Videos

  • Highline Rigging Example #3 – Mexico

    Check out how we rigged 3 all natural lines in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.
    Thank team: Andy Lewis, Scott Rogers, Kim Weglin, Alex Mason, Carly McGee, and Annelise Temple.
    Photo credits: Scott Roger, Wingate Motion.
    Check out how to make spansets adjustable on the Slack science video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LMnd…
    Sorry SlacklifeBC for losing your coolest hat!

  • Highline Backups – Types and Tensions

    What are your options for highline backups and how tight should you make them??? Check out our midline drop test to see if low & loose highlines are dangerous!!!
    Thank you Marco Fontana for your snow angel example.

  • Taping Highlines

    What kind of tape should you use on a highline and how do you do it? Check it out!

  • Highline Rigging Example – Start to Finish #2

    Here is a case study of us rigging our last highline. It doesn’t dive into a lot detail but gives a big picture of how we rig and derig. Please let us know in comments how you want future rigging examples to look.
    This line was at Consumnes River Gorge (CRG) in Placerville, CA. This was the 700 foot line 200(ish) meters that Jerry Miszewski broke the world record on (when it was a world record). It was rigged the new feather pro from balance community for the main and backup. We had less than 1000lbf or 4kn on the line (not measured but guessed) on the main line and the backup was taped every 15 feet with an average of a foot of sag between each tape (so less than 0 tension). Sewn loops on static side and Weblock 4.0s on the tension side.
    Thank you team: Kim Weglin, Garrison Rowland, Nick Honnold, Tim Hawkins.

  • How to get the highline across the gap

    How do you get the line over there??? It’s the #1 question onlookers ask us!!! We use Yosemite highlines as examples!!!

    This is probably the missing puzzle piece for so many folks. Many people know how to rig a slackline and know to tape a backup webbing underneath, but this episode can really help fill in the “void” in highlining…. get it???

    Borrowed footage from the following with permission:
    Highline California – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evkUK…
    Zac Timmons on his arizona highliner film
    Thank you to Amir Khashabi and Sawyer Hartman for getting great footage of us highlining.

  • Highline Lingo

    Confused by highline lingo? We explain the basics in this video! DON’T MISS THE BLOOPERS AT THE END!

    Thank you to Michael Melner, Garrison Rowland and Scott Hong for helping me fine tune this list. And of course thank you to my hot fiance for lower herself to be objectified for the purpose of making this video interesting :).

    Here is a list of terms we cover in this episode:
    Line slide
    Line grip
    Line lock
    Multiplier
    Pulleys
    Whoopies
    Shackles
    Soft shackles
    Quicklinks
    Delta quick links
    Square quick links
    Tag line
    Leash
    Rings
    Weblock
    Dyneema
    Spansets
    Rope grab
    Brake
    Master point
    Main line
    Backup line
    Bomber
    Whipper
    Death triangle
    Equalized
    Rap
    Mid line
    Highline
    Backup loops
    Bite
    Stoke
    Tight
    Loose
    Static
    Dynamic
    #SagisSwag
    Walk off
    Sit start
    Chongo
    Slider tapes
    Full man
    Half man
    Walk on
    Direct Exposure
    Perceived Exposure
    Exposure turn
    Mounting a line
    Slack life

  • Highline Rigging Example – Start to Finish #1

    Here is a case study of us rigging our last highline. It doesn’t dive into a lot detail but gives a big picture of how we rig and derig. Please let us know in comments how you want future rigging examples to look.
    Thank you SlacklifeBC for the Lion Webbing. Get yours here: http://slacklifebc.com/products/webbi…
    Thank you team: Kim Weglin, Garrison Rowland, Michael Melner, Sara Wilson, Marco Fontana, and Xavier Staggs

  • Catching Highlines

    What is the best way to catch a highline and should you even do it?
    Don’t put yourself in a position where you HAVE TO catch but sometimes catching can be advantageous. And careful with the ninja catches, I’ve hyper-extended my arm several times in the last year doing so!