Canton, NY, Jun 01, 2011 — There's a whole subgenre of sport you see people doing at parks to while away a summer day. Hacky sack is a classic. Devil sticks is another. Hula hooping is back.

A newer one uses a rubbery climbing rope strung between two trees. It's called slicklining.

David Sommerstein saw some St. Lawrence University students doing it on campus recently. Here's today's Heard Up North.  Go to full article