Monday, 27 April 2015

Foggintor Quarry

So Rich messages me and says he has found a new spot 
for a highline that was rigged from M.O.D abseil stakes
and roughly 15m high, it sounded like a good mission
for the weekend ahead..


When we arrived we were faced with a 20 minute hike with
all of our gear or a dirt road that was strictly for M.O.D use only,
we chose to risk the road and within minutes it had become a 
boulder ridden obstacle course more suited to an ATV than 
the trusty estate we were traveling in..


This was the first of many new lines to be established here and 
although we didn't manage to get any sends today I'm sure this
area has a lot to offer..

Click here for SlackMap 

Saturday, 14 March 2015

Nine Springs Project #2

Today I spent 2 hours battling through brambles and mud trying
 to see if I could put a line across the large pond in Nine Springs,
 The obvious line there requires a tree to be cut down and that
isn't really an option so I had to try and find a way of crossing
 the gap and eventually with the help of Rich Pearson 
we managed to find a way..


This is 'Fistful Of Thorns'
35m long, 9m high..

We both managed to fullman the line and even at the
start of spring this line had a beautiful setting, I cannot 
wait to re-rig this in the summer..

Sunday, 8 March 2015

Nine Springs Project #1

Nine Springs has always been amazing for slacklining,
perfectly flat ground and too many rigging options to count
but since I have started exploring mid/highline options
I wanted to try and develop this beautiful area 
in the middle of Yeovil..

This is my first line 'Spring Has Sprung'..
16m long, 6m high..
I decided to tie back a branch on the left side tree as it 
was too close for a whipper, this line was easy to link
 and  really nice line to play on.. 

Thursday, 5 March 2015

Nippon Tv

Sometimes if I  am lucky I might get the odd offer of TV work,
 mostly kids shows but its usually an interesting day out and a 
break from the normal routine of jams and demo's.. 

For this show Maverick were contacted by the Nippon TV hit show ItteQ!
20 million viewers regularly tune in to watch mega-star 手越 祐也 Tegoshi Yuya
perform stunts around the world..


We all headed to the Project Climbing Centre in Poole as it has a perfect set-up
for learning to slackline and its also the best indoor venue in the south-west..


He crushed the beginners line easily with only an hours practice and as it was
all for his TV show the producers wanted a bit of trickline from him, we tried
to explain how hard it is to learn basic tricks but we ended up supporting him
through a few buttbounces.. and then crushed his testicles with a chestbounce :)


Luckily he didn't destroy them and he enjoyed his first experience slacklining..

To watch a clip of the episode click this link,

Saturday, 21 February 2015

Hollow Hunter #1

Since spring is almost here project hunting has gone 
into overdrive, my main goal is to expand upon the
 established Braddy Hollow lines and create a local area
 to push my personal record on highlines this summer..
 I have spent 3 consecutive weekends clearing brush for 
a new 40m line I have found..


The following weekend that I returned the weather
was too bad to try and re-rig the new line so I rigged
the classic in full waterproofs with Rich Pearson and
managed to bag a send..