About Us

GIBBON was founded in Germany in 2007, when Robert pioneered the first simplified SlackLine kit and turned slacklining from a climber's secret into a sport anyone could set up between two trees.

The SlackBoard came later, and it came from a clinic. Caroline, a physiotherapist and the founder of SlackLine Therapy, saw what traditional balance tools were missing and brought the slackline into her practice. Robert's product development turned that idea into the balance trainer we make today.

Since then GIBBON lines have appeared at the Super Bowl, passed one million units delivered worldwide, won ISPO Product of the Year, and been named by TIME magazine as one of the best inventions of 2024.

Today the team spans three time zones: engineering roots in Germany, a trickline community in Japan, and GIBBON North America headquartered in Solana Beach, California — about a mile from the Pacific.