http://www.metafilter.com/tags/smellyhippies Posts tagged with 'smellyhippies' at MetaFilter. Sat, 18 Aug 2007 01:05:06 -0800 Sat, 18 Aug 2007 01:05:06 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/63933/Not%2Dquite%2Da%2Dtightrope <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slackline">Slacklining</a> is like <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tightrope_walking">tightrope walking</a> on crack. There's even <a href="http://www.uponaline.com/">instructional sites</a> dedicated to it. I'd never heard of it until running across <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYQGApmpBp4">this pretty unbelivable video</a>, which led to the discovery of keywords and what is apparently an entire culture. Some of the basic tricks include <a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=XBsSFbBYBXw">surfing</a>, <a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=PcTDmhPE_AU">the 360</a>, <a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=nPnWSWIfINM">various acts of balance reminiscent of breakdancing</a> or <a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=GtTwxUDmEP4">olympic balance beam</a> and <a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=kYV4o_f6GhE">even a front flip</a>. Oh, and of course then there's <a href="http://www.timmyoneill.com/video/Slackline.html">complete insanity...</a> tag:metafilter.com,2007:site.63933 Sat, 18 Aug 2007 01:05:06 -0800 extremesports slackline smellyhippies tightrope twiggy