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If I take down the net on my tennis court, can I set up the slackline btw the poles which hold the net? Or will this rip them out of the ground? I have never set up a slackline, just got mine in the mail this week. So have no idea.

Per my title, can anyone recommend a static slackline--the less stretch, the better. Aiming for under $70, with a length of 60 feet or longer? (I tried the Flybold kit, but it's about one foot too short for my purposes.)

Thanks!

Hi guys,

I've browsed a lot of the posts here on 100ft ratchet setups, and it seems like the ones available are mostly for tricking (aggro line, surfline etc). I mostly want it for just walking and maybe some static balancing tricks, but a 100ft ratchet line doesn't seem like a very common product. there is a zenmonkey line on amazon but pretty sure I've heard its garbage.

I like 100ft because the length is just more fun and I want to set up over water

So two questions:

1. Is there a line you could recommend for my purposes?
2. If not, is the bounciness of the aggro line and surfline a trade off for just the purpose of walking? I'm not sure if I want or need it to be super bouncy.

Thanks!!

I'm hosting a BBQ & Slackline event in a park in 2 months.

About 30 people who've never slacklined will try it out and have fun in the park.
I'm considering putting up a training line like this:

https://preview.redd.it/xlqm7aadnttc1.png?width=1052&format=png&auto=webp&s=4bef7af5ad506e2a23e299ce3556c8da8104b216

This should make it easier for people to try it out, and not just fall off before giving 2 steps and giving up completely after ~10min (Which is what I find happens a lot when I teach random new people in the park how to slackline, especially if there is a bigger group waiting to try. )

Is this a good idea? Or should they learn the hard way?
Any tips and tricks for setting this up would be appreciated

Hi, im fairly new to slackline and im thinking of setting up a line in my backyard. The problem is there is only trees on one side. So I was wondering if anyone has experience with setting up an anchor on a wall. Details: Its a brick wall about 20 cm (8" aprox). The length of the line would be about 13m (43 ft aprox). Idk if it's relevant but it's a 2" slackline with a ratchet.

idk if expansion or glue in bolts would be best. I also saw this plate https://slacktivity.com/shop/flat-1-slackline-wall-plate/ but I thought it was kind of expensive.

I would appreciate if you share your thoughts and comments about this.

Hi all - totally new to the world of slacklining but my kids (8 and 5) have seen some videos (and had a play at a ninja warrior centre) and are desperate to get a slackline in our back garden.
We have two trees that are suitable but they are about 10 metres apart from each other. I was thinking of building two A-frames to go a metre or so in from each tree to reduce the length of the slack line so it doesn't move too much whilst they are starting out.
Does this sound like something that would work? Would I need to anchor the a-frames somehow in addition to anchoring at the trees?
I've not found much online about this after a search and thought this would be a good source of info!
Any links for instructions/advice as well as recommended brands to go for a beginners slack linewould be very much appreciated - there is a lot of choice!

Im trying to set up a longline over a body of water and I need it to be fairly tight because of tree locations and shore height. It will be about 100 meters in length. I have 2 double pulleys and a single one track pulley. I've set it up before to try it out and I thought it would be a 5:1 system, but it doesn't give me the tension what I thought it would. I'm wondering if I'm setting it up wrong and missing out on some multiplication that could help.

I attached a professionally done rendering of what i am doing. The color changes don't mean anything, it's just to help visualize where the rope is coming in and out of the pulleys. Green is the start and purple is the end

Once the rope is out of the finally pulley i just put it through a gri gri that is also tied to the tree. Any help would be great for a better system for what equipment I have. All the videos i have searched up don't show using double pulleys and a single pulley together.

https://preview.redd.it/ll0wkx5xzyrc1.png?width=1584&format=png&auto=webp&s=cea6f2f9f20b5000fa65a3af07fe674999d9015e

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Below are some of the guides listed in the side bar. **note: please let us know if there are other guides that we might want to list**

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##### Slackline Guides:

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* [Basics of Slacklining PDF](https://data.slacklineinternational.org/slacked-data/basics-flyer/)

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* [Tree Protection PDF](https://data.slacklineinternational.org/slacked-data/tree-protection/) - An important aspect of maintaining access to slackline areas

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* [Slacklining in Public Spaces PDF](https://data.slacklineinternational.org/slacked-data/public-space/) - tips for using public areas, and how to be prepared to speak to authority figures

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* [Detailed information about webbing knots, linelocks, and weblocks](http://slacklab.de/en/rigging/strength-of-webbing-anchors) - Important knowledge that all slackliners should understand

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* [How to setup 2" tricklines with double ratchet](http://youtu.be/k0qgR0mMCAQ)

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* [Slackline Tension Calculator](http://slackline.sparkfire.net/). Two other simple slackline tension calculators can be found [here](http://slackcalc.yesiamawesome.com/) and [here](http://slack.e30tuner.com/articles_linetension.php).

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##### Helpful YouTube Videos:

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* ["How not to Highline"](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQvq-0fss4lNrmIz7gcPLtQ)

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* ["How to rig a primitive slackline"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p81wI-HHyhU)

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* ["Primitive Slackline Setup"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPIg6_SG99U)

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* ["How to Slackline for Beginners"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxyAYxIAG6A)

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* ["How to Build a Slackline Hang Frame"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-XWFZ1Pp4M)

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##### Slackline Gear Resources:

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* [Slackline Kits](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1k_5pEbJIMhf918U81L3EpTL-5BySf-bd7Zgvx5r_Has/edit#gid=0) - a community-built database of slackline kits

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* [List of Weblocks](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1bCLqk6pOxUEQzf8zBdIrsTimOKQvBGueAMFN8IYlmQE/edit#gid=0) - a resource for reviewing and comparing the features of weblocks commonly available for sale

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* [List of Webbings](http://slacklink.org/SlackWiki/index.php?title=Webbing) - a [slacklink.org](http://www.slacklink.org/) wiki page of slackline webbings

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* [List of Tree Protections](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1hcX5A4OZZ46fr4JqqkEpzDjQ8jApqdz-SmCvlPpdCAg/edit#gid=0) - protect your trees, protect your equipment, protect access to public lands

Wanted to reach out to the more experienced community and get some advice on webbing (it’s surprising how little info/reviews there are online). I’ve only been slacking for a little over two months but advancing super fast. I currently have a ratchet 80ish ft 1 inch line from ZenMonkey which I love but just ordered 50m of Jelly Pro from Balance Community that I’m super stoked to get on.

With that said, moving forward I am going to start slowly piecing together my anchor systems but am already brainstorming what webbing I would want for highlines. I wanted to stick with BC, but am unsure of which webbing would be the best. Looking at 100-150m or Feather Pro, Blue, or Green - but open to other ideas as well. Looking for something a bit more static but still light under foot. Thanks in advance for the advice!

Hey, Im looking to buy a midlength lightweight set- therefore I'm thinking probably a primitive setup. Around 30 meters give or take. If anyone could recommend on something based on personal their experience it would be best. Not too pricey, although I am willing to put in the money for a kit that will serve me for a long time.

I’ve had something that I’ve been curious about for awhile now. Is there a distance that, once reached, everything beyond feels the same? A 20 foot line feels different than 40, 40 different than 60, 60 different than 100, etc. but once you reach a certain length, let’s say 150-200ft, does walking everything beyond that start to feel the same?

For example, does a 200 foot line feel the same as 500? 1000? Or does every variance in length feel significantly different?

Curious if there is a target length to hit as someone who aspires to longline.

I'd argue the difficulty factor for loose vs tight is affected by total line length. A long park line with major swing will be trickier than the same line super tight line. (I think) What do I base this on you ask. A 10 foot loose slackrack is easier to stay on than the same slackrack tightened maximum. Will promptly adjust slackrack to very tight to test this theory right now, and report back with an update of results. Regardless, both have taken me thousands dismounts to, almost reach the promised land of total control. I added this extra line here to make this a two inch paragraph in honor of the two inch line. Sorry metric folks, using inches not cm due to past practice. Of course, this depends on your display parameters for the 2", 1" paragraph to work out./

Updated to say tight or loose, both are hard for me to say balanced for over 30-45 seconds. My personal best 15 minutes online, is a distant first place to my occasional 2-3 minutes on a good run. Curious if others do a time to fall readings? I imagine some folks can stay online indefinitely on the easy type lines, whatever those are, I've yet to find one easy enough to last over 15 minutes.

We are considering putting a slackline between 2 trees in our yard, but it would only be 3 ft away from the 6 ft fence that we are also installing. It would run parallel to part of the fence, about 3 ft away at the closest point. We would have a stretch of about 13 ft that is 5 ft away from the fence, starting at one end.

Is this far enough from the fence to be safe? Is there a particular kind of padding you would recommend to put on the fence? Should we make it a taller fence instead, to avoid issues with potentially landing on top at all?

This style fence or similar:

https://www.amazon.com/XCEL-Fence-AntiRust-Installation-PowderCoated/dp/B095Z8X9D6/ref=asc_df_B095Z8X9D6/

Also, I read something from a Colorado government organization's slackline safety guidelines, stating slacklines should only be left up 2 hours max. Is this true? If so, why?

I used to longline all the time when I lived in Colorado.. I’d love to get back into it with some local people. Thanks!

Hello, I been slacklining for some years now and always wanted to try some highlining, the problem is the gear is expensive so I would like to first meet someone experienced and get a feel how it is to highline.

if there is someone out there, any chance I could join you on your next session?

I live close to Leicester but I don’t mind traveling ☺️

Hello there, I'm a beginner and I would like to buy my first slackline. Should I directly go for a 25m primitiv or should I start with a 15m ratchet ? Thanks !!

P.S: Would 150cm diameter be enough for tree protections ?

Hi. I'd like to set up a ninja line for my six-year old. Most of all, he loves swinging on rings. I'm thinking of securing one end of the line to multiple posts on my deck, down by where they're secured with bolts so that the posts experience the least leverage from my kid's weight. Does this idea seem sound, or is it a bad plan? Thanks.

I could use some help. I set up my Gibbon Surferline for the first time today and now I can’t get it to release. I think I must have fed it through the ratchet wrong, and now I can’t get the lever to the release point. Does anyone have a tip to get it to release?

I wanted to ask this question as I’m still confused. I finally set my first waterline this weekend. About 70ft, same tension as I normally like and have gotten very comfortable with….however, it felt much much harder to start, find balance, and walk.

A couple factors:

The water was really cold and I could feel my core temp stay consistently low, almost to the point of shivering.

Wet line and wet feet.

All chongo starts started with a foot in the water.

Water was moving.

Does anyone know why this line, that I should have felt comfortable walking easily, felt very difficult? Has anyone had similar experiences?

So this might be a strange question -- like many other suburban dads with backyards and young kids and the arrival of Spring, I would like to encourage the kids (4yo, 6yo) to get outside as much as possible.

I set up a $150 "ninja warrior slackline obstacle course!" kit from Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08CXRWN1X) between two trees, and they're having a blast monkeying from one set of rings to the next and yelling. I would *also* like to have a blast learning to slackline, but I'm having some trouble making it work.

The crux of the problem is this -- I would like to have the line at a height that is easy for the girls to get on and off of, so maybe 2.5 feet/0.75m off the ground. I would also like to have the line at a tension so that when I walk on it, I'm not walking on the ground in the middle. And so far all I've managed to do is break the ratchet trying to make the line tight enough. (The metal of the pawl was bent by the ratchet gear teeth.)

The specifics: I've got two large trees about 35 feet apart. My anchors are purple polyester lifting straps with sewn eyes (WLL 3,000lbs) around both the trees. One end is connected to a quicklink with the eye of the slackline strap; the other end has the ratchet handle girth-strapped through the lifting straps. I weigh about 220lbs/100kg, so it seems like if I want to stay off the ground, I need to tension the line to about 800lbf/3.5kn. (Actually, this part of the calculation confuses me. I think that's the load on each anchor, so the total line tension might be double that?) The kids weigh around 60lbs, but they're mostly interested in holding on to the upper line with the obstacles, so I'm not worried about it being too tight for them.

Is anything in this wrong or unreasonable? Do I just need to buy a better ratchet? Any suggestions/recommendations would be *most* appreciated. Thanks!!

I have a 300ft slackline I got for when I was really into water lining. I realized I don’t really love it and haven’t used it in years and it is in great shape. I really need a new 50-100ft slackline but am thinking I should just cut my old one. Is this a crazy idea? I don’t want my old slackline to just sit around unused and want it to go to use