NEWS
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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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New Product: Skincare Kit
We’re launching a new product today: a full skincare kit for climbers. Everything to maintain strong and supple skin now comes in a small bag for you to carry to the gym or crag.The kit contains our 2 main skincare products and all the accessories you need:* Repair Balm: A beeswax-based balm to help your skin recover o
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Now Available at Mounteq
CHALK REBELS products are now available at Mounteq both in the online store and real-life shop in Waregem. It's a great feeling to see our products among a rich collection of climbing gear and technical outdoor gear. It truly is something different to see your products displayed in a traditional retail location. It's
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Mission & Products
Our mission is to reduce the use of chalk powder in the climbing community. Chalk dust in climbing gyms is unhealthy and can reduce athletic performance. Outdoor chalk use is turning our once beautiful natural rock into an ugly bleached mess. Chalk over-use causes dry skin prone to cracking. Time to start using less
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Final Packaging
Today we received the last bits of final packaging for all of our products. This means we can start full-scale production after the Christmas period. A big part of our first production batch will go towards making sure gyms and retailers can get their hands on product samples. These are relatively small batches and sad
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Skincare Kit for Climbers
We're going to add one more product to our line-up: a skincare kit bag for climbers. I used to have a BBZ' chalk bag which had a handy compartment at the bottom. Most people put stuff like their keys and wallet in there; I kept a hidden skincare first-aid kit in there. It contained a nail clipper, some disinfectant, so
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CO2-Neutral Production
It's hard to be a sustainable producer. Probably even impossible. But recently we reached a major milestone on our path toward sustainability: our Crystal Chalk, Repair Cream, and Repair Balm are produced in CO2-neutral production facilities. We're still working towards becoming CO2-neutral for our other products. We w
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Startup School Graduation
It’s been a while since our last update here. We did a big sprint in August and September to get the Chalk Cream product ready for market. Part of our sense of urgency at the time was provoked by our participation in Y Combinator’s Startup School. We have since graduated the program. The big take-away from that experie
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Chalk Rebels Sample Use Tips Video
This short video highlights some of the things we have learned while using out own products.
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Samples & Products Video
A quick video to showcase the products we will be launching soon.
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