Years ago, alternative sports engagement on the University of Colorado Boulder campus implied tossing a Frisbee across a crowded field, or hacky-sacking oneself into an acrobatic frenzy by the ...

Professional slackliner Alex Mason joined fellow slackliners on the Oval on Tuesday to give tips, raise awareness about the sport and demonstrate his talent. Many of the people who came to the event ...

If you’re walking on campus near the corner of University Boulevard and Park Avenue, you’ll likely find a few shirtless men balancing on a slack rope strung between two trees. These men are students ...

VAIL — It’s one thing to do a double backflip in front of a huge crowd at Solaris Plaza. It’s another thing to do a backflip and land on a piece of fabric that is only 2 inches wide. Slacklining ...

Carter Wilson, president and founder of the Cal Poly Hammock Club, rests in his hammock in June under the train trestle at Cal Poly. Joe Johnston [email protected] To protect trees and ...

In slacklining, you balance your way across a flat rope, similar to tightrope walking. Yet the difference is in the type of rope and its tautness, which altogether can feel more like a really thin ...

Phillipe Petit is well-known for his death defying high wire walking between the Twin Towers, across Niagara Falls, the Eiffel Tower and many other buildings. Aside from the euphora from a successful ...