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Как результат небольшого слэклайн конкурса от Slackline Brothers и лично Энди Льюиса - появился вот такой текст. Инглишь нидед и многа букаф, но если вы не слэклайнер и хотите хоть немного понять слэклайнера - вам надо это прочитать. Тут написано очень много из того, что слэклайнеры обычно не могут выразить словами. Это реально большая часть того, что происходит со мной за последние три года.
Slacklife!

"Slack BrO ManifestO:

The term, "Slacklife," doesn't necessarily come with strict guidelines or criteria. It is instead a word with different meanings for different people. While it might be folly to try to generalize the meaning of slacklife, you can say that all slacklives have a common theme of life centered around slacklining. That's it, nothing more, nothing less. Pretty simple. The rest is all contextual.
Slackline can be a holistic remedy to the over stressed, overworked person who puts himself as an employee or student over his humanity. The primal and natural movements that accompany a slackline can teach a person as much about life, as the person is willing to learn.
Living in the present, living with balance, and clearing the mind of distractions, trivialities and other things that cloud the pure joy of life are all things that can be learned by the experience of slacklining.
Practice is also a part of slacklife. However, slacklife is nothing without friends. Friends with whom I get to share the epic highline sends (and injuries). Friends who I slackline in the park with. Friends who push me, to push myself. Friends make slacklife.
Slacklife means to me what air means to others! I feel lost and rather empty without my line... It has truly balanced my life! I also have had tons o' fun telling people "no, I'm not in the circus and no, this isn't a tight rope!"
More so, its being the best role model for the sport, through encourement of others and having respect for others and the sport. The slacklife isn't just one little thing, its many things combined together. To make me a better person and to make this world a better place, while having a great time with life improving on a physical, mental and spiritual levels.
Do I find balance? Yes. Do I find determination? Yes. But, I swear to you slacklife is something so much more. Time and time again I have been thrown to the ground by the thin, wobbly webbing. I’ve eaten shit, hard. And yet I love it. The swaying motion of the line under my feet, or the slow draw of each focused breath. IT is absolutely surreal while I’m on that line when the problems of life seem to just ebb away.
That feeling, that subtle calm that flows over you as you find your place on the slackline is the unique sense of being whole. A feeling that we all belong in the universe, and conversely, the universe belongs in us. Being the best person you can possibly be, by working hard, playing hard, and genuinely being a kind-hearted person; we all need to find that balance.
To take those feelings of fear (on and off the line) and work to conquer them. The awareness and alertness of your body in space and the ability to completely clear your mind of everything else. To "focus on the focus," in the places that inspire us, with people that we love wether they slack or not... It all adds up to the experience that keeps me wanting more and more!
Living, loving, sharing, and expanding the slacklife to the fullest keeps it fun. As I continue to introduce to slacklining to new people, I find that they tell me later at some point how it has changed their lives. Years ago, I was a book worm who only studied and had really bad anxiety. Now, I have a great balance to my life, enjoy what I do and I am anxiety free. Because it has changed my life in so many ways, it makes me want to spread it more.
It literally is meditation for me to walk a line. To discard conventional ideas of 'living' to pursue a life of pure passion. To walk a thin line that transcends societal norms. To calmly occupy a space once only reserved for the birds. To overcome limiting beliefs and find security in the instability. This has molded me to be who i am today.
Have fun, love it all, every step of the way, and every step on the line, THAT IS SLACKLIFE."