West Coast Pimp

Victor Copeland on Bubba Gump, V9, in Buttermilk Country.

West Coast Pimp is a bouldering video with a difference. Not only will you see the stars in action like Chris Sharma, Tiffany Levine, and the UK's Matt Birch, but you'll be introduced to a legion of true blue bouldering connoisseurs that have unroped climbing running through their veins.

Dave Banks on the Yosemite clasic Bruce Lee, V8.

Filmed over the last year by Steve Montesanto and Tim Steele on state of the art digital video, you will be served with a tasty platter of fast-paced bouldering action at new and old bouldering areas across California: from Yosemite classics like Midnight Lightning to the new wave bouldering areas around Bishop, from Scott Frye bouldering in urban Berkeley to Swiss climber Michi Tresch sending the first ascent of Swordfish Trombone V11 at the Happy boulders....and displaying photographs of the loves in his life.

Victor Copeland on the mega-classic Golden Child, V10, in the Druid Stones.

Marea Palmer and Tiffany Levine demonstrate what women boulderers are capable of at Castle Rock, the Sad boulders, and the Buttermilk. Greg Loh pulls down the very stone itself with his shear Jacky Chan-like fire power. See The Pimp himself, Davey Friedman spin the decks, spin his lips, and spin right off the rocks. Chris Sharma demonstrates his laid-back power that has made him the equal of the euro-rock gods. Follow Victor Copeland and Dustin Sabo as they climb dozens of first ascents around Bishop at new areas like Heaven and the Druid Stones and repeat the classics of the Buttermilk. See mandatory triple-pad highballs, tweaky eliminate-like lowballs, dozens of first ascents, laughter, fun, unexplained narcolepsy, and tears.

Victor Copeland on the highball Atari, V6, in the Happy Boulders.

Combine all this with tight well-paced editing, a diverse soundtrack of punk, hip hop, Latin Ruckus, party trance, trip hop, ambient, west coast break beat, and occasionally silence, punctuated with insightful interviews and boulderers involved in all important access work. This is grassroots bouldering, real world style. A video that stands repeated viewings.
West Coast Pimp at is a video that "captures the camaraderie, the energy, the new respect for the rock and the environment, the synergy of lifestyle, attitude, fashion and the shear joy of climbing unroped." that most bouldering (and climbing videos) lack.

Tiffany Campbell on the Fontainebleu-esque slopers of Magoo Face, V2, at Castle Rock.

INCLUDES
The main players - Dave "The Pimp" Friedman - Jeremy Meigs - Marea Palmer - Victor Copeland
Dustin Sabo - Scott Frye - Michi Tresch - Greg Loh - Randy Puro - Byron Shumpert
cameos by - Chris Sharma - Matt Birch - Tiffany Levine - Jenni Rogers
AT
Indian Rock - Castle Rock - The Berkely Campus - Yosemite
Happy Boulders - Sad Boulders - The Druid Stones - The Buttermilk - Heaven
ON
Nat's Traverse V8 - Swordish Trombone V11 - Eco-terrorist V12
Don't Worry, Be Snappy V8 - Midnight Lightning V8 - AND SEVERAL HUNDRED OTHERS

Greg Loh on the old-time classic High Plains Drifter, V7, in Buttermilk Country.

Click here to buy a copy of this amazing new video!