Kurt Steiner set the world record for skipping stones by hurling a rock at the water and making it skip an astonishing 88 times. How is that even possible? WIRED’s Robbie Gonzalez got coaching from Steiner to find out how he does it — and looked into fluid dynamics and physics to see whether we’ve reached the limit for skipping stones.
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Why It’s Almost Impossible to Skip a Stone 89 Times | WIRED
I vaporized a lot of lakes doing this.
300 skips would require a really large body of water 😅
no it isnt
vro just make a machine that flings it and it could prolly get like 500 skips
look at that layback 3:41 he shouldve been a pitcher
I’ve never done 89 but I there was this one time I skipped 90
Where can I buy the box of Stones?
I pride myself in knowing I can skip any rock once. As long as it isn’t a sphere… lol 😂😂😂
Why am I getting this now ?! I needed this years ago
Wow!
I’m proud of My algorithm watching a 12 min video of why a rock skips on water at midnight
88??? Wow, it’s crazy!
Steiner is a perfect name for a rock skiper.
this mens name is “Steiner” ??? why noone mention the obvious joke that steiner is the german word for stoner….
Dislocated my knee skipping stones and never tried it since.
what about 67
stfu sybau
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I think if they artificially made rocks, we could get the 350 skips
I swear I was the next rock then the other rock made the word record 😭😭😭😭
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