Member of the Month

JalmarKalmar
April, 2024

Online

Welcome to the Newschoolers forums! You may read the forums as a guest, however you must be a registered member to post. Register to become a member today!

Holy slacklining....

profile picture
Phil-X-
Posts: 7205 - Karma: 14,399
skip to around 1.40 i wanna give this shit a try now
sorry if repost
Jun 6 2011 1:48AM
0 0
profile picture
MN_Nice
Posts: 3824 - Karma: 56
Nuts! I would never trust the rope though.
Jun 6 2011 1:54AM
0 0
profile picture
Phil-X-
Posts: 7205 - Karma: 14,399
hah id be so scared of gettting nutted
Jun 6 2011 1:56AM
0 0
profile picture
Toby.Dickson
Posts: 317 - Karma: 679
i dont reckon its high enough to nut yourself on. unless your tiny.
Jun 6 2011 2:10AM
0 0
profile picture
Mama.
Posts: 3066 - Karma: 2,605
That's sick!

How about THIS kind of slacklining?

Jun 6 2011 2:15AM
0 0
profile picture
stupendous-man
Posts: 8637 - Karma: 13,293
its possible to nut yourself on anything if you try hard enough, even if you dont mean too...
Jun 6 2011 2:18AM
0 0
profile picture
Phil-X-
Posts: 7205 - Karma: 14,399
that doesnt make sense, theyre landing knees on the line sometimes, easily could
Jun 6 2011 2:24AM
0 0
profile picture
Toby.Dickson
Posts: 317 - Karma: 679
true but you could always put your legs out
Jun 6 2011 2:26AM
0 0
profile picture
freestyler540
Posts: 13050 - Karma: 18,319
That was crazy
Jun 6 2011 2:28AM
0 0
profile picture
Alex_G
Posts: 11902 - Karma: 1,018
ha i bought shrooms from the dude who runs gibbon...dudes like 50 and still rages
Jun 6 2011 2:30AM
0 0
profile picture
Whifazoo
Posts: 737 - Karma: 132
pick up a gibbion jib line, so much fun to do ! me and my buddies have been doing it pretty much nonstop since i got it !
Jun 6 2011 2:34AM
0 0
profile picture
TOK
Posts: 2928 - Karma: 2,540
Double back looked painful
Jun 6 2011 2:38AM
0 0
profile picture
JKill
Posts: 626 - Karma: 67
I have seen some people do some crazy stuff on the one at the rock wall on campus but not like that. I am just proud to make it across and some times walk backwards on it.
Jun 6 2011 3:00AM
0 0
profile picture
Steezy_IN_KC
Posts: 2033 - Karma: 1,607
How exactly does one get good at such things as this?
Jun 6 2011 3:20AM
0 0
profile picture
Imagination
Posts: 2501 - Karma: 73
looks so sick, really want to get one. And did anyone else read how stupid some of the Youtube comments were?
Jun 6 2011 7:12AM
0 0
profile picture
justinp4400
Posts: 1068 - Karma: 1,039
But they didnt doubl...oh

but they didnt grab
Jun 6 2011 9:07AM
0 0
profile picture
geteducated
Posts: 6410 - Karma: 86
must have taken a lot of time to get that good. time they could have used at work to move out of their shitty studio apartment.
Jun 6 2011 9:13AM
0 0
profile picture
I_Am_Mod
Posts: 13214 - Karma: 3,753
lol at your astounding logic, how about pro skiers? should they stop doing what they love and work a 9to5 job so they can afford a nice car and a nice house?

+all these ppl probably have a fixed job already, slacklining is one of those things you can do anywhere, except maybe in the middle of the ocean or a desert .....

Jun 6 2011 9:29AM
0 0
profile picture
NcKing34
Posts: 354 - Karma: 78
wow.  i didn't even know some of this was possible on a slackline
Jun 6 2011 10:00AM
0 0
profile picture
SeanTom
Posts: 7936 - Karma: 1,747
holy....... @ 0:16 dat wobble
Jun 6 2011 10:04AM
0 0
profile picture
KravtZ
Posts: 6637 - Karma: 2,629
what a fucking stupid hobby
Jun 6 2011 10:13AM
0 0
profile picture
KravtZ
Posts: 6637 - Karma: 2,629
what a fucking stupid hobby
Jun 6 2011 10:13AM
0 0
profile picture
Flying~Squirrel
Posts: 6494 - Karma: 192
obviously trolling, or actually an inconsiderate ass. same thing really
Jun 6 2011 10:31AM
0 0
profile picture
WikiWiki
Posts: 5584 - Karma: 426
the worlds largest collection of hipsters
Jun 6 2011 11:22AM
0 0
profile picture
BMB
Posts: 3138 - Karma: 232
haha, so true
Jun 6 2011 11:25AM
0 0
profile picture
MN_Nice
Posts: 3824 - Karma: 56
YouTube agrees with you.
Jun 6 2011 11:41AM
0 0
profile picture
*Dos*Planker*
Posts: 2983 - Karma: 168
threads
Jun 6 2011 12:02PM
0 0
profile picture
geteducated
Posts: 6410 - Karma: 86
cry about it, team serious.

Jun 6 2011 5:45PM
0 0
profile picture
I_Am_Mod
Posts: 13214 - Karma: 3,753
Click for larger image
this is serious business .....
Jun 6 2011 5:49PM
0 0
profile picture
cwillygood
Posts: 6831 - Karma: 1,829
i have a slack line at my house its super hard but really fun, these guys are nuts though

at like 5:15 the double is a major fail but so nuts
Jun 6 2011 5:55PM
0 0
profile picture
Emma_Watson
Posts: 4483 - Karma: 6,662
That asian dude 3:31 is nuts.. but i kinda was expecting moar flips n shit.

Jun 6 2011 5:56PM
0 0
profile picture
Deluge
Posts: 4398 - Karma: 767
this was sweet, anyone know what type of rope it has to be?
Jun 6 2011 5:56PM
0 0
profile picture
Sklar
Posts: 8863 - Karma: 31,577
1" tubular webbing
Jun 6 2011 5:58PM
0 0
profile picture
-=---=-=-=-
Posts: 424 - Karma: 7
{img]http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/public/Mzg9JCUN-nNtM-EbHsDUnAuvXiLD8xA9atPD7J3Phxbt22WXUS6gFTAvG69X-riScdIdIlZqXWz6qzZpjwlS8bJv_tS28pln_3phJ6rjQ5dJ8sbayzJzVbJvENceiWyZltgaSIUjJqZI2Aq8S8ahiizbKI3Uuws5L2XFqhQ7iOlOFjNhYxdUzTz6XVU[/img]

i'm pretty sure it has to be this, so it can flex and everything and you can tighten it well

http://www.backcountry.com/gibbon-slacklines-classic-slackline?CMP_SKU=GIB0001&MER=0406&CMP_ID=SH_FRO001&mv_pc=r126&mr:trackingCode=E9FB2FA4-41D1-DF11-A880-001B2163195C&mr:referralID=NA
Jun 6 2011 6:02PM
0 0
profile picture
-=---=-=-=-
Posts: 424 - Karma: 7
fail
Click for larger image
Jun 6 2011 6:03PM
0 0
profile picture
Sklar
Posts: 8863 - Karma: 31,577
i've still never been on a gibbon line, but 1" tubular webbing and carabiners work great

lots of good info in here:
https://www.newschoolers.com/ns/cult/forum/cat_id/5954/

Jun 6 2011 6:20PM
0 0
profile picture
Spic-N-SpaN
Posts: 2002 - Karma: 1,465
There is a cult if anyones interested in slacklining, but its sort of dead and never took off to big but it would be cool if it were more active, and there is info on how to put your kit together in it as well
https://www.newschoolers.com/ns/cult/forum/cat_id/5954/
Jun 6 2011 6:29PM
0 0
profile picture
skier_boy26
Posts: 11295 - Karma: 502
I remember when I tried a backflip on a slackline. Far scarier than on skis.

But the slackline, um, scene? is way too hipster.
Jun 6 2011 6:32PM
0 0
profile picture
TNORTS
Posts: 2076 - Karma: 2,753
after having used a slackline at my climbing wall for a while i finally decided to go out and buy a gibbon. Loads of fun. So easy to set up. However I would recommend finding someone you know who has one and trying it out before buying one. It's not as easy as it looks and it took me a few hours of practice until I could walk the whole line.
Jun 6 2011 6:33PM
0 0
profile picture
little1337
Posts: 8161 - Karma: 45,810
brool story co
Jun 6 2011 7:50PM
0 0
profile picture
Phil-X-
Posts: 7205 - Karma: 14,399
Truth
Jun 7 2011 3:09AM
0 0
profile picture
Phil-X-
Posts: 7205 - Karma: 14,399
Bump
Jun 8 2011 1:56PM
0 0
profile picture
egg.
Posts: 3231 - Karma: 3,477
i have that slackline
Jun 8 2011 2:05PM
0 0
profile picture
Phil-X-
Posts: 7205 - Karma: 14,399
the jib?
Jun 8 2011 7:41PM
0 0
profile picture
disastertourism
Posts: 2402 - Karma: 135
I'd love to give that a try, looks really really hard though
Jun 8 2011 7:52PM
0 0
profile picture
Davy.Crockett
Posts: 5373 - Karma: 323
holy balls that was gnarly. he was roped in though
Jun 8 2011 8:01PM
0 0
profile picture
Sallabillz
Posts: 1289 - Karma: 762
lololl dub back to the dome
Jun 8 2011 8:12PM
0 0
profile picture
pelle_munch
Posts: 4110 - Karma: 503
slacklining is so much fun. It helps mad with balance and air sense too, so that's good for skiing and pretty much any sport. I slackline like everyday, starting to be able to stay on it for as long as i want, flipping off of the line too.

go slacklining!
Jun 8 2011 8:36PM
0 0
profile picture
alvy.
Posts: 2134 - Karma: 377
hard as shit but hella fun
Jun 8 2011 9:24PM
0 0
profile picture
tuna.
Posts: 2627 - Karma: 111
anything done on a 2 inch line isnt really slacklining in my opinion.

sure, it's impressive, but not slacklining.
Jun 8 2011 9:37PM
0 0
profile picture
KravtZ
Posts: 6637 - Karma: 2,629
nah not trolling at all its so dumb i saw a kid on campus doing it looked fucking retarted. Such a hipster thing to do. Lets buy a reallye xpensive tightrope and fucking walk across it
Jun 8 2011 9:54PM
0 0
All times are Eastern (-4)