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Review August 2022. Independent Samoa. Literally the end of the world.
Leaps by Bayer Chapter III production in the middle of the South Pacific. Directed by Stefan José | Production: ICONOCLAST Germany | Agency: TLGG Berlin | EP: Jan Dressler | Consultant, sports producer & b-camera operator: Johannes Olszewski
Our collaboration with Atlas Lens Co. gave our movie about the “Walk of Courage” event an unique anamorphic look. See yourself here on Atlas’ Youtube.
We made it possible for a German celebrity to compete in the German TV show "World Games” - on a slackline between two hot air balloons. Thanks to our sophisticated safety concept for installation & protection, Nilam was able to move safely up there even without any previous highlining experience.
Refreshing news about our latest production:
Alexander Schulz teamed up with McCafé x RMHC as the brand ambassador for their 2023 campaign “More Than Just A Cup“. Click to see the impressive clips & BTS pictures thereof here.
The video about the Highline on the Isle of Skye has just been finished - as always accompanied by appropriate epic music.
Watch it on the project page, where you also find our up close blog about our 3-week sailing adventure to the Hebrides.
The films we made for India’s celebration of its’ 75th Independence day are online. Watch them here:
Together with the German Embassy in New Delhi, One Inch Dreams organised a day-long event featuring Indian and German slackliners at the Red Fort in New Delhi on February 26th 2022. The unique collaborative performance is part of ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’, the Indian government’s celebrations on the 75th anniversary of India’s Independence. This open-to-all event at the Lahori Gate promotes Indo-German friendship and brings together many people to enjoy adventure-sports, arts and music.
After several months of preparation, Alex broke the blindfolded slackline record by walking a 1712m long highline over Cañón del Sumidero in Chiapas, Mexico. That’s nearly 500m more than the old record and more than double as long as the longest line Alex has walked with open eyes until then. More info here!
Our athlete Alex Schulz has just walked a slackline between the isle of Skye and the highest of the sea stacks “Macleods Maidens”. Climbing and rigging the highline on this stunning island was surely a very special experience, but still only half the adventure, as we spent the last three weeks on a sailboat to get here all the way up from south England riding through still waters as well as storms! Get all the details here on the project page!
We have produced two spots for our project partners DJI and Casio. For your delight, they are color graded by Black Magic specialist Blake Jones and got their score from our partner Universal Production Music. Enjoy!
These clips also serve as a teaser for the long film about LavaLine which we currently post produce.
How does it feel to be thrown off the slackline by shockwaves from super loud explosions, while 900° Celsius hot, orange-glowing lava bombs are flying and landing next to you?
Wondering how we set up a highline next to an active vulcanoe? It turned out to be an adventure of its’ own! Read here about the biggest challenges we faced.
Tanna is one of the last untouched paradises in this globalized world. Read about Alex’s experiences with the locals, the special cuisine and living with total dependency on the bush.
At the very latest when the WHO declared a pandemic status on 11.03.2020, it was clear that COVID-19 could cause us difficulties. However, all our flights had already been firmly booked at that time. Without a chance for a refund we had to at least try to get into Vanuatu with the hope that we would make it back sometime, whenever that might be.
Read how our project was shaped by the Corona crisis and how close we were from not making it at all.
To slackline over lava admittedly doesn't sound like the most normal thing to do, but for us it was the most exciting & extraordinary adventure of our lives and the fulfillment of a huge dream. Where did this idea come from? To find out you have to take a look at Alex past.
After our short film “BuildingBridges” and the documentation “The Making-Of BuildingBridges” had its premiere in Munich yesterday, you can now watch the two movies here. Turn up your speakers and enjoy!
For Johannes music means everything. According to him, finding the perfect music score for a film is one of the most demanding and rewarding things at the same time, regarding the powerful effect a soundtrack may have on the pictures. Together with Justin la Vallee and the Budapest Art Orchestra he finally realized the score of the narrative “Building Bridges”.
Johannes - our director - visited the great South by Southwest in Austin beginning of march.
If you want to know how he was able to fix two major production problems there and he experienced the texan culture read his blog.
Niklas Winter spoke about “finding balance in extreme sports” at the TEDx-event in Kufstein.
Read why temperence is crucial for surviving for him and anyone else doing high risk sports here on the project page.
Our team member Friedi Kühne just walked the worlds highest urban highline in Russia. While crossing the 214m long highline he was balancing 350 meters above Moscow.
Every new beginning starts with change. Currently there is a lot going on and much has been changing in the slackline world. Established Slackline companies are dying like flies, new records are broken almost every week, and of course we at One Inch Dreams have not been untouched by times of change either. You are wondering how the One Inch Dreamers continue?
August 17th and 18th the Federal Foreign Office of Germany in Berlin has open doors, an event the institution hosts annually. We are invited to perform a stunt between their very own buildings - a highline fixed at the flagpole of the German flag above the Foreign Minister Heiko Maas’ rooftop terrace. We will also screen our films “BuildingBridges” publicly for the first time – a special sneak preview for the attendants of the Open Day.
Do you want to know why we have been offline for such a long time? There are two answers to this question.
After months of preperation and countless problems we just managed to realize this symbolic project in Monument Valley, USA. It could only work out because so many individuals from US and Germany worked “Wunderbar together” towards a common goal - as the official claim of the “German Year in the USA” 2018/19 goes. More visuals & full story on the project site!
The new trailer to the film "In Between Boundaries" about our epic slackline adventure at the Maunsell sea forts is online. Watch it here on the project page, where you can also find the pictures and the report.
We had to put our whole hearts in realizing the longest (217 m) and at the same time highest (247 m) urban highline. Getting a permit and rigging the line was almost as demanding as the walk itself, which tested Alex limits and for which he needed all his experiences.
The two tiny but highly efficient & strong pulley systems got an overhaul & are back in stock by today.
Find out about the new features in our slackline shop.
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After countless days of planning we could finally realize a very special project on July 17th 2014:
A highline between two cable cars at Zugspitze 2800 m above sea level. Walking between swinging objects 150 m over the glacier was a unique experience for Alexander Schulz and Niklas Winter.
From now on we are selling ultra light and highly efficient slackline pulley systems and other hardware for the dedicated slackliner.
To get an overview, visit our online shop:
https://shop.oneinchdreams.com/en
Set against the stunning backdrop of the mount Hochkönig the 2nd Raiffeisen Club Slackline Festival will happen from August 16th - 18th in the LIVINGROOM Hochkönig.
As the grand finale of the "night of the sport" in Ingolstadt on 3rd May Alex and Mirko gave a highline show. Get an impression of it by watching the pictures.
Alex was stuntman for the fake check of the Volvo ballerina stunt, in which Faith Dickey balanced over a rope rigged between 2 moving trucks. The goal was finding out if Volvos advertisement could be real.
The longest polyester slackline of the world. A Bavarian field full of sheep, good friends and beautiful weather were the ingredients for this undertaking.
Beginning of october 2012 we rigged a highline for the ski professional Felix Neureuther at the highest point of germany (summit of "Zugspitze").
This was also for us an unforgettable experience...
From september 7th to 9th 2012 we will organize the 1. Slackline Festival at mount Hochkönig during which Alex will try to break the Polyester highline world record!
On friday 13th we set up am illegal, 40 meters long midline at the monument "Friedensengel" in Munich. Surprisingly we were not caught by the police!
Read the whoe story here on the project page.
Alex once again broke the highline world record together with Jerry Miszewski!
The 390 feet (119 meters) long highline was rigged in Consumnes River Gorge, California.
What happens when highliners have to much time?
The result: A new, creative, never been there before possibilty to fix a highline!
The plane took off on 14th November, 2011.
Alex, together with Lukas Irmler and Christian Krr, is going to rig highlines at many beautiful spots in the country of origin of slacklining, trying to break his current highline record of 115 meters.
We executed two new stunt service productions: a Slackline stunt show at the Landschaftspark Duisburg & a climbing challenge at the Excalibur Tower in Groningen, Netherlands. Influencers Joey’s Jungle and Julia Beautx competed against each other in the new contest format "Julia vs Joey". Our innovative safety concept enabled two complete Slackline beginners to walk a 100-meter-long highline. Learn more about this & watch the video clips by clicking on the titel or the picture.