As we all know, this is detrimental to slacklining! There are not enough anchors which are not trees, and this ordinance means the end of slacklining in the parks. I hope we can work together and communicate with the city to allow slacklining in some parks or all, or on some trees or all.
This same type of thing has happened all over the world, and yet slackliners have stood up for their rights to balance, coming together and working with their city councils in order to cooperate on such a matter!
The immediate plan is to formulate a presentation, bring it to a city council meeting, and hope for being scheduled on the agenda. I also think involving the newspapers and local news could greatly benefit us all, as well as creating a petition.
This does not have to result in a war between the balancers and the beaurocrats, so I hope we can find an effective means of communication. Talking to the people in the City Parks office always feels a bit discouraging (they enjoy throwing around the word liability) however, as I said, slackliners have been successful in other American cities, in Germany, Switzerland, France, Poland and more places!
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