They usually spend their free time climbing any rocks they can find, but you might recognize them as those people who seem to walk on a tightrope across the quad and near Allen Hall. They’re actually ...

It looks easy enough. Until you step on the rope for the first time. The rope welcomes new feet with a tiny, unexpected earthquake. Most people tumble right off. If they decide to step back on — many ...

In slacklining, you balance your way across a flat rope, similar to tightrope walking. Yet the difference is in the type of rope and its tautness, which altogether can feel more like a really thin ...

Prompted by a $250 ticket in July, a group of slackliners is lobbying the city of Boulder to change its laws to allow the sport on public property. Slacklining, or the use of a narrow, flexible line ...

Sonya Iverson focuses on a spot straight ahead of her as she makes her way across the taunt, thin strap tied to two trees. Maintaining a steady pace, she pushes herself through a variety of tricks ...

My legs are shaking and I’m fighting to remain upright. I have literally zero control. I didn’t think slacklining — walking suspended on a thin rope between two trees — would be easy, but man, I had ...

A new sport has come to town, one that tests balance, focus, coordination and core strength. Slacklining, which is said to have been invented by a pair of rock climbers in 1979, is the practice of ...

If you’re walking on campus near the corner of University Boulevard and Park Avenue, you’ll likely find a few shirtless men balancing on a slack rope strung between two trees. These men are students ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — A man has set a Guinness World Record for slacklining while blindfolded. Slacklining is like walking a tight rope, except slacklines are much bouncier. On Saturday, a group of ...