Wallis Thomson, Thomas Flahr and Aidan Middleton spend a lot of their evenings at the park or the beach and they usually draw a crowd. They set up their slacklines and soon tourists are taking pictures and the curious come over to ask questions.
Wallis says she often practises at Klahani Park and children end up hanging out with her.
91裸聊视频淭hey come and take over the slackline and that91裸聊视频檚 OK,91裸聊视频 says Wallis. 91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 funny how fast they pick it up.91裸聊视频
Slacklines are anchored between two trees and have less tension than tightropes, making them stretch and bounce more like a long and narrow trampoline.
91裸聊视频淚91裸聊视频檝e been doing this since mid-May,91裸聊视频 says Wallis. 91裸聊视频淭homas introduced me to it. My friend lent me her line and I go out almost every day. As soon as I was able to stand and take a few steps, I couldn91裸聊视频檛 stop thinking about it. I had to keep trying.91裸聊视频
She says it91裸聊视频檚 addicting and Thomas and Aiden agree, even though they all are sporting bruises on their arms and legs.
91裸聊视频淚 was climbing and then I started slacking. I still climb but I slackline more,91裸聊视频 says Aidan.
Thomas saw people doing this at the beach last year. Soon after he owned his own line and was practising daily.
There are many different ways to mount and Thomas is practicing a 91裸聊视频榮it mount91裸聊视频, sitting on the line with one leg bent and the other straight. After getting his balance, he slowly gets into a stand position.
He has his line about five feet off the ground. Aiden has his about eight-feet high and Wallis91裸聊视频 is about three, but they go back and forth on each-other91裸聊视频檚 lines depending on what they want to work on. (Aidan practises walking blindfolded on Thomas91裸聊视频 line.)
Aidan says one thing he likes about it is that it91裸聊视频檚 social and personal at the same time. He explains that everyone goes through the same learning curves 91裸聊视频 there are no superstars.
91裸聊视频淣o one is naturally good 91裸聊视频 everyone sucks so hard at the beginning 91裸聊视频 it feels impossible. You can91裸聊视频檛 even walk five metres, and then it91裸聊视频檚 doable.91裸聊视频
Thomas likes seeing the progression.
91裸聊视频淵ou stand and fall off, and then you start seeing results as you put more time into it. I have goals, I91裸聊视频檓 building my way to highlining.91裸聊视频
Aidan has done some highlining over 91裸聊视频楾he Chief91裸聊视频 in Squamish. He was fully equipped with safety gear, but he did cross the 64-metre gap at the north gully of Chief mountain, 290 metres off the ground.
91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 terrifying, but you know you91裸聊视频檙e safe in your heart 91裸聊视频 it91裸聊视频檚 all mental. I sat there for 10-15 minutes91裸聊视频 then I walked it and then I got off and was done for the day. I was so amped,91裸聊视频 he says in his animated way.
So far, Wallis has no desire to try highlining, but she likes increasing her difficulty and challenging herself.
During the day, Wallis is at the tennis courts 91裸聊视频渆ither playing or coaching,91裸聊视频 and in the fall she plans to go to UBC in Vancouver to get a Bachelor of Science, majoring in astronomy.
Thomas is going to Acadia University in Nova Scotia in September. He plans to take engineering and start a slackline group.
Aidan will be going back to UBC (where he is president of the university slacklining club) and continue studying biology.
91裸聊视频淚 want to end up teaching 91裸聊视频 but that91裸聊视频檚 all subject to change.91裸聊视频
But one thing he is sure of: 91裸聊视频淚 want to walk bigger lines.91裸聊视频
If you see Wallis, Thomas and Aidan with their slacklines set up at Canoe Beach, or any of the parks, they are happy to let people try out the line.