De Slack.fr à EASY SLACKLINE

De Slack.fr à EASY-SLACKLINE.FR

(English below)

Né des cendres de Slack.fr, EASY SLACKLINE se concentre principalement sur la pratique loisirs avec des kits et du matériel permettant de tendre des slacklines de 15 à 50m.

EASY SLACKLINE c'est des systèmes de tension simples à cliquet et en primitiv de qualité.

Mais qui est désormais derrière la marque EASY SLACKLINE ?

Thibaut (en photo ci-dessous) est un ancien employé de Slack.fr. C'est lui que l'on retrouvait sur le terrain (ou au téléphone), à faire remonter les besoins des clients.
En octobre 2018 il quitte partiellement Slack.fr pour développer en parallèle son projet événementiel de spectacles en hauteur/aériens : Connexion Outdoor.

En juin 2019, il décide de créer la marque EASY SLACKLINE suite à la fermeture définitive de Slack.fr.

Il réduit la gamme pour la rendre plus compréhensible et abordable aux non-initiés et débutants. C’est pour cela que certains d’entre vous verront des similitudes ou une continuité entre les deux marques, c’est bien le but !


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EASY-SLACKLINE.FR aims to make slackline practice as simple and affordable as possible. To spread slackline to as many people as possible.

Born from the ashes of Slack.fr, EASY SLACKLINE focuses mainly on leisure activities with kits and equipment to set up slacklines from 15 to 50m.

EASY SLACKLINE consist in simple tensioning systems with ratchet and primitive.

Who is now behind the EASY SLACKLINE brand?

Thibaut (photo above) is a former employee of Slack.fr. It was him who was on the field (or on the phone), to bring up the needs of clients. In October 2018, he partially left Slack.fr to develop in parallel his event project of high altitude/air shows: "Connexion Outdoor".


In June 2019, he decided to create the EASY SLACKLINE brand following the definitive closure of Slack.fr. Its goal: to make the practice of slackline as simple and affordable as possible in order to perpetuate the spread of slackline to as many people as possible.


A brand with quality products, technical and transparent advice and above all a proximity in the exchange!
It reduces the product range to make it more understandable and affordable to the uninitiated and beginners.

That's why some of you will see similarities or continuity between the two brands, that's the goal!


Good slack!


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De fil en aiguille - (Trailer 1: First colors...) on Vimeo

De fil en aiguille - (Trailer 1: First colors...) on Vimeo: 

Lead by WORKLESSCLIMBMORE and PYRÉNALINE, the coming up film "De fil en aiguille" is about one year and a half trip, with the main goal to set up the best highlines, on the most significant French and Spanish Pyrenean needles. The idea is to share every trips with the local history actors; with highliners, climbers, base jumpers, farmers, bar's story tellers...
We did now a quarter of our trip, and we thank it would be cool to share those first nice shoots with you.
The Film will release in 2014, stay tuned for next trailers!

Mené par Laurent Triay (TravailleMoinsGrimpePlus) et Pyrenaline, le film "De Fil En Aiguille" est un voyage d'une année et demi entamé dans le but de d'installer les highlines les plus esthétiques possibles de la chaîne pyrénéenne. Le partage sera aussi du voyage, avec les locaux historiques : highlineurs, grimpeurs,  base jumper, fermiers, bergers, et autres piliers de la vie locale.
Nous avons maintenant bouclé un quart de notre périple, et nous avions envie de partager ces premières impressions avec vous.
Le film sera fini et projeté en 2014. Stay tuned. (Traduction libre) 

Adieu l'ami.

Les familles Mercier, Hristodoulovi se joignant à Charles, Julien, Nicolas de Slack.fr ont l'immense peine de vous annoncer le décès soudain de Damien Mercier dans la nuit du 30 au 1er juillet 2012.
Cette disparition survenue sans rapport avec le slackline nous laisse aujourd'hui seuls et désemparés.
Damien avait fondé Slack.fr en 2005, animé par la passion du slackline, du partage et de l'aventure humaine.
Les obsèques auront lieu autour de la famille et de ses proches samedi 7 juillet en l'église de Cuvat (74350) à 14h30
Un rassemblement en montagne sera organisé plus tard pour honorer sa mémoire (courant août sur Annecy).
Nous ne souhaitons ni fleurs, ni couronnes,
Des dons pourront être envoyés au bénéfice d'un orphelinat mexicain cher à Damien (nous vous tiendrons informés).
Un mail de soutien pourra également être envoyé à damien@slack.fr

This is with a great sorrow that the Merciers and Hristodoulovis families; Charles, Julien and Nicolas from Slack.fr have to announce the sudden death of Damien Mercier on June the 30th.
This loss which has nothing to do with slacklining let us lonely and helpless.
Damien founded Slack.fr in 2005, moved by the passion of slacklining, sharing and human adventure.
His funerals will take place with his family and close friends Saturday the 7th at 2:30 PM in the church of Cuvat (74350), French Alps.
A memorial gathering for the slackline community will be organized later in the beginning of August around Annecy.
Please don't send funeral wreaths nor flowers,
Donations for a mexican orphanage dear to Damien can be sent instead (more information soon).
Supporting mails can be written at damien@slack.fr

L'histoire du Slackline selon Dean Potter

Voici l'histoire du Slackline vu par Dean Potter paru dans le magazine The Alpinist n°21 daté d'Octobre 07. Bien que l'article soit en anglais sa compréhension ne demande pas d'avoir un niveau hors norme. Dean Potter y rend hommage à notre funambule national Philippe Petit et explique l'intérêt du slackline pour travailler équilibre et concentration.

J'avoue que les captures d'images ne sont pas du grand art..toujours lisibles ceci dit! N'hésitez pas à double-cliquer sur les images pour les avoir en taille réelles et donc lire l'article.

Enjoy et bonnes Pâques!

Slackline UK master 2008 - BBC report

En attendant que je vous raconte un peu cette première compétition, voici le reportage de la BBC.
J'étais présent lors de la traversée du highline au-dessus de la chute d'eau et je peux vous assurer que c'était un déluge de flotte. Andy et Libby ont gros de courage et de motivation!

Slackline UK Master 2008 - Results

Hop, hop, Damien de retour de l'évènement a laissé quelques photos avant de repartir vogué sous d'autres cieux, plus cléments pour lui je l'espère. Je n'ai pas les résultats complets mais le premier anglais est Jon Ritson que nous avons déjà présenté sur ce blog et le premier "international" est Andy Lewis dont nous avons aussi déjà parlé. A noter que notre coopération avec Jon et Andy devrait dans les prochains mois encore se renforcer.
Pour les résultats complets et un résumé de l'aventure, il faudra attendre l'intervention de Damien.
A bientôt

Photo 1 : Le Slackline se décline aussi au féminin





Photo 2 : Andy Lewis tente et réussit une figure improbable.

Merci Charlesse pour cette introduction!
Voici les résultats:

CHAMPION DU ROYAUME-UNI:
1. Best UK: Jon Ritson (Lakes) - £500
2. 2nd UK: Frank Kroner (Glasgow) - £300
3. 3rd UK: Andrew Marshall (Belfast) - £200


CHAMPION DE LA COMPETITION INTERNATIONALE: (US,ALLEMAGNE,AUTRICHE et FRANCE)
1. International Competition Best international: Andy Lewis (USA) - £500
2. 2nd international: Michael Aschaber (Austria) - £300
3. 3rd international: Damian Cooksey (USA) - £200

Pour ma part, j'ai été éliminé dès le premier tour. Il faut dire que je ne suis pas un expert des tricks hardcore genre salto et autre vrilles!
Ceci dit l'ambiance était terrible, je vous fais un petit rapport photo d'ici peu de temps.

Nouveaux Produits

Slackline Yoga - Fitness

Life and Death are a thread - one line viewed from different sides

and all experience lies in between

YogaSlacker Mantra

Adi Carter - Yogaslacker
Adi est une professeur de Yoga qui a décidé de sortir le Yoga du tapis pour le porter sur une sangle. En tant que membre de l'équipe des Yogaslackers, elle peut être en train d'installer sa slackline dans toutes sortes d'endroits insolites, particulièrement à New-York (où elle vit). Le Slackline et le Yoga combiné ensemble sont pour elle un formidable moyen pour les gens ayant des troubles de l'attention de développer leur concentration, leur attention et bien sur leur équilibre.
Pour plus d'informations, notamment sur les figures réalisables, n'hésitez pas à visiter son site : www.adicarter.com
Et si jamais vous avez des idées de figures, faites le savoir, envoyez vos photos


Adi Carter – yogaslacker
Adi is a yoga teacher who decided to take her yoga practice off the mat and onto a line. As part of Team YogaSlackers (www.yogaslackers.com) she can be found rigging a slackline in all sorts of unusual places, especially in NYC. Considered a form of meditation for people who have trouble sitting still, slackline yoga is a wonderful way to develop focus, concentration and of course, balance.

For a listing of yoga poses that can be performed on the slackline, check out: http://adicarter.com
We are always adding poses to this list...so if you discover something new...let us know!

Team YogaSlacker - Une aventure des plus durs

Team YogaSlackers finishes 13th in the 2007 USARA National Championships Potosi, MO (Nov 4, 2007)

At 7:00 AM Saturday morning, team members Jason Magness, Mark Lattanzi, and Sara Dallman lined up with 240 (80 teams) of the nation's best adventure athletes. The temps were in the high twenties, and the race began with the teams of three spitting up – two starting with a paddle on a misty lake, while the other team member ran 3 miles to collect the race maps before meeting the paddlers across the lake. Following the paddle was an orienteering section which saw competitors thrashing through the woods collecting checkpoints.

Team YogaSlacker's Mark Lattanzi led the team with expert navigation and they finished this leg in 12th, less than 15 minutes behind the lead team.

During the following mountain bike leg, the team stopped to help two fellow teams by loaning out a pump and a chain tool. Minutes later, Magness hit a sharp rock putting two inch gash into his tire. The subsequent repair of the tire, and several more flats, took 45 minutes to rectify, In the end, Magness's tire was wrapped with several layers of duct tape. The fiasco cost the team 45 minutes, and they dropped to 25th place.

During the next eight hours the trio pressed hard, running the next trekking section and then dragging their canoe through much of the overgrown paddle. As the sun set, the temps dropped quickly, and many teams (wet from the paddle) had problems with hypothermia. Rather than stop to warm up at the fire at the paddle/trek transition area, the YogaSlackers passed through fairly quickly, running the hills to get their body heat up.

Smart navigation choices and strong running and biking saw the team move up in the ranks. On the final bike to the finish, the YogaSlackers was racing neck and neck with Team Bike Iowa II. As they approached the finish line through the YMCA lodge complex, Magness flew over his handlebars while descending a steep stairway, destroying an outdoor light fixture with his head! After a moment to clear his head, the team finished, just seconds behind Bike Iowa II.

Ironically, due to a 5 minute time credit (for stopping to help other
teams) YogaSlackers will rank ahead anyway, and could have avoided the spill.

Team members were happy with their results.

What's Next?

Teammates Sam Salwei and Jason Schaeffer were recently in DC presenting as part of the PowerShift 2007 conference on climate change and environmental sustainability. Teammate Paul Cassedy and team Barely Legal/YogaSlackers will be racing this weekend in the GoldRush 24 hour race in California.

Jason will be teaching acroyoga and slackline workshops in LA this weekend, and racing in El Tour de Tucson (109 mile perimeter ride) on the 17th.

January will see Mark Lattanzi in the UK for two race – the Tough Guy, and the worlds northernmost 24 Mt. bike race. Sam, Jason, Paul and Paige will be at the Yoga Journal Conference in San Francisco, and the Outdoor Retail winter market.

February will see a flurry of activity, with several teammembers competing in the 135 mile winter ultramarathon – the arrowhead 135. This is arguably the hardest non-stop footrace in the world, and has only ever been completed by 3 people Arrowheadultra. Immediately following the Ultra the 2XtM 08 expedition begins.2XTM

Les avantages des poulies pour le Slackline

Cet épisode d'Eurêka explique bien les avantages mécaniques des poulies. Notre set de 2 poulies doubles donne un avantage de 5 contre 1. Cet avantage est tout à fait suffisant pour tendre aisément (seul) 15 m de slackline, il permet aussi de tendre jusqu'à 30/35 m avec l'aide de 3-4 personnes. Au delà, il faut augmenter l'avantage mécanique par l'utilisation d'autres poulies!

Un gorille sachant slacker...

Je remercie vivement Mathieu de nous avoir transmis cette info ce WE. Le slackline est un instinct. Je joins à l'image le texte trouvé sur ce site d'escalade néerlandais.

Yesterday we had some bear news, today is gorilla day. In the Dutch Volkskrant newspaper a newsitem can be found about a slacklining gorilla in the Higashiyama Zoo in the Japanese city Nagoya.

A ten year old Western Lowland gorilla named Shabani started walking on a rope that was meant for hanging on. Shabani weighs 110 kilogrammes (220 pounds) and lived in Sydney’s Taronga Zoo before moving to Japan.

You might understand that the Japanese Zoo has no lack of visitors at this moment.

Slackline Kit - Slack.fr - Pulley Tightnening System - Review by Noah Kaufman

My name is Noah Kaufman.

I began slacklining in 1996 and was amazed by the freedom of balance my brother had on the line. When he showed me how to sit down and stand up for the first time, I knew I had found a very special activity. I have always pushed my limits in rock climbing, so it was easy to start trying to do the same on the slackline. It was different back then, there weren't any slackliners around, and the few who were around mostly just tried to walk across the line. No one saw the potential for slack tricks, and we had no teachers. This was an amazing time of discovery.

As far as I knew, I was the first to do the backflip dismount, the splits on the line and numerous other easier tricks. I went through many phases during the years: highlines, taught lines, loose lines, chains. I walked with Chongo, Dean, Scott Balcom, Matt Wilder and others who were pushing the limits in their own way. It was definitely a high point in my Slacking life to get the First Slack (FS) with Matt Wilder of the 2-person "Crossing the Line" move. It's great to see all these new dedicated slackers taking the lead and doing new tricks and highlines.

Recently I have fallen in love with long sessions. Absorbed in the now, sometimes listening to music, I am enthralled with the awareness and focus that I attain from long mellow sessions in beautiful places such as Yosemite National Park. I love slacklining and will do it as long as I can. I can't wait to see what the future brings for our amazing sport!

Over the years, many companies have sent me lines to try out and I recently had the pleasure of receiving a line from slack.fr. This line is the best set up I have seen. Not only is it professionally manufactured and easy to use, it is also slick: it just looks good. I have taught several classes with this line and the balance is perfect. It seems to make all my tricks easier to perform as well. I'm still trying to figure out why this is, but currently I believe it has to do with the overall quality of materials and construction. I wouldn't buy any other line at this point, it's the best.

Noah Kaufman, MD

Danny Brown

Vidéo de Slack que nous a remis Danny Brown, en attendant de nouvelles vidéos qu'il est en train de tourner. Vous pouvez voir un peu plus de son travail sur le site Internet suivant : http://www.senseistudios.com.

A Danny Brown video. Soon new short movies will be available. You can support him and visit his Internet website : http://www.senseistudios.com

It's all about balance
envoyé par slackline-fr

Internet Cafe In RodEz

Hello Folks,
I moved to Rodez, a city which is located in the Aveyron. This state belongs to the south od France where people have a singing accent.
I will stay there for nearly three months...The atsmophere is quiet and the life style is relax. This morning I went at the open market to buy some bread and vegetable. A colorful market with a lot of home made product, not expensive, such as goat cheese, ham, pastries...
My office-bedroom-kitchen is not big. I mean, it is small (15 square meter) for a couple. I don't know how long will we manage it well. Currently, we are trying to keep it clean and workable...But it is time consuming. Therefore, we don't want to stay too much inside which is good since it leads us to do many activities.

PrimitiV Versatile Compact Kit

That's it, I designed and release my new kit for 2007. It is the PrimitiV Versatile Compact Kit (such a name isn'it!).
It is light, affordable and stylish. From my point of view this is the best system for short to middle line (3-10 meters).
With other webbing this primitive tensionning system is not good enough since it allows a small mechanical advantage (3:1). I designed my webbing to fit perfectly with this tensionning system and it works well!
Of course, one cannot rigg long line or overtight small one. Meanwhile this kit is light and compact, one can easily put it everywhere.

Nearly a full week without posting

This week has been very busy. A lot of work and parties. I start to be moody again since I am cooling down...I am not use to feel bored. Currently, I wait the final technical drawing of my double pulleys (the next generation). I will meet my main supplier this WE in Paris.
It is quite funny to meet a professional partner in reality and not only on the phone or by email. I will do my best to not only speack about pulleys and karabiners developments...
We made a huge party on saturday night. In between 50 to 60 persons were there. Our flat was crowded. For the first time, we decided to open three rooms in a row.
Massive space,isn'it?

The following day, we all faced a huge hang over. My mind blurred my ability to think properly. Marcos and I decided to challenge ourselves by a chess game. Afterward, it was not such a clever idea. The game was endless...at least 4 hours.
We finished like this:



I also received my new product a ski cap. Each piece is gonna be unique. It is made by a Lotti from her eco-farm. Every single piece is 100% natural and that's why this ski cap is very ROOTS and get KARMA. I will not make any profit out of it since Karma doesn't mix well with profit.
I love it!

Silly computer

Computer is often stronger than I am. It can stay hours hours driving me nutz. It never shows any kind of disease "no panic, no anger, no pain". I am not a geek, definetly!




Gabcast! Slackline #5 - Arrrrrghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh ! stupide machine

I am looking to destroy this silly computer

New technology and stupid french accent

Gabcast! Slackline #0 - New technology and french poor accent

First succesfull try of gabcast

Vesoul: 100% free ride - part 2

This farmer was very proud of his bull balls and brave enought to took them firmly. It's true, man, they are as impressive as you're dangerous...lol!
This one was glad to explain everything he knew about cattling and good meat. We also tested some piece of red meat. It was testy, juicy and incredibly melting in the mouth.
Three travelers around the "Haute - Saône" (Miloche, Milien and myself...). 

Vesoul: 100% free ride

I just passed my WE with some friends in Vesoul. We went to the Festviande 2006. It's contest in which each cattle farmer show his best bull. Of course, this sounds special for a WE journey and it is special, indeed!
To get a fully understanding of it one might want to know where Vesoul is located. Vesoul is the major city of a french "disaster county" the "Haute Saône". Its economy is bad since all the biggest company moved abroad years ago.
From my point of view most of the work comes from farming since this city is not well connected to bigger cities (few trains, bad road, no airport). The sun barely shines through massive grey clouds...To sum up: the whole atmosphear is not appealling.
Nevertheless we med a lot of nice farmers. They are enthousiastics and deeply involved when we asked questions on cattling. They love theirs animals and the good food!