HOWTO: use a line locker on a slackline Addie Burtle, MD 2009-12-01 | UPDATE: here's a pull-test showing why you need to make sure the ring is forged: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ld99duhaPDw Using a line-locker with a slackline, in place of a clove or girth hitch. http://www.nwslackline.org
NWslackline Guide to longline, Part 5: Walking Addie Burtle, MD 2012-12-17 | The final installment in our guide to longlining. The first five minutes deals with some extra brake info and a "timelapse" of our rigging process. Walking advice begins around 6:00. Special thanks to Ben and James for their starring roles.
NWslackline Guide to longline, Part 4: Tension Systems Addie Burtle, MD 2012-09-30 | Get ready, because we're about to go on a long journey down the road of slackline tension systems: pulleys, static rope, brakes, multipliers, ascenders and prussiks, rigging plates, softpointing, and dynamometers -- it's all here. Apologies if I glossed over a few topics; part 5 contains another few minutes of elaboration on some topics and there will be follow-up videos to come (by request).
Does UV exposure affect slackline strength? Addie Burtle, MD 2012-09-30 | In this installment of our environmental testing we look at what being rigged for a year straight does to the break strength of a nylon slackline.
NWslackline Guide to longline, Part 3: Webbing Addie Burtle, MD 2012-09-30 | A brief look at common properties of longline webbings. Stay tuned for a ton of individual webbing reviews, as well as a comprehensive webbing ratings page on the NWslackline site. See you in Part 4: Rigging!
Does water make slacklines tighter or looser? Lets find out! Addie Burtle, MD 2012-09-20 | A NWslackline experiment to determine what effect water has on the tension of nylon slacklines. Remember, nylon and polyester have different properties with regard to water, so this result applies to nylon (i.e. climbing webbing) slacklines only.
HOWTO: Thread tubular slackline webbing. Addie Burtle, MD 2012-09-13 | A quick talk and demo on threading tubular slackline webbing. This demo focuses on Balance Community's RAGEline, but can easily apply to any tubular webbing you wish to thread.
NWslackline Guide to longline, Part 2: WEBBING ATTACHMENT Addie Burtle, MD 2012-07-07 | Okay, so we know about spanset slings, and we have some idea what triloading is and what we will need to use special equipment or cleverness to avoid its pitfalls; now let's talk about how to attach that equipment to the slings.
NWslackline Guide to longline, Part 1: SLINGS Addie Burtle, MD 2012-07-06 | NWslackline guide to longline, part 1: SLINGS. In this first segment we take a quick look at spansets, choker versus basket, tree padding, and how long your slings should be.
Towel Tubes: the ultimate in slackline tree padding Addie Burtle, MD 2012-06-24 | Towel Tubes are 48"x3" tubes that protect trees and your slackline gear. Make your own (careful! towels tend to fray after cutting and the fraying will break your sewing machine), or buy from http://www.toweltubes.com for $5. Professional looking tree padding made easy.
Non-forged line-locker on a slackline Addie Burtle, MD 2011-09-18 | Bottom line: do not use line-lockers that aren't forged aluminum or steel; use lockers rated for 20kN (4000+lbs) or better.
How to Chongo mount a slackline Addie Burtle, MD 2011-09-17 | The key is to balance on one foot and get both hands off the line before bringing the second foot up.
Slackline water line, Seattle! Addie Burtle, MD 2011-08-29 | A waterline we set up two days in a row at South Lake Union Park in Seattle, WA. See nwslackline.org for the specific beta on location and rigging. Many thanks to everyone who came out and gave it a try, from experienced slackers to a Belgian houseguest who had never once set foot on a line!
Gibbon Games 2011 Addie Burtle, MD 2011-08-10 | Practice session highlights and athlete interviews from the Gibbon Games 2011 in Salt Lake City, Utah. I was honored that Gibbon asked me to be one of the judges of the competition, and had an amazing time hanging out with old friends as well as making some new ones! To everyone I interviewed who I couldn't manage to fit into this video, I apologize — mostly this is due to me not having shot enough supporting footage of you; I guess this means we'll have to slack together again soon so I can publish a sequel.
Slackline in Seattle is illegal? Addie Burtle, MD 2011-07-25 | UPDATE: Seattle Parks and Rec invited me to assist in drafting slackline guildelines for Seattle parks. These guidelines should be published in the next few days. Yay!
Slackline mystery webbing break test Addie Burtle, MD 2011-03-21 | We bought some webbing of unknown origin off ebay, and when it came and looked dissimilar to milspec weave, we decided to break test it. www.nwslackline.org
MDG 4 & our community Addie Burtle, MD 2010-08-20 | A video addressing our community's efforts to create a sustainable model for fundraising to reduce the mortality of children under 5. All footage captured by me, as well as all animations are my own original work.
Operation: Slackline West Africa Addie Burtle, MD 2010-08-15 | To watch a trailer on our Africa project: http://kck.st/cZZ8gX -- We're going to west Africa to film measles inoculations. But we're also planning to slackline a lot, and teach the kids we're meeting, as well as give away a bunch of slackline gear to them, as a way of establishing a genuine connection. So where do you come in? Donate some gear, help support us on our trip by reposting our kickstarter trailer (link above) to your facebook or donating directly, and by checking in with nwslackline.org toward the end of the year to see all sorts of awesome Africa slackline footage.
iOS 4.0 on 3G iPhone (parody) Addie Burtle, MD 2010-07-14 | As a generally happy Apple customer, I bought two 2G iPhones on the first day they hit the market (one for myself and one for my romantic partner at the time). When the 3G came out, I bought that model too. The first iPhone captivated the world because the interface was so well done, so snappy, so interactive; it was like nothing before it. Of course it was, it was an Apple product. That, right there, is why I buy Apple products. And I didn't even mind that it was missing "copy and paste," MMS, ringtones, etc — because I knew Apple would eventually get to these through software updates. And eventually they did. Unfortunately they kept coming out with new phones. With faster processors. And they wrote all their software updates for these phones, with little attention to deprecated models. I don't really use third party software on my phones, I honestly don't even use ringtones. I just use my phone for SMS, web, maps, and occasionally as an actual phone, so the 3G model was more than I ever needed. Except over time, it's fulfilled my needs less and less. And it's not because my needs have grown. It's not because I've installed a bunch of laggy software. It's because Apple's firmware has become bloated, with respect to the processing power of the 3G iPhone. I just installed iOS 4 two weeks ago, and at this point, I'd be happy to roll back to the first firmware I ever had, just to have that original speed again; forget about the copy and paste, I don't need it that badly. So, tongue firmly in cheek, I decided to compare my phone to the first iPhone commercial that Apple ran. That commercial lasted twenty-eight seconds. How long will my phone take for the same tasks? --- Legal/DMCA disclaimer: For the record, I believe this video to be a parody, and to be covered by "Fair Use." My reasons for this are manifold. This video is for non-commercial and educational purposes. Of the original copyrighted works, the tv commercial itself has no monetary resale value (the commercial is not a product offered for public sale), and my parody video should have no negative impact on the sale of Orba Squara's music (they created the music track in the background of the Apple commercial). Lastly, my video is obviously satirical in nature, and can only be perceived as commenting on the original video which it parodies.
HOWTO: Rig a 2 wide slackline without a ratchet Addie Burtle, MD 2010-07-10 | Two inch (50mm) wide slacklines are lots of fun for acrobatics and for beginners to build confidence, but many people don't want to use a ratchet. Well, now with 4 carabiners, 2 two-inch inner-diameter forged rappel rings, and 10 feet of one-inch webbing, you can use the trusty "primitive" method!
How to turn on a slackline Addie Burtle, MD 2010-05-18 | Several different slackliners demonstrating their turning style, including Eric who was only on his second day (and we were there to capture his first successful turn!).
Triangle slackline Addie Burtle, MD 2010-05-10 | A triangle / n-way / delta / spiderweb slackline howto video. The key points include: 1: Use a center ring that is super strong and rated for multi-directional loads. NOT a carabiner. 2: Tension each line a bit at a time to get an even distribution of tension 3: This might be a good way to start practicing tandem walks as you feel the other person vertically, but not so much in the lateral sense.
Jim and Chris tandem slackline Addie Burtle, MD 2010-05-10 | Jim and Chris doing a tandem slackline. Decent fall by Jim. Also Miranda, "Fuzzy dog, I love youuuu..."
Adam surfing the slackline Addie Burtle, MD 2010-05-10 | Raw video of Adam of nwslackline surfing Jim's line at Golden Gardens. That last fall hurt, haha.
Slackline Break Test Addie Burtle, MD 2010-05-08 | Destructively testing the worst possible piece of webbing ever. 1: at least 5 years old, bought from Aron (of Aron's Gap fame) 2: more than one partial cut in it (from my dog chewing on it) 3: horribly sewn loop on one end 4: other end loop made of a basic overhand knot About 1:15 into the video you can see it begin to stretch like crazy. One of the cuts in the webbing almost immediately doubles in size. A word about safety: everything else in the system was rated for 10,000+ lbs break strength (with a near-tight spanset backup for when the sling blew). Unfortunately it was INSANELY windy at the beach today, so I apologize for the audio. The video is pretty self explanatory, however.
Primitive and multiplier slackline tension tests Addie Burtle, MD 2010-04-13 | An ISO9000 calibrated tension scale attached to various slackline riggings, to see how much tension one skinny white dude can put into the line.
HOWTO: setup a multiplier to get your slackline really tight Addie Burtle, MD 2010-04-11 | How to setup a basic multiplier using two carabiners, two mini-pulleys, 10 feet of cordalette, and optionally a separate sling.
HOWTO: setup a slackline using the 4 carabiner primitive method Addie Burtle, MD 2010-04-11 | This shows you how to setup a slackline using two loops slings (tied with water knots in this case), 4 carabiners, 2 forged rappel rings for line-lockers, and 60 feet of webbing. For videos on how to make the slings or use a line-locker, see nwslackline.org
14mm aspherical test Addie Burtle, MD 2010-04-09 | 14mm aspherical @ f4 (180deg shutter). Cherry tree. Crappy truck. Scary wooden garage.
HOWTO: make an eye and eye slackline sling Addie Burtle, MD 2010-03-25 | This was a request from a nwslackline.org reader. I don't recommend you actually use an eye-and-eye sling, since a big waterknot loop is going to be at most $3-4 more expensive and it will have at least double the strength!
Evening Magazine, Slackline in Ballard Addie Burtle, MD 2010-03-03 | Kim Holcomb on Evening Magazine (NBC King5) covering the emerging Seattle slackline scene.
Golden Gardens slacklining preview Addie Burtle, MD 2010-02-25 | Some behind-the-scenes footage from Sunday the 21st at Golden Gardens. Seattle's NBC affiliate (King5) will be running a show on slacklining on March 2nd at 7pm. Go slackline, go!
Seattle University: Haiti teach-in #1 [1/2] Addie Burtle, MD 2010-01-24 | Part 1 of 2. Gary Perry, Assistant Professor, Sociology and Anthropology, Global African Studies Program, Seattle University. Professor Perry addressing the media's expediency in capitalizing on misfortune, governmental delay, and racism that extends from Katrina to Haiti. He spoke several other times, but limited media space on my camera only allowed me to record these comments, my apologies.
Seattle University: Haiti teach-in #1 [2/2] Addie Burtle, MD 2010-01-24 | Part 2 of 2. Gary Perry, Assistant Professor, Sociology and Anthropology, Global African Studies Program, Seattle University. Professor Perry addressing the media's expediency in capitalizing on misfortune, governmental delay, and racism that extends from Katrina to Haiti. He spoke several other times, but limited media space on my camera only allowed me to record these comments, my apologies.
Seattle University: Haiti teach-in #2 Addie Burtle, MD 2010-01-24 | Richard H. Watts, Assoc. Professor, French and Caribbean Studies, University of Washington. Professor Watts speaking about Haiti and the media's approach to the story. There were several other times he spoke that I was not able to record (due to limited space on my camera), my apologies for this. Recorded january 22, 2010.
Seattle University: Haiti teach-in #3 Addie Burtle, MD 2010-01-23 | The personal story of Hans Bernard, Seattle Haitian who manages a deli near Seattle University. His name was not on the program but I will contact the organizer and update this text when I have it!
Golden Gardens Martin Luther King Day Slacklining! Addie Burtle, MD 2010-01-19 | Slacklines at Golden Gardens on MLK Jr. Day 2010. http://www.nwslackline.org
Homemade peppermint Joe-Joes — a frosted film Addie Burtle, MD 2009-12-29 | Miranda makes some peppermint Joe-Joes. DIY recipe courtesy: http://www.kingarthurflour.com/blog/2009/03/02/say-it-aint-so-joes (modified lightly by Miranda to be vegan)Canon 7D | Nikon 50mm @ f1.8 | 1/50th | ASA200 | 1080 24p | no color correction
Pike Place Market Dec 27, 2009 Beauty & Loneliness Addie Burtle, MD 2009-12-28 | A few hours wandering pike place market in Seattle, WA. No color correction yet, and I am not happy with some of the disjointed shots. It's a start, though. Canon 7D with Nikon 50mm f1.8 -- ASA200 -- 1080 24P -- Standard picture mode, all shots straight out of the camera
SLACKLINE: Mil-Spec vs Climb-spec Addie Burtle, MD 2009-12-06 | How to tell the difference between military and climbing specification one inch tubular webbing. http://www.nwslackline.org
HOWTO: tie a slackline sling with a water knot Addie Burtle, MD 2009-12-01 | Demonstrating tying a waterknot out of a length of 1" tubular webbing in order to make a slackline sling. http://www.nwslackline.org
NWslackline.org presents: James Skykomish Highline Addie Burtle, MD 2009-10-03 | Highline over the Skykomish river in Washington. One inch nylon climb-spec threaded with 9/16" ... Wet, cold, fun. Timelapse shows about a 45 min span of line taping and walking (edited down), after several hours of rigging.
