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Speed Highline Winners 2023

2024-02-28T17:54:35+01:00

Speed Highline Ranking List Winners 2023 Amidst the dynamic energy of 2023, the speedlining scene witnessed an electrifying surge, with highline festivals worldwide hosting an array of thrilling competitions. At each competition, finalists collect points depending on their ranks and the size of the competition (e.g. Masters, World Cup..), giving them a final score at the end of the year. The yearly winners in our system are defined by the sum of the highest points ranking at the two largest events they participated in 2023. Here are the top three ranking athletes gaining the most points during the last year of [...]

Speed Highline Winners 20232024-02-28T17:54:35+01:00

Freestyle Trickline Winners 2023

2024-02-22T20:31:12+01:00

Trickline Ranking List Winners Join us as we celebrate the outstanding achievements of the trickline champions of 2023, whose remarkable talents have dazzled audiences and set new standards in the sport. Freestyle Trickline competitions are happening all around the world and finalists collect points depending on their ranks and the size of the competition (e.g. Masters, World Cup..), giving them a final score at the end of the year. The yearly winners in our system are defined by the sum of the highest points ranking at the two largest events they participated in 2023. Here the top three ranking athletes [...]

Freestyle Trickline Winners 20232024-02-22T20:31:12+01:00

Freestyle Highline Winners 2023

2024-02-15T10:20:15+01:00

Freestyle Highline Ranking List Winners 2023 2023 is over and we have the pleasure to meet the yearly winners in Freestyle Highline. Competitions are happening all around the world and finalists collect points depending on their ranks and the size of the competition (e.g. Masters, World Cup..), giving them a final score at the end of the year. The yearly winners in our system are defined by the sum of the highest points ranking at the two largest events they participated in 2023. Freestyle highlining is growing all around the world and competitions are becoming more and more popular, expecially [...]

Freestyle Highline Winners 20232024-02-15T10:20:15+01:00

Highline World Championships taking place again!

2024-02-09T16:58:37+01:00

Highline World Championships happening again! A World Championship is the most prestigious international tournament in every sport. After a very successful first Championship in 2022 the spectacle is happening again from July 10th - 14th 2024, in Laax Switzerland. The purpose of the event is to gather the best highliners from around the world and crown the World Championship Winners (M/F). But we also want to promote our beloved activity to a wider audience and motivate young and upcoming slackline athletes and newcomers with a perspective in pursuing slackline as a high level sport.  For the organization of [...]

Highline World Championships taking place again!2024-02-09T16:58:37+01:00

Welcome to our NEW MEMBERS

2023-10-06T17:20:27+02:00

Presenting the NEW ISA MEMBERS It is our pleasure to introduce our new Associate and Observer members that recently joined the ISA. We are very excited to welcome these local associations on board.  NEW Associate Members First of our new Associate members is SlackAlien, a highline community from Slovenia full of young enthusiasts who share the stoke for slacklining in this beautiful country that shares both a bit of Alpine and Balkan atmosphere. Next Associate Member is the Firmament Fundation from Poland, the group which is behind the globally famous Urban Highline Festival [...]

Welcome to our NEW MEMBERS2023-10-06T17:20:27+02:00

Highline System Standard updated!

2023-05-22T15:20:09+02:00

Update of the Highline System Standard ISA:21 After publishing the first ISA Highline System Standard we recieved feedback from our Slackline Safety Partners, Members of the UIAA Safecom and independant third parties. All their feedback has been reviewed and incorporated into the new version of the standard. Summarzing, the most important points: Enables Highline Systems that fulfill this standard to be used in workplace situations if maintenance checklists are utilized. These workplace situations may include, but are not limited to: shows, courses, competitions and festivals, etc. Expanding the scope of the standard, allowing the use of [...]

Highline System Standard updated!2023-05-22T15:20:09+02:00

High-Altitude Highlining World Records- where is this heading?

2023-03-01T21:30:53+01:00

High-Altitude Highlining World Records- where is this heading? The new record has huge implications on altitude highlining, it means that the final frontier now is the Himalaya, since this is one of the highest possible lines in the Andes mountain range! There remains the possiblity to rig a line on Aconcagua, the highest mountain in South America, but since this a very commercial mountain the permits are expensive. Male Highline Altitude World Record The Highline Altitude World Record has been broken by a large margin, now [...]

High-Altitude Highlining World Records- where is this heading?2023-03-01T21:30:53+01:00

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International Slackline Association
c/o Swiss Alpine-Club SAC
Postfach / Monbijoustrasse 61
3000 Bern 14, Switzerland
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