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About Jan
About Jan
When I started slacklining I wasn't the first but definitely one of the few in my country. I had no guidelines or help from anyone so the first experience and trying to figure out how to walk the line was lets say at least quite a journey. I got a bit frustrated but it was too late, I was already with that new thing which suppose to be rest-day activity from climbing. I took it really seriously and I think I can say I am a precursor of slacklining in Poland. Over the years I have visited most popular highline areas and put up many new ones in USA (including places like: Yosemite, Moab, Joshua Tree etc.), Europe (for example Meteora in Greece, Czech Republic, Germany) and Mexico (Baja). I had a chance to be the first Pole to send legendary “Lost Arrow Spire” Highline (Yosemite, 2007). Last year (2013) I got to free-solo this beautiful, high and exposed line. On my tick list you can find one of the worlds best highline and longline sends, but also some decent achievements in tricklining. So far I walked around 500 unique highlines from which 83 of them were free-solo. I was a special guest during multiple slackline festivals, won many slackline contests in Poland, Czech Republic, Germany and Austria. In my free time I works as a editor of the “Slackline Corner” section inside GÓRY climbing magazine. Being part of elite highline team Somewhereelseland and BC Pro-Team makes my proud. I also co-operate with a polish slackline team called Slackhouse.
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(+48)511-711-744 or (+49)152-239-088-75
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Tendon
Tendon is a rope company based in Czech Republic. They provide me with great ropes for my tensioning systems, ascending lines, climbing, highline back-ups and more.
HippyTree
HippyTree is a nature inspired surf and outdoor apparel company. HippyTree is dedicated to designing products and graphics that embody the “surf & stone” lifestyle. HippyTree’s rugged apparel designs and hand drawn graphics featuring waves, mountains and wildlife reflect the company’s passion for surfing and the outdoors. Marked by the “green tree” logo, HippyTree is committed to softening its environmental impact by using eco-friendly materials and manufacturing. HippyTree apparel is sold in surf, outdoor and specialty retailers throughout the United States and internationally.
sztuka Żywienia
"SZTUKA ŻYWIENIA" is a team formed by a friendly couple of professional trainers and nutritionists. They climb and keep active them selfs and are more then qualified in a field of sports, coaching and nutrition. I reached out to founder of the company Marcin Bończa-Tomaszewski and after a few months of co-operation became a sponsored athlete which I am really proud of. SZTUKA ŻYWIENIA promotes healthy way of living and program which is adapted to your needs. I was shocked by the effects on my life. My habits changed completely as well as the way of thinking about it as a diet. It doesn't feel like a restriction. I chose to eat certain way to improve my performance, supercompensation, regeneration and frame of mind. Marcin put up with all of the challenges I created for him.
Balance Community
Balance Community is a great slackline company dedicated to provide slackline community with the best quality equipment for any kind of line. The main things I like BC so much are focus on safety and quality of the gear, transparency and sharing the knowledge, innovative ideas and great community of people around it including company owner Jerry Miszewski, which is a great friend and a personal idol. You can learn all about BC at this website and I recommend you to do so.
Highline-Log
Highline-Log
I walked my first highline on 20th of May back in 2006. It was really short but pretty high and definitely exposed. It was set for the first slackline competition in Poland called "Slackline Masters". I won in all three categories and was the only one to send "Little Boy" Highline in Sokoliki. Since then I'm hooked on highlining. Unfortunately I didn't record my send from 2006-2009 and didn't keep exact list, which is kind of a bummer because now I don't remember all of the lines I had a pleasure to experience but anyway, here's the list of my sends from 2010-2013. I think I will start walking again highlines soon so I can stay active also during this year.
You can find my full highline logs just by clicking on the year: 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013.
If you interested here you can find a separate log for my free-solo ascents.
