With their low center of gravity and natural ability to live fearlessly in the present, most kids are quick studies on the slackline. Just look at 14-year-old Alex Mason, who won the inaugural ...

It might not be as dramatic as Phillippe Petit' s death-defying walk between New York City' s World Trade Center Twin Towers in 1974, nor as heady, but slacklining requires mustering the same courage, ...

Slacklining is a sport and art that can be a balance training, recreation, and a moving meditation. It is similar, at first glance, to tightrope walking, and is accomplished by stretching a 1”– 2” ...

Slacklining—the sport of walking across a length of nylon webbing strung between two anchor points—is growing in popularity. Substyles include highlining (at least 50 feet above the ground) and ...

When Jeremy and Aimee Newcomb string up their line in their backyard, their neighbor sometimes asks, "Are you getting ready for the circus?" The East Lampeter Township couple are slacklining, a ...

Years ago, alternative sports engagement on the University of Colorado Boulder campus implied tossing a Frisbee across a crowded field, or hacky-sacking oneself into an acrobatic frenzy by the ...