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Highline World Championships – Wild Card Open

2026-02-17T00:12:09+01:00

Wild Card for Highline World Championships - until 28. Feb. A World Championship is the most prestigious international tournament in every sport. After very successful two Editions in 2022/24 the spectacle is happening again from July 21th - 26th 2026, 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.  [...]

Highline World Championships – Wild Card Open2026-02-17T00:12:09+01:00

Warning: Electrostatic Damage in Highlines

2025-12-22T12:48:59+01:00

Warning: Electrostatic Discharge Damage in Highline Systems Reports of electrostatic discharges have been reported from all around the world, resulting in damage and full highline system failures. The new report summarizes incidents and their communalities and makes recommendations for highliners in preventing such incidents. Key Takeaways: The damage from electrostatic discharges in highlines could easily lead to deadly accidents, which fortunately have not happened until today, let's keep it this way. The highlines analysed did not get damaged or fail due to lightning, but due to electric discharges (plasma lightning-arcs), happening in almost all cases underneath tapes [...]

Warning: Electrostatic Damage in Highlines2025-12-22T12:48:59+01:00

Livestream – Freestyle Highline World Cup GGBY (25.-26.11)

2025-11-26T10:49:19+01:00

Livestreams – Freestyle Highline World Cup GGBY Tuesday (25.11.2025), UTC-7 Quarterfinals 9:00am - 10:30am: Women’s Quarterfinals 10:30am - 12:00pm: Men’s Quarterfinals Semifinals 3:00pm - 4:00pm: Men’s Semifinals 4:00pm - 5:00pm: Women’s Semifinals Wednesday (26.11.2025) Small Finals 2:30pm - 3:00pm: Women’s Small Finals 3:00pm - 3:30pm: Men’s Small Finals Finals 4:00pm - 4:30pm: Women’s Finals 4:30pm - 5:00pm: Men’s Finals GGBY Website GGBY Instagram Teaser Quarter Finals Semi Finals Finals

Livestream – Freestyle Highline World Cup GGBY (25.-26.11)2025-11-26T10:49:19+01:00

Call to Contest Organizers: Join the Meeting 1st Nov 2025

2025-10-21T11:02:35+02:00

Join the upcoming meeting for Contest organizers: When: Nov 1st at 14:00 (UTC+2) Where: Google Meets, link below This meeting will Introduce the new World Cup Series in planing Present the status of the new Sport Hub website replacing the Ranking List website Explain and discuss the new competition grading system, address common challenges, offer guidance to organizers on fulfilling the requirements for ISA recognition. Google Meets Link to join online

Call to Contest Organizers: Join the Meeting 1st Nov 20252025-10-21T11:02:35+02:00

The Full Combo Paradox

2025-10-21T11:00:04+02:00

A Great Championship Comes with Great Responsibility: The Full Combo Paradox On September 14th, one of the most exciting and high-level trickline championships of the year took place in Obuse, Japan. The Full Combo Championship brought together many of the world’s best trickline athletes, showcasing cutting-edge maneuvers and an impressive competitive setup. The event featured a high-tension trickline with safety air mats, professional judging systems, complete video recording and live streaming, as well as significant prize money for the winners. Local media coverage contributed to the visibility of what was clearly designed to be a world-class professional trickline competition — [...]

The Full Combo Paradox2025-10-21T11:00:04+02:00

The ISA turns 10 years old

2025-10-16T16:33:57+02:00

The ISA turns 10 years old! Time to reflect on the state of slacklining around the world. Officially founded by 4 national federations (Switzerland, Austria, Germany and USA) in 2015 as a grassroots effort to coordinate internationally, the creation of the ISA started with individual initiatives years before. After 10 years of existence we now combine 15 national federations, 9 associations, 109 observer members and 21 partners. This sums up to about 5000 individual slackliners in all these organizations. While many of these organizations are doing well, a lot of them struggle with allocating volunteers and resources to administration, bureaucracy [...]

The ISA turns 10 years old2025-10-16T16:33:57+02:00

The ISA turns 10 years old!

2025-10-16T16:33:38+02:00

LIVESTREAM - The third Highline World Cup of 2025 Follow the athletes, organised by our member Chooselife. The epicenter of the 2025 World Highline From June 18 to 22, more than 40 athletes from around the world gathered in Brazil for the Highline ChooseLife World Cup, a competition that captivated both athletes and the local public. The impressive landscape of Chapada dos Veadeiros was the perfect setting for the Highline ChooseLife World Cup 2025. With the participation of more than 40 athletes from Argentina, Ecuador, Colombia, Chile, Brazil, Mexico, Uruguay, United States, France and Germany, the event consolidated the [...]

The ISA turns 10 years old!2025-10-16T16:33:38+02:00
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