The sport has made it into local newspapers and TV stations across the United States a few other countries. We will add more of these as we receive them. Submit your clips at news@slacklineexpress.com
Why don't we have complete articles posted? Here's the scoop, we have tons of things to post here but the problem is copyright law forbids from hosting copies most news articles. We will gladly post links to freely available sites where slacklines are mentioned in the media however we can only mention the brief details of non-online submissions unless we obtain the provider's consent.
Publish date to be announced
Climbing: Training for Peak Performance (2nd edition)
Using a slackline to enhance climbing performance. Features our Primo 50 Slackline Kit.
By Clyde Soles
Daily Camera - Boulder, CO - Jan 26, 2008
Slacklining moves off the rocks and into the mainstream
Featuring Joe Kuster and Jon McNally
By Aimee Heckle
Japanese National TV
A crazy back flip line to line and feature on a Japanese game show. The show seems like a "believe it or not" type of thing.
Featuring: Andy Lewis
Minnesota Star Tribune - Sept 12 2007
Ultrafit: One with the webbing
Featuring Joe Kuster, Ric Phiegh, Sam Salwei, Kathryn Joyce,
Ryan Olson
By Stephen Regenold -
The Gear Junkie
Men's Journal - Oct 2007
Interview with Joe Kuster
Oklahoma Magazine 2007
Interview with Joe Kuster
Oct 11, 2007 Go Magazine
Interview & Photos with Joe Kuster & Patricia Krus
Channel 33 News - Springfield, MO
Sept 21, 2006 10pm news & Sept 22 5am news
Featured: Joe Kuster & Patty Krus
Washington Post
Oct 7, 2006 - The Today Show on NBC
Several Slackers including Scott Balcom were briefly shown demonstrating the sport on the Today Show.
Picture This article from
Knoxnews
Picture This
Mike McDougall's story in his own words. Photos, text and sound.
Slacking on
GreatOutdoors.com
The
Slackline Wizard
James Wyland, caught on digital video by the intrepid GreatOutdoors.com TV crew.
3Sat
Slackline news story in German
An interesting Slackline news story from a German news station. You don't need to speak the language to enjoy the movie. You need Real Player to view the file.
Vox Magazine
Cutting some slack
Andy Anderson interviews some slackers (including Joe Kuster) to figure out what slacking is and what it's about. “The great thing about it is that it can be an intense but slow conversation with fear and the subconscious reactions your body has. It creates a conflict within your body and the sport is about overcoming that.”
Congratulations go out to Jack
Olsen for making it on the front
page.
Front Page of LaCrosse Tribune,
8-6-2004
Original article
Larger version with clearer photo (edited for clarity)
The small blurry caption reads “University of Wisconsin-La Crosse student Jack Olsen leaps into the air while walking across a slack line in Riverside Park. A slack line is a strand of tubular webbing, used for climbing, tied between two trees and walked across like a tight rope.”
Finally, a decent newspaper article on what slacking is about and how it works more than just a "gee wiz check out this kid."
Sure, lots of people have their photos taken for newspapers, but how many have their likeness put into the political cartoons section? Featuring Joe Kuster's likeness on a cartoonist's rant on other people playing in the quad on SMSU Campus.
Southwest Missouri State Standard - 4/04
References (sorry no scans or links due to copy right stuff):
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