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Mini East Coast Tour

Mike and i just finished a mini tour of the east coast that consisted of the Boston Ski Show, a demo at Funtastik Skate Shop in Mechanicsburg PA and two EMS demos.

The Ski Show was super busy and pretty exhausting but a ton of fun. It was Me, Mike, Hayden, Frankie, and Kate as the riders and Emilio and Jaime as well! We stayed with Emilios sister Febe in Tewksbury Mass. and had a great time getting to know her family. We are so grateful to have met her and her husband Leo, her daughter Nikki, and two sons Niko and Jake. They all came to the demo at least once as well. We did about 4 pro demos per day (showing off our skills and teachiing people what slackline is all about). The rest of the time was spent monitoring the lines, making sure everyone was being safe and answering questions. We almost sold out of lines!

The Funtastik Skate Shop demo was by far one of the best demos we have done. This was our second demo for this store and weve become great friends with the owner Aaron and his wife Birdie. They let us stay at their home and Birdies Mom cooked us a traditional PA dutch meal! We LOVED this event. It was for a high school PE program. We did a demo for about 5 classes and taught the kids how to walk the lines and showed them what is possible. Kids are my favorite to teach, especially high schoolers. They arent as afraid and a lot of them want to try tricks! There were a few people trying butt bounces and 360's ! Mike nailed 4 of 5 front flips and wowed everyone and there was this adorable 16 year old kid who asked for my number, haha!

The EMS demos were very slow - but the staff members were excited to learn and kept us company :)

Now were off to Moab for Thanksgiving to rage some highlines!! Its been a while since ive challenged myself on a long highline and i cant wait. Not only that, but there are going to be a lot of people trying highlines for their first time and this is one of my favorite things in the world - seeing people conquer their fear and get across. Eeeek!! My goals are to walk a 150-200 ft highline and at least attempt anything longer. I also want to jump off the highlines from the middle....i did this for the first time a few weeks ago and it was SO fun.

Anyway!! Ill post when i get back from Moab with a ton of epic photos. The people who i expect to walk their first highlines are:

Taylor Fultz, Dan Portik, Brent & Canyon Cain, and Taryn Edmonds. :) Ill be sure to include their progress in the next post!

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in boston for the ski show...the first day was CRAZY. SO many kids, so many people, eeek!! but it's so much fun watching people discover slackline for the first time. my favorite thing is showing kids what's possible and then watching them try the tricks and jumps. kids are the future of the sport, someday they're gonna be landing stuff we never even dreamed of. this is why i love my job!

getting to slackline with the guys all the time (mike, hayden, frankie, andy, etc) i get to learn SO much and try so much. there are so many things that I would NEVER have tried if I hadnt been encouraged to. for example, front flips! or butt bounce combos. i think my success in slackline can be attributed not only to my drive, but also the the guys (and the few girls) that i hang out with. so a BIG thanks to all of them. not only the guys, but on a rare occasion i get to slackline with women that are pushing the sport as well (like libby, faith, and hayley). this is SO much fun because i don't feel like the only girl in a group of guys anymore. we can swap tricks and ideas and actually be GIRLS. it's nice :) i cant wait to highline with faith and hayley in moab....less than a week til then!

so my life right now is pretty much, purely travel. every week i'm somewhere different slacklining at an event, a demo, or a competition. it's rare that we're in the same place for over a week. this is exciting but also exhausing at times! i am SO glad i get to have this opportunity and see the world before I get old; I am excited though to relax and get my own place. mike and i are going to rent a place in Moab where we can chill on our time off. moab is definitely the place that i want to live....theres SO much to do there, i dont think i could ever get bored. climbing, highlining, cliff jumping, mountain biking, hiking, running, skiing, arrow-head searching.....

anyway - i currently dont have a computer and therefore cant upload pictures (im using other peoples computers right now...). hopefully my computer will be fixed soon and i cant start posting pics again. ill post soon!

Ski Show Denver

Hi all! Just finished the Ski Show in Denver with the team (Mike, Hayden, Hayley, Dan, Frankie, & Chris). We all had an awesome time learning new tricks and getting people stoked on slackline! I leearned how to go onto my tippy toes, then down into a crouch still on tippy toes and also how to turn around! Its one of my new favorite tricks now. After the show, Mike Taylor and I went to a trampoline gym in Denver and worked out jumps, butt bounces and flips! I feel a lot more confident with fronts now. I cant wait to start landing on the line.

Mike and i are now headed to Boston for another ski show. Im excited to be on my home turf ( new england) and also try some flips. And hopefully see my fam!

Anyway! Gotta pack and such....tonight Hayley Mike and I are having a welcome back Andy dinner *he just got back from Italy where he won the first Slackline World Cup!*

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Alexandria

Mike and his neice! Alexandria Payton :0)

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