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Slack Science
Slack Science, powered by Balance Community: Slackline Outfitters, is a blog run by Jerry Miszewski about slacklining. He offers tips and tricks to various parts of setting-up, taking down, in-depth looks at various aspects of a setup, and hints at walking slacklines.
Jerry's long history with the sport of slackline has given him a wealth of knowledge that he loves to share with his fellow slackliners. Slack Science is a place anyone and everyone to come and learn about our wonderful sport of slacklining.
Introduction Due to the nature of slacklining, there can be a significant amount of tension and force involved. Sometimes the tension on our slacklines can exceed 1,000 lbf (even 2...
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Introduction Have you ever been in a situation where you are rigging a line and you were scared that if you remove the front pin from your Alpine WebLock 3.0, you...
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Introduction Today we are going to be taking a closer look at the BC LineBag: what they are, why we should use one with our lines, and how to use them...
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Introduction When tensioning your slackline it can sometimes feel nearly impossible to get any more tension on the line. You try running with the rope in your hands, or pushing...
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Introduction Have you ever been in a situation when you are stuck with a length of static rope shorter than the necessary amount to rig the line you want? Well,...
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Introduction There are two main ways to thread your pulleys in your pulley system. Each method has benefits and drawbacks and are both suited for different situations. I would like...
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Introduction Psyched on longlines but not psyched on tensioning them? Well, you are not alone. Tensioning a longline can be plenty of work. But with the right equipment, it can...
Read more >Introduction There has been a lot of talk lately about how different brakes are slipping with different sizes of rope and under different loads. So, I thought I would test...
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Introduction Theoretically, the multiplier pulley is responsible for two-thirds of your mechanical advantage (turns your 5:1 into a 15:1, or your 9:1 into a 27:1). For this reason, the multiplier...
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Introduction There are a number of ways that slackliners use slings, which are typically spansets, that are non-standard. Until now, we just believed that because of how strong spansets are,...
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Have you ever been to a spot where all the trees were either too big or too small for the spansets you have? What if there was a way that...
Read more >Introduction There has been a lot of discussion lately on the differences between the Petzl GRIGRI 2, Petzl RIG, and Petzl I'D in terms of efficiency loss and ease of detensioning. So, what I...
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