Parents DD tried something new today..

[MILgymFAM]

slacklining- she said it's WAY harder than beam! She also said she wants to go again. Today she managed to get back and forth 7 times in a row without falling- next time she wants to try a few simple tricks. Anyone else's DD tried it?

 

[meganliz77]

I hope I don't sound too silly... but what is it?? LOL

 

[MILgymFAM]

I hope I don't sound too silly... but what is it?? LOL

No worries! We only knew what it was because we've seen it in a cirque show.



Obviously all she could do was walk, so not fancy at all.

 

[NY Dad]

Is that something you set up at home?

 

[GymDad9.9]

I thought I posted an article about it being done in Rio from The NY Times around the Olympics.

 

[HoldThePhone]

I have some very adventurous family...two of my brothers are/were very good slackliners. This was my youngest brother catching blackberries while slacklining...the guy throwing them is arguably one of the most famous slack/highline ever. Andy Lewis, he slacklined at the superbowl when Madonna performed.



My daughter loves to goof around on the line when she gets the chance, my sister has one in her backyard and she's decent too. DD isn't great...yet

 

[MILgymFAM]

Is that something you set up at home?

Noooooo! I took them to a rock climbing gym and this was a station set up.

 

[LindyHopper]

My oldest DD (the gymmie) went to her sister's rock climbing gym (was my 2nd oldest daughter's birthday) and saw the slackline--her eyes little up. She enjoyed it, but then her fave apparatus is beam.

 

[MILgymFAM]

My oldest DD (the gymmie) went to her sister's rock climbing gym (was my 2nd oldest daughter's birthday) and saw the slackline--her eyes little up. She enjoyed it, but then her fave apparatus is beam.

My DD very rarely made it through a beam routine without falling.. so you could've colored me surprised that she could stay on this!

 

[2G1B]

Maybe she could use what she learned to save a life some day. Check this out:
http://abcnews.go.com/US/profession...ng-skier-dangling-chairlift/story?id=44595176

 

[l.c.o]

Noooooo! I took them to a rock climbing gym and this was a station set up.

But you could totally just set up your air track under it and then it would be ok.... Right in your kitchen with the shooting range.

But seriously, wish the rock climbing gyms here has this for my kids to try! Soon enough, I imagine.

 

[GymDad9.9]

I thought I posted an article about it being done in Rio from The NY Times around the Olympics.

Here's the story...

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/19/...-a-gold-if-there-was-one-for-slacklining.html

 

[3gymgirlsmom]

We got our kids one for Christmas, tho it's snowy here now so they have to wait

 

[DbacksMom75]

Maybe she could use what she learned to save a life some day. Check this out:
http://abcnews.go.com/US/profession...ng-skier-dangling-chairlift/story?id=44595176

That's how I found out what it was. I thought slacklining was the people who work on the cellphone towers! After reading the above article I googled it