Slacklining: An extreme sport that the non-sporty can do

Who needs a bird's eye view from a building top when you can urban highline it? Photos: Slackline KL

It might not be as dramatic as Phillippe Petit’s death-defying walk between New York City’s World Trade Center Twin Towers in 1974, nor as heady, but slacklining requires mustering the same courage, discipline and focus, too.

Helene Foo, 29, founder manager and team leader of Slackline KL/Malaysia, knows all about the thrills and spills of this extreme sport. While it may have a technic