CBJ Grip List Awards: Routesetter Favorites
Each year, the Climbing Business Journal surveys the favorite climbing hold brands of routesetters around the world, providing insight into which brands routesetters are finding particularly useful. Since the first survey in 2014, the CBJ Grip List has evolved to encompass the favorite holds, macros, volumes, board systems, and apps for routesetting management and spraywalls, and more.
See the favorites of each category over the years:
- Favorite Holds
- Favorite Volumes
- Favorite Macros
- Favorite Board System
- Favorite Routesetting App
- Favorite Spraywall App
- Favorite Shaper
See past Grip List Awards:
- 2025 Grip List Awards – Flathold won the Grand Prize
- 2024 Grip List Awards – Flathold won the Grand Prize
- 2023 Grip List Awards – Flathold won the Grand Prize
- 2022 Grip List Awards – Kilter won the Grand Prize
- 2021 Grip List Awards – Kilter won the Grand Prize
- 2020 Grip List Awards – Kilter won the Grand Prize
- 2019 Grip List Awards – Kilter won the Grand Prize
- 2018 Grip List Awards – Kilter won the Grand Prize
- 2017 Grip List Awards – Kilter won the Grand Prize
- 2016 Grip List Awards – Kilter won the Grand Prize
- 2015 Grip List Awards – Kingdom won the Grand Prize
- 2014 Grip List Awards – Kilter won the Grand Prize
Note: In 2019 we began including survey responses from the entire world, previously only responses from North America were counted.
Grip Showcase
In 2022 CBJ also began organizing Grip Showcases – events held alongside major North American climbing industry gatherings. Each event held a vote and the winner earned the Grip List Showcase Award.













