Utah hosts the USA’s first Slackline World Cup

Slackline World Cup in Utah, podium placements Photo: courtesy of the Bureau of Land Management

MOAB, Utah — On Thursday, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced the results of the first-ever Slackline World Cup held in the United States.

Founded in 2015, the International Slackline Association is based in Switzerland, and Slackline U.S. is managed in Montana.

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This event was held in November, 2025.

Since the early 2000s, the BLM Moab Field Office has hosted one of the largest Slacklining events — the World Highline Festival.

Outside of Moab, BLM’s Canyon Country District hosted the World Cup over a 200-foot canyon for men and women competitors from the following countries:

• USA
• Mexico
• Canada
• Poland
• France
• Australia
• New Zealand

Suspended slacklines of one-inch-wide webbing were anchored 500 feet above the ground, and the acrobatic tricks were watched by between 300 and 500 visitors from around the world.

“It was great working with Friends of the Fruit Bowl for this first-ever Slacklining World Cup,” Moab Field Office Recreation Manager Jennifer Jones told the BLM. “They made efforts to educate the participants and were careful to mitigate impacts to public lands while hosting a safe and successful event.”

In the women’s results, the gold was won by France’s Zoe Goultas, silver by USA’s Kara Ratcliff, who is from Colorado and has recently moved to Washington State to pursue her Ph.D., and bronze by USA’s Dayoung Cheong, from South Korea, living in Colorado.

The men’s results: the gold medal was won by USA’s Dave Hermes from Colorado, silver by USA’s Alex Fernandez, who spends time in Texas, and bronze by France’s Manu Dutoya.