Our stop in New York City was nothing short of amazing. Unfortunately, we were not able to document a large portion of it due to the fact that I lost our Flip camera on Long Island; which is really unfortunate because we spent a couple nights with some friends in Brooklyn in their (industrial) loft-style apartment. One of their roommates teaches aerial silks and had silks and a swing hanging from the ceilings. She also had an arsenal of hula hoops. Needless to say we were in heaven.

We did get some footage of our trip to Washington Square, where Katie’s dad sent us to check out the old guys who often play chess there. I have to admit that I was a little skeptical, and somewhat curious, as to why Mickey wanted us to visit this place. Maybe it was luck, maybe it was God, either way we found exactly what we were looking for that day in Washington Square.

In the middle of the park, between two large trees, was our soon-to-be friend: Maxwell. I spotted his slackline right away and before I could say anything Katie was already making her way to where he was. It was awesome because we really wanted to bring ours on the trip and didn’t, but Maxwell was pleased to let us play with him. Below is a video of Katie and Maxwell on it at the same time. There are two more videos: Katie juggling on the slackline and me practicing a spin move.