NZ’s largest and most raddish indoor climbing series — four all-abilities bouldering comps held every year, keeping the psyche high since 2010.
03/09/2026
A massive thank you to Neo Holds for supporting NiBS 2026! 🧗
Great competitions need great problems and great problems start with great holds.
Thank you for helping us create a season full of movement, challenges, and plenty of memorable sends (and attempts 👀).
We’re incredibly grateful to have your support behind the National Indoor Bouldering Series and the NZ climbing community.
Thank you, Neo Holds!
02/09/2026
NiBS 2026 Round 4 Podiums 🏆
What a way to wrap up the 2026 NiBS season in Christchurch!
Men’s Open Finals
🥇 Finlay Cate
🥈 Oskar Wolff
🥉 George Sanders
Women’s Open Finals
🥇 Emily Wan
🥈 Katie Chinn
🥉 Alisa Schenk
A huge thank you to the Uprising Uprising team for hosting an amazing final round, and to all the setters, volunteers, photographers, sponsors, athletes and everyone who came along to support. 🧡
And that’s a wrap on NiBS 2026! 🙌
Four rounds, four cities, and one incredible climbing community！
See you next season! 🧗♀️
26/08/2026
The final round of NIBS 2026 is happening THIS WEEKEND at Uprising and there’s still time to get amongst it.
This friday night is all about the Fun Round 🧗♀️
Come climb, try the comp blocs, hang out with the community and kick off the final NIBS weekend with us.
📍 Uprising, Christchurch
📅 28–29 August
Haven’t signed up yet?
Consider this your sign！
One more round. Let’s make it a good one. 👏
Climbing is fun untilllllll……
Philippa Yasbek
Isaac Denny
perry schmidhalter ward
Leon
Sefton Priestley
10/08/2026
Round 4 is coming to Christchurch! 🔥
Whether it’s your first comp or you’ve done this before, the NiBS Fun Round is for everyone. Come climb, have a laugh, meet some great people, and give it a go no pressure, just good vibes！
Share this with your climbing crew and invite them along for a fun Friday night - bouldering, music, food and good vibes! 🧗♀️🎶🍕
📅 6:00pm-8:00pm，Friday, 28 August 2026
📍 Uprising, Christchurch
🙌 All levels welcome
Register now and join the fun!
Climbing can be scary… 😳
But somehow, it’s also the most fun you’ll ever have. 🤟💙
That’s the magic of NiBS.
Take me… to the moon. Where gravity feels optional.
Luka Sugimoto-Faulkner
Northern Rocks
03/08/2026
2026 NiBS Round 3 — Open Round 📸
Swipe through some of the action from an incredible day of climbing. 🧗
📷Joel Mercer
Northern Rocks
02/08/2026
NIBS 2026 Round 3 Podiums
Women’s Open Finals
🥇 Emily Wan
🥈 Kiri Shibahara
🥉 Cirrus Tan
Men’s Open Finals
🥇 Luka Sugimoto-Faulkner
🥈 Oskar Wolff
🥉 Finlay Cate
A huge thank you to every athlete who competed, the setters, volunteers, photographers, sponsors, and everyone who came along to support. Your energy and passion made Round 3 an unforgettable weekend.
A special thank you to the team at Northern Rocks Northern Rocks for hosting Round 3 and creating such an incredible atmosphere.
We’ll see you at Round 4 in Christchurch! 🧗🔥
📷The Circuit Climbing Media
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