Slack Science

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.

Introduction Today I would like to test the Edelrid Eddy as a brake in a slackline pulley system in comparison to a previous test comparing the Petzl GRIGRI 2, Petzl RIG, and...

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Welcome to the Gear Testing section of Slack Science. These types of posts will include experiments that we do using gear that we sell here at Balance Community. I will...

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Recently, there has been quite a bit of chatter about the 9:1 base pulley system on the internet, so I thought I would write an all-inclusive article on the various...

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I've been getting a lot of questions regarding equalizing multiple bolts with Spansets, so I thought I would write an article about it that will hopefully provide enough information to get...

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Span·sets - A lifting sling made from several wraps of natural polyester fiber covered by a double-wall tubular webbing that is sewn together at the ends. Often referred to as...

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In the Balance Community Shop, there are a number of different slackline webbings to choose from. Each of these webbings is unique in its own right and each has special characteristics...

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After looking at the main pulleys and the brake for our pulley systems, it's time to dive into the subject of multipliers. The multiplier part of your pulley system is...

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Now that we've looked at the Main Pulleys and the Brake for our pulley systems, it's on to anchor methods.There are three main ways to anchor your pulley system to the tree (or master...

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We've already looked into the main pulleys for you pulley system, now on to the next component: the Brake! If you have ever tensioned a slackline before, you've probably noticed that...

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One thing that every slackline has in common (besides Rodeo Lines) is that it has to be tensioned. One of the most common and practical ways to tension your slackline...

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