I HAVE 25 Questions for wire walkers
I’m all ears :D
I’m unfortunately in rural Montana :c there’s no one to relate to and I have a ton of
Questions for wire walkers !!!!
(Slack wire, tight wire/ high wire preferred please add a note if you’re knowledge is from slack line-I’ve heard it doesn’t translate well :) 👍)
1- It’s it bad to be flexible/ how flexible are you scale 1-10
2- do you have a dominant foot?
3- are you better balancing on one foot or the other? If so which foot and does it correlate to your dominant hand, this question may be bias to ambidextrous people
4- how did you start?
5- who/ what/ where do you draw inspiration from
6- what’s your focus level before a performance? I’ve seen/read interviews where walkers say they have to be incredibly focused all the time (mostly high wire) and others that seem very relaxed and confident when not performing skills
7- what was your first wire set up like
8- shoes? Shoes. Do you like them, can you go without them? Do you prefer leather soles? Pros and cons? Tell me everything
9- are there other skills you do or just wire ?
10- what was your best moment? In relation to wire walking but no real criteria for answer
11- where/ for whom do you work? (Optional) (all questions are optional)
12- balance poles? (Like shoes) tell me everything!
13- (can you or how do you turn around on the wire? It feels impossible!
14- what’s your favorite skill
15- what’s the fastest skill you learned
16- can you do a pull up? If so how many
17- why do you wire walk?
18- how does your rig work?
19- What are the materials you need?
20- what can you go without?
21- do you all know how to juggle?
22- favorite terms for equipment/ skills?
I’m getting off track
23- what’s your dream gig
24- safety line/ or no
25- where do you look when you’re on the line?