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4 Reasons to Try Slacklining

May 12, 2011 / flipside posted in Slacklining / 2 Comments

Glad you asked :)

Wikipedia describes slacklining as, ‘…a balance sport that uses nylon webbing tensioned between two anchor points. Slacklining is distinct from tightrope walking in that the line is not held rigidly taut (although it is still under some tension); it is instead dynamic, stretching and bouncing like a long and narrow trampoline’

This is a pretty accurate description really! Very technically correct, but there is so much more to it!

Fitness
Its a great for full body fitness, utilising multiple muscle groups all at once. It works your legs, core, back muscles and even your arms as you are constantly moving every part of your body to remain balanced on the line. Often these movements are ever so subtle short bursts of muscle control.

Social
Slacklining is an incredibly social sport! Its something to be done whilst out with friends at a picnic, or take it along with you to the kids birthday party. It gets people connected and gets them active! I have a regular group that meets on sunday afternoons, picnic blankets, guitars, drinks & food its all there… simply so we can all get together to slackline

Entertaining
It sure is… what could be more fun than challenging friends to balance against you on the same line, learning new tricks, laughing at your mates when they battle the first few times to stay on the line. Its all about fun, and it sure delivers.

Addictive
Every person I have ever mentioned slacklining to gives me this funny look and wonders what it is… when you tell them its like tightrope walking they get just a little cautious of you! LOL! But the minute you convince them to come on out one day and give it a try, they never look back! Its totally addictive and I am yet to hear of someone who has not fallen in love with it on the first try!

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Weekends Slacklining

May 6, 2011 / flipside posted in Slacklining / No Comments

spent a good few hours on the slackline today! so much fun :) on Twitpic

Its been great spending more and more time, on the slackline. Its become my sunday afternoon ritual. Find a park, beach, or just hit the regular park… grab some chips and drinks on the way and jam on the slackline for a few hours.

Its even grown into a bigger event now with @suekieza and @animatedabi being constant regulars with @suekieza even buying her own slackline. Friends have also started joining in and instead of just being purely a slacklining session its has become a great afternoon out with friends playing thier guitars and everyone just chilling on picnic blankets. What more could you want from a lazy sunday afternoon.

I have definitely noticed an increase in my fitness levels. My legs & core muscles feeling more strengthened every time. Every new trick or maneuver asks something new from a different muscle group… the tricks I am beginning to try now are starting to work my arms which is really exciting!

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Location, Location, Location

February 11, 2011 / flipside posted in Random Ranting / No Comments

It’s the key word here in CT… especially when it comes down to finding somewhere to go on a friday or saturday evening. Yes heading into town yields a great selection of places to go, with an equally huge selection of people to meet and party with. The choices are endless, restaurants, comedy bars, clubs you name it. Long street effectively never sleeps and is happening every night of the week.

Venture a few minutes outside of the city in either direction and you could either land up partying in seapoint/campsbay or going the opposite direction in woodstock/obs.

However that’s where it begins to dwindle… yes claremont has a few clubs and restaurants, the odd spots draw the best crowds but from there on into the southern suburbs it dies a horrible death. Ur choices drop to just about nothing and even if you land up in kalkbay you’re seeing a 1% sliver of the people!!

Not that joburg is any better in terms of people, cape town city bowl cannot be beaten for density of interesting people, but where cape town has density, joburg has diversity & a great even spread of locations… you are more likely to find a great spot within your area, more likely to find people of similar interests in those locations. It’s just an all round better situation than cape town for anyone not living a stones throw from the city bowl.

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Cape Town Life of Late

January 18, 2011 / flipside posted in Random Ranting / No Comments

Cape Town life & life in general has been treating me well lately… and I dunno what I have done to deserve such treatment, lol! Considering all the bashing I give Cape Town at the best of times! It may, however, be my more positive attitude towards life and I can only accredit that to some interesting developments that occurred during my week back in Joburg. I will never understand what is going on down here, but totally know whats happening with peeps in Joburg. Go figure?!?! I also am not sure if my new found positive attitude is because of a decision I made in the first week of 2011, even though I somehow doubt I will ever go through with what was decided… yes it was decided to leave Cape Town and move back. I am torn between staying at the best job I have ever had or going!?!?! Awwwwkwward!!! LOL!

Its been nice getting out and about and spending more of my time exploring and doing new things! Slacklining has become a weekly occurrence after finding a great park just round the corner from me. It lets me head out, do some slacking after which I can head out and do all the odd weekend chores all in one trip! :)

Its going to be interesting seeing what comes of everything that’s happening in Joburg… the way its going it may end up with a visit to Cape Town :) I also have family visiting me this weekend, so everything is looking in a general upward direction which is super exciting! Hopefully along with all my little tweaks and changes I am making in life and thoughts of furthering my studies will add up to make 2011 one super fun year!!

~C :)

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Halfway Thru Jan Already?!

January 14, 2011 / flipside posted in Random Ranting / No Comments

Seriously?? I cannot believe that its already just about halfway! It feels like only last night that I was up in Joburg celebrating Christmas & New Years!! My brother dropped in at the office yesterday to drop off my Christmas present which after being opened had clearly been orchestrated with my parents. My father being a mechanical engineer & my brother being totally wrapped up in bicycles means that they are hardware & tool junkies. I on the other hand have taken a less ‘hands on’ approach to life… yet in their wisdom, with me living alone in Cape Town, they decided I needed a tool box… not just an empty box, one kitted out with all the average tools I might need! LOL!!! I suppose the wire cutters will come in handy when having to rewire plugs around the apartment. Honestly though my pen knife has been doing quick work of most tasks!

Back to Work

Yup, didn’t loose anytime being thrown into the deep end at work…. I got back to a huge metaphorical pile on my desk (technically we have a web based production tool that dishes out work by the ladle full!!) Also it didn’t help that my assistant had taken the first week of Jan off, but of course I survived! The film is just about finished now… with animation ending on the last day of Jan and then its just a matter of getting everything Rendered, Comped and thru 3D Edit (oh and lets not forget about the Audio/Music). Crazy part is by the time animation ends, most of the animators will move directly into pre-viz on our second feature film and that means my time is going to be split between two films… the wrapping up of Zambezia and the Pre Production of Khumba. Sounds like fun to me, as long as I get my odd trips back up to joburg! LOL!!

A Stable Life

Its kinda nice to be back to routines, back to having some form of normality in everything day to day. The last 2 months of 2010 were insane with friends from joburg spending time with me, family and friends crashing at my place, the planning of holidays, the huge amounts of leave taken for time on the Miller Rock the Boat and time back in Joburg. Can’t complain though it all worked out perfectly, just leaving me a little bankrupt… lol!
On the flipside this week has been one of those weeks, a function, dinner or drinks on every night… I don’t think the liver is very friendly with me right now, but it’ll get over it!

My geyser bursting on tuesday night made for some serious entertainment… having to deal with the estate agents to and hook me up with a new geyser! Kinda need my hot water you know! Thank goodness the geyser sits in a drip tray otherwise I think it would have been way worse coming home to find my house knee deep in water!

Now back to work… and yes I am going to try blog a tad more this year… and no its not a new years resolution. LOL! :)

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