Shawn Raboutou V16 First Ascent: "Big Z"

Shawn Raboutou establishing Tahoe's first V16 - "Big Z"
Cheers to Jimmy Webb for the support and footage.

[@joelbrady7257]

"Sick spot, J-Webb."

[@mszymkowski]

Look ma, no hands!

[@MisterGardner]

southern spot

[@sibrilliant]

Hehe

[@RH-tu5bg]

needs to change his last name

[@jon-williammurphy9780]

omg, there goes Shawn Rabbitshoes again with his tricky bicycles.

[@Thinkabit1234]

They were so nice 👌

[@EvanWisheropp]

Guy thinks he is Lance Armstrong With those bicycles!

[@robertlee5768]

2 filmers and a spotter with his hands in his pockets is the Mellow Way

[@danebrooks563]

Shawn: "Alright dudes, it's gonna be cold out there tomorrow. I'll bring the Buddy heater. Wear warm pants." Jimmy: "What are pants?"

[@guywheeler4225]

Love how Jimmy almost instinctively checks his fingers after one of Shawn's near sends.

[@pelfinho]

Haha, indeed @4:22

[@semyonalapin1783]

When I was a boy Big Z came to my hometown of Shiverpool, Antarctica and picked me out of everyone to receive his shell necklace. I’ll never forget.

[@nathanschimke7309]

I can still feel him in my nuggets bro

[@rockyboimedia]

His style makes everything look so effortless even when he’s at his limit.

[@andrewskerratt8353]

Ah so that’s the secret to sending hard? Have the height and weight of a 12 yr old

[@chrissmithdoe2100]

@Jeff List nope

[@summercityzach]

@Jeff List explain Matt Fultz then.....

[@AdHesiveErmine]

@@summercityzach my dude... He said tend, not that all are like that

[@summercityzach]

@@AdHesiveErmine its just sort of nonsense, i don't see this at all, its completely random and has everything to do with a person's style, not someones body type

[@derekhackert4585]

hows no one talking about the rock of death chillin under one of the hardest boulders ever sent

[@stephenr80]

Totally thought the same

[@CollinGill7]

its fine, he was totally protected by that jacket laid on top of it lmao

[@iancrane5705]

It always cracks me up when climbers do that, like this thin layer of polyester will save me when I fall 8ft onto solid rock

[@partykrew666]

Those are some of the sickest moves I've ever seen on rock, holy shit

[@aljohnson8209]

The double toe hook was so nice

[@DanielBinkowski123]

Just insane to me that they saw this rock and thought that this line was even possible. That's a lot of experience and creativity

[@chrisbuck98]

Incredible climbing, killer music. Mellow is without a doubt the best channel putting out climbing videos

[@gluon]

Bouldering + Althea = YES!

[@MrSilencetreatment]

he certainly is the most stylish boulder climber I have ever seen in the modern era. Good job Mellow boys

[@diegosebastian2226]

Shawn drips steez from every fiber of his being. From the way he dresses to the way he climbs to the way he talks to the way he acts.

[@DavidMartinBouldering]

That BODY TENSION! Loved the minimal and clean edition on this one. Super mellow.

[@santinosartoris]

The toe hook karate kick is so dope

[@TristanCleveland]

So many amazing toe hooks to choose from.

[@aljohnson8209]

Putting a live dead jam on the climbing footage🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@jordankurtz7393]

Shawn: "How many times can I yard on this right hand before it improves? Jimmy and Rock: "C'mon Shawn"

[@mikestang7]

That "slap" fall is exactly how I broke my arm; he's lucky he hit his palm and not his forearm.

[@dennisthemenace0WNS]

Oww

[@CuanL]

Love it 😊 and Jimmy in the shorts! Boardies for life!

[@blaaahderp1646]

Love love love this line, great job Shawn! Beautiful send.

[@tim.trewartha]

Amazing, and great to have some of the fall footage as well. Makes it 5% more relatable 😄 Well done Shawn!

[@philscheuer2079]

Mind blowing line, and skill. Congrats Shawn

[@andreacomisso926]

Wow, just wow, that is a 6/5 star boulder, so cool

[@ryanpenny8272]

Jimmy with the classic southern spot

[@yeskiii]

That was rad. Sick climb, great little flick too

[@JMnyJohns]

What an absurd line - impeccably climbed. Shawn's such a badass.

[@dimitrichafatinos2797]

beautiful beautiful ascent !

[@ofizzy]

Great edit on this one :D

[@andrewskerratt8353]

Been waiting awhile to see Big Z footy 🙏🏼

[@adamsummersette4288]

great song selection!

[@ape8782]

always satisfying to watch you

[@CollinGill7]

"sick spot j webb"

[@elilivezey7884]

Great music choice, good vibes

[@jorgecrimps]

Super sick climbing as always

[@shawnp7529]

this is dope

[@slavavassiliev3531]

This is so sick!!!

[@REELROCK1]

AmaZing line, moves, and flow, nice one Shawn!

[@ciepularys]

This problem looks incredibly hard! Nice send

[@bongosock]

Amazing boulder! That central hold is like the centre of the circle he has to climb around.

[@joak244]

Absolute beast, all the tension in the world

[@stefanwossner2007]

What’s the brand of this highly effective crash pad sweater on the rock Jimmy leans against? Should be a nice pad when you need to travel light or don’t have room for a full size crash pad…

[@LAballerOC]

Crazy how he always has a smile on his face

[@highlandmistress]

Jimmy Webb, Spotter Extraordinaire

[@leoingson]

That foot slip on top.

[@lordofchosstown]

Dope boulder…surfs up reference? And some good ole Grateful Dead…..thanks boys

[@larathompson1981]

Such cool moves!

[@eric.jerome]

been waitin

[@tommasomeccia6155]

Masterpiece

[@lukemclaren2274]

Wow… EXCELLENT spotting going on here

[@denverboulderingclub9073]

Awesome!

[@ABSVabeautifulsunsetvlog]

The body tension was CRAZY!!!!! 💪🏽😎🤙🏽

[@phillewis3108]

Amazing climbing. Really nice moves.

[@spacecowboysucio]

Sick 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@hansjonsson6176]

I like close up, photo quality and the process

[@191monkey]

The song; "that my back might need some protection.", perfect.

[@mathiaslaustrup]

Holy shit what a unique boulder!

[@aidanloeser4890]

excellent

[@Un4ilo]

LETAL !!

[@kleiber1729]

This video is 6:56 long and there ain't a single moment of him not smiling. This is climbing. Big sends, big fails, big fun.

[@pappav77]

Althea!!! 💀⚡ Nice work!!

[@TYates24]

Althea ❤ Sick climb!

[@mszymkowski]

beast!

[@kzlindsay1]

What the hell?! I was literally listing to a live Dead video right before and refreshed the vid because I thought KZbin was playing the other video audio over this one! NFA!

[@joolsgrommers1466]

Great Barnsley spot there!

[@RobbyRobinson1]

Sweat pouring from my hands... That was rad

[@samihaarahiltunen6607]

I can finally say like the americans: so sick!! that horizontal sequence, and the toe hooks..

[@Colhutch1786]

Sick

[@craigjerrells647]

Fudge man!!! Great spot!!! 😬😬😬 I. Glad he didn’t get hurt!!

[@ale86pi]

Shawn violated the laws of physics to climb this boulder, amazing!

[@josephisai]

Great landing area

[@fodouh6563]

The Raboutous are built diff

[@linnarttraugott]

The Big Z from Surfs up? Now im just waiting for chicken joe and cody Maverick

[@Boulders-and-Barbells]

Žydrūnas Savickas

[@phillipelapierre3821]

That foot slip at the top looked scary!

[@joemarino4519]

siiiick. So many toe hooks

[@Blackhuf]

This looks like my dream boulder :O

[@devonm8578]

@mellow which Althea is this?! It's definitely not the 3-15-1990 Without a Net version that the description links to. I went digging through the grateful dead set databases and found no versions where Tennessee Jed was played before it (the guitar riff from 1:34 to 1:44) Though it's most likely that the guys were discussing which song to play next and Althea was picked instead of Tennessee Jed. So that was a red herring. Don't make me listen to all 272 versions to find this one.

[@VoodooDuck]

I found the version on Spotify by just searching for the license in the description

[@jaredcullen7173]

the Tennessee Jed sounds earlier than brent, who is certainly on keys in althea, it sounded cut together

[@songxu5286]

That mighty mellow hoodie on the right rock must bounce like a organic pad.

[@aydin1171]

Man watched Surf’s Up and got inspired

[@rafaelsanna96]

sickkkkkkkkkkk

[@aakashdeepmundi7226]

I hope this line is named after the great Zidrunas Savickas!

[@davevok888]

Sick moves, I wonder if it would be possible to continue up on the face instead of going over the edge?

[@subliska7210]

Should've called it the big toe hook! That was sick

[@jorgegana7900]

The fact that Shawn Raboutou watched and liked surfs up might actually be the sickest thing about him. The v16 was also cool.

[@doggyinthewindow]

where did you get this info

[@joshbrown4662]

Maxed out moves over and absolute back-breaker, you're fuckin nutty dude

[@Brewsto]

amazing problem

[@Supwiyaman]

Fuckin sick, shout out to climbing gold for putting me onto this channel 🙏

[@skltr21]

imagine being so strong that you're that unenthusiastic about topping out a V16 😂

[@jparrett]

I kept waiting for the Notorious B.I.G. track to start.

[@angrywino]

Nice edit. Are those seams big enough for an even harder straight up variation?

[@biomorphic]

The hat was a game changer.

[@keeganshaw5552]

The dead on a Shawn vid… could do that all day

[@jonnym4236]

I can't believe it. Mellow played the type of music I listen to while climbing?

[@unenglishable]

👌🏼👌🏼

[@mediumshreddercheese]

👌primo

[@whelmking6497]

6:35.. biggest reaction ever from Shawn.

[@michaelkievits7073]

not one single PPPPSSSSAAATTTT!

[@alexround2043]

I wondered why the Boulder was called big z then they showed the whole thing and I wasn’t confused anymore

[@michaellaforge2825]

Has jimmy Webb sent this yet? Shawn makes it look so easy

[@iangustafson1072]

Tahoe mountain....a bunch of shitty sharp v2s and a amazing v16 now lol

[@samlfarrar]

Fun for the whole family

[@cameron3344]

that line is DUTTY

[@hooger1313]

Going straight up using those tiny cracks, that'd be the next step in bouldering...