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Welcome to our NEW MEMBERS
Presenting the NEW ISA MEMBERS of 2024 It is our pleasure to introduce our new Active and [...]
CRG Highline incident and consequences on webbing lifetime recommendations
CRG Highline incident and consequences on webbing lifetime recommendations On April 20th, 2024, there was a mainline and [...]
Highline World Championships happening 17.-21. July
The second Highline World Championships For the second time ever in the sport of slacklining, a [...]
NEW UV Tests on Highline Webbing
Effects of UV on breaking strength of polyamide and polyester highline webbing Members of the ISA Safety Commission [...]
NEW Highline Backup Fall tests
Highline Backup Fall: Experiment and simulation Members of the ISA Safety Commission have performed highline backup fall experiments [...]
Speed Highline Winners 2023
Speed Highline Ranking List Winners 2023 Amidst the dynamic energy of 2023, the speedlining scene witnessed an electrifying [...]
Freestyle Trickline Winners 2023
Trickline Ranking List Winners Join us as we celebrate the outstanding achievements of the trickline champions of 2023, [...]
Freestyle Highline Winners 2023
Freestyle Highline Ranking List Winners 2023 2023 is over and we have the pleasure to meet the yearly [...]
Highline World Championships taking place again!
Highline World Championships happening again! A World Championship is the most prestigious international tournament in every [...]
Welcome to our NEW MEMBERS
Presenting the NEW ISA MEMBERS It is our pleasure to introduce our new Associate and Observer members [...]
NEW Demographics Survey published
The largest and most comprehensive slackline study ever! We can finally show you the results! Demographics Survey [...]
Highline System Standard updated!
Update of the Highline System Standard ISA:21 After publishing the first ISA Highline System [...]
Backup fall simulator
New Backup Fall Simulator released! We created a model which will tell you all the relevant forces and [...]
Speed Highline Winners 2022
Speed Highline Ranking List Winners 2022 2022 showed an incredible stoke for speedlining and competitions are becoming more [...]
High-Altitude Highlining World Records- where is this heading?
High-Altitude Highlining World Records- where is this heading? The new record has huge implications [...]
Freestyle Highline Winners 2022
Freestyle Highline Ranking List Winners 2022 2022 is over and we have the pleasure to meet the yearly [...]
Freestyle Trickline Winners 2022
Trickline Ranking List Winners 2022 is over and we have the pleasure to meet the yearly winners in [...]
Look at old Fail Friday Posts
All the Fail Friday posts in a single place! By sharing a story where something went wrong, we [...]
NEW YEARS VIDEO SERIES
NEW YEARS SERIES Short Educational Videos We would like to start the year with a [...]
Balance: the Slackline Magazine
The International Slackline Magazine is Coming! The first issue of Balance, the international slackline magazine born [...]
Switzerland is the first country to recognise slacklining as a sport
Switzerland is the first country to recognise slacklining as a sport Nine years after [...]
NEW ISA Account System for Certificate Recipients
NEW ISA Account System for Certificate Recipients We have launched a new ISA Account System which currently allows [...]
! PERMARIG WARNING ! Inspect your webbing now !
It came to the community's attention that most weblocks, when tied-off to the point where no more slippage [...]
Ananatopisme 2710m
A highline world record From the July 30th to August 14th, Arthur Lefebvre gathered a group [...]
We are looking for ISA Volunteers
Sign up now! Find a list of positions and [...]
First Highline World Championships
First Highline World Championships For the first time ever in the sport of slacklining, a World [...]
Webbing lifetime and freestyle highline warnings
Webbing lifetime and freestyle highline warnings With the popularity of highline freestyle rising in today’s highlining [...]
Trickline Winners 2021
Trickline Ranking List Winners 2021 is over and it is time to meet the winners in the discipline [...]
Language Update: Nouvelles publications en Français
Language Update: Nouvelles publications en Français L'ISA organise et coordonne régulièrement des tests de matériel et [...]
2021 – A Good Highline and Longline Year
Top Highline and Longline Achievements 2021 2021 was a really good year for highlining and longlining! [...]
Are Online Competitions the new Norm?
Online Slackline Competitions The toll of covid on slackline events and competitions has been [...]
BE A MOUNTAIN HERO!
BE A MOUNTAIN HERO! - 10 Simple Steps you can take to protect our mountains The Moutain environments [...]
ISA Active Member: Slackline Slovakia
Presenting ISA Interim Active Member: Slackline Slovakia Slackline Slovakia is a newly created association founded in October [...]
Cyclic Loading Weblocks #2
Second comparative weblock cyclic loading tests We tested different webbing lockers to gain insight into fatigue behaviour of [...]
ISA Demographics Survey 2021
GOT SOME TIME TO SPARE ??? Bad weather or Covid19 restrictions are keeping you from slacklining ?? Wanna [...]
ISA Active Member: UK Slackline Club
Presenting ISA Active Member: UK Slackline Club In many places around the United Kingdom big communities are [...]
ISA Gear Warnings and Recalls Database
ISA Gear Warnings and Manufacturer Recalls The ISA Safety Commission has created a database of gear warnings, notices, [...]
ISA Active Member: Step Slackliners Armenia
Presenting Step Slackliners Armenia The goal of Step Slackliners Armenia is to develop slacklining as a sport [...]
ISA Active Member: Slackline INDIA
Slackline INDIA The community started the association during a 3 day festival, called the Great Indian Highline [...]
Cyclic Loading Weblocks
First comparative weblock cyclic loading tests We tested different webbing lockers to gain insight into fatigue behaviour of [...]
New Membership: ISA joins ICAR – the International Commission for Alpine Rescue
We are proud to announce that we are a new member of ICAR - the International Commission for [...]
Updates Slackline World Ranking List 2020/2021
Slackline Competitions 2020/2021 The toll of Covid on Slackline Events and Competitions has been [...]
Welcome to the ISA: Slackline Mexico
In the last years the Mexican Slack Family has grown rapidly, through meet-ups and festivals around [...]
Safe slackline backups – experiments and recommendations
What is a safe slackline backup? Use either static or dynamic rope, connected with knots to back [...]
Welcome to the ISA: Lithuanian Association
Presenting Slackline Lietuva, the main slackline representative at the young sports association of Lithuania. Alternatyviai (Alternative) a [...]
Cut resistance testing on slackline webbing
Together with the IFT Stuttgart and Edelrid we performed some tests to figure out how cut-resistant slacklines are. [...]
Augustin Moinat wins the Rigging Masters in Bern
One of the few competitions which could take place after the Lockdown was the Rigging Masters at Bern [...]
Welcome to the ISA: Latvian Slackline Association
Presenting SlacklineLv, the leading slackline association in Latvia. We are a group of Latvian slackline enthusiasts with an [...]
The Lockdown Series
Don't miss episodes - get alerts Watch next live session here Every Tuesday and Thursday, [...]
SlackatHome.net now online
SlackatHome.net A website dedicated to slacklining during Coronatimes This ISA initiative collects resourses for slackliners who are [...]
Corona Virus – help flatten the curve
COVID-19 Update Most of the slack community is young and healthy, but all of us will know and [...]
Welcome to the ISA: Slackline Finland
Slackline Finland is the main slackline association in Finland. Their main goal is to improve the possibility to [...]
The new Japanese trickline generation!
Being incredibly successful in competitions is not unknown to Japanese athletes. It is no secret that Japan has [...]
Welcome to the ISA: Czech Slackline Association
Welcome to the ISA: Czech Slackline Association Founded in 2011, it aims to support [...]
Slackline.App – offline tools and ressources
ISA WebApp: This webapp works in a smartphone browser, it can be downloaded to your homescreen [...]
One of the best Slackliners – Abraham Hernández from Chile
Today we want to congratulate the 2017-2019 n° 1 Athlete in our ISA Slackline World Ranking List, Abraham [...]
IOC launches sports group to protect mountains and the ISA is onboard
IOC LAUNCHES SPORTS GROUP TO PROTECT MOUNTAINS - THE ISA IS ONBOARD To mark the International Mountain Day, [...]
Trainer C Certification in the USA 2019
Trainer C Course at GGBY 2019! Start your GGBY experience off with the ISA Trainer C Certification on [...]
Rigger Certification Goes Global!
Rigger Certification in the USA After a successful launch of the latest ISA educational program in Europe, the [...]
New Video released – Slackline World Ranking List
New Ranking List Video released The video explains our motivation behind the creation of the Slackline World [...]
First ISA Safety Standard Published
ISA:21 Highline Systems What is a highline? The ISA:21 Highline Systems Standard is a [...]
What is Slackline Sports?
Slacklining is a young and emerging sport with many disciplines and athletes who compete in these. Many definitions [...]
Demographics Survey analysed
The largest and most comprehensive slackline study ever! Full Demographics Survey Slackline Demographics Survey analysed Almost 1200 [...]
Ranking List Statistics
Ranking List Statistics More than 300 athletes registered for the ranking list, 84% are male (16% female) with [...]
Slackliners rig the longest Hammock Chain in the World
New World Record in Switzerland! Slackliners rig the longest hammock chain in the world – at the UNESCO [...]
Slacklining Elite Competes for the World Champion Title
WORLD SLACKLINE MASTERS 2019 At the World Slackline Masters 2019 the slacklining elite came together in [...]
Why create a Slackline World Ranking List?
Why create a Slackline World Ranking List? The International Slackline Association recognizes and supports [...]
Athletes Registration open now!
We are introducing the Slackline World Ranking List shortly This is a tool for athletes participating in [...]
ISA Safety Event 2018 – Talks, Links, and Resources
The second ISA Safety Event is being held in Moléson, Switzerland this week. Follow along with our live feeds [...]
Webbing slippage warning in Weblocks
Webbing slippage warning in Weblocks. We have identified the mechanism responsible for webbing slippage in webbing lockers [...]
Highline FundRACE
24.-26.05.2018 Highline FundRACE At the Highline FundRACE 12 world-class athletes walked as many meters as possible to [...]
Join the ISA Sport Commission
Help with slackline sports development We are building an international ranking list for athletes, supporting contests, cataloguing [...]
New SlackED data platform is online!
Publications by language What is the data page? As work on the new ISA Website began, [...]
Spaceflower – Transalp Waterline Tour #8
Transalp Waterline Tour #8 At the heart of the Swiss Alps, Flims hosted international slackliners for the 8th [...]
3 Publications now available in Romanian
The Basics, FAQ and Access publications have been translated to Romanian to benefit the local community. Here are the [...]
ISA Safety Event
From the 11.09.-13.09.2017 (Monday-Wednesday) on Le Molèson, Gruyère in Switzerland, the International Slackline Association (ISA) presents the first exchange [...]
Copa Mundial Chile – World Cup Chile
ISA y la Copa Mundial de Slackline en Viña del Mar See below for English Cuando la ISA recibió [...]
Buddy Check advisory in Portuguese and German
The Buddy Check advisory has been translated to Portuguese and German. Many thanks to our volunteer translators for the [...]
2015 SAIR Analysis Published – Slackline Accident and Incident Report
SAIR Analysis 2015 Since the fall of 2014, the International Slackline Association has been gathering information about slackline related [...]
Update (June 2017): Bolting and Highlining in Norway
We previously posted about highlining, bolting, and bolting ethics in Norway, specifically in the Kjerag region. See that post [...]
Longline Recommendations now in Portuguese, German, English
The Longline Recommendations document that was published this summer is now available in Portuguese. German and English versions were [...]
Bolting and Highlining in Norway
Norway, Kjeragbolten Norway provides some of the most picturesque landscapes for highlining, and as such, has become [...]
Longline Recommendations Published
NEW LONGLINE RECOMMENDATIONS ONLINE! English/German […]
1 km Highline sent in France
On Tuesday, April 19th, 2016, Nathan Paulin (FR) set a new world record with a 1020m highline rigged in [...]
Across the Sky – Castleton Highline Record
On November 15th, Théo Sanson (FR) sent a 493m highline in the Utah desert, a project masterminded by Andy Lewis. [...]
477m – The sky is the limit
The highline extreme - World Record gathering on the Moléson During the last weekend of September highliners from all [...]
Youth in Action – Slacklining in public spaces
Participants discussing various topics related to slacklining in public spaces. Photo: Benj Herren / Julian Huber. From [...]
Polyester highline record at Monte Piana
The highline meeting in Monte Piana is the largest in the world with several hundred people attending Jediah Doohan [...]
ISA Workshops at Urban Highline Festival 2015
July 2015 Urban Highline Festival was held again in Lublin, Poland in July as part of the annual city [...]
ISA Meeting at the Turkey Highline Carnival 2015
February 2015 We held a meeting at the Turkish Highline Carnival near Antalya, Turkey, on February 19th at 19:00 [...]