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When Kenny Belaey rode the slackline

Kenny Belaey's ride over the slackline, 112 meters above the ground, still makes your blood run cold. Even if you know that he was perfectly secured and even though the action took place a few years ago. The making-of video gets to the heart of what it took for the action and its success.

Belgian Kenny Belaey is a multiple trials world champion in the 26-inch category. Before he set out to ride a highline in the French Alps, he had never stood on a slackline, even without a bike. When walking on the swinging webbing, the golden rule is not to look down, but only at the end of the line or, even better, above it. But that doesn't work when you're trying to hold a mountain bike tire on the five-centimetre-wide webbing. Even the slightest deviation from the center causes the belt to lean sideways and the tire to slip off. Belaey had no choice but to constantly stare at his front wheel, the highline and 112 meters below him.


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