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Once you can rig slacklines you realize how many<br />
different styles of rigging, walking, bouncing, and trickling <strong>the</strong>re are and<br />
each artisanship of slackline demands unique skills-- only developed<br />
through repeated education, practice, and failure. So to answer you<br />
more concisely, <strong>the</strong> only way to train and prepare for slackline, is to<br />
prepare slacklines and train on as many as you can.<br />
4. As a professional, what is <strong>the</strong> best thing about this sport and what<br />
sets it apart from o<strong>the</strong>rs? *<br />
O<strong>the</strong>r than my giant blonde white guy afro, and appearing to do<br />
everything “Sketchily,” I would say that it is my creativity that sets me<br />
apart from o<strong>the</strong>r professionals. My ability to see a highline, or a trick,<br />
and do it. But, I not just a slackliner, or trick liner or highliner, or<br />
a base jumper, climber, etc, etc, I am a dreamer! I love coming up with<br />
ideas, drawing <strong>the</strong>m on a piece of paper, making <strong>the</strong>m happen, and inviting<br />
my friends! <strong>The</strong>n I love showing <strong>the</strong> world and giving <strong>the</strong>m <strong>the</strong> ability to<br />
want to dream for <strong>the</strong>mselves~ I love helping create shared experiences--<br />
and that love for creation is what sets me apart from o<strong>the</strong>r professional.<br />
I am a seer and a doer, and I keep having visions of my dreams, and I live<br />
everyday of my life making <strong>the</strong>m come true. Being able to develop ideas<br />
that combine communities and bring people closer toge<strong>the</strong>r to improve <strong>the</strong>ir<br />
own lives... thats just a diamond in <strong>the</strong> rough!~ But, please god, I hope I<br />
can live like this forever! :D<br />
5. What was <strong>the</strong> scariest/most difficult thing you ever had to face in this<br />
port and how did you overcome it?<br />
<strong>The</strong> most terrifying and difficult thing to face in this<br />
Sport/Lifestyle is <strong>the</strong> brutal reality of my own mortality. Thinking of my<br />
own death is crazy! It gives me goose bumps, increases my heart rate, and<br />
makes my thoughts race with anxiety. When you are essentially playing with<br />
death on a very constant basis, it wears on your relationship with your<br />
loved ones, your friends, your family; and you have to deal with, fair, but<br />
overwhelming resistance to your lifestyle.
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