Been on the lookout for community slackline events in Washington DC and Maryland? Give yourself some slack, there haven’t been many available.
Starting in February 2020, there will be some new events available to keep you on your toes in 2020! The Bethesda Slackline Social Club (@bethesdaslackline) and Spaceworks (@spaceworks_ee) are teaming up to offer a community skill-sharing meetup every Sunday afternoon!
Numerous slacklines streak their way across the park, at different tension levels and heights, creating an ideal space for pros and practicers alike. Incorporating music, flow arts, hammocking and more, these events are prepared to offer much more than just slacklining. Bassline Flow is an incredible place to come together with your local community and share in adventurous hobbies! Bethesda Slackline Social Club, led by Carson Schneider, is leading the way in community-oriented slacklining events out of the DC metro area. Spaceworks (@spaceworks_ee), headed by community leader and highlining enthusiast Ethan Arkin, is a slackline-oriented business that is gearing up to deck out all kinds of events with slacklines, highlines and spacenets.
The Balance in the Backyard team
For those who aren’t familiar, a slackline is essentially a wide tightrope. They can be pulled taught for rigidity and precision or hung somewhat loosely for a bouncier, more surf-like experience. Highlining is exactly as it sounds: a slackline but higher off the ground. That being said, there is a significant safety and security process that goes along with arranging lines like this, and that’s where organized and knowledgeable communities such as this come in handy! “Spacenets” follow classic climbing techniques that incorporate creative, intricate designs. By webbing together numerous nets, lines and other structures, you can climb with ease through the trees! People have gone so far as to set up spacenets inside and between buildings, over and around dance floors at music events, and so much more. In 2019, spacenets were featured at the Makers camp at DC’s Catharsis on the Mall event and at Beauty In The Backyard, a local festival event based out of Maryland (see links below).
Marshall at Beauty in the Backyard 2019
Events like this, in tandem with music and arts festivals, community projects and more will be taking the world by stride. One stride across the slackline at a time, that is. From adventurers and thrill seekers to those who just like to “hang out” - these events have a little something for everyone.
For more information on Bethesda Slackline and other DC slackline opportunities…
@bethesdaslackline
https://www.reddit.com/r/Slackline/comments/co3mmz/calling_all_slackliners_in_dc_area/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/dmvslackline/For more information on spaceworks…
@spaceworks_ee
https://open.spotify.com/episode/53MplIyei13Bkvdq5vKYvt
For more information on slacklining, high-lining, and space nets…
https://open.spotify.com/episode/53MplIyei13Bkvdq5vKYvt
https://adventure.howstuffworks.com/highlining.htm
More more information on events that incorporate space nets…
https://www.facebook.com/beautyinthebackyard/ https://www.catharsisonthemall.com
https://www.facebook.com/catharsisonthemall/
To purchase your own slackline…
https://www.balancecommunity.com
Article by Rachel Grimsley (@Hoopfairy)