Discover the Thrilling World of Slacklining: A Trendy Sport Challenge

1. Slacklining Are you ready for a new challenge considering trend sport?

2. General facts • Trendy kind of sport • Something in common with tightrope acts in a circus • Slacklining= balance on slackline • Sportler: composition of balance concentration coordination

3. General facts • Good training for other kinds of sport e.g.climbing,skiing,etc. • Only balancing> try tricks or jumps

4. History Yosemite national park • Relatively new kind of sport • Before becoming a single kind of sport,climbers just used it for practising • USA: start: 1980s in Yosemite Nationalpark • Main idea: climbers also train during bad weather > another possibility: rope on a car park • Europe: 70s and 80s climbers also balanced on a rope ( independent actions)

5. Characteristics • Line between two points • Really moves> depends on the user‘s weight • Slackline: very dynamic, have to pay attention > do not fall down • Do not look like a tightroper> do not very elegant • Even out the balance with legs

6. circus slackline Comparison between and Professional slackliners = artists ,although a lotofthings in common, differences, too

7. Circus Foraudience Very elegant Strictrope > easiertowalk on it Slackliner On theirownandfortheirown Trying tricks > resultknowledgeofthepossibibilitiesduringthissport Verydynamic > moving > veryhardtohave a goodbalance

8. Material • Not very much > most important: slackline • Width: 25 mm • Biggest width: easiest > is not so flexible • Materials: different traits > challenge = same tricks on ropes with different widths

9. Right material > put up right • Two points > good distance, e.g. 2 trees • Protection by using some stuff before putting line • Not difficult > easy for everybody > sport for everybody

10. Kinds of slacklines • Different difficulties • Everybody: choose the right one for themselves

11. lowline • For beginners • Length: 10-12 m • Height:30-70 cm • Because of very low height > not dangerous • Can balance during walking + standing > try little tricks • Underground: very soft > reduce/avoid injuries

12. Longlines/highlines • Length: 20 m (just forwalking+ balancing) • Length: 100 m > specialchallenge • Slackliners: verycalmandconcentrated • Reason: linestartmoving > cannotstop • Highlines: breathtakingheights, e.g.betweencliffs • Verydifficultformindandbody • Special lineforyoursafety

13. Waterlines • Special underground (overwater) • Good in summer > new tricks: do not work out > just fall in water > beforedoingthis: haveto check waterdepth • Also overrivers: weird> reason: move, are not atonlyoneplace

14. Darklines • Without light > reallybigchallenge • Due toinjuries, reallygoodsafetynecessary • Just for professionals

15. Criticism • Some environmentalists: not good for trees which are needed • Difficult topic • Slackliners: really careful, protection > no damage • Since a lot of people have done it > is forbidden in some public parks • Opinion most people: not true • Trees not endangered if good protection Good protection Good protection Result: be not concernedaboutthetrees

16. The end Julie Rausche

17. Sources of information • Text: wikipedia; slacklinen.de • Pictures:google (e.g.Köln Nachrichten; slackfest.de; wikipedia)