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The Mental Send - By Pablo Signoret
The Mental Send - By Pablo Signoret
The thoughts and process of working through send anxiety, a mental struggle even some of the best highliners in the world battle with. Read more...
Dedo de Deus
Dedo de Deus
An adventure to Brazil that led us to one of the most epic highline projects of all time: Dedo de Deus - The Finger of God. Read more...
A History of Sag
A History of Sag
Slack revolution We call it a slackline, but as recently as 2 or 3 years ago the future seemed to be in making lines tighter and tighter. Slackline discussion groups... Read more...
A long, loose and heavy month(made of polyester )!
A long, loose and heavy month(made of polyester )!
Chapter 1: A monster, and a backup fall 1st of August: I just came back from my hitchhike trip in Europe, after 35 hours on the bus ( 27 of... Read more...
Entering the 700 Club
Entering the 700 Club
It seems like every great thing starts with a ridiculous idea.  Many of these ideas can be found within the messaging conversations between Jerry and I. "Let's rig the 700... Read more...
1003 feet, A True Mental Barrier
1003 feet, A True Mental Barrier
A 1,003 foot highline across the entire Cosumnes River Gorge. Read more...
Big Lines and Natural Anchors in Zion National Park
Big Lines and Natural Anchors in Zion National Park
“Preston, we’ve been meaning to tell you that you’ve been getting a little too epic and not enough gnar”, said Susan. “This is an intervention.” We were standing around Susan... Read more...
Blue Dream
Blue Dream
A little weary from my first crossing, I stand on the line and face the return journey. I start to make my way across the 220 feet of increasingly wet... Read more...
The 13th Crossing
The 13th Crossing
Back in 2010 when I moved to the Sacramento area, I was a bit worried that I would not be able to highline as frequently as I was before. For... Read more...
Urban Highline Festival 2013
Urban Highline Festival 2013
Every year I try and make a trip out to Europe for some sort of slackline adventure. This year I decided to spend some time in Germany, Poland, and Czech... Read more...
Castle Crags - Two Days of Craziness
Castle Crags - Two Days of Craziness
During Janek Galek and Jordan Tybon's trip to the US, they visited this new area that had never seen any highline activity. The post is called Castle Crags and it's... Read more...
Hubris - Upper Cathedral Spires Highline
Hubris - Upper Cathedral Spires Highline
Cathedral spires, a gap that is so obvious when you enter the Yosemite Valley. Never before was it thought that it would be walked. This was mainly due to the... Read more...
Fluid Motion
Fluid Motion
For the past month or so, Grant Thompson and I have been establishing a new highline in a new area close to Davis. Four weeks ago we went to go... Read more...
451 foot Highline Send
451 foot Highline Send
What a weekend this past weekend was! Chris, Preston, Ryan, Susan, and I decided we wanted to rig the 451 foot gap that we established the previous weekend. I got... Read more...
What Isn't a Trickline?
If we can trickline on 100m longlines and 100m high highlines...what isn't a trickline?? :) Read more...
Balance Community Backyard Highline Festival: Volume 1
Balance Community Backyard Highline Festival: Volume 1
After months of preparation (mainly done by Chris Rigby), several weeks of planning, and coordination with many people, we finally put together our first Balance Community hosted slackline festival. Rightly... Read more...
The Ultimate Guide to Getting Started with a BC Line!
So you want to move onto bigger and more powerful lines, but don't know where to start? Here is a guide to walk you through exactly what you need to get started! Read more...
Balance Community Demos in Prescott, AZ
A small demo of slacklines setup in a beautiful park in Prescott, Arizona. Several people came out to try slacklining for their first time! Read more...
France and Beyond
France and Beyond
What a crazy adventure the last two weeks have been! I got to attend the Vibram Natural Games in Millau, France for the first week of my trip, then the... Read more...
High on RAGE!!!
Set up my RAGEline at 65' (20m) long and about head-height...then of course I had a 5-hour chill POWERSESH :) Read more...
Mantra Long Tricklining Video
What happens when I try to not trickline... Read more...
The Road to 500m - Day Off
The Road to 500m - Day Off
After exhaustively training the 1,260 for a solid week, we decided we needed a break from monster lines. It was time for a regular longline session in the park. We... Read more...
The Road to 500m - Day 4
The Road to 500m - Day 4
With nothing but time on our side, Chris and I decided that we should devote an entire day to training the transition stage of the line, which was the only... Read more...
The Road to 500m - Day 3
The Road to 500m - Day 3
After much discussion and a lazy morning, Chris and I decided that we would rig the big line again on Monday, even though the best walking time had already passed.... Read more...
The Road to 500m - Day 2
The Road to 500m - Day 2
What a day it was for the 500m Project. I was scoping around for a new place to rig Uber Longlines when I stumbled upon a field which has gaps... Read more...
The Road to 500m - Day 1
The Road to 500m - Day 1
Day 1 on the road to the 500m long slackline. A new spot to rig with a TON of potential and soft green grass for as far as the eye can... Read more...
Sacramento Longline Gathering
Sacramento Longline Gathering
After nearly no planning, a group of friends from the Bay Area came into Sacramento this past weekend and we all setup 5 longlines. It was a great session that... Read more...
Line Less Traveled
Line Less Traveled
Ever since I moved to the Sacramento area about 8 months ago, I have been itching to find some local spots to setup a highline. I was initially very skeptical... Read more...
Stinson Beach Longline
Stinson Beach Longline
An incredible longline on the beach just north of San Francisco. This line is super hard because of the waves that crash on the beach right below the line. Read more...
Cascade Falls Highline
Cascade Falls Highline
Cascade Falls, an incredible multi-stage waterfall in Yosemite that houses one of the most spectacular highlines I've ever seen. The waterfall starts well above where the highline is and goes... Read more...
1000 Feet and Beyond
1000 Feet and Beyond
It finally happened! The 1,000 ft. slackline...After several months of preparation and many successive length lines leading up to 1,000 feet, I finally have rigged and walked a 1,000 ft.... Read more...
480 footer in -27 Degree Weather
480 footer in -27 Degree Weather
A 480 ft. line in park Maisonneuve, just wasn't quite tight enough! Read more...
The Master of the Afrodisiac
The Master of the Afrodisiac
It has been a historical time in the age of Slackline. Two new lines, two men, two incredible records. In the past few weeks there has been a stir in... Read more...
Poland and Beyond
Poland and Beyond
I just arrived back home from an amazing two week sponsored trip to Europe for slacklining and I must say, I have never experienced anything like that before. The amount... Read more...
Trip to Yosemite Falls
Trip to Yosemite Falls
Just got back from an amazing trip up to Yosemite Falls. Me, Eric, Russ, Natalie, and Alex all hiked up the falls trail to meet up with Andy, Jeremy, Andrew,... Read more...