Can I skip a checkpoint without destroying it by jumping over it on level ground? I tried with the first few checkpoints in the game and at some point during the arc I dipped too low and triggered the checkpoint.
Edit: as mentioned in an answer below, not all checkpoints are the same size.
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You certainly can, though I've not been able to do it without the help of the Gear relic (from about halfway through).
Certain stages actually provide alternate paths that may bypass checkpoints entirely (the checkpoint before the first Gryphon in King Knight's stage come to mind), meaning you have to backtrack a bit if you want to trigger the respawn.
May I ask why you're trying to not-trigger but not-destroy the checkpoints in the first place? Is it just for the added challenge?