Skipping stones world record distance
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threebikesmcginty
Corn Fed Hick...
- Location
- ...on the slake
Length is irrelevant as far as I concerned (ooer missus) - it's always been number of skips.
slowmotion
Quite dreadful
- Location
- lost somewhere
I've been working on the problem for fifty years on the same creek in Cornwall. It is not just a kid's pastime.
1) Stone selection is vital. A bit of slate is good, but it needs to have some weight in order to give it "legs". Heavier stuff works better for me.
2) Back-spin and low delivery are vital
3) Mirror smooth water is essential
4) A couple of stiff G&Ts before addressing yourself to the task, as the darkness falls, tends to work. This is a mad sport where you are entirely unlikely to be hauled in for a drugs test. Your family may, however, call you in for supper.
Magic!
Good luck.
1) Stone selection is vital. A bit of slate is good, but it needs to have some weight in order to give it "legs". Heavier stuff works better for me.
2) Back-spin and low delivery are vital
3) Mirror smooth water is essential
4) A couple of stiff G&Ts before addressing yourself to the task, as the darkness falls, tends to work. This is a mad sport where you are entirely unlikely to be hauled in for a drugs test. Your family may, however, call you in for supper.
Magic!
Good luck.
Dayvo
just passin' through
- Location
- 59° 50′ 5.55″ N, 10° 47′ 41.89″ E
My best ever (also on a Scottish loch many years ago) was 26 skims (you have to be a really quick counter) before it merged into a slide and then sunk.
I agree that the number of skims is more important than the distance covered.
I agree that the number of skims is more important than the distance covered.
twentysix by twentyfive
Clinging on tightly
- Location
- Over the Hill
Day-Barnes Wallace-vo 
I too have spent many an hour practicing. So much so that my shoulder has a sort of RSI now and I can't throw more than a few before the aches cut in.
When chucking stones at targets in the water (sticks and planks etc) I now have to do under arm throws.
So play nicely folks and play safely
I too have spent many an hour practicing. So much so that my shoulder has a sort of RSI now and I can't throw more than a few before the aches cut in.
When chucking stones at targets in the water (sticks and planks etc) I now have to do under arm throws.
So play nicely folks and play safely
Night Train
Maker of Things
- Location
- Greater Manchester
My only claim to fame in this respect is managing to skim a brick I found on the beach. It only managed one skip with a decent bit of air before it sank like, er, a brick.
slowmotion
Quite dreadful
- Location
- lost somewhere
The very best attraction of this activity is that it is completely and utterly pointless. There are so few "sports" that come close.....
OK, golf maybe....
OK, golf maybe....
Dayvo
just passin' through
- Location
- 59° 50′ 5.55″ N, 10° 47′ 41.89″ E
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You need a good strong leg drive as well. Apparently.
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It's all in the wrist action!
You need a good strong leg drive as well. Apparently.
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It's all in the wrist action!
It's all in the wrist action!
I would not disagree, but I do believe a good lunge/wrist flick combo move is best to get the velocity and the launch angle in perfect harmony!
With biceps as big as mine I can skim stones to the isle of wight whilst standing at the bottom on spinniker tower. Not that I want to boast or anything as boasting may make me seem to come accross as too arrogant....and frankly, I'm too good to be arrogant
