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Ondra's Lead Redemption: Prague Sets Up the Home Crowd's Final Act
Adam Ondra advanced through lead qualification at his home event after his boulder farewell on Friday. Now the Czech climbing legend faces Sunday's lead semifinal and final at Štvanice Island alongside surprise qualifier Putra Tri Ramadani and the dominant Sorato Anraku.
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Punta Roca Holds as El Salvador Pro Day 2 Bracket Takes Shape
The swell held at six feet and the El Salvador Pro bracket is forming: Hanneman's 16.16 leads the conversation, Ferreira fights to defend his title lead, and Girmay eyes a deep run as Round 2 completes at Punta Roca.
By ZealZag TeamSchalck's Revenge and Ondra's Farewell: Boulder Finals Day at Štvanice Island
Mejdi Schalck topped all four boulders to claim Prague's men's title over Sorato Anraku, ending the Japanese climber's winning streak in a final that carried extra weight — Adam Ondra competed in his last-ever boulder event and missed the top eight in front of a Czech home crowd. Today: Camilla Moroni enters the women's final chasing a perfect run.
By ZealZag TeamLa Libertad Surf Zone: Basing, Eating, and Exploring El Salvador's CT Coast
Punta Roca gets the CT headlines, but La Libertad's surf zone runs thirty kilometres and three distinct village scenes. A practical guide to building a week around the waves — El Tunco for infrastructure, El Zonte for community, La Punta for access — with flat-day options that will surprise you.
By ZealZag TeamHow to Build a Surf Trip Quiver: Board Selection for the Traveling Surfer
The boards you bring on a surf trip determine what you can actually do in the water. Pack the wrong quiver — too specialist, too few, too heavy for the airline — and you spend a week watching sets on boards that don't fit the surf. Here is how to spec a travel quiver from first principles.
By ZealZag TeamLelior Topples Gilmore as Punta Roca Delivers Its Best Opening Day Since 2022
Israeli rookie Anat Lelior eliminated eight-time world champion Stephanie Gilmore in El Salvador's most significant women's result in years, while Eli Hanneman posted the day's best heat score on his Championship Tour debut. Day 1 at Punta Roca rewarded everyone who had been waiting for a proper swell.
By ZealZag TeamPatrouille des Glaciers: The Military Ski Race That Became Skimo's Oldest Living Tradition
In 1943 the Swiss Armed Forces organized a ski race across high-Alpine glaciers to assess soldier readiness for mountain warfare. More than 80 years later the Patrouille des Glaciers runs biennially over the same terrain, still organized by the military, still requiring a team of three on a rope. It has become one of the largest ski mountaineering events in the world by participant count — and one of the few that exists entirely outside the competitive racing circuit.
By ZealZag TeamChallenge Roth: What to Know Before You Enter the World's Fastest Long-Course Triathlon
Challenge Roth runs through a small Bavarian town with roughly 250,000 spectators lining a course that has produced some of the fastest long-course times in the sport's history. The lottery fills in hours. Here is what the race actually delivers and whether the trip is worth building your season around.
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Ride the Dauphine: A Cyclist's Guide to the French Alps' Greatest Race Route
The Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes queen stage packs 4,000m of climbing into 120km across the Aravis range. Our route guide covers the Grand Colombier, Plateau de Solaison, and how to base your trip in the French Alps.
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Dauphine 2026: Seixas, Van Aert and the Alps That Decide Tour de France
The Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes — cycling's definitive Tour de France rehearsal — begins Sunday in Vizille. Paul Seixas and Wout van Aert lead a start list that will answer every question the July race is asking.
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Rodellar: Pocketed Limestone and the Mascún Canyon in the Guara Mountains
A practical guide to one of Europe's most concentrated sport climbing areas — the Mascún canyon in Aragon, where hundreds of routes on pocketed limestone run from 5c to 9b across a half-kilometre of vertical wall.
By ZealZag TeamAnraku Dominant in Prague Semis as Ondra's Boulder Career Ends at Home
Sorato Anraku stormed through the men's boulder semifinal at Štvanice Island on Friday afternoon. In the stands, home-crowd favourite Adam Ondra watched: he had been eliminated in qualification, and his competitive bouldering career — announced as ending here — was already over.
By ZealZag TeamSestriere: The 2,035-Metre Summit That Ends the Giro Donne
Stage 8 of the 2026 Giro d'Italia Women finishes at Sestriere — the high Alpine ski station in Piedmont that has ended multiple Grand Tours. A practical guide to cycling the Colle del Sestriere and building a training week in the upper Susa valley.
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Vollering Takes the Stage, Van der Breggen Takes Everything Else: Stage 5 in the Cadore
Demi Vollering won the sprint of four that ended Stage 5 in Santo Stefano di Cadore, but Anna van der Breggen followed every attack and left the Dolomites still in pink — a minute clear, two stages from Sestriere.
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The Central American Surf Circuit: From El Salvador to Pavones
El Salvador is the CT's Central American stop, but the surf circuit runs south through Guatemala, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica — a Pacific coast route that covers black sand beach breaks, isolated right-hand points, and one of the longest left-hand waves on earth.
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Competition Opens at Punta Roca on the Best Swell El Salvador Has Seen
The WSL contest director called competition at dawn on June 5, and Punta Roca delivered: six-to-eight-foot faces, clean lines, the best opening conditions in the event's history. Italo Ferreira arrives at CT Stop 5 wearing the yellow jersey and a target.
By ZealZag TeamFlying to Climb: Sport Climbing Travel Logistics from Gear List to Insurance
A sport climbing trip requires travelling with personal equipment that most airlines have never explicitly addressed and that security staff occasionally flag without cause. Getting the gear list right before the airport removes friction; getting the weight calculation wrong means unexpected fees. Here is what experienced climbing travellers actually pack.
By ZealZag TeamMarathon Taper: What the Final Three Weeks Actually Require
The taper is not a rest period. It's the phase where training shifts from building capacity to converting that capacity into race performance. Most runners either cut too much or panic and do too much — both errors sabotage months of work in the final stretch.
By ZealZag TeamTarifa for Kitesurf and Wingfoil Travel: What Europe's Wind Capital Actually Delivers
Tarifa occupies the southernmost tip of mainland Europe, 14 kilometres from Morocco across the Strait of Gibraltar. The wind blows here with a consistency that draws kiters from across Europe — but the conditions are not beginner-friendly, and choosing the right week matters more than almost any other destination on the Atlantic coast.
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More Than Kilometres: Antonio Jaén and Twenty-Four Years on the Mountains of Cehegín
Twenty-four years after his first run, Antonio Jaén still wakes before sunrise with the same excitement to meet the mountain. A portrait from the Sierras del Noroeste of Murcia.
By ZealZag TeamPunta Roca El Salvador: Surf Guide to the CT's Premier Right-Hand Point
A half-mile right-hand point break 5km east of La Libertad, Punta Roca delivers barrelling sections across cobblestone from The Graveyard to La Paz — here is everything you need to surf Central America's world-class wave.
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Perfect Swell Loading at Punta Roca: El Salvador Pro Opens June 5
Italo Ferreira arrives in La Libertad wearing the yellow jersey with Brazilians holding the top four CT spots. The swell forecast is the best Punta Roca has seen since the event debuted — waves won't drop below six feet all week.
By ZealZag TeamLead Terrain in Central Europe: Prague as a Gateway to Sport Climbing
The World Climbing Series Prague stages lead and boulder this week at Štvanice Island. This guide covers what competitive lead climbers do after the competition ends: the drive south to the Frankenjura limestone, Arco's crags above Lake Garda, and Innsbruck — the next WCS stop.
By ZealZag TeamLead Day at Štvanice: Prague's World Climbing Series Opens Its Second Discipline
The World Climbing Series Prague runs its lead qualification today at the Štvanice Stadium — the discipline's first WCS qualification of the 2026 season, with Adam Ondra on the start list in front of a home crowd.
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