Other ballance activities

skilewis74 · January 18, 2007, 10:04pm

I was wondering does anyone do any other high ballance activities, for cross-training purposes and do you think it helps.

I was thinking about ballance boards, balls, etc.

markf · January 18, 2007, 10:05pm

sometimes i lift weights sitting on a huge squishy ball. if anything unicycling helps that more than it helps unicycling.

turtle · January 19, 2007, 2:10am

…i practice slacklining, i love it! you need only two trees or something else…and its also very cheap, i bought my set (industrial) fo 40 EUR…

here a video from me slacklining (after about 4min):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5EjdjIvtWQ

picado · January 19, 2007, 3:29am

i do tight rope and rola bola ( that cilinder with a wood )

rusty · January 19, 2007, 5:14am

I have a rola bola that I practice now and then and I just got a slackline set. I haven’t tried the slackline set because of all the snow, so I have to wait a few months for that, but I hope it helps.

Triball · January 19, 2007, 5:18am

unicycling on a tightrope
Slackrope is fun. I’ve tried it a year ago. But it’s hard to get used to.

picado · January 19, 2007, 7:40am

unicycling on a tightrope is hard?
or its like railing ?

_ZeroGravity · January 19, 2007, 7:46am

iv’e got a slackline and it helps alot. it takes alot of balance and really helps build up your legs. they are also really cheap. i got mine for $30, i think.
go to http://www.slacklineexpress.com

Hazmat · January 19, 2007, 7:46am

Unicycling on a tightrope must be very difficult Especially since all your concentration has to focussed at all times. What is slackrope if you don’t mind me asking??

underdog · January 19, 2007, 8:01am

Watch Turtle’s Youtube video, above to see what slacklining is. I’ve tried it and it’s definitely something I’d like to do more. I find the balance aspect of slacklining to be pretty difficult since the line is moving kind of randomly under you. It’s pretty fun and challenging.

turtle · January 19, 2007, 2:05pm

…unicycle on a tight rope isn’t harder then railing on a thin rail…but unicycle on a slackline is pretty hard… i can do only about 2 meters…

habbywall · January 19, 2007, 2:17pm

I can rola bola. I can sorta slackline, I never got an official one, just a long piece of webbing, but mine is really loose when I do it so it’s pretty hard, but I could do it for a bit.

picado · January 19, 2007, 2:51pm

man… unicycle on a slackline ! this sounds really hard!

headstone · January 19, 2007, 5:31pm

flatland bmx

except you’d have to dedicate ALLof your timeforit to be worth it.

Triball · January 20, 2007, 3:25am

I’ve never tried it on a tightrope…Don’t get me wrong, I’m just sharing ideas:D

dan_de_man · January 20, 2007, 6:54am

the slackline cable cord what is it made of
?

Triball · January 20, 2007, 8:11am

Isn’t slackline just a rope tied between 2 trees?

underdog · January 20, 2007, 8:11am

the slackline is about a 1" wide by about 1/16" thick piece of nylon webbing.

Triball · January 20, 2007, 9:06am

When criminals in this world appear and break the laws that they should fear. And frighten all who see or hear. The cry goes up both far and near for…Underdog!

Sorry, I just had to do it

twerpy · January 20, 2007, 1:30pm

I started slacklining in the summer last year, just before my exams which was a bad idea. I spent most of the summer in my garden on the line and I took it to the Crawley juggling convention as well. Its great fun although it took me a while to get the hang of. I got my line for free (someone on a slacklining forum gave it to me :)) and I spent about £20 or so on carabiners. Definetly worth the investment. I cant wait until summer for the garden to be dry enough.

For those curious this is the only photo I have of me slackin’.

PM if you want more details about slacklining. I’ll happily witter on about it for ages.