>>2676073you probably used the actual proper method of skipping rocks. if you skip rocks correctly you can make almost any flat rock skip a dozen or more times and at the end glide across the surface of calm water to the point where it's not even skipping anymore. I figured this shit out myself after dozens of hours skipping pieces of shale on a creekbed and only years later found out I'd been doing it the way world champion rock skippers were. baffles me that so many people try to throw it like a frisbee. you dont wanna throw it like that, the optimized throw is basically a baseball pitch.
hold the stone horizontal in your hand, thumb on the top surface, the bottom supported by the edge of your middle finger, and your index finger wrapped around the edge. crouch into the throw, so it comes out flat and low. pitch that sucker like a baseball while trying to keep it flat, and as you release it, flick your wrist and index finger hard forward, your finger will grip the edge of the stone and spin it outwards.
all of you saying you can only get a few skips, try this instead. of course the flatness of the rock also REALLY matters. you're never going to skip a chuck of gravel very far. has to be a pancake like stone.
