NEWS
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Product Spotlight: Skincare Kit
Our Skincare Kit contains everything you need to take good care of your skin. There are 2 types of skin repair products: Repair Cream & Repair Balm. CHALK REBELS Repair Cream is a deep moisturiser for outdoor athletes who need to maintain healthy, strong, and supple skin for maximum performance rock climbing or i
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Product Spotlight: Crystal Chalk
This is a crystal clear alternative to white liquid chalk for training and bouldering. Climb stronger than ever with dry hands and a stronger grip. Unlike traditional white liquid chalk, this Crystal Chalk is colourless, leaves no dust and traces on the holds. Perfect to keep your home gym or hangboard clean! The dev
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Indoor Aerosol Size Distribution in Climbing Gyms
The long-term health effects of chalk dust in gyms is a constant topic of study. Current consensus is that climbing chalk dust has a definite short-term effect on health and performance, but no long-term dangers leading to e.g. silicosis have been observed because the particle size of MgCO3 is essentially too big to do
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Product Spotlight: Chalk Cream
Our liquid chalk cream was the first product we developed. We formulated our own version to be a little more creamy than other brands, resulting in a chalk that is easy to apply, does not separate in the bottle, and feels extra comfortable when applying. We were actually planning to launch the CHALK REBELS brand with
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Crystal Chalk in Action
Our good friend Filip Notebaert wrote a little review on his blog about his experience with Crystal Chalk while working on a project in Fontainebleau. For the full article and to watch his ascent of "La Neuvième Forme" head over to his blog, but here's a choice quote: "The friction felt much better than last week, espe
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250 Trees Planted
"Society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in." That's a nice thought to get the weekend started. A big THANK YOU to all of our followers who helped us reach our tree planting goal in March. Thanks @fs.fabiosilva for contributing the picture!⠀⠀We decided to add an extra lay
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Product Spotlight: Repair Cream
CHALK REBELS Repair Cream is a deep moisturiser for outdoor athletes who need to maintain healthy, strong, and supple skin for maximum performance rock climbing or in the mountains. Healthy finger skin starts with good moisturising habits in daily life, in between climbing sessions. BUY IT HERE NOW. FREE SHIPPING OPT
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Free Shipping
We've worked out our free shipping policy. We think this is more important than ever during the rolling COVID lockdown on the European continents. The exact shipping is always calculated at checkout but to summarise we offer free shipping: In Leuven, Belgium: ALWAYS. To Belgium for orders over 30 EUR. To Germany, The N
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March Tree Planting Update
For March we decided to spend our online marketing budget on planting trees. The rules were simple: one tree planted for every new follower. We made a short post on Instagram and the followers started to roll in. We're nearing the end of March and are getting super close to our goal. Just over 200 trees planted. Why do
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Use of ‘Chalk’ in Rock Climbing: Sine Qua Non or Myth?
In an effort to stay on top of the science we’re posting all known scientific research around chalk use in climbing. This article is pretty old (2001) and surprisingly concludes that “chalk does not work”. The article claims that magnesium carbonate decreases the coefficient of friction by creating a slippery granular
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