We are proud to announce our new sponsored slackline athlete in our New Zealand pro team: Ben Gingold. Meet Ben: Born and raised in the UK, Ben spent his childhood surfing the atlantic shores of sunny Cornwall. As well as a love for the outdoors, he soon developed a passion for altitude and by just eighteen […]
Daredevils are taking to the Port Hills to test their balancing skills 10 metres above the ground. Slacklining – and its scarier offshoot of highlining – has exploded overseas and is catching on in Christchurch. Traditionally, slacklining involved walking precariously on a thin piece of nylon a metre or two off the ground. Highlining upside […]
Finally there is a new make of the “Man on Wire” movie / documentary. We are really looking forward to watch this cinema film! Starting in the New Zealand Cinemas on the 22nd of October 2015. We were super stocked about the story of this crazy french tight rope walker. Watch the official trailer of […]
Slackline history has been made again, this time during the The Highline Extreme on Moléson in Switzerland. Nathan Paulin (FR), Friedi Kühne (DE) and Alexander Schulz (DE) sent an almost 300m long polyester highline. Shortly after, Samuel Volery (CH) crushed the record by walking the 477m highline on polyester! This is the longest highline in […]
Patrick, Founder of Slackline Shop NZ has been to Germany this July 2015. He had visited Gibbon Slacklines in Stuttgart, Germany and was lucky enough to become part of the photo shoot of the new Gibbon Classic Slacklines. There is not much more to say then thanks to Gibbon Slackline for this fun days at […]
Hey slackline folks! This blog post is shared from a Slackline group on facebook called slackchat, I wanted to share the exact post, because I was just stoked about how great the guys from the Move Festival in Copenhagen, Danmark realized such huge slackline park without one tree! There are even Longline A-Frames and a […]
Germany 2015. Slackline World Cup writes a new story. This year there are Team Battles. Andy Lewis is on eof the judges and Japan and Estonia has as many athletes as never before. Alex Mason is now sponsored by Red Bull. This was the Competition Slackline Set they used this year, Andy Lewis Trickline with the […]
What? Slackline Sessions indoor. We don’t care about the weather anymore! Where? At The Anchor Church in Whitby. Porirua, Wellington, New Zealand. When? Every Monday from 3-5pm. How Much? $2. What exactly? We offer you 3 slacklines and a slackrack to play with. We have plans to build more – including a practice high line. Next school […]
We get these questions a lot here at the Slackline Shop and have done our best to write together some pros and cons about each option. What benefits each webbing has as well as list the main differences in bullet points. Flat Webbing easier to get tensioned more bouncy when jumping more direct response lighter […]
