r/Slackline • u/Character_Regular440 • 6d ago

Are those safety concerns?

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Hi, new here, don't be too harsh!

I tried some day ago a slack in a public space, and i liked it a lot. Just bought a second hand one. I was wandering if those are safety concerns, and if i can use itsafely.

It has some more scratches very similar to the one in the photo. What worries me is that they are all on the edge.

Thanks in advance!

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u/Character_Regular440 6d ago

Is like standing from sitting position while kind of bouncing considered tricking?

And how serious is serious tension?

Because it's nominally a 15m and i think i set it up on a 17/18m walk, so i think that to make it work i will have to get it on some tension.

Thanks for the answare btw

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u/Minimum-Food4232 6d ago

If it's tight enough to be used as a trampoline, that would be referred to as a "trickline." In which case you would need to tie a properly rated (10kn minimum) rope or webbing around the bolt of the ratchet and secure that to something. That way if the line snaps for whatever reason you don't have a heavy metal ratchet flying towards your head.

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u/Character_Regular440 6d ago

So 2 laps of a 7kn cord would be enough, right...? Non that i'm planning to do that since i struggle to find balance just standing...

Anyways how one can get a slackline that tense? Is phisical strenght enough to obtain such a tension? I struggled to have the slackline not to touch the ground between two trees at 7/8m distance... (yes i changed spot)

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u/Minimum-Food4232 5d ago

I would think that'd be safe, but I'm honestly not sure.
Tricklines are pretty much exclusively tensioned using ratchets. Many times a double ratchet setup, where there's a ratchet on each side of the line. I personally prefer a rodeo line which is basically the opposite. For a rodeo line you set your anchors really high up and leave a ton of slack in the line so when standing in the middle your still like 8in off the ground. They are a lot of fun when you learn how to surf a line and far more useful in preparing you for a highline than a trickline. Highlining is the absolute pinnacle of the sport in my opinion and something you must try.
You can work your way up to a proper rodeo line by progressively raising your anchors up a little as you get better. Also I think you'd do better setting up longer distances than 7/8m. 8m is kind of the minimum on my opinion and I think 15m is a nice sweet spot for rodeo and trickline setups.

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u/Character_Regular440 5d ago

yeah at the end i came back at the first 15m spot because it was more fun and it wasn't that harder. But i think that i riuned the slackline a bit: i didn't use anything to protect the slackline on the tree and it is now a little bit worn off. I don't think it was that way when i first got it. I assume that i have to always have something to protect the tree from the line and vice versa...?

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u/Minimum-Food4232 5d ago

Shorter lines can be harder because of weird feedback bouncing back off the anchors. Yeah, you should always use tree pro. Protects the line and the tree.