Here you can find many Highline Freestyle tutorials to help you in the learning process. Even for Slackline Beginners we have prepared a few lessons. Beside each video you find a short description and the difficulty of each trick. Try to aim for a new highline freestyle trick in each highline session and you will become a […]
Loose and tight slacklines To perform Highline Freestyle tricks it is important to have the right tension. When the slackline is too loose it won’t give you the necessary energy to do your tricks. The highline would feel powerless and surfy. If the line is too tight, then you’ll easily get the necessary pop but […]
Highlining used to be an extreme sport back in 2015. Only very few people managed to take that step from slacklining in the park to balancing above the void. The knowledge about highlining was very limited and also the gear was simply not optimized back then. But a lot has changed and we decided to […]
Figure-8 knots are sometimes being used as backup knots in highline rigs. Basically every highliner knows how to tie a figure-8 and therefore the probability of human flaw is minimized. Additionally, it is easy to adjust in length and therefore the backup can be tied in exactly the right length needed. But is the knot […]
Slackline tips & Tutorials for static tricks This chapter of Slacktivity’s slackline tips and tutorials is dedicated to beginners with absolutely no experience but also to slackliners who want to learn some static tricks or gain better understanding about balance. We recommend to use a slackline with a width of 25-40mm. Wider slacklines are actually more […]
What is the biggest slackline surf amplitude that you can achieve? We tried it out and went pretty big. But for sure, it is possible to go even bigger! So far, no real World Record existed and we, therefore, did not have any reference.
The highline permanent setup In February 2021 we rigged a 75 long permanent highline setup in Stans, Switzerland. This slackline was south-exposed and there was almost no shade – it was permanently exposed to UV radiation when the sun was shining. The highline was up for 7 and a half months straight. This also means […]
Without any doubt, slackline benefits are plenty and they can influence your health in a positive way. Not only will it improve your posture and joint stability, but it also boosts your mental health and overall well-being. Slackline benefits for posture Slacklining activates your core muscles. Therefore those muscles get trained over time. This leads […]
In slacklining, humping describes a back and forth movement of the line. This mainly occurs in a long and stretchy highline. The word “humping” literally means “having sex”. And when the movement occurs, the slackliner will understand where this expression comes from… Why does highline humping occur? The reason for highline humping is simple physics. […]
The idea was born in 2019 when I did the via ferrata up in the lovely ski resort Braunwald. There was a 100m gap between 2 peaks. Mittel Eggstock to Hinter Eggstock. Super exposed with a beautiful view. And the via ferrata was going from one peak to the other. Simply the perfect spot for […]
