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How can I get across this big pipe? I keep falling off!
1 of 6: In order to jump the gap that's near the other end of the pipe, you need to boat along it at top speed without falling off to either side.
2 of 6: NOTE: If you do fall off, you can go back to the start and try again.
3 of 6: You need to line yourself up with the pipe and start moving from a ways back in order to be going fast enough when you reach it.
4 of 6: The way I did it was to move all the way back into the tunnel, then head straight forward.
5 of 6: If you do it fast enough, you'll need to do little if any steering while on the pipe -- just speed across the gap and land in a heap on the other side.
6 of 6: If that doesn't work, try a quick steering adjustment in the opposite direction to the one you keep falling off the pipe in. For instance, I kept falling off to the right just before I got to the pipe gap, so I eventually tried doing a quick steer to the left when I was nearing the pipe gap, and it worked (some of the time).
