Cumbrae pupils showed that they had a head for heights during a slackline event at the school.

Slacklining is the act of walking or balancing along a suspended material that is tensioned between two anchors, and similar to slack rope walking and tightrope walking.

Slacklines differ from tightwires and tightropes in the type of material used and the amount of tension applied during use in order to create a dynamic line which will stretch and bounce like a long and narrow trampoline.

Performer Rich Pearson who owns a slackline school in Somerset visited Millport to give a presentation to schoolchildren on slacklines, and how it was good for the core of the body.

Principal teacher Lynn Cathcart explained: “Rich was visiting the school to do a presentation on health and well being, and he taught the children how to use the slacklines we use in the gym hall and between the trees outside.

“The kids absolutely loved it and he was at the school for the whole day teaching not just the children but the staff too, and there is even talk of an after school class.”

Slacklining is an extreme sport often done at great height above ground or water, similar to tightrope walking but using a looser line making for a much wobblier, bouncier experience.

To the surprise of onlookers, Rich practised for the event with a slackline walk between Millport seafront and the pier, While Rich is an expert, youngsters should not try to copy his act over water or high above the ground.