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As the kick off to the 2013 World Slackline Federation (WSFed) Slackline World Cup Finals taking place inside the Michael Jackson ONE Theatre, Andy Lewis, the daredevil Gibbon athlete and slackliner made famous for his Super Bowl XLVI halftime show performance with Madonna, set a new world record for the longest urban highline walked. Lewis walked a 480-ft. high, 360-ft.-long slackline rigged from two of Mandalay Bay's resort towers.
Simultaneously, three of the world's top professional slackliners, Hayden Nickell, Jon Fait and Mickey Wilson, performed tricks on individual slacklines rigged at the same breathtaking height.
"We're no strangers to executing gravity-defying stunts," said Emilio Torres, vice president of sales at Gibbon Slacklines. "However, this Megastunt brings slacklining to a new level and showcases what the incredible Gibbon athletes can pull off."
Presented exclusively at Mandalay Bay, the 2013 WSFed Slackline World Cup Finals puts the best slackliners against each other as they compete for the title of overall World Cup Champion. Judges include Hayden Nickell, a slackliner who was featured on the 2012 MDNA Madonna World Tour, Jon Fait a top Gibbon slackline athlete and Damian Cooksey, owner of Bridges Rock Gym, the premier slackline facility in the United States.