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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.

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The CMC MPD - Pure Brake Awesomeness

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on Thursday, 19 January 2012 in Gear Use
CMC MPD

An in-depth review of the CMC MPD as used as a braking device for a slackline pulley system. We test the MPD side-by-side with the Petzl I'D, which has been the industry standard advanced braking device for several years.

Tags: CMC MPD, Petzl I'D, SMC 3 Double, SMC Large, Pulley Brake, Longline Pulleys, Petzl GRIGRI, Petzl RIG, Custom Pulley System, PMI Access PRO
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The 9:1 Base Pulley System

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on Monday, 14 November 2011 in Gear Use

An all-in-one guide to rigging and using a 9:1 base pulley system for ultra longlines and high tension slacklines. We cover both the side-by-side and embedded 9:1 techniques.

Tags: Longline Pulleys, Alpine WebLock, 5/16 Stainless D, Van Beest 5/8 Bolt-Type, Custom Pulley System, PMI Access PRO, Petzl RIG, SMC Large, Rock Exotica Machined Double, SMC 3 Double
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All About Pulley Systems - Part 4 - Rope Characteristics

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on Saturday, 01 October 2011 in Shopping Guides
Static Rope

Part 4 of the series 'All About Pulley Systems', an article about the different characteristics of static rope used in your pulley system. We discuss various aspects of the rope to look out for and compare two products from Balance Community to give you a good idea on how to choose your rope.

Tags: PMI Access PRO, PMI Classic Professional, Custom Pulley System, Static Rope, buyer's guide
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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
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