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Andy Lewis (born October 7, 1986 in Santa Rosa, California), who goes by the stage name Sketchy Andy (Lewis), is a professional stunt coordinator and internationally recognized Slackliner. "Sketchy" has successfully completed a long list of accomplishments as a highliner and trickliner, but also is an aspiring BASE jumper and rock climber. He is most highly noted for his slackline creativity and style along with being credited for his many innovations in the world of tricklining. Originally from Marin, California, he graduated valedictorian of his class of 2008 from Humboldt State University. He learned to slackline in 2004, and since 2008 has been winning or placing on the podium at the biggest slackline competitions in the world, helping to establish modern day competitive tricklining. His tricklining accomplishments include OverALL World Championship titles of 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, and a world cup win in 2012. He also holds multiple world records within the sport including, a slackline surfing record with Guinness, the Longest Highline (2010 100+m)), highest highline walked (2014) as well as the more prestigious record of Longest Highline walked without a form of safety protection (2011); otherwise referred to in the sport as "Free Solo." Lewis created a title for the mindset referred to as FreeSoLoco; writing about it in his music online @ Soundcloud.com/Slacklife. He also is a key figure in a strange fringe activity called "netting," developing what he deemed a "space net" that is gaining international acclaim. ==Slackline accomplishments and exploits== Lewis played a major role in developing the sport of competitive tricklining, becoming the first ever slackline world champion in 2008 in Fort William, Scotland. He repeated the feat in 2009, and won the Gibbon World Cup Series the following two years. (The First Annual Gibbon World Cup Series was the most successful slackline contest in the history of slackline to date; 16 of the best slackline competitors came from all over the world.) Andy is also known for his many "first across" (F/A's) on highlines, and having set several distance records on highlines. He was the first to successfully rig and walk a 55m+ highline (2008, California – “Ruin’s Highline”), the first to walk a 60m+ highline (2009, France – “King Line”), and rigged and walked the world’s first 100m+ highline ever (2010, Moab – “Afrodisiac”). Andy is also renowned for his "free solo" exploits, having walked more than 100 different highlines without a safety leash. He holds the current record for longest free solo highline, with a 55m crossing at 60m high. Andy was included in Peter Mortimer's Reel Rock 2011 film, featured on MTV, and on other international TV networks. He is credited with taking slacklining from an obscure hobby of a small portion of rock-climbers to the world media forefront on Sunday, February 5, 2012 when he performed on a trickline while Madonna sang behind him during the halftime show of the NFL Super Bowl. Saturday Night Live and Conan O'Brien's Late Night TV show parodied Andy's halftime performance in the week following the Super Bowl. Andy is also a sponsored athlete by Five-Ten footwear and Gibbon Slacklines, and owns his own small business creating slackline specific pulleys named "Slackline Brothers."〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Andy Lewis )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Andy Lewis )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Andy Lewis (performer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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