The Paris Olympic games have many of us watching as gymnasts like Simone Biles defy gravity on the balance beam, but an activity that similarly promotes balance is gaining momentum in the Bay Area. It ...

German highliner Friedi Kühne set a world record by walking a highline between two hot air balloons. How he managed fear and ...

Time to test your balance skills with the help of the pro athletes at the slackline demonstration area at the GoPro Mountain Games. This year, there won’t be slackline competitions, but this fan ...

When college friends Adam Grosowsky and Jeff Ellington found themselves with free time at a camp in Yosemite Valley during the 1980s, they naturally began to experiment with their climbing gear. By ...

After a winter of ice skating at Montgomery Whitewater, spring and summer will see a different test of balance — hovering over a sandy area where the ice rink was. You could say it'll be a place meant ...

VAIL – There’s a new sport at the Teva Mountain Games this year that’s been picking up steam all over the United States, with one major catapult into the mainstream happening recently at this year’s ...

A world champion slackliner has become the first person to cross the Strait of Messina by foot, covering a distance of more than 3 km along a strip of material less than an inch wide. Jaan Roose, 32, ...