Pro Slackliner performs stunt while suspended over sheer drop
Nail-biting video footage shows the moment a pro Slackliner filmed himself pulling off some fancy footwork while suspended over a sheer drop.Tlaloc Moctezuma Buen, 22, balanced precariously on a 60m long highlife suspended across a cavern in the mountain region of Golden, Colorado, USA.He performs a breathtaking trick known as a 'back Han Solo', which involves him swinging his body all the way around the line, and back to a standing posisition.Tlaloc, a farmer from Yucatan, Mexico, said: "This video was taken in June on a 60m long highline in the mountains around Golden, Colorado. "I was visiting my girlfriend in Golden.
She is also a great highliner.
Where I live in Yucatan there aren't really any mountains so we took advantage of the wonderful landscape to go on an adventure together."In the video you can see a new trick called a 'back Han Solo'. "You start in a standing position facing the open space and swing your body all the way around the line and back to standing, holding on to the leash (lifeline), and pulling it to keep contact with the line and avoid falling off. "This was the first time this trick was ever performed backwards.
I wanted to try something new that day. "I tried it a couple of times going forward and although I wasn't able to do it successfully, was able to understand how it was possible and it made me believe in my self. "So I tried it a couple times backwards and got really close.
I just had to tuck my knees a little more to have a faster rotation.
I knew I could do it."The next attempt was this video.
I was really surprised at how easy it actually felt once I had done it. "Just pull, tuck, spin and feel like the force was with me after going all the way around.
But being able to celebrate with my girlfriend was as good as doing this trick!"
Nail-biting video footage shows the moment a pro Slackliner filmed himself pulling off some fancy footwork while suspended over a sheer drop.Tlaloc Moctezuma Buen, 22, balanced precariously on a 60m long highlife suspended across a cavern in the mountain region of Golden, Colorado, USA.He performs a breathtaking trick known as a 'back Han Solo', which involves him swinging his body all the way around the line, and back to a standing posisition.Tlaloc, a farmer from Yucatan, Mexico, said: "This video was taken in June on a 60m long highline in the mountains around Golden, Colorado.
"I was visiting my girlfriend in Golden.
She is also a great highliner.
Where I live in Yucatan there aren't really any mountains so we took advantage of the wonderful landscape to go on an adventure together."In the video you can see a new trick called a 'back Han Solo'.
"You start in a standing position facing the open space and swing your body all the way around the line and back to standing, holding on to the leash (lifeline), and pulling it to keep contact with the line and avoid falling off.
"This was the first time this trick was ever performed backwards.
I wanted to try something new that day.
"I tried it a couple of times going forward and although I wasn't able to do it successfully, was able to understand how it was possible and it made me believe in my self.
"So I tried it a couple times backwards and got really close.
I just had to tuck my knees a little more to have a faster rotation.
I knew I could do it."The next attempt was this video.
I was really surprised at how easy it actually felt once I had done it.
"Just pull, tuck, spin and feel like the force was with me after going all the way around.
But being able to celebrate with my girlfriend was as good as doing this trick!"
