Wild Ideas Worth Living · Tuesday, July 14, 2026
In her early teens, Breannah Yeh competed in slacklining, sometimes winning small amounts of prize money. She notes that the competitions were judged on a less defined point system, emphasizing the 'coolness' or 'extremeness' of tricks.
“Do you make money at these contests when you're young?”
“When I was younger, I don't know. I believe I won my first competition, I got like second place.”
“But basically, to get back to your question, there was like small amounts of money. Not anything you can survive off of, which is why I was like, okay, even if I become the best female slackliner in the world, I couldn't do this forever.”