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Gap vs. Disaster

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JichelMusten
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Can someone help an uneducated skier about the difference between a gap and a disaster?
Mar 29 2015 4:58PM
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AndrewGravesSV
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A disaster is when you skip part of the rail to land on a later part. A gap is taking off from a different jump or jumping over something
Mar 29 2015 5:23PM
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snapped
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ShoelacesA disaster is when you skip part of the rail to land on a later part. A gap is taking off from a different jump or jumping over something



This.

For example;

Disaster: to do a disaster onto a down flat down rail you skip the first down flat, but you land and grind the last down part

Gap: you usually see people gapping rails by skipping the entire thing and just landing on the last 20cm of the rail so almost just tapping it
Mar 29 2015 5:43PM
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jackdonovan
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Disaster: Skipping over part of the rail, and landing and grinding a later part.
Example: On a Flat Down rail, one would come in with more speed, pop, and skip the flat and land on the down

Gap: Distance from the lip of the jump to a feature, landing, object, etc.
Example: A 10 foot gap from the lip of the jump to the rail or to the landing
Mar 29 2015 6:36PM
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fresh_prince
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ShoelacesA gap is taking off from a different jump or jumping over something


from a different jump is a tranny
Mar 29 2015 6:37PM
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Holzsteezy*
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fresh_princetran


sexual
Mar 29 2015 6:58PM
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snapped
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fresh_princefrom a different jump is a tranny


Holzsteezy*sexual



2k15 Fresh_P confirmed tranny
Mar 29 2015 7:00PM
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fresh_prince
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Holzsteezy*sexual


hur hur hur
Mar 29 2015 7:27PM
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Chuch
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Disaster is defined as https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZL7sp7muj44
Mar 30 2015 8:35AM
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auski
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Some people say 'gap to disaster' but I think in those contexts just 'disaster' would suffice. It implies you're gapping part of the rail
Mar 30 2015 8:45AM
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