The History of Balance
Balance is essential in our lives. Nature is the master of cycle and balance. The idea to balance on something is an important part of many cultures.
In Ancient Greek and Roman times this art and practice was well known.

It all started with dance-like movements on a slim rope developed to a rudimentary form of tightrope walking, with different levels of difficulty.

There are reports from the Middle Ages describing huge celebrations and spectacles where the main attraction was a tightrope walker.
In the 19th Century, Blondin and Farini were world renown tightrope artists. They staged daring feats, such as crossing a highline over Niagara falls.
In many Asian countries tightrope walking is part of traditional culture.
In Korea, the Jultagi, is a specific tightrope acrobatic art and forms part of the cultural heritage.

A form of tight-rope walking know as 'Slackline'  was born in the early 1980s in Yosemite-Valley, California, USA by rock climbers looking at ways to improve balance.

Adam Grosowsky and Jeff Ellington were the first guys to walk a Slackline. Unlike the traditional tightrope walking, with steel wire or hemp rope, they used polyamide-webbing that is a lot more dynamic, light and comfortable to use. The advent of the dynamic webbing system established a totally new era for balance movement.