Slackline Diagram

   Two years ago, at burningman, I tried out a slackline and thought it was a blast. So I went and bought some webbing and started playing with it on my own. After some trial and error and watching some bad youtube videos, I managed to be get it setup and taught with the help of about five people pulling on it. Then I met a fellow juggler, Nate Williams, at the 4th annual Berkeley Juggling & Unicycle Festival who gave me some good tips for easy slackline setup. I liked it enough to draw out a diagram so that I could remember how to do it. The best part is the line locker, which is just a 3/8" chain link. It's easy to setup, holds the line flat, and comes out easy with no tight knots to fight with later. Also, I now use only friction to hold the line as shown in the diagram, whereas I used to tie it off. One other nice thing is the 3x multiplier which makes it so that I can pull the line tight by myself.

   My friends and I decided to build a theme camp (Circus Bootcamp) at burningman in 2008, so I built a wood frame for the slackline. I set set it up at ocean beach to test out the anchors, which are the screw type from McMaster-Carr. It worked fine, but the anchors were very difficult to install and remove in the playa.

Slackline setup at Ocean Beach, San Francisco:

Slackline at Circus Bootcamp, 2008:

And here's a great photo of a burner jumping on my line: