Switzerland is the first country to recognise slacklining as a sport
Thomas Buckingham2022-12-14T20:12:18+01:00Switzerland is the first country to recognise slacklining as a sport Nine years after the founding of the national federation of Switzerland, Swiss Slackline was elected by the Swiss Sports Parliament as a new member of Swiss Olympic. This national recognition of the sport of slacklining as part of the sports family is unique worldwide and will significantly shape various aspects of the young sport in the future - away from the trend sport image, to an official sport. The young sport of slacklining in Switzerland is structured in more than 20 regional [...]
ISA Active Member: Slackline Slovakia
sarah2021-12-07T10:42:27+01:00Presenting ISA Interim Active Member: Slackline Slovakia Slackline Slovakia is a newly created association founded in October 2021 based on a Facebook group (Community) that existed for 10 years. One special thing Slackline Slovakia offers to their members is insurance. Members with a full membership automatically get enrolled in an "Extreme Sports and Alpine" insurance program that covers mountain rescue and so on. A word from their president: "We are the representative body for Slacklining in Slovakia, committed to providing support and developing the slackline community. We aim to protect land access rights for all forms [...]
ISA Active Member: UK Slackline Club
sarah2021-05-11T18:57:19+02:00Presenting ISA Active Member: UK Slackline Club In many places around the United Kingdom big communities are slacklining in parks and many highline spots have been opened. Founded in summer 2020 the UK Slackline Club is a new start to represent and promote the sport of slacklining in all forms around the county. Their democratic association follows the structure of Sports England to get slacklining recognized as a sport in the UK, to get access to training spots, and some sports funding in the future. Recently the UKSC acquired insurance to help gain access to training spots for their [...]
ISA Active Member: Step Slackliners Armenia
sarah2021-04-15T18:14:37+02:00Presenting Step Slackliners Armenia The goal of Step Slackliners Armenia is to develop slacklining as a sport in Armenia, where our balance activity is still misunderstood for tightrope walking by many. Regular free trainings in parks and also indoor trainings are organized and open for all to get the general public to try out slacklining. Most think slacklining to be an extreme sport and only fit for professionals. Many outdoor and "extreme" sport groups and associations in Armenia are working together to solve access issues and to educate the public. As the slackline community is still small they have [...]
ISA Active Member: Slackline INDIA
sarah2021-04-10T10:51:10+02:00Slackline INDIA The community started the association during a 3 day festival, called the Great Indian Highline Gathering, during which they also rigged one of the longest highlines in the country (700m). Their dream is it to spread the sport to different corners of the country, while setting standards for rigging, teaching safe practices and solving access issues. The small community has opened quite a few lines in different places around the country including the Himalayas and is looking forward to the end of the pandemic to host their annual festivals and gatherings again with participants from different countries [...]
Welcome to the ISA: Slackline Mexico
philipp2020-11-11T20:41:11+01:00In the last years the Mexican Slack Family has grown rapidly, through meet-ups and festivals around the country, so it’s active slackliners worked together to form the AMS - Asociación Mexicana de Slackline. “La Asociación Mexicana de Slackline busca apoyar y desarrollar la comunidad de Slackline en México, protegiendo el acceso, mejorando los recursos de comunicación e información, y promoviendo su desarrollo de forma segura y sustentable a nivel nacional.” The Mexican Slackline Association seeks to support and develop the Slackline community in Mexico, protecting access, improving communication and information resources, and promoting its development in a safe [...]
Welcome to the ISA: Lithuanian Association
Laurent Blondiau2020-11-04T17:01:56+01:00Presenting Slackline Lietuva, the main slackline representative at the young sports association of Lithuania. Alternatyviai (Alternative) a Lithuanian association for slacklining, parkour and acro. Their slackline division, Slackline Lietuva, organise slackline workshops, sessions, camps, competitions, participate in festivals and cultural, as well as social events. Connect with them on Facebook on Slackline Lietuva and FB groups Slackline Vilnius and Slackline sessions in Kaunas. In the photos you see their urban highline event in Kaunas. There was an old building in the center of our city, which was about to be demolished. They saw an opportunity and negotiated with the owner, who gave [...]
Welcome to the ISA: Latvian Slackline Association
Laurent Blondiau2020-10-29T19:15:05+01:00Presenting SlacklineLv, the leading slackline association in Latvia. We are a group of Latvian slackline enthusiasts with an objective to spread slackline sport in Latvia. Our vision is to Simply Discover Balance and our mission as an organisation is to provide safe opportunities to simply discover balance through slackline, for anyone. Therefore, in our community we do basic slackline, trickline, longline, highline for ourselves. Big part of our motivation is based on investment in local society and the environment. So, we use project funding to provide free opportunities to slackline in city parks with various lines so that anyone can [...]
Corona Virus – help flatten the curve
Thomas Buckingham2020-03-22T10:56:47+01:00COVID-19 Update Most of the slack community is young and healthy, but all of us will know and care about someone for whom getting COVID-19 will be a very different story. Sure, the death rate is <1%, but this is if hospitals are functioning well, and the news are full of examples of what happens when good healthcare gets overloaded. Most cases aren't too bad, but when so many happen at once the more serious 10% who need intensive care can't get it and die, making the death rate go up significantly. An in depth article on the topic [...]