Slacklining

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Watch: Athletes compete in gravity-defying Highline World Championship

Last weekend for the first time ever in the sport of slacklining, a world championship took place. 31 athletes from across the globe competed in the gravity-defying competition.

20 July 2022

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Moscow marks City Day with daring skywalk

Moscow residents raised their heads and held their breaths as a team of adventurous enthusiasts walked on a tight rope between two of the city's tallest skyscrapers

8 September 2019

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Brazilian slackliners defy gravity with Sao Paulo's abandoned building

Stretched above the teeming megalopolis of Sao Paulo, slackliners are defying gravity via a Highline connected across the city's abandoned buildings.

22 August 2019

Czech Republic

Watch: Slacklining festival sees thrill seekers walk the line

Slacklining is a sport which involves walking across a suspended rope that is anchored between two points.

24 July 2019

China

French woman wins slacklining contest at 1,300m — wearing high heels

“For me it was as much of a challenge to walk in heels as it was to do it in front of so many people and on the TV. I am not usually very good with pressure,” winner Mimi Guesdon told Euronews.

28 May 2018