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Highlining is a slackline discipline that is practiced at great heights, between mountains, buildings, bridges or whatever. It is a great challenge and a slackline discipline in which the mental game and mindset are far more important than the technical and physical ability. To really know what is highlining you probably have to try to stand […]
The Zakynthos highline project allowed a 580 meter blindfolded crossing, over one of the 10 most beautiful beaches in the world.
Get inspiration for you first steps, static and dynamic tricks on a slackline! The videos with tips on slackline basics and simple tricks, explained by Samuel Volery, Tobias Rodenkirch & Jonas Konijnenberg, will help you out to become a better slackliner.
You just got it, you are walking a slackline as if it was nothing and you want to ad something to your sessions but you know not, yet, how to trickline. Don’t worry! On this page you’ll find an overview of some trickline tutorials, full of great tips from Samuel Volery, that will make your […]
The next level – Longline is probably the most varied and most exciting (maybe except highlining) discipline of slacklining. Whether beginner or pro – here you will find longlining tutorials to expand your experience. Have fun on the narrow webbings! Feedback on the videos or ideas for new tutorials are always welcome. Basic Longlining Tutorials How […]
The forces in slacklining that occur during the practise are composed of the preload force and the weight of the slackliner. This can be both static and dynamic. It is not possible to determine the forces without measuring device exactly – but one can calculate the forces in static slacklining with a formula approximately. Here […]
Because slacklining is still a young sport and there are still few materials and standards that are geared to the slackline application, material from other applications (from sports and industrial climbing to industrial applications) is used. In this article, the suitability for slacklining, of the Pear Shape and oval carabiner is put to the test. […]
Many people who see a highliner on a highline for the first time, think that the forces in highlining are very high, especially when falling (leash fall). Since the slack (“sag”) in highlining is not as limiting as in longlining over ground, most highlines are much less biased and this leads to lower forces than […]
A piece of pinkTube has been permanently rigged and sessioned for 6-8 months. It has seen between 3000 – 5000 leashfalls and was exposed to the sun for about 2 hours per day. It was located in a forest in France, near streaming water with high humidity. This piece of webbing had its breaking strenght […]
Slacktivity has conducted a UV-light test in a permanent midline that was up for 7 months over summer. 5 different webbings were used in the setup. The tested webbings were not in the hade of trees but in full exposure to sun light. In avarage the webbing breaking strength decreased by 8kN in the mainline […]
