the day of the event and the 4 nominees with the highest number of votes will be dunked. The dunk tank will be operated from 5-7 with 20 min shifts for each dunkee.
Tickets for dunking will be sold at the event. Each ticket is $1. 1 ticket allows 1 throw!
Raffle: There will be raffle prizes after the competition, around 9 pm. Those competing will automatically get a raffle ticket with their competition score sheet. Additional raffle tickets will be available for purchase for $5. These can be pre-purchased through a team kid or during the event.
Food Truck: There will be FOOD in the Stone Age parking lot for dinner. Come hungry!
Thank you everyone who tried out this season! Here is our roster for the SCS 2015 season.
Congrats!
