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Professional stone skipper makes it all the way across lake
upi ^ | Sept. 24, 2015 | Ben Hooper

Posted on 09/26/2015 8:43:45 AM PDT by JoeProBono

BENNINGTON, Vt., - A professional stone skipper shared video of a throw at a Vermont lake that skipped more than a dozen times and appears to reach the opposite shore.

Kurt Steiner, who holds the world record for stone skipping for a 2013 throw that bounced off the water 88 times, posted a video to YouTube showing a recent throw at Lake Paran in Bennington, Vt.

The stone skips more than a dozen times and appears to hit the shore on the opposite side of the lake.

Steiner told Guinness World Records his technique involves finding stones "that weigh between 3-8 ounces... that are very smooth (they don't have to be perfectly round), flat bottoms and are between 1/4-5/16th of an inch thick."


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To: knarf

Next the Atlantic Ocean.


41 posted on 09/26/2015 9:53:47 AM PDT by onedoug
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To: uglybiker


42 posted on 09/26/2015 9:54:42 AM PDT by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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To: Currentriverrat
Do male professional stone skippers make more than female professional stone skippers?

I am pained to say that the relentless war upon women, led by that contemptible Donald Trump, has even permeated the world of professional stone skippers.

Yes, it is true. Male professional stone skippers do have more earnings than women professional stone skippers.

I am happy to report some light at the end of the tunnel. It seems that male professional stone skippers who have transitioned to women have thus far seen little or no decrease in earnings. Although it is more difficult for them to get a date after tournaments in their new "feminized" states.

43 posted on 09/26/2015 10:24:47 AM PDT by SamAdams76 (A businessman gets things done with own money. A politician takes money and gets nothing done.)
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To: JoeProBono

Bookmark


44 posted on 09/26/2015 10:28:38 AM PDT by aquila48
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To: spel_grammer_an_punct_polise

LOL I’ve been on some of those big ponds in Texas.


45 posted on 09/26/2015 10:34:15 AM PDT by laplata ( Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: The Cajun


46 posted on 09/26/2015 10:36:32 AM PDT by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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To: doug from upland

That’s neat information and cleverly put together. Thanks.


47 posted on 09/26/2015 10:36:34 AM PDT by laplata ( Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: JoeProBono

He was voted “best at skipping classes” at Flat Rock Community High School.


48 posted on 09/26/2015 10:46:28 AM PDT by USMCPOP (Father of LCpl. Karl Linn, KIA 1/26/2005 Al Haqlaniyah, Iraq)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda
...if we didn’t have models to show us how to wear our clothes people would be walking around wearing their pants on their head, their shirts on their legs and shoes on their hands.

But, thanks to entertainment-promoted models of behavior, we do have people wearing pants halfway between their waists and their knees.

49 posted on 09/26/2015 10:46:41 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: laplata

Probably because its kind of like:

https://youtu.be/iQrLPtr_ikE?t=23

Instead of a knife, a lake. . .


50 posted on 09/26/2015 10:52:57 AM PDT by Hulka
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To: All

Even more amazing, he now leads all other Democrats in the New Hampshire primary.


51 posted on 09/26/2015 10:56:11 AM PDT by Peter ODonnell (I'm supporting a Bush-Fiorina ticket -- in Bolivia !!)
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To: Hulka

LOL

That’s right, Mate.


52 posted on 09/26/2015 11:02:40 AM PDT by laplata ( Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: uglybiker

LOL!


53 posted on 09/26/2015 11:15:52 AM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (B. Hussein Obama: 20 acts of Treason and counting.)
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To: deoetdoctrinae

Fat boy needs a Signal Buoy!


54 posted on 09/26/2015 11:22:00 AM PDT by Big Red Badger (UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
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To: Balding_Eagle

I gotta footbath bigger’nat.


55 posted on 09/26/2015 11:25:42 AM PDT by Fightin Whitey
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To: Arm_Bears

#16
Where does one go to school to become a Professional Stone Skipper? The Granite State School

What are the criteria for being designated/certified a Professional Stone Skipper? Strong arms

What is the career path for a Professional Stone Skipper?
sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous


56 posted on 09/26/2015 12:36:01 PM PDT by minnesota_bound
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To: jjsheridan5
A professional stone skipper ...
Is that really a thing?

0bama employment recovery!

57 posted on 09/26/2015 12:50:10 PM PDT by Rodamala
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To: 2banana

BLM and the rest will demand equal access to the coaching staff


58 posted on 09/26/2015 1:14:17 PM PDT by wgmalabama
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To: spel_grammer_an_punct_polise

“Why isn’t it a lake?”

Where I am from that would be called maybe a ‘pond’ or maybe even a mud hole but never a lake. ;-)


If we put some of our smaller Colorado mountains in any of your largest lakes, you all would have a flood on your hands. LOL


59 posted on 09/26/2015 3:03:36 PM PDT by laplata ( Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: laplata

I didn’t put it together. I just found it.


60 posted on 09/26/2015 3:34:19 PM PDT by doug from upland ( never trust DemocRATS with national security)
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