Gap (skating)

In the "technical language" a skateboarding to be overcome intermediate space is as Gap (engl .: distance, gap), respectively. Snowboarders and inline skaters also use this expression.

Such a gap could be a staircase, a moat, a railing, a slope, but also a distance between two ramps, which has to be jumped over or jumped down.

However, it can also be a certain distance that should be overcome with a slide or grind (see Skateboard → 2 Skateboard Tricks). However, there are many other ways how a gap can look, because it always depends on the skater what he wants to use as a gap and only the limits of his own ability are set for him.

Gaps play a special role in so-called street skating (see Skateboard → 1 Disciplines), which has had the greatest importance in the “skate sport” since the early 1990s. So the gaps got bigger and wider over the years. Two skaters should definitely be named:

The street skater Jamie Thomas , who repeatedly broke boundaries in terms of height and width of the jumped gaps (e.g. jumped the infamous “ Leap of Faith ” gap in California; seen in the video “Thrill Of It All” by the skateboard manufacturer Zero) .

And the halfpipe skater Danny Way , who holds the current world record for the longest air (see Skateboard → Disciplines) with a distance of approx. 25 meters and the record for the highest air with approx. 8 meters. This impressive attempt to set a world record can be seen in the video published in 2003 by the skate shoe company DC.