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Slack lines, focused minds

PATRICK WHITE

From Friday's Globe and Mail

Latest comment posted at 6:50 AM EST 28/07/08

It takes the balance of a mountain goat and the concentration of a Tibetan monk, but for the growing legion who strut their stuff on a low-level tightrope, Zen is on the line ...Read the full article

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  1. Alistair McLaughlin from Canada writes: Balance is the neglected aspect of physical fitness. Instead of stretching (an often worthless endevour) people should be spending a few minutes a day on the balance board or BOSU ball. Good balance (as these guys obviously have in abundance) can vastly lower your chances of having a knee or ankle injury while playing any sort of sport.
  2. carol c from Canada writes: That looks very interesting. I may check it out in Trinity Bellwoods park in Toronto this Sunday.
  3. Richard Porteous from Canada writes: This sounds like something I have to try :)
  4. Montgomery C. Burns from Springfield, Canada writes: It looks like an exercise that could boost core strength as well.
  5. Stephen Dedalus from Canada writes: This sounds like an exercise that would frustrate me into having a rage-fuelled heart attack. I'll stick to playing the triangle.
  6. carol c from Canada writes: "I'll stick to playing the triangle."

    That good for core strength? :)
  7. gordon foster from Canada writes: Well, this article was well-researched. Slack-lining was invented in California? It's a Korean performance art that has ben around for centuries. Check this out:

    http://www.revver.com/video/349669/korean-folk-village-traditional-tight-rope-acrobatic-performance/

    It says "tight", but it's slack:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jultagi
  8. Purple Koolaid from Ottawa, Canada writes: I can hardly wait for extreme slacking. Say over the Grand Canyon? Now, I would pay to watch that !!
  9. julia g from toronto, Canada writes: Does anyone know where/when slacklining is happening in public spaces in the city? I'd really like to see and photograph slacklining. coo at joolya dot ca.
  10. Rollo T from 8>), Belgium writes: I'll have to settle for the Wii version of slacklining, if I get sick of Wii skiing.

    slacklining moab on youtube.

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