Jurassic Rigging

Thanks to some good weather this summer I have managed to get

in a couple visits to the beautiful area of Lulworth Cove in Dorset,

I have had a big project in mind for this area and there's no

better time then when the sun is out for a days rigging by the sea..

 

The first port of call was a sea cave I wanted to rig, this was so

 I could get to grips with rigging in a new environment and it was

 definitely a new experience compared to the usual tree rig..
 

Stair Hole
aka
'Stair Master'
 

 

 

The second journey was to rig an epic sea-arch and using the knowledge

gained from Stair Hole (and a dinghy) we managed to make this an easy rig,

it was an amazing adventure and so many more options are available it wont

be too long before I head back down there to find the next big project..

 

 Durdle Door

aka

'Arch Enemy'

 

 

 

 



WSFED UK OPEN

Finally, It's here.. The first World Ranking competition
in the UK and it went off big time in Bournemouth!

 

 

Needless to say almost all of the UK trickline community

was out in full force and ready to smash it, we had slackers

from Swindon, Sheffield, London, and even Jersey..

Everybody wanted to grab some points and have a good time

and the level of tricks had improved quite a lot since the Outdoor Show

so I had my work cut out for me, some amazing rounds were fought

but in the end I managed to seal the win with some new tricks

and a few killer combo's..

 

 

 

The D2 edit on Vimeo

 

 

 

Calypso Surf Champs

It's been awhile since I was in Cornwall last and I couldn't have
asked for better weather to be slacklining on the beach and
watching a surfing competition, although I still have a bad back
 I managed to send a nice beach line (banner photo) and had
 a chance to practice some rock balancing for the afternoon.
 

 

 

 







MRI... (maximum rate of injury)

So after going to the hospital and having 2 X-Rays and
 an extremely serious talk with an orthopaedic surgeon
 it seems my spine isn't too happy with me, somehow I
have managed to possibly slip a disc in my back and
all I was doing was sitting in Budda and went step off.
Since that moment I have collapsed several times in
what I can only describe as a the most pain I have ever felt,
its like every nerve in your body is on fire and your muscles
tense up until your almost in a fetal position... pretty scary.
Soon as I got home I popped to see my doctor and have tried
to arrange an MRI scan so I can hopefully find the source of
this problem but as for now it seems my slackline projects
will have to be put on hold and I will have to concentrate on
improving the strength of my back..

On the plus side it means I have time to research future projects..

A beautiful sea stack line I have been hoping to rig..

A possible new highline with an estimated 80 metre span and
over 40 metres in height, this could possibly break the current
record for the longest highline in the UK..

(I'm standing on the left near the edge)

Asus @ Bluewater

Tri-Slacklining and Asus computers held a competition

to win 1 of 3 laptops and all you had to do was balance

on a slackline for as long as possible whilst we timed

your best effort with a stopwatch..

 

 

I was there for 7 days in total and generally most people

would struggle to reach 5 seconds but every so offen a

person would come along with good natural balance and

last a good few minutes, the best time I recorded was

5 mins 56 seconds and there was still a week left..
Since the competition has finished I have found out in the
last remaining days a few slackliners turned up and with
such good balance destroyed the leader board, resulting in
an elimination round where the final 3 had to guess how
long they had balanced and step off at the 10 minute mark.

It was a good experience and I met some really nice people
over the week, unfortunately I think I have injured my back
and have to go for an examination at the hospital..
Fingers crossed its not too bad.