BOOMBOOM freestyle highline passion
You'll feel your heart pounding the minute you'll get in touch with our new BOOM BOOM line. This line has been developed specifically to serve high performances for freestyle riders during trick-highlining.
Its special tubular structure creates great elasticity and a soft surface, while its special webbing weave presents an innovative feature we call the effortless "DYNAMIC INOV-BOUNCE". This feature allows the trick-highliner to achieve a dynamic reaction with only a minimum of a " push" at tension preferably around 2-4 kN (steepest stretch curve).
The BOOMBOOM provides its best on lengths over 50m, where you really start playing around with the bounce of this innovative new webbing. The light blue colored bands make it easy to notice any twisting of the line during installation.
The DYNAMIC INOV-BOUNCE - effortless in FREESTYLE
Our BOOMBOOM is a webbing designed and thoroughly developed in collaboration with some of our top athletes of the discipline, following three key feature points: maximum stretch, the implementation of the DYNAMIC INOV-BOUNCE and the best weight-to-strength ratio.
1. Stretch
In freestyle, most comfortable and best performance happen on a very steep webbing stretch curve, with the highest percentage of elasticity concentrated around low tensions (2 - 5 kN).With our BOOMBOOM, the freestyler can achieve the stretch necessary to push through each bounce without ever feeling a hard "bounce bottom".
The structure of the tubular webbing in combiantion with that stretch ensure a deep, powerful and super stable bounces, especially at tensions as low as 2 kN.
2. The new DYNAMIC-BOUNCE feature
Everyone measures webbing stretch, but who has ever measured the performance of the return to "0" after full elongation? This is what we have focused on, in order to meet the ever-increasing demands for smooth, deep and responsive line feedback.
After making as many as 8 different prototypes, we achieved a new webbing technology claiming the DYNAMIC INOV-BOUNCE feature. Specific weaving and combining different yarns of different elasticity create behaviour which marks noticeable improvements in the response of the webbing to the bounce. The BOOMBOOM presents without hard "pushing" a super strong return to the "0 tension" moment.
3. Weight-to-strength ratio
One of the main problems with freestyle lines is that they need the least weight possible to perform the most complex tricks, with ample rotation of the webbing beyond the figure (so-called flip feet to feet) but this lightness makes most of the times the webbing highly prone to wear and abrasion.
Our BOOMBOOM with only 52 g/m, has a strength of minimum 27 kN, a true record for lines of this weight, and this makes it much more resistant to stress and wear while still remaining a soft webbing that tightens nicely.
What are the FREESTYLE EXTRAS I can choose?
During most common freestyle highlining, the athlete stays throughout the session in a specific, same area of the webbing, the center, where performing tricks happens the most. For this "hard wear" and lots of recurring falls in that same spot, it is highly recommended, for the durability of the webbing, to protect this specific area.
We offer different FREESTYLE extras to optimise safety, comfort during sessioning and durability of your line:
- 5 m TRICKZONE SLEEVE, free to slide (onto 1 line) - a special PROTECTIVE SLEEVE that can hold 1 webbing only (MAIN line). A piece of black and resistant tubular textile, which is slidable and stays removable from your line at any time
- Add a T-LOOP in the middle - This will let you connect safely the back-up and the main iine;
(In case of different t-loop preferences, i.e. not centered, please indicate during check-out in step 3 in the comments field). - Add a TYPE-X connection in the middle (choose BACK-UP WEBBING as separate product) - This will let you connect safely the back-up and the main iine;
(In case of different type-x preference, i.e. not centered, please indicate during check-out in step 3 in the comments field).
! WARNING !
- CONTINUES USE as freestyle WEBBING WITHOUT the PROTECTIVE SLEEVE will cause significant abrasion to the main line and can also lead to unexpected system failure
What is the difference between the BY METER webbing, the SPLIT50 and SPLIT100?
If you already have a regular training spot, with a predefined length in which to install a line, iie. 30, 45 or 70 m, then you can choose to purchase the webbing BY METER selecting the length you want (quantity 33 = 33m), and if necessary you can purchase a SEWN LOOP for one or both ends separately.
However, if you already want to consider connecting several segments together using INOV' SPLIT technology, you want to choose the SPLITS of 50 or 100m length.
Shall I select SPLIT50/100 model or SPLIT50/100+BACKUP LOOP?
The option of having a 1m BACKUP LOOP would be mandatory for rigging your slackline as a longline in the park, when using only one weblock in your whole set-up. You may attach your slackline on one end directly into the endloop, by using a shackle for example. This leaves you on the other hand with no extra webbing to create your safety around the tree (your backup).
Therefore do we offer the option of a 1m extra webbing (the BACKUP LOOP), a solution to secure your main loop, shackle and slings of your main anchor. Simply attach it to an independent shackle, best even an independent sling as well, shown in the picture above.
Warning! This BACKUP LOOP doesn't replace a full backup webbing on a highline set-up!
Choose the CLASSIC or JUMBO protection Sleeve
Before being sewn into a loop, the webbing is threaded into a tubular webbing that acts as a protective anti-abrasion sleeve. We offer two different kinds of protection sleeve:
- CLASSIC: it is a single, tubular layer protection and is ideal for most common situations, such as with shackles or carabiners.
- JUMBO: is an innovative, new system with a tubular, double layer of protection, which increases abrasion resistance and makes the use of small connectors (such as the Ø4 mm SOFT SHAKES or the Ø5 mm diameter dyneema ropes) concern-less.
IMPORTANT SAFETY CHECK - Do it periodically
Inspect your set-up before each session
Freestyle greatly stresses the webbing and creates high potential for damage due to continuous leash-falls. In addition, the BOOMBOOM is a line with less than 30kN MBS for a strong cyclic purpose. It is thherefore ABSOLUTELY necessary to check properly the line status before each session.
Exposure to sunlight (UV rays)
Exposure to the sun's UV rays greatly reduces the strength of nylon tubular webbing. For a long life of your webbing, try avoiding perma-rigg installations or leaving your BOOMBOOM line too long set up on sunny days.
When to dismiss the webbing from use?
If one or more of the following conditions occur, stop immediately the use of your line for highlining. Contact us, if in doubt.
- Total colour fading of the colored bands due to excessive UV exposure (max 180 days of exposure);
- Damage to webbing fibers due to abrasion from excessive use or other causes;
- Stiffness of the webbing when not stretched. If you can hold 30 or 50 cm of line horizontal without ANY tension, best to sort out the webbing completely, as it has most likely not only lost his special features but as well suffered a great reduction of strength;
WARNING! This is only a partial list. It is essential to read the manual and user instructions carefully and as soon as signs of degradation appear retire the line or contact the manufacturer.
