HRT was found in Bulgaria as a producer of artificial climbing holds and walls in 1998 by two young climbers - Ivaylo Penchev and Metin Musov.
Due to its huge and rapid growth, because of the high quality of its products and services, the company was later restructured into two independent and highly specialized companies- HRT and Walltopia, which continue to operate very closely today. HRT has remained devoted to developing and manufacturing climbing holds.
When we started FICTION HOLDS, we asked our shapers to create their dream holds.
No rules and no limitations set. Only the freedom to make holds following their passion for art and climbing.
The result?
A journey of inspiration, that reminded us, that greatness is achieved only by following your heart and feel no fear.
Join us on this journey and experience the amazing world of FICTION – where EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE.
Flame holds is where art encounters FUN-ctionality to create holds that will stand out with vivid colors, durable materials and smile-provoking shapes. Because fun is most important while climbing, Flame holds are suitable for everyone, not just the advanced climbers
Cheeta is a climbing hold company based in France. Through high quality climbing holds their main goal is to shape the movement
In the early 90's, Laurent Laporte, climber and competitor started shaping and pouring holds to train with friends.
It was a cool weekend, climbing and partying with Patrick Edlinger who came to write an article for Roc'n wall.
ArtLine was created by Brice ANZIUTTI after leaving Volx (French hold manufacturer) where he worked for 5 years, so that he could freely indulge his creative urges!
ArtLine is a private limited company based in Lyon, France and specialised in research, design and marketing of climbing-related equipment, in particular artificial climbing holds.
Turning the humble handhold into a real work of art, and with proven technical expertise, ArtLine wants to make people want to climb!
Born out of a passion for climbing on the world-class mountains, cliffs and boulders of North Wales, Beacon is located near Llanberis within the heart of the Welsh climbing scene and has been producing climbing holds and operating Beacon Climbing Centre since 1994.
Our 20 years of accumulated experience and knowledge, as both end user and manufacturer, allows us to exactly understand the process behind shaping and manufacturing premium climbing holds. This is what we produce.
Kitka is a climbing hold company based in Finland. Kitka holds are shaped for climbing with minimalistic Scandinavian design. The shapes are hand friendly and surface is grippy yet easy on the skin. Add a little bit of chalk and off you go.
IBEX is the result of many people putting their talents and knowledge into the creation of the first company that designs climbing holds in Greece. Many friends, each through their own specialized field, added something to the IBEX picture, one by handling the engineering aspect, others by giving advice related to the production line, others by sculpting prototypes and others by giving business advice but all with the same genuine enthusiasm.THIS NOT JUST ANOTHER CLIMBING HOLD COMPANY.
HOLDZ® was founded in 2000 by Steve Goodair. Steve has worked at the forefront of climbing hold design and manufacture for the past 17 years and he has carved holds for many of the top climbing wall manufacturers . In addition to designing and carving holds, Steve spent five years travelling worldwide designing, making and installing many different types of bespoke climbing walls having set thousands of indoor routes on all types of climbing wall using many different types of bolt on hold.
Passion is what drives us. Passion for climbing and passion for shapes, passion for action and passion for fun. Passion for design and passion for fluidity. Agripp climbing holds are the result of years of passion. Eventually, our love for climbing is what we want to share. What the mind of man can conceive and believe, other man and woman can achieve. Movement and Spirit. Founded by Philippe Ceulemans, the company has been in the climbing hold business for over twenty five years. Deep down in his guts creating something shaped Philippe since childhood.With new creative climbing holds and supported by the latest technology, we aim to create new climbing sensations.
We are a team of passionate climbers and bouldering enthusiasts. We use our experiences to design and produce climbing holds for you. We have tons of ideas waiting for accomplishment to make our products better and we work hard to make you climb harder. It all began in 1996. One of the best known climbers in Czech and Slovak republic Andrej Chrastina started his experiments with making climbing holds. At the beginning the company was called a.9 and Andrej was making holds from epoxy.
Didak's Climbing from Barcelona are manufacturers of polyurethane climbing holds. A little family business with lots of years of experience, Didak's focus on taking care of all details, and their designs are avant-graded. They work with materials of high quality, always evolving, and they listen to your ideas and learn from errors. The result of their work is all the holds, slopes and materials thought for climbers, even when it seems impossible, the next day you will be surprised with their new designs.
The Vertex Series represent a different image. The vertex climbing hold is a piece of art that worships nature and pure imagination. “I have two passions in my life – art and climbing. When I wasn’t at the university studying fine art and sculpture, I was out – climbing walls. One day after climbing I went to my atelier and instead of starting a new piece of artwork, I shaped my first climbing hold. It would have been just a blink of inspiration that passes away if it wasn’t for the support of the closest people around me. With time, we built a team where each individual is valued as important and unique and yet the whole team works with the same passion as in the beginning” Naniu Bakalov – Chief Designer of Vertex Climbing Holds
Walltopia is the world leader in climbing wall design and manufacturing with more than 1500 projects worldwide and over 270 000 sq.m / 2 906 000 sq.ft. climbing surface designed, engineered, produced and built. Founded in 1998, Walltopia is now one of the world's foremost manufacturers of artificial climbing structures, operating on 6 continents through offices in the USA, UK, Canada, Germany, Austria, Russia and Asia Pacific and exporting to more than 50 countries around the globe. The Head office is located in Sofia, Bulgaria. Innovation has always been, and continues to be, our driving force and we not only offer the largest and most complete range of climbing wall surfaces available in the world today but also deliver complete solutions for customers' facilities and businesses from project design to wall assembly, route setting and staff training. Walltopia has a team of more than 600 professionals and has the largest production capacity within the industry.
Big, Fun Holds for Big, Fun Routes. The Kingdom line is all about fun, competition-inspired shapes that simply beg to be climbed on! These fantastic holds are shaped in-house, are poured at high-end production facilities in Slovenia and Minneapolis, MN, and are loved by climbers everywhere.
The “Kando” is a Japanese philosophy that indicates a deep satisfaction that is felt when creating something particularly beautiful and fulfilling and that provokes emotions in people. Well, this is our goal, to excite and satisfy you climbers.
300 climbing holds - a dream come true for any route-setter. Varieties of shapes for every angle and for every grip. Any climbing route is now possible.
Vertical Limit was founded in South Korea in 2012 by avid outdoor & climbing enthusiast Dongsuk Hur. Vertical Limit is committed to providing the best quality for you and all of your climbing needs. The sky's the limit when it comes to Vertical Limit!
Urban Plastix (UP) is based in Brooklyn, New York. We are a climber-owned company bringing the next level of passion and design to the indoor climbing experience. Being in the big city, inspiration comes in a slew of different forms for the typical climber. Our head shaper, Peter Juhl, lives in Brooklyn and draws his inspiration from the art and culture that the city has to offer.
Ian Powell is a fine art sculptor who has been a climber and hold shaper for decades. Kilter is his newest company and with Kilter Ian is applying his years of experience and artistic ability to create fresh grips so necessary you'll be surprised no one has thought of them before.
Boulder special- climbing shapes crafted with talent for great bouldering.
UNDER BLUE HOLD is a climbing hold brand founded in 2007 by shaper Masaki Yasuda. It has been used in many major domestic and international competitions such as the World Cup, World Championships, Lead Japan Cup, and Bouldering Japan Cup. In recognition of its track record and high quality, it was certified as an IFSC (International Federation of Sport Climbing) official brand in 2023. "UNDER BLUE HOLD" and the logo mark are registered trademarks. (Registration No. 6729767/Registration No. 6698211)
Climbro is the first smart hangboard of its kind. It is an advanced measurement system and a powerful training tool. Its unique combination of force sensors and mobile application allows for comprehensive evaluations of climbers’ physical state. These evaluations are used to provide climbers with personal training plans in order to improve their climbing performance. The greatest thing about Climbro is that it is based on years of scientific research and performance evaluations of more than 1000 climbers.
Making climbers stronger. Pusher is one of the most iconic and influential hold companies of all time. Based out of Salt Lake City, Utah we have been at the heart of the American climbing scene for decades... making holds for people who love climbing. Pusher was built by real climbers who wanted the tools to push themselves, so we created holds that did not yet exist. This tradition continues to this day as we strive to bring you new hand-crafted shapes. Pusher was created in the early 1990’s by Dave Bell, Rob Gilbert, Mike Call, and Boone Speed. Over the years the company changed ownership a few times and in 2017 Pusher was purchased by visual artist, Jared Roth. Jared grew up climbing in the gym that Pusher built in Salt Lake City. After only a few years of climbing on Pusher holds, Jared quickly rose to the top of the American climbing scene. In 1999 he was on the USA Youth Climbing Team, and sent his first 5.14 after returning home from the Youth Worlds that year. The next summer he became one of the first Americans to climb 5.14c with his second ascent of Boone Speed’s “I Scream” in Hell Cave. Later that year he did the 3rd ascent of Chris Sharma’s “The Mandala” in the Buttermilks. In 2002 Jared decided to walk away from “professional climbing” after his first ascent of “Rastaman Vibration” on the 65 foot tall Grandpa Peabody boulder. This problem later became famous worldwide due to a sit-start being added and is now known as “Lucid Dreaming.” We at Pusher believe that our products will focus you to develop the strengths, flexibility and problem-solving skills needed to achieve your climbing goals. Jared, for the last couple of decades, has used paint and canvas to express himself as an artist. Today, he continues the mission of Pusher by designing and shaping the holds that have worked for him and a generation of climbers. Our hand-crafted shapes are transformed into challenging climbing grips using the best plastics in the world to satisfy the most nuanced technical details for helping climbers increase strength and realize their personal best. Pusher embraces new generations of climbers by contributing two percent of its revenues to programs that teach young climbers to minimize their footprint in outdoor climbing environs, limit their interference with wildlife, and preserve fixed climbing paths and routes so that these natural wonders remain inspiring for posterity. We are committed to protecting our natural climbing areas for the next generation of climbers.
Will Watkins. Owner, Shaper and Setter. With over 20 years of setting and shaping experience Unleashed Climbing is the result of Wills passion for climbing and movement. Beginning in 2016 and designed in Australia, Unleashed Climbing’s holds are produced at Composite-X and Walltopia in Bulgaria. The quality offered by these two companies made them and easy choice as we believe them to be world leaders in their field. The design and shaping never stops as we strive to bring you bigger and better families of holds and macros to your walls and gyms.
Thrill Seeker Holds are shaped with tremendous commitment to the detail and anatomical design. Our shapes have skin friendly surface with no compromise on the grip. All sets are organized into ranges with unique design and a variety of different grips which enable route setters to create endless possibilities of routes by using holds sharing similar design. Shaping is a state of the art and we believe Art and Science are disciplines that must walk together hand in hand. This is why Thrill Seeker Holds are poured in the best material available on the market – Dannomond by Composite X. Dannomond is high performance polyurethane with better wear resistance, bright colors, dry soft texture and superior strength. It is lighter, stronger and better compared to any other polyurethane used for the production of artificial climbing holds. All bolt-on holds are equipped with stainless steel dual washer and accept both cap-head and countersunk bolts. Our screw-on holds are reinforced with metal washers.
1985: The first climbing holds are created. Intended for leisure use, the grips imitate the rock, without any real search for grip quality. 1992: Three years before the opening of the first Espace Vertical climbing gym, we began manufacturing holds, it was the era of soft shapes, the new generation of climbers sought perfection of placement, beauty gesture and shapes. Since 1995 the Espace Vertical team has been sculpting holds, volumes and plaques for its own rooms and for climbing wall manufacturing companies. 2012: Climbing has changed, we seek efficiency above all, the "pose and push" becomes a classic, no more "right hand, left hand" holds, the shapes become complex, the grip must be worked according to its orientation. Working with foam of different grain sizes, use of positive grain areas on the grips, modular matrix, various inlays on the foams. 2013: The Espace Holds brand was born. 2018: The catches are gaining volume! Balance and coordination become essential qualities of indoor climbing. 2020: Even more voluminous, fiberglass sockets expand the range of macro sockets. With their fine grain and high quality, they bring a new touch to the holds. Some are available in dual texture, further enriching the possible openings and climbing. 2021: Wooden volumes are making their debut: they can be stacked, affixed, combined or placed individually: cracks, mantles, dihedrals, oppositions, the possibilities and combinations are endless, especially when playing with textured faces dual. That year, the range of PU sockets was also expanded. The series are getting longer, the holds are available in size and grips, allowing thematic and aesthetic openings. 2023: In the interest of eco-responsibility, we are developing ranges incorporating recycled materials and natural fibers (linen) and manufactured locally.
Menagerie Climbing is a hold business born from Andy Raether over 20 years of climbing, competing, and shaping experiences. Having started climbing back in 1997 in Minnesota as a teenager I was immediately stuck indoors entirely climbing on plastic most of the year. Very quickly I dove into shaping, and loved it. Taking this inspiration from the outdoors as well as just trying to concoct new shapes out of thin air. After having climbed and competed at dozens of gyms, shaped freelance for several hold companies, and traveled all over the world as a pro-climber I wanted to be able to bring my own psych and truly personal touch to the climbing hold world and Started Menagerie. Toiling away in his garage in Vegas for 10-13 hours a day for one month. the initial line of 600 shapes burst onto the hold market. several years later Menagerie has grown into a hold business that pours polyurethane and polyester at Composite X in Bulgaria, Polyurethane at Proxy in SLC, fiberglass Macros and wood Volumes at Blocz in Germany, and makes a hybrid wood/plastic light up training board with Daniel Woods! with so many awesome grips to choose from we are happy and excited to help your gym get you to where you need to be.
Temple Climbing Holds is a London-based brand offering a diverse and ever-growing selection of innovative grips. Drawing inspiration from years of indoor climbing experience, our shapes bring top-notch route setting material that effortlessly blends aesthetics with function.
All Volx products are exclusively made on their own manufacturing site, and the “Made in France” label continues to be a guarantee of quality. Volx rely on their 20 years of experience and on leading edge expertise in the areas of molding, transformation of resins and composite materials.
Rustam Climbing is a brand developed by passionate climbing expert Rustam Gelmanov who is a professional climber and a winner of multiple World Cups and International Competitions. Rustam Climbing produces a new generation of wooden climbing training devices based on the great climbing and competition experience of Rustam, their passion for climbing, and the most advanced scientific and industrial solutions. Their products are extremely efficient in order to build up your strength with a maximal focus on reaching your most ambitious goals! Be creative and do not hesitate to try new training opportunities with Rustam Climbing! Hard training with Rustam Climbing makes you super-strong and allows sending the variety of the hardest routes and boulder problems!
Established in 2019, Elevation got it's start from being heavily influenced by Southern California's skate / surf / snow culture. With a strong focus on the trends and ideals of modern route setters, Elevation's aim was to blend these worlds into one core brand. Believing that the best set climbs are born from the collision of art and function, they strive to inspire setters with our brand and shapes.
Creative routesetting starts with the hold selection. We believe that there are no two equal waterdrops ! So everything, everybody is different, unique! We are not shaping holds out of a piece of foam but we are freeing the holds out of the foam block-where the holds have been waiting to be discovered. "Reaching New Heights in Climbing Hold Innovation! As a pioneering climbing hold company. Our holds are crafted from eco-friendly materials, ensuring a sustainable approach to climbing. Whether you're a beginner or a seasoned pro, Stonefieldholds offers a diverse range of holds, each meticulously engineered to challenge and inspire climbers of all levels. Join us on this thrilling ascent as we continue to elevate the climbing experience to unprecedented heights!"