In early 2022 I was approached about an opportunity to come on board as a partner in a new project. It was a project and an opportunity, that at the time sounded too good to be true – little did I know just what I was signing myself up for and how much time, effort and energy it would take just to get that project off the ground! Finally after much hard work and a sizeable investment, approximately two years later, we've officially launched Motif Climbing Grips, a Sydney based climbing hold company, which is backed by a combined two decades plus of climbing industry knowledge and a whole lot of passion.

We're super proud of our inaugural hold sets and are excited to keep building on those offerings by both expanding on those initial sets and by adding more lines to the existing range.

Over the years, I've developed a route setting philosophy that is most easily summarised as committing to the goal of creating 'coachable' boulders for the customers in our facilities. That is, boulders that will facilitate a persons continued progression as a climber. As the person providing creative direction for the holds at Motif, I went out of my way to ensure that as well as ticking all the essential boxes for good hold design like ensuring ergonomic holding surfaces, having directional shapes, aesthetic design and providing versatility for route setters – we also stayed true to the idea of giving setters the tools to create coachable movement.