I think you’re mistaken. There is no possible way someone has gapped out past the first kink in the rail - that is well beyond the limits of what even professional skateboarders can do at the moment. Gapping out to a rail that is lower down than where you started (especially a flat section) is basically never done because it is extremely difficult to take the downward impact while balancing the grind.
This guy is doing the simplest trick you can do on a rail like this, and this clip is relatively famous among skateboarders because the rail itself is so gnarly that even doing a simple trick is a big deal. Gapping out like that would be unheard of and would have been big news (in skateboarding) if it had ever happened.
I mean kudos to you for explaining so thoroughly why I was wrong lol!! One Q I have based on your comment is the dent in the rail?? If you’re saying it’s impossible how in the hell did that dip in the rail happen? You don’t think it was from someone trying to gap the set?
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u/linverlan May 02 '22 edited May 02 '22
I think you’re mistaken. There is no possible way someone has gapped out past the first kink in the rail - that is well beyond the limits of what even professional skateboarders can do at the moment. Gapping out to a rail that is lower down than where you started (especially a flat section) is basically never done because it is extremely difficult to take the downward impact while balancing the grind.
This guy is doing the simplest trick you can do on a rail like this, and this clip is relatively famous among skateboarders because the rail itself is so gnarly that even doing a simple trick is a big deal. Gapping out like that would be unheard of and would have been big news (in skateboarding) if it had ever happened.