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Slack Science, powered by Balance Community: Slackline Outfitters, is a blog run by Jerry Miszewski about slacklining. He offers tips and tricks to various parts of setting-up, taking down, in-depth looks at various aspects of a setup, and hints at walking slacklines.

Jerry's long history with the sport of slackline has given him a wealth of knowledge that he loves to share with his fellow slackliners. Slack Science is a place anyone and everyone to come and learn about our wonderful sport of slacklining.

Safety Reminder

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on Tuesday, 10 April 2012
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Highline Safety A reminder to everyone that slacklining, specifically highlining, is a very dangerous activity that requires a very specific set of knowledge and gear. Please read on for the reminder.

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Highline Leash - Part 2 - Connection Point

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Connection Points Part two of our series on Highline Leashes - All about the connection points.

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Highline Leash - Part 1 - Material and Characteristics

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on Friday, 30 March 2012
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The first article in a series of articles about the Highline Leash. In this article we will be looking at what makes a good highline leash.

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Wind Dampeners

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on Wednesday, 28 March 2012
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Wind Dampeners Have you ever gone slacklining in extremely high winds just to find that your line oscillates to the point where you can no longer walk it? This technique will help mitigate that issue with a few very simple items.

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Line Sleeves

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on Monday, 20 February 2012
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Line Sleeves Line Sleeves - What are they, how to use them, and what to use when you need them.

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Slider Tapes

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on Monday, 13 February 2012
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Slider Tapes Highline taping technique to allow for the backup and main line in a highline to move independently of eachother.

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Slack Science said, I have seen line-lockers destroy low stretch webbing at tensions as low as 1/5 the breaking strength
Commented in post All About Webbing Anchor's on Wednesday, 16 May 2012
Slack Science said, The reason we use double rings is mainly for redundancy. Also, the rings that come with a line-locke
Commented in post All About Webbing Anchor's on Wednesday, 16 May 2012
Drew Sanford said, Exactly how important is it to use weblock-style devices on low stretch webbing? I know quite a few
Commented in post All About Webbing Anchor's on Wednesday, 16 May 2012
Slack Science said, Those are definitely not safe! Better would be to use stakes in the grassy area. Definitely do not u
Commented in post Safety Reminder on Tuesday, 08 May 2012
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Commented in post Safety Reminder on Tuesday, 08 May 2012

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