# Slacklining **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [July 14, 2010, 6:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/slacklining/157833 "2010-07-14T06:11:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 9:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/slacklining/157833/21 "2010-07-14T21:51:13Z")
> [@XwalkerX](#): > > do not want. Not who you’re thinking. You would want. ---
**Author:** ![ItsOver](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/itsover/32/5431_2.png) [@ItsOver](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ItsOver)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 5:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/slacklining/157833/22 "2010-07-15T05:21:59Z")
In for vids of you attempting tricks. :tup: ---
**Author:** ![Penfold](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/penfold/32/5007_2.png) [@Penfold](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Penfold)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 7:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/slacklining/157833/23 "2010-07-15T07:55:52Z")
My friend and I have been doing this for a little over a year now. Its set up at his house so he is pretty good and I can barely walk it anymore. ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2010, 8:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/slacklining/157833/24 "2010-07-15T08:34:06Z")
Did this last night in bidwell. There were SOOOO many people. It was insane. There were 4 different lines set up and a couple pretty hot girls doing it as well. ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2010, 6:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/slacklining/157833/25 "2010-07-31T18:40:04Z")
I’m getting pretty good at this. I can easily walk the line, both fwd and backwards and do a variety of starts, including bounce and jump starts. Last night I was working on jumping while on the line, then graduated to jumping and spinning. Well, today at the Derrick Corp company picnic, there was a “low ropes” course set up. One of the things was a 40 ft steel cable, stretched super tight. I walked it a few times, then tried executing some tricks… Well, steel cable is not a good medium for this for a few reasons. It’s round, and therefore can roll off your foot. It’s hard. It’s very thin and requires shoes… Well, attempting a mid-line 360 jump, I slipped. Bad… Fucking thing caught me right in the neck… It doesn’t hurt as much as it looks like it would, but I feel stupid walking around with this monster bruise on my neck. It didn’t stop me from continuing to walk the line for another few hours, though… ![http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs102.ash2/38420_442261889364_764659364_6126410_329893_n.jpg](http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs102.ash2/38420_442261889364_764659364_6126410_329893_n.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2010, 8:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/slacklining/157833/26 "2010-07-31T20:36:23Z")
Just tell people it’s a hickey and some babe was alllllll over you at the picnic :tup: ---
**Author:** ![PureXTC](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/purextc/32/5223_2.png) [@PureXTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PureXTC)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2010, 9:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/slacklining/157833/27 "2010-07-31T21:20:42Z")
What ever takes attention away from your haircut. ---
**Author:** ![Spam16v](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/spam16v/32/5287_2.png) [@Spam16v](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Spam16v)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2010, 4:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/slacklining/157833/28 "2010-08-01T16:50:31Z")
used to do this in texas between a truck and tree or between too good sized trucks with tubular webbing on their hitches, pull taunt and go nuts. i never got really good at it, but it’s a core workout for sure. ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bing/32/7211_2.png) [@bing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2010, 8:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/slacklining/157833/29 "2010-08-01T20:40:14Z")
is it not cool to put a matt down underneath it to cushion falls? Did i just reveal how shrivelled up my balls are now? ---
**Author:** ![JDMSIR](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jdmsir/32/7376_2.png) [@JDMSIR](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JDMSIR)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2010, 8:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/slacklining/157833/30 "2010-08-01T20:54:52Z")
Second vid is fake, the shadows are all wrong, something isnt right. ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2010, 9:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/slacklining/157833/31 "2010-08-01T21:06:07Z")
> [@JDMSIR](#): > > Second vid is fake, the shadows are all wrong, something isnt right. I’m pretty sure it’s legit… ---
**Author:** ![TRP951](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b77776/32.png) [@TRP951](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TRP951)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2010, 2:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/slacklining/157833/32 "2010-08-02T14:13:02Z")
When do you guys usually setup at bidwell? I have to come and check this out sometime. ---
**Author:** ![baseball24](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/baseball24/32/7452_2.png) [@baseball24](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/baseball24)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2010, 2:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/slacklining/157833/33 "2010-08-02T14:55:00Z")
hahaha , newman i was wondering why your neck was all red at the picnic haha your one crazy ass dude…( alot of jail bait was at the picnic too) lol ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2010, 5:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/slacklining/157833/34 "2010-08-03T05:34:14Z")
I was at Bidwell last night from 5:30 to 11:30… I am pretty sore today… I can walk forward and backward across the line without much issue, and can also do jump starts, bounce starts, 180 jump starts, 180 bounce starts as well as catch air and do some spins… no flips yet, but I feel they’re coming… does anyone have any crash pads? ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2010, 10:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/slacklining/157833/35 "2010-08-23T10:42:53Z")
If anyone wants to try this I still do it pretty regularly… This day there were like 15 people doing it on 4 different lines. ![http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs398.snc4/46120_1502603638894_1048307632_31489122_7912470_n.jpg](http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs398.snc4/46120_1502603638894_1048307632_31489122_7912470_n.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2010, 11:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/slacklining/157833/36 "2010-08-23T11:09:04Z")
I would like to come watch people actually accomplish this. Bidwell is right down the street so everytime I walk by, people I see can barley stand on it. ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2010, 11:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/slacklining/157833/37 "2010-08-23T11:12:54Z")
99% of the time I can walk across and back without falling off. Backwards I can get across about 75% of the time. Usually we’re not just walking it, though. If we’re falling off it’s probably because we’re trying to do some trick. I spent as much time falling off it as I did walking it on Sunday. I was trying to learn to walk to the middle, lay down, then stand back up. By the end of the day I could do it with a fairly good success rate. ---
**Author:** ![540guy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/540guy/32/5052_2.png) [@540guy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/540guy)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 10:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/slacklining/157833/38 "2010-08-24T10:28:44Z")
hmm. ---
**Author:** ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 10:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/slacklining/157833/39 "2010-08-24T10:32:48Z")
I am entertained every week watching them from the McGarrets patio. Two for 1 draft beers and watching people fall on wires is quite an evening. ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2010, 12:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/slacklining/157833/40 "2010-08-24T12:04:45Z")
Nobody ever falls. They usually just jump off. Mcgarrets is always full of douchebags. Makes sense. [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/slacklining/157833.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/slacklining/157833.md?page=3)