div style=”text-align: center;”a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_M9ps8F85nS0/SveQE1aPVRI/AAAAAAAAAiU/6tY3JlTnaKA/s1600-h/activEdge+Clinic+Fall+09+031.JPG”img style=”cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_M9ps8F85nS0/SveQE1aPVRI/AAAAAAAAAiU/6tY3JlTnaKA/s400/activEdge+Clinic+Fall+09+031.JPG” border=”0″ alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401944690785211666″ //a/divdiv style=”text-align: center;”iKiera, ready to give it a go/i/divdiv style=”text-align: center;”ibr //i/divdiv style=”text-align: left;”Balance is an important part of any sport, especially in cross country skiing when you are gliding on one ski. Slack lining is one of my favorite balance training exercises. Similar to tightrope walking climbers started this sport of walking on climbing webbing. The webbing is flat so your foot doesn’t roll off and the line has a bit of give to it similar to a trampoline. /divdiv style=”text-align: center;”br //divdiv style=”text-align: center;”a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_M9ps8F85nS0/SveQEW5xrjI/AAAAAAAAAiM/hw4usklNMZw/s1600-h/activEdge+Clinic+Fall+09+029.JPG”img style=”cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_M9ps8F85nS0/SveQEW5xrjI/AAAAAAAAAiM/hw4usklNMZw/s400/activEdge+Clinic+Fall+09+029.JPG” border=”0″ alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401944682595986994″ //a/divdiv style=”text-align: center;”iDelila making the 20 foot gap. The world record is over 200m./i/divdiv style=”text-align: center;”br //divdiv style=”text-align: center;”a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_M9ps8F85nS0/SveQEPeCuBI/AAAAAAAAAiE/6GN6rObylQE/s1600-h/activEdge+Clinic+Fall+09+026.JPG”img style=”cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” src=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_M9ps8F85nS0/SveQEPeCuBI/AAAAAAAAAiE/6GN6rObylQE/s400/activEdge+Clinic+Fall+09+026.JPG” border=”0″ alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401944680600614930″ //a/divdiv style=”text-align: center;”iRoss and Jolyn supporting Koons. He is pretty close to being able to cross unassisted/i/divdiv style=”text-align: center;”br //divdiv style=”text-align: center;”a onblur=”try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}” href=”http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_M9ps8F85nS0/SveQEPeCuBI/AAAAAAAAAiE/6GN6rObylQE/s1600-h/activEdge+Clinic+Fall+09+026.JPG”/aimg src=”http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_M9ps8F85nS0/SveQ7yxgKaI/AAAAAAAAAik/if838NdzYMo/s400/activEdge+Clinic+Fall+09+052.JPG” style=”cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;” border=”0″ alt=”” id=”BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401945634970282402″ //divdiv style=”text-align: center;”iShanna without much help/i/divdiv style=”text-align: center;”br //divdiv style=””We had a large group today, so we didn’t spend too much time on the line. Everyone did get a try and be assured that the line will be back. We took advantage of the warmer weather for an epic game of Hide-and-go-seek throughout the Pow Wow Grounds. /divdiv style=””br //divdiv style=””As our balance improves, youTube provides a few ideas for some tricks we can work at mastering./divdiv style=””br //divdiv style=””object width=”425″ height=”344″param name=”movie” value=”http://www.youtube.com/v/MuKPOIUY4lsamp;hl=enamp;fs=1amp;”param name=”allowFullScreen” value=”true”param name=”allowscriptaccess” value=”always”embed src=”http://www.youtube.com/v/MuKPOIUY4lsamp;hl=enamp;fs=1amp;” type=”application/x-shockwave-flash” allowscriptaccess=”always” allowfullscreen=”true” width=”425″ height=”344″/embed/object/divbr /br /Check out this video on how to set up your own slackline:br /br /object width=”425″ height=”344″param name=”movie” value=”http://www.youtube.com/v/18qbgwCn2ZAamp;hl=enamp;fs=1amp;”param name=”allowFullScreen” value=”true”param name=”allowscriptaccess” value=”always”embed src=”http://www.youtube.com/v/18qbgwCn2ZAamp;hl=enamp;fs=1amp;” type=”application/x-shockwave-flash” allowscriptaccess=”always” allowfullscreen=”true” width=”425″ height=”344″/embed/objectdiv class=”blogger-post-footer”img width=’1′ height=’1′ src=’https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8083254037538554650-2499408568116982712?l=in-the-arena-brian.blogspot.com’ alt=” //div