HOLDZ was founded in 2000 by Steve Goodair. Steve has worked at the forefront of climbing hold design and manufacture for the past 11 years and he has carved holds for many of the key players in the market such as DR climbing walls, Bendcrete, French Rock and King Kong Climbing Walls.

In addition to designing and carving holds, Steve spent five years travelling worldwide designing, making and installing many different types of bespoke climbing walls. He has also been commissioned to spray paint climbing walls and is responsible for the colour scheme at the highly acclaimed Manchester Climbing Centre.

Having set 100's of indoor routes on all types of climbing wall using many different types of bolt on hold, Steve was uninspired by the range and quality of the holds available on the market. He therefore decided to create his own range of holds which were more realistic to an 'outdoor' experience of climbing, he did this by improving on the design and texture of the holds which he had both climbed on and used to set routes.

His main ambition therefore is to make climbing indoors a more realistic experience with the best shapes you can get your hands on. These shapes are ones that you can translate to outdoor climbing without trashing your hands, and are ones that can be used for all types of indoor route setting.

With his keen eye for design and ergonomics Steve carves some of the best holds on the market - holds that make you think about how to use them, holds that really test your technique.

Steve and his company HOLDZ are pushing the design of climbing holds to a new level.