{"id":9389,"date":"2026-02-16T23:59:30","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T22:59:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.slacklineinternational.org\/?p=9389"},"modified":"2026-02-17T00:12:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T23:12:09","slug":"highline-world-championships-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slacklineinternational.org\/2026\/02\/highline-world-championships-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Highline World Championships – Wild Card Open"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Wild Card for Highline World Championships – until 28. Feb.<\/h1><\/span>
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A World Championship is the most prestigious international tournament in every sport. After very successful two Editions in 2022\/24 the spectacle is happening again from July 21th – 26th 2026, in Laax Switzerland. The purpose of the event is to gather the best highliners from around the world and crown the World Championship Winners (M\/F). But we also want to promote our beloved activity to a wider audience and motivate young and upcoming slackline athletes and newcomers with a perspective in pursuing slackline as a high level sport.\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n

For the organization of such an event, a <\/span>large number of criteria <\/span><\/a>needs to be fulfilled and therefore the location, promotional contracts and organizer budget needs to be accordingly secured several months or even years before the event.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ideally the World Championships event can travel to different continents and locations and is awarded to a destination or local organizer by the ISA Sport Commission. So far the only applications have come from Swiss Slackline with their destination partner Flims Laax in eastern Switzerland, who is well known for organising Snowboard World Cups. The ISA is open to award new locations if they can fulfill the criteria and come up with the necessary budget.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>

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World Championships<\/th>\nWorld Cups<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
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  • Multi day event, usually includes multiple disciplines (e.g. Freestyle Trickline, Freestyle Highline or Speed Highline)<\/li>\n
  • take place once every 1-4 years on different continents (ideally)<\/li>\n
  • includes a minimum of 60% of the best athletes world wide from at least 3 different continents<\/li>\n
  • Higher number of athletes needed onsite, higher prize money and more communication efforts than a world cup<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
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