Category: Highline
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Rocklands Highline Festival 2024
The Rocklands Highline Festival is happening at De Pakhuys from March 28th to April 1st, 2024. Nestled amidst the breathtaking scenery of Rocklands, the festival offers a range of highlines suitable for all skill levels. It is the ideal event for both beginners and experienced highliners to test their mettle and share skills. Last year’s…
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Slackliner Interview: Tim Slab
I first saw Tim Slab in a Carte Blanche feature of Ruan Kotze’s film ‘Leash up the Dragon’. It beautifully displayed the scale of the Drakensberg mountains and depicted Tim walking above a sea of clouds. The scene was etched into my mind and resurfacing on the day I met Tim in Beaverlac. After attending…
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Slackliner Interview: Lukas Irmler
Lukas Irmler is a professional slackliner from Freising in Germany. He is 35 years old and has been slacklining since 2006. Thanks to his sharing spirit, Lukas opened the invitation to Cary, Leighton, and myself to lend him a hand on a dream project. During the memorable week of highlining in Zimbabwe, we sat down…
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Slackliner Interview: Antonia Rüede-Passul
I recently met Antonia during her travels to Zimbabwe for a highline project over the breath-taking Victoria Falls with Lukas Irmler. I eagerly asked to hear more about her story. Antonia Rüede-Passul is a slackliner from Miesbach who grew up close to the Lake Constance in Germany. Tell me about your first slacklining experience I…
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Rocklands Highline Meeting 2023
Join us for the Rocklands Highline Meeting 2023 at De Pakhuys this Heritage Day Weekend. Who: Presented by the ‘Still stoked slackers’ with support from De Pakhuys What: A highline meeting to celebrate our ‘culture’ of slack life. When: 22nd – 25th September 2023 Where: De Pakhuys Campsite, Cederberg Why: Have fun while growing the…
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Longest Highline in South Africa: Mossel Bay 460
Mossel Bay is a coastal town in the Western Cape with all-year-round attractions like swimming, surfing, fishing, and for the adventurous, a zip-line over the ocean. The coastal hiking route runs 13.5km along a steep cliffside which was the setting for our largest highline project. We aimed to establish South Africa’s longest highline across a…
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Photographer Interview: Jacques Marais
We are proud to share the following interview with one of South Africa’s most impressive outdoor photographers. His photographs of Warren Gans walking on a highline above Cape Town motivated us to make contact. Read on to learn about Jacques’ slacklining and more. Tell us about your earliest memory of a camera or photography My…
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Bain’s Kloof Highline – Happy Valley, Springstygbeugel January 2023
The following story captures some of the highlights of a highline rigged in Bain’s Kloof in South Africa in 2023. The aim is to celebrate the efforts of the slacklining community and educate those interested in the growing sport. Area: Limietberg Nature Reserve Distance: Easy Hiking for 8km Time: 2.5 – 3.5 hours The start…
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Slackliner Interview: Warren Gans
Warren’s slacklining adventures are a testament to his love for adventure, and extend to the furthest reaches of South Africa. I admired his project with Lukas Irmler on Table Mountain and loved the energy of the video series. Read on to learn more about his incredible and inspiring highlining stories. Where in the world have…
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Highliner Interview: Jeff Van Breda
The interview with Jeff occurred below the gum trees at De Pakhuys in the Cederberg. A flood of adrenaline during a highline, all before facing a boulder with a few problems in the afternoon. Our week-long trip to the Cederberg started with a stoke-inducing surf at Elandsbaai. Living the dream. We first crossed paths at…
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Highlining in South Africa at Mayhem Mountain Festival
Leading up to the 2022 Mayhem Mountain Festival, I visited the previous years posts in anticipation. If the past year’s event is anything to go by, the highline event on the 14th to the 18th of April is going to be mind blowing. Below is a glimpse of what went down this year! Where: Waterval…
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Highliner Interview: Caroline Walz
Riding the Highline looks forward to sharing insight into the lives of the people who slackline in South Africa. The following interview is with Austrian Highliner Caroline Walz who has a love for slacklining, drawing, and the ‘art of living life’. Having made contact before her arrival in Cape Town, her bubbly laughter and delicious…
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Highline Freestyle – Pandemic Open Competition
Highline freestyle is a discipline of slacklining where you perform tricks on a slackline suspended high above the ground. As with regular highlining it can be performed safely, however, freestyle tricks can be incredibly demanding on the athlete’s body. Have you perhaps come across the #pandemicopen2qualifiers hashtag and want to know more? We dive into…
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Frequently Asked Questions – Riding the Highline
Find answers to frequently asked questions on highlining and slacklining in South Africa.