Our top April Fools picks are listed below – and since there’s not many April Fools specific videos from the Outdoor Industry, you’ll find a host of other funny outdoor videos below that. Also, if you don’t want to scroll, we made a YouTube Playlist as well.
Arc’teryx
An oldie (2014) but goodie, the Vice President of Arc’teryx Marketing, Adam Ketcheson, hosts this gem:
Black Diamond
2020 release, featuring Alex Honnold, presenting the BD #21 Camalot, and their new Coronavirus motto: LIVE NOW, CLIMB LATER.
2018 release, featuring Alex Honnold presenting the Hot Forge Heated Chalk bag (also a real product, and still available as a limited edition):
2017 release featuring Alex Honnold, Black Diamond presents the HonnSolo 11, a free soloing airbag. The whole BD creative team is involved from the Category Manager, Industrial Designers, and Mechanical Engineers:
Clip Lips
An innovative new product to avoid contamination of the rope when it goes into your mouth.
Grivel
In 2018, Grivel presented the perfect dual sided carabiner, perfect for righties, lefties, or dual handed folk.
Non-April-Fools-Specific-Videos But Still Funny
Downhill Climbing
A short Downhill Climbing documentary following two of the sports founders as they descended ‘The Admiral’ – a popular downhill climbing cliff in B.C. Similar to the niche sport of Cross Country Snowboarding that hit the scene in 2008.
Originally a Christmas flick, it features Jesse Huey and the late Hayden Kennedy. Comic genius, you’ll be hooked the entire trailer, wishing there was a full-length.
Top Rope Tough Guys
The original belay-from-your-Mustang top-ropers
Top Rope Hero Music Video
Warning: This song is so catchy, it will likely get stuck in your head for days.
You’ve probably seen it, but now is a great excuse to watch all the details of the Flextrek 37,000,000,000,000 again. Released in 2011, this video was far ahead of it’s time. Steve Climber is the OG.
Petzl
Showcasing the World’s Worst Belayer
Shit Climbers Say / You Might Be A Climber If… type videos
An Aid Climbing Rant
Our oldest pick, debuting in 2007, Chris Kalous (host of the Enormocast) presents the Aid Climbing Rant.
Vertical Limit Guide to Climbing
Videos I thought they were fake, but they’re not
Auroco
A German company who made a self-belay device:
AustriAlpin
When I first saw the Fifty:Fifty carabiner video, I thought it was an April Fools joke, but it’s actually real and you can even find it on Amazon.
Alison (she/her) runs WeighMyRack from her 17' travel trailer. She is currently touring the US and would love if you contacted her to meet up to talk about climbing, climbing gear, or if you have any fun and/or ridiculous adventure in mind.
