• Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

Kelly Lenihan Books

#kellylenihanbooks

  • Home
    • Book Reviews
    • Acknowledgments
  • About
    • Work With Me
  • Author Services
    • Editorial Services
    • Book Services Quotation Request Form
  • My Books
    • An Unusual Friendship
    • Comfy Cozy: A Bedtime Story
    • Goober & Muffin
    • The Skipping Stone
  • For Kids
    • Q&A with Kelly
    • Write to Kelly
    • For Kids: The Skipping Stone
    • For Kids: Goober and Muffin
    • For Kid’s: Comfy, Cozy
  • Blog
  • Contact

How Many Stones Can You Skip?

April 21, 2016 by Kelly Lenihan

When The Skipping Stone was published, I included some fun facts in the back of the book, including the record for the most skips, which at that time of publication was 51 consecutive skips, achieved by Russell “Rock Bottom” Byers in 2007. The Guinness Book of World Records now tells us that the most consecutive skips of a stone on water is 88, achieved by Kurt “Mountain Man” Steiner, achieved at Red Bridge, near Kane, Pennsylvania, USA on September 6, 2013. Mind-boggling, isn’t it?

Kurt, a previous record holder from 2002-2007, has been practicing for the past few years to improve his skills. He has collected more than 10,000 “quality rocks” and has sorted each according to its type, to prepare for the best possible throw. He looks for 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.”

The Skipping Stone
The Skipping Stone Hardcover Edition $20

I’ve been collecting skipping stones since my picture book was published and I give them to anyone who purchases my book. If you’d like to try your hand at skipping stones, I’ve created a special offer: purchase one autographed copy of The Skipping Stone and receive five carefully selected stones for skipping, perfect for a day of family fun!

The Skipping Stone

I hope you’ll send me pictures of you and/or your child skipping stones. I’ll post them here.

Happy skipping!
Kelly

Reader Interactions

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Primary Sidebar

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • RSS
  • Twitter

Let’s Connect

* indicates required

Books by Kelly Lenihan

Footer

Children's Book Insider

Copyright © 2012–2023 Kelly Lenihan · All Rights Reserved Worldwide