Re: Biggest gap?

i think its like 7 foot something, ive only done 6'5 though from a
pallet to a pallet

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You didn't really say it had to be from an object to another object, and
you can gap with a rolling hop so: Jacinto had done an 8 foot gap, but I
think recently some guy in Germany (?) did an 8'1" gap.

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Robbie said:

*You didn't really say it had to be from an object to another object,
and you can gap with a rolling hop so: Jacinto had done an 8 foot gap,
but I think recently some guy in Germany (?) did an 8'1" gap. *

Actually, flat gap implies static, from what I understand.

My gap distance sucks-around 5'6"

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gerblefranklin said:

*Actually, flat gap implies static, from what I understand.

My gap distance sucks-around 5'6" *

Better than mine, I can only do about 4'5". If that.

Doesn't flat gap just mean the two objects are equal height? Because if
the second one is lower, than it would be easier to get to. I don't
-think- that means static. It may imply it, but it doesn't necessarily
mean it.

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I think a flat gap implies both. It definitely means no height
difference, but I also think it means static. This issue could easily be
resolved if the person who made this trhead would answer, though.

If the definition allowed for height difference, my gap distance would
increase drastically. I think that the farthest I've ever gapped was 84"
aka 7' (with an 18" height difference). I landed it multiple times (all
seat in). I worked my way up from 70". Also, by the time I was doing
over 78", it was insanely intimidating, and the only reason I did it was
cuz each time I said "it's only 1 more inch". On the last gap of that
size I noticed a ton of flex in my KH seat, and I looked at the bottom
and the bolts had almost completely ripped through the base.

Having done a 7' gap with height difference, unless the gap record is
rolling, I have a hard time believing someone did an 8' flat gap. Also,
at Moab, with height difference, and no landing rules, in a competition
between Kris Holm, Ryan Atkins, Carl Thompson, etc., the biggest gap was
a tie between Kris and Carl for 7'11" or something, with a vertical
difference. I think then that the record flat static gap should be
around 7' or so.

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people have done over 8 foot flat gaps with rolling hops

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gerblefranklin said:

I think a flat gap implies both. It definitely means no height
difference, but I also think it means static. This issue could easily be
resolved if the person who made this trhead would answer, though.

I don't think so. Aaron is the obvious person to clarify what exactly
he wants to know. But 'gap' is OUR term, not only Aaron's term.

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Quoted message said:

recently some guy in Germany (?) did an 8'1" gap.

Hi,

at "'Einrad-köste-neumünster" (a big unicycle event in Germany) I did a
8,1' gap (2.48 metres ) in the long jump competiton.
We used the IUF-rulebook for this competion (2 tries at each length, you
have to jump over 2 bars without touching one of them, difference
between the bars is the length).
Several people (for example Lars Lottrup from Denmark, Paul Mattheß from
Germany and David Weichenberger from Austria,) can proof that.

That was really phat. I did not know that I can jump that long before
this event.

cu,

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pretty good going! What kind of gap are the canadians/americans doing at
most?..kris? Dan?Jeff etc???
Thanks,
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gerblefranklin said:

*Actually, flat gap implies static, from what I understand.*

Yeah, I'd say that is what a flat gap is, but he said something else:

pluto said:

*biggest gap (flat - tyre to tyre)*

This pretty much implies just on flat ground, if 'flat gap' was meant
then you have to say it. It's like saying can you walk, with the wheel?
People would just walk along with their unicycle, put the words together
and it actually becomes a skill.

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lol, I didn't mean specifically rolling or static however I would like
to know static lol. I didn't mean on the ground either really, although
theoretically it would make no difference,

I was just thinking static tyre to tyre hop either 20ft off the ground
or just on concrete on the ground...eithers good

Everyone sorted now? 🙂
thanks,
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when I said tyre to tyre I meant no peddle/crank grabs
thanks,
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Moritz Hahn said:

* at "'Einrad-köste-neumünster" (a big unicycle event in Germany) I
did a 8,1' gap (2.48 metres ) in the long jump competiton. *

Wow, excellent! But I would argue that this was not a gap. The event
name is Long Jump, and it's done on flat ground. Not very scary if you
come up short.

To me, a gap means jumping over a lower piece of ground, with the
requirement of making it to the edge on the other side. This is harder,
as you can't necessarily afford to come up short.

But there is no official definition of what a gap is, in terms of
records and/or competitions. We have long jump and high jump, but we
don't (yet) have anything with gaps or grabs.

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