chads gap

[tommy]

is it possible on skiboards?

http://newschoolers.com/PHP/Forum/ReadTopic.php4?post_id=10134953&catid=1

[McShane]

why not?

PS an interesting thread there!

[tommy]

cus its huge so would you be able to get the speed and be able to land on skiboards?

[McShane]

why not? :D

[bailey]

impossible

[McShane]

but why? :P

if you have a good enough push, the rest is a history-to-be :D

[tommy]

well someone try it and then email me from the hospital telling me about there broken bones.

[bailey]

its a 120 foot gap... pro skiers and snowboarders have trouble with it.. a skiboarder hitting it would be absolute suicide

[Bentfilms]

impossible, there isnt enough room for speed, i've seen skiers die because they get speed wobble just on the speed for the inrun, skiboards or a ski under 140 is impossible

b

[Rich]

someone fly me over to america and provide me with a snowmobile to tow me and i'll do it, no problem...

(just kidding by the way...but if you do want to fly me over to america feel free!)

[Noodler]

While you're all considering the possibility...

Enjoy this thread and consider the risks...

http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/showthread.php?t=26313

[guigui]

chad's gap is impossible for everyone one earth but Candide Thovex...

Impossible for skiboarders of course... you'll never get enough speed on skiboards with this kind of backountry of backcountry "powdery" slopes...

[McShane]

i still deem it's possible, technically!!! not that i personally could do it with no blink, but there is no objective reasons why it should not be possible. physics allow it! ;)

[tommy]

Originally posted by guigui
chad's gap is impossible for everyone one earth but Candide Thovex...

Impossible for skiboarders of course... you'll never get enough speed on skiboards with this kind of backountry of backcountry "powdery" slopes...

loads well quite a few people have done chads gap, tanner hall just broke both his ankles trying to switch 1080 it, not sure what the truth behind the trick is but i know he did break his ankles, his out for 10 weerks. ho on newschoolers and type in chads gap under videos, you get like some kid front flipping it and stuff.

[tupacalive35]

this picture is explosive on that website. I saw a lot of people start respecting the "bladers" from this pic... i hope this guy actually pulled it off because it really opens a new chance for skiboarders to take backcountry by storm. Some photos in ski and skiing magazine would be nice of us jumping some 100 ft cliffs.

[tommy]

like bailey and ben said..... its impossible, you need like 50mph speed to do that thing and its powdery, imagine doing that jump landing wrong with non release bindings.... ow.

[Greco]

here's what happens if you don't have enough speed.... doesn't look that dangerous. tanner must have been hitting it on a non powder day.

http://release.theplatform.com/content.qtl?pid=1LLI7tsL3yjQpapD0fleRaqvN61jjR9G&UserName=Unknown

[McShane]

it looks doable and encouraging! :D

[Branden]

that picture is from a video clip it was snapshotted from a certain point thats what that quality is that way.

also it is possible on skibaords. but the only person that could do that is jesus.

-Branden

[matthew]

my nick name in school was jesus cause my hair made me look like him i guess. so i guess im the man for the job

[SkaFreak]

Originally posted by Bentfilms
impossible, there isnt enough room for speed, i've seen skiers die because they get speed wobble just on the speed for the inrun, skiboards or a ski under 140 is impossible

b

If you claim that 140 ski's could do it, I bet a skiboarder could pull it off. To quote the canon website in reference to their M7's, "With the surface area of a pair 165cm skis..." Now even if that's not 100% true, they still probably have at least the surface area of 150 skis. The extra width on skiboards gives more surface area, so a skiboarder could in theory make it. Also, even if they couldn't, as long as they try on a powder day the landing shouldn't be TOO harsh as proven by the clip of the snowboarders posted by Greco. I think if someone nuts enough wanted to that they could pull it off....so who's up for it? hehe

[Greco]

i know matt hein would try it. oh wait he quit jumping. damn. that leaves ethan. that kid is so sick he could prolly do it on sled dogs.

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[matthew]

com,e on g you know me better then that when my arms healed ill be down i say we take a trip to chads next season i think i would try it on twin tips first tho

[tommy]

hahaha i just wanna see people try and get the speed up or it,canon M7 have the surface area of 160 skis :rolleyes:

[matthew]

ok i need some boards that are wide as fuck and the Spruce Pro Risers and i say we go hit Pyramid Gap thats 90 feet and a better inrun i think i would hit that for sure

[Bentfilms]

you'd punctured a lung and were stranded in oregon from jumping over 3 feet of rocks, and you want to jump the pyramid gap on skiboards?

i feel like im taking crazy pills!!!!

[allz]

u can get that speed, you need to land good, thats all!!!
and u will be live!!!

there is a lot of powder ..shiit..i saw those jumps in video...so, i think its possible!!

and, remember - u have no poles, less weight --haha..!

[tupacalive35]

I SAY DO IT! SOMEBODY GO FOR IT WITH A PAIR OF SKIBOARDS AND COMPLETELY KILL SOME CLIFFS. I rather see someone huck a cliff, or clear a gap than grind a 20 ft rail or something. Cliffs are sick as hell.

[tupacalive35]

I SAY DO IT! SOMEBODY GO FOR IT WITH A PAIR OF SKIBOARDS AND COMPLETELY KILL SOME CLIFFS. I rather see someone huck a cliff, or clear a gap than grind a 20 ft rail or something. Cliffs are sick as hell.

[xxjzattaxx]

wait firt we sould see id some one is border line suicidal therfore they have nothing to loose,,,,,, anyone that depressed?

[Jordahl]

fuck yeah ship me out there. lol jk but yeah thatd be relly sick to see

[matthew]

man i dont need to be suicidal im fliping CRAZY and on another note droping clifs is really where i want to go with my skiboarding

did someone say skiboard basejumping?

[tupacalive35]

that would be awesome. What i've been jumping is about 10ft. maybe more, but my goal in life is to drop a 20 fter. that would be sick.

[McShane]

Originally posted by xxjzattaxx
wait firt we sould see id some one is border line suicidal therfore they have nothing to loose,,,,,, anyone that depressed?

i'd do it for fun if i had more courage :D

[McShane]

Originally posted by matthew
did someone say skiboard basejumping?

i think so ;)

i've done bungee-jumping from 150ft with dipping into the water, 40ft rope-jumping and some 35ft high-diving. (no parachuting yet) i think i could do the gap if i saw someone do it before me! safely...

[SkaFreak]

I say we get some psychos who want to try it out there on big boards on a nice powder day and see what happens.

[tommy]

i dont think any of you could do chads gap, i dont think its physically possible on skiboards, but please go try and prove me wrong,

[Jordahl]

yeah get someone to do it on 110 cm fat boards and just fucking go for it. thatd be so crazy to see ina video

[matthew]

i would hit Pyramid Gap for sure get a pair of boards with like 140 mm u7nder foot and ike 110 cm long i think it could be done. i would really like to start base jumping and skiboard basejumping i just need to save some money for equip and some kind of schooling on the sport i think thatll be my 5 year goal

[Jeff Miles]

im more into Road Gaps....more fun i think..kind of like cliff jump'n u may say....but u can jump over move'n traffic...i did that all the time a few seasons ago..but this season ..didnt have a chance to do it again due to lack of natural snow on the surface

[Jordahl]

yeah i was hitting cliffs a few days ago. not gigantic ones but yeah it was icey or i woulda hit the double.

[Jonny W]

non of you can do chads gap. you are all smoking rocks. i'm not trying to be a kill joy here, but no, non of you would even step to it if you were standing at the in run... travis rice and i think roman demarchi killed the shit out of that thing, i think one of them went 185 feet the first try. but you all have to realize that the people that have done this gap ride like 200 days a year. by all means go huck yourself at that thing video tape it for me and your family so they know how you lost your life.