What can I say this chap manages to skip a stone 51 times - that is impressive, the amount of TV air time and news paper inches has been huge.
To quote the Metro
Stone me! A man has manged to 'skim' a stone across water 51 times, shattering the old world record of 40.
Russell Byars' managed to get the pebble to travel 250 feet (76 meters).
Before declaring him a record holder, Guinness World Records experts analyzed film of Byars' toss, checking the concentric circles in the water by each skip.
"I actually threw 40 stones that day, but that was the first skip that I threw," Byars told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette newspaper, which confirmed the record with Guinness officials.
The old record was set in 2002.
See a video here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMwS0vkdDes
But the question is - is this someone with to much time on his hands or someone simply enjoying life and using his free time to do what he wants?
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