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World's record for the highest number of stone skips across water

By: Mike Miamoto

Previously, the record for the highest number of skip was 40, set by Kurt Steiner at the Pennsylvania Qualifying Stone Skipping Tournament on September 14, 2002 (Guinness Book of World Records).  In 2007, however, Guinness confirmed that Russell “Rock Bottom” Byars broke the record with 51 skips.

Source: http://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/mysteries/stoneskip.html



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