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'''Chad's Gap''' is a 120 foot (around 36 meters) backcountry [[gap (landform)|gap]] located in the [[Wasatch Mountains]], near Alta Ski Area, in [[Utah]], United States. Chad's Gap is a part of [[extreme skiing]] lore and facts about its exact location and the circumstances of its discovery have been reported but have not been fully substantiated.<ref name=AdlerHodsonPowderMag>{{cite news |author=Jill Adler |author2=Rachael Hodson |
'''Chad's Gap''' is a 120 foot (around 36 meters) backcountry [[gap (landform)|gap]] located in the [[Wasatch Mountains]], near Alta Ski Area, in [[Utah]], United States. Chad's Gap is a part of [[extreme skiing]] lore and facts about its exact location and the circumstances of its discovery have been reported but have not been fully substantiated (this is not actually true, but part of an ongoing meme about the gap).<ref name=AdlerHodsonPowderMag>{{cite news |author=Jill Adler |author2=Rachael Hodson |
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|format=on-line only |work=Powdermag.com |publisher=Source Interlink Media |accessdate=2008-08-10 |
|format=on-line only |work=Powdermag.com |publisher=Source Interlink Media |accessdate=2008-08-10 |
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|quote=Every ski magazine has written something about Chad’s Gap.... }}</ref> One version of the structure's discovery has it that Chad Zurinskas, a local Utah resident after whom the gap was purportedly named, discovered it as a gap between two piles of [[mine tailings]] in 1999 and arranged with filmmaker [[Kris Ostness]] to make the first successful jump.<ref name=AdlerHodsonPowderMag/> The first successful jump was done by [[Candide Thovex]]. |
|quote=Every ski magazine has written something about Chad’s Gap.... }}</ref> One version of the structure's discovery has it that Chad Zurinskas, a local Utah resident after whom the gap was purportedly named, discovered it as a gap between two piles of [[mine tailings]] in 1999 and arranged with filmmaker [[Kris Ostness]] to make the first successful jump.<ref name=AdlerHodsonPowderMag/> The first known successful jump was done by [[Candide Thovex]]. The jump now even has a [https://www.facebook.com/chadsmap Facebook page], with a map, locating the jump just NE of Alta ski area. |
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Chad's Gap is a 120 foot (around 36 meters) backcountry gap located in the Wasatch Mountains, near Alta Ski Area, in Utah, United States. Chad's Gap is a part of extreme skiing lore and facts about its exact location and the circumstances of its discovery have been reported but have not been fully substantiated (this is not actually true, but part of an ongoing meme about the gap).[1] One version of the structure's discovery has it that Chad Zurinskas, a local Utah resident after whom the gap was purportedly named, discovered it as a gap between two piles of mine tailings in 1999 and arranged with filmmaker Kris Ostness to make the first successful jump.[1] The first known successful jump was done by Candide Thovex. The jump now even has a Facebook page, with a map, locating the jump just NE of Alta ski area.
References
- ^ a b Jill Adler; Rachael Hodson. "CHAD'S GAP: The gap no one can shut up about" (on-line only). Powdermag.com. Source Interlink Media. Retrieved 2008-08-10.
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