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CriesAfterSex
Posts: 123 - Karma: 41
Does anyone else slackline, cause I tried doing it today and it just slapped my tits around. Anyone who has ever tried it will know my pain.
May 13 2012 2:09AM
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Blake.P
Posts: 9894 - Karma: 3,585
I just got one yesterday... So much harder than I thought. After about an hour I could walk like half of it , and then I got bored and started bouncing and throwing tricks off it
May 13 2012 2:21AM
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Negro_Jesus
Posts: 1789 - Karma: 91
still cant get half way

May 13 2012 2:48AM
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Negro_Jesus
Posts: 1789 - Karma: 91
well, half is my record
May 13 2012 2:49AM
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I_Am_Mod
Posts: 13214 - Karma: 3,753
try harder and don't give up until you get it !
i'm an instructor at an outdoor camp and last week i gave slacklining initiations of 1 hour to groups of 15-20 kids and on average i had 2-5 kids walking the entire line within the first hour (without prior experience)

there isn't really a trick to it besides trying until you get it ...
just bend your knees a little, place your feet in the running direction, one after another, look at the end of the line or a fixed point at the horizon and maybe ask one of your buddies to hold you up at the back of your shirt for some extra balance until you get the 'feel' ...

oh and also last week i had a group from a sportschool, every single one of the kids in that group did a backflip off the line, most without even being able to walk it, dat shit cray!
May 13 2012 6:34AM
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jjdsteeze
Posts: 2561 - Karma: 4,135
dude just got one the other day and I've been doing it nonstop, once you get the hang of walking it its so much fun
May 13 2012 7:54AM
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Prophet30
Posts: 124 - Karma: 50
I got mine about 9 months ago and thats all i did for a month and now i havent touched it since.
May 13 2012 9:03AM
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e_strapp
Posts: 1116 - Karma: 212
Like I_Am_Mod said, pick a fixed point. I look at the ratchet going down, and then the loop where the line goes through going back. Do it barefoot also. And the most important part, keep your arms up even with your shoulders, makes it so much easier to balance!
May 13 2012 9:17AM
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cheener12
Posts: 2881 - Karma: 5,884
make sure you wear a shirt of some kind when you do it because I was doing a switch up once, and I missed the line and cheese grated my bicep/arm and it hurt like a bitch for about two weeks.
May 13 2012 9:30AM
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I_Am_Mod
Posts: 13214 - Karma: 3,753
probably, the moves are pretty similar imho ....
May 13 2012 9:47AM
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MESKI
Posts: 942 - Karma: 220
I wear vibram 5 fingers when I slackline. I like it better than a shoe cause you can wrap your toes around, but better than barefoot cause it wont hurt.
May 13 2012 9:55AM
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EastCoast.
Posts: 1888 - Karma: 406
Lookin to sell it? haha
May 13 2012 10:30AM
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no_steeze
Posts: 23992 - Karma: 4,270
think about completely relaxing your leg muscles. tension in your legs will cause the imbalance to be transferred into the line and it'll wobble from there. if you relax your legs then your whole body will bend and contour and the line won't bounce from tension and movement
May 13 2012 10:33AM
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ironic
Posts: 735 - Karma: 104

We bathe at least once a month, okay?

And I thought that it might be nice to have this in here:

May 13 2012 2:22PM
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Rafiki
Posts: 3858 - Karma: 2,251
belongs in here too


May 13 2012 3:00PM
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-GL-
Posts: 1696 - Karma: 35
I just got mine and have been using it for like 3 days straight. It's so fun, but I can only get halfway then grab onto something then walk the last half. I wanna try some switch-ups or flip of it but I'm too pussy, any tips?
May 20 2012 8:56PM
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DoteMoney
Posts: 270 - Karma: 54
my buddies and i do it all the time! so far i can walk all the way across it and we are trying to land 360's on it
May 20 2012 8:58PM
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Blake.P
Posts: 9894 - Karma: 3,585
switch ups are really really easy. i got mine and was doing switch ups within the first hour. its easier than walking it imo. after less than three hours i can do multiple switch ups both way without falling off
May 20 2012 9:08PM
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penguin_steeze
Posts: 2311 - Karma: 241
walking the line backwards is tits
May 20 2012 9:34PM
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jjdsteeze
Posts: 2561 - Karma: 4,135
this is true
May 20 2012 11:01PM
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the.nile
Posts: 580 - Karma: 153
just bought one, should be here by the end of the week
May 20 2012 11:11PM
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DNK
Posts: 132 - Karma: 93
ive had my surfline for about a year and i can walk the full distance (100feet) within a couple of tries. just keep at it
May 21 2012 1:04AM
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Bodhisattva_
Posts: 5749 - Karma: 2,009
More like Evergreen U
May 21 2012 1:09AM
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Moment
Posts: 255 - Karma: 3,094
Summer time now just set one up in the backyard, just got into it and its actually really fun and rewarding.
Always dismissed it as a hippy kind of fad but have really liked it so far especially with learning tricks and progression.


May 21 2012 1:55AM
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hunterBear
Posts: 391 - Karma: 104
So I have a question for any of you that have been slacklining for a while and know a thing or two. I already have a few slacklines and I am interested in getting another one. I would like to get another 1 inch slackline but one that will actually bounce, much like a Gibbon slackline would. Becuase no matter how tight I pull the slackline it only stretches, never has a true bounce. I would love to get the Gibbon Proline or Flowline or the Tubeline but don't want to pay $ 0.79 per. So my question is, is there a 1 inch slackline that will flex like the Gibbon's but not cost the same amount of money?

Sparknotes: Low stretch, cheaper than Gibbon, one 1 inch slakline; does it exist?
May 21 2012 3:28PM
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simuhn
Posts: 142 - Karma: 86
slacklining is super fun! especially on a Gibbon line. a little wider and you can get it super tight for tricks or whatever you want

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDTwQGEeGZc
those guys are good
May 21 2012 4:08PM
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I_Am_Mod
Posts: 13214 - Karma: 3,753
i cant really help you, but keep an eye out for gibbons, i got mine for super cheap, 25 euro for the 25m one, and it's bouncy as fuck, this aint even the gibbon jibline but the regular one and you can air very easily off of it ....
May 21 2012 5:15PM
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theabortionator
Posts: 51263 - Karma: 157,455
I didn't see any slackline thread, so i decided to make one
May 21 2012 5:19PM
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hot.pocket
Posts: 4197 - Karma: 10,366
You damn hipster.
May 21 2012 5:49PM
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Bmo.
Posts: 4907 - Karma: 2,667
theres been like 3 of these in the past 2 months. searchbar


check here for lots of info:

and theres a cult
May 21 2012 7:14PM
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hunterBear
Posts: 391 - Karma: 104
Yeah I have a 2 inch Gibbon Classic and I love it, but I love the thinner ones and mine has way to much stretch to do any tricks. So I want to find a low stretch 1 incher but they are hard to come buy unless you have moneysss...
May 21 2012 7:19PM
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Rafiki
Posts: 3858 - Karma: 2,251
gibbon slackline's are on the clymb right now
https://www.theclymb.com/invite-from/TaylorDavis
Jun 2 2012 5:38PM
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CheddarJack
Posts: 5203 - Karma: 7,380
How hard are these on your knees? I'm still recovering from a knee injury which limits my tramp sessions... would anyone recommend me to wait till I'm healed to pick one up?
It's only if I land weird on the tramp it really hurts rather than just being bothersome. How easy is it to hurt yourself on these?
Jul 1 2012 1:30AM
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edai
Posts: 4983 - Karma: 4,632
Tried a misty 5 off it 45 minutes in, rotated directly into cork and landed in a push up. Round 2 should be coming up soon and I'm determined to conquer it.
Jul 1 2012 1:41AM
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SamMcChesney
Posts: 2905 - Karma: 2,198
I,ve had mine for about 2 weeks, i can walk it forwards and backwards and do every flip off it except backflip and rodeo/flat. I like to do rail tricks on it the most though, I play SLACK with my brother all the time. I just got front swap pretz 3 swap swap pretz 4 out/claim. Also can do 5 swaps and almost 7 swaps/claim.
Jul 1 2012 4:56PM
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Bmo.
Posts: 4907 - Karma: 2,667
Slacklines are on the Clymb right now for cheap! pick one up before spring gets here!


if you need an invite, check my sig
Feb 12 2013 1:33PM
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