Auteur: Jonas Konijnenberg
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Extraschicht Kultur
Highline Show Extraschicht Part 1 by Jonas Some good friends of ours from Germany, Basti Aldehoff and Claas Lendt invited us help present a highline show at a cultural night in the Ruhr Area, Germany. The night was called “Extraschicht, Die Nacht der Indrustriekultur” (The Night of Industrial Culture). The Ruhr is former Germany’s biggest […]
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Ropeswing – de tijd van je leven
In May 2015 we were asked by a Dutch TV produce house to set a ropeswing for a short item about a girl. Her dream was to do once a ropeswing and walk a highline. As we had experience with both, they decided that we were allowed to fix the ropeswing and highline for her. […]
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Istanbul highline trip
Written by Yuri, photos by Can Sahin In a small car crammed with camping gear, two heavy weight highline rigs and space for 2 people. There were five of us. Things got interesting. Real interesting. Pretty much a masterclass in Tetris multiplied by Twister. We wound our way out of Istanbul at 10pm to camp […]
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Jonas slacklining in 2014
Jonas Konijnenberg 2014 2014 already sounds like a year ago. But my memories are still fresh. Last year a lot of things I’ve achieved which made me proud. I would like to share some of these activities with you. This video contains a lot of footage from the last year. For the story behind the […]
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100m Highline ‘Feuilles d’Automne’
By Yuri Rhodenborgh The idea: a line we definitely couldn’t walk, somewhere around the Gueuroz bridge in southern Switzerland. What could be better training? It’s always strange to drive right up to the spot where you will be highlining, because you normally need to hike for a long time with a heavy backpack. Guillaume, Remy […]
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Morning Glory
Location: Undisclosed Time: 6.30 – 8.30 Line name: Morning glory Length of the line: 23m Text by Jonas In summer Tom and I spotted this location and we thought: ‘Wow, this is a perfect location to set a highline!’ But, the location was quite a tourist hotspot and the police are pretty strict in this […]
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LONGline training – double 185m
At the end of September, and the beginning of October, Tom and Yuri got 500 meters of heavy webbing to their disposal to train their longlining skills to the extremes. Tuesday morning, 23rd of September; it’s time! Time to get up early, carry 45kg of longlining gear to Leijpark, Tilburg, shut mind off the mind, […]
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Highline show @ Moen
On the weekend of 21 & 22 september the Dream Walkers gave a highline show in Moen, Belgium. Kenny Belaey and Viki Gomez (both World Champion Trial bike/flatland BMX) Text underneath by David. Video by Jonas Travel, friends, adventure. All the right ingredients for an epic weekend. The whole Dream Walkers team had a highline […]
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Holland’s Got Talent Highline
By Jonas Konijnenberg So, a couple of months ago my girlfriend encouraged me to participate in Holland’s got Talent. I wasn’t so motivated in the beginning, but it seemed like a nice challenge after some previous experiences with television and demonstrations. First, it was my plan to make a trickline show, as tricklining is much […]
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Press
Press Dream Wallkers athletes are often seen in magazine, newspapers and on TV. Here is a short summary of the publicities from last year.Het Parool – June, 2, 2014 (National newspaper) Folia Magazine – February. 12 & June, 25, 2014 (Student Magazine University of Amsterdam) Jeugd journaal – May, 20, 2014 (National public TV) http://jeugdjournaal.nl/item/650627-slacklinen-populair-tijdens-gymles.html […]