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Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire (2002)

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This is an application of the land surfing glitch found only in Japanese versions of Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMk0Z8i0JY0

It involves surfing on the bridge south of Fortree Gym and then 'getting off' on the ground that surrounds the gym.

Be warned that you'll need a Pokémon with Teleport to escape, or you could get the Gym Badge and then use Fly.

I don't see the use of this glitch for speedrunning because using the Mach Bike might save more time, and it doesn't take much longer to get the Devon Scope, but I haven't compared any times so I don't know for sure.

Steps:
1) Go to this spot in Route 119 http://i2.minus.com/iTW35OkxZ0UBw.png
2) With an Acro Bike, do a sideways hop upwards and aim to hold A immediately when you land. The exact time is 15 frames counting Brendan's shadow as the first frame. This may take many tries. In this video I used frame advance to do it on my first try.
3) Surf and go north to Fortree City. Be careful not to get off by going off a cliff or the wrong bridge. Luckily, entering a battle 'won't' mess up the glitch and you can surf through tall grass.
4) Go on the bridge south of Fortree Gym then go off by pressing up where only one tree is directly north of you. You'll be able to access the gym.

Thanks to this page http://yakkun.com/rs/urawaza.htm and this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Z401zFtxNs (at 4:23) for helping me find this glitch.

Download link to my save file (use Load Game, Import Battery File for VBA): https://mega.co.nz/#!Io90GIzC!pwZ9c04aFCf5jikFtc-ofn2v0hxV3XsgSa74NQ6-_G0

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