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By *eeside OP Man
over a year ago

margate sumwear by the sea

.......Stones.

I've just been for a walk on the beach in the sun and skipping stones as i went along.

Most ive dun is 4 skips with 1 stone.

But seeing how a lot of kids and adults seemed to be watching with the look of ....

how on earth do you do that !

has made me think that it mat be a diying thing.

And its quit funny wen people watch me skip a stone then try them selves with the 1st stone thay see and it just goes SPLASH lol

So how meney hear no how to skip stones ?

And wot wos the most skips you got from 1 stone ?

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By *s_macWoman
over a year ago

Traffic land

Do you know _eeside, I don’t think I’ve ever managed it

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By *eeside OP Man
over a year ago

margate sumwear by the sea

"Do you know _eeside, I don’t think I’ve ever managed it

It's all down to stone sarlekshoun.

You got to pik the rite shape stone to start with

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By *eplicant JoWoman
over a year ago

Sussex countryside

My kids love skipping stones. We spend ages combing the beach for the right stones! They can normally do 4 or 5 skips

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By *eeside OP Man
over a year ago

margate sumwear by the sea

"My kids love skipping stones. We spend ages combing the beach for the right stones! They can normally do 4 or 5 skips

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Not skipped stones for years, used to love doing thus as a kid.

*note to self, go find a body of water and some prefect stones for skipping.

Poppy

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By *uckOfTheBayMan
over a year ago

Mold

It's all in the wrist action

With the right stone and still waters it's easy to hit twenty

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By *eeside OP Man
over a year ago

margate sumwear by the sea

"Not skipped stones for years, used to love doing thus as a kid.

*note to self, go find a body of water and some prefect stones for skipping.

Poppy"

Skipping on the see is harder to do than on a flat river

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By *eeside OP Man
over a year ago

margate sumwear by the sea

"It's all in the wrist action

With the right stone and still waters it's easy to hit twenty

20 skips

Cool

Not so easy on the see with waves thow

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By *lem-H-FandangoMan
over a year ago

salisbury

I have managed to get them to push along the water like a speed boat before. Still carry the shoulder injury....

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My kids love doing it. We like to see who can skim the most, who can skim the highest over the crest of a wave and who can skim the furthest distance. I imagine less people do it than used to because of modern life but I don’t think it’s dying!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Not skipped stones for years, used to love doing thus as a kid.

*note to self, go find a body of water and some prefect stones for skipping.

Poppy

Skipping on the see is harder to do than on a flat river

Oh definitely, another good reason to up sticks and move to the coast. More time to practice my sea, stone skipping

Poppy

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By *lem-H-FandangoMan
over a year ago

salisbury

Looe bar Cornwall has been my most successful location.

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By *eeside OP Man
over a year ago

margate sumwear by the sea

"I have managed to get them to push along the water like a speed boat before. Still carry the shoulder injury...."

I've never dun the speed boat skip.

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By *eeside OP Man
over a year ago

margate sumwear by the sea

"My kids love doing it. We like to see who can skim the most, who can skim the highest over the crest of a wave and who can skim the furthest distance. I imagine less people do it than used to because of modern life but I don’t think it’s dying!"

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I used to love skipping stones when I was a kid and I have shown all my kids how to skip too they love doing it and when I’m out walking the dog around the lake near me they all run for the shore and go hunting for the best stones the most any of us can do is about 4-5 too

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By *lem-H-FandangoMan
over a year ago

salisbury

"I have managed to get them to push along the water like a speed boat before. Still carry the shoulder injury....

I've never dun the speed boat skip.

You need to go long and low and fast. Low tide can be a good time.

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By *eeside OP Man
over a year ago

margate sumwear by the sea

"Not skipped stones for years, used to love doing thus as a kid.

*note to self, go find a body of water and some prefect stones for skipping.

Poppy

Skipping on the see is harder to do than on a flat river

Oh definitely, another good reason to up sticks and move to the coast. More time to practice my sea, stone skipping

Poppy"

Come to Margate.

Lots of see

Lots of sun

And lots of stones in the sand at the waters edge

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By *eeside OP Man
over a year ago

margate sumwear by the sea

"I used to love skipping stones when I was a kid and I have shown all my kids how to skip too they love doing it and when I’m out walking the dog around the lake near me they all run for the shore and go hunting for the best stones the most any of us can do is about 4-5 too

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By *eeside OP Man
over a year ago

margate sumwear by the sea

"I have managed to get them to push along the water like a speed boat before. Still carry the shoulder injury....

I've never dun the speed boat skip.

You need to go long and low and fast. Low tide can be a good time. "

NOTTED

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By *mokes n MirrorsCouple
over a year ago

Plymouth and Newcastle (sometimes)

On the sea I can manage five or six but on a flat calm lake my best is eleven. The most amazing stone skip is on a video where the guy launches one over a frozen lake...The sound is incredible.

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By *eeside OP Man
over a year ago

margate sumwear by the sea

"On the sea I can manage five or six but on a flat calm lake my best is eleven. The most amazing stone skip is on a video where the guy launches one over a frozen lake...The sound is incredible."

Dus a frozen lake count as skipping ?

Shorley its just sliding as it carnt sink ?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Ages since I’ve done it, but used to love searching for just the right shaped pebble or piece of slate that skimmed across the water perfectly, skipping umpteen times before sinking into the river lake, unlikely to ever skim and skip again.

I imagined imbuing purpose to the life of that inanimate pebble even if it was just to make me smile for a few moments

Nice nostalgic post - Seeside

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By *eeside OP Man
over a year ago

margate sumwear by the sea

"Ages since I’ve done it, but used to love searching for just the right shaped pebble or piece of slate that skimmed across the water perfectly, skipping umpteen times before sinking into the river lake, unlikely to ever skim and skip again.

I imagined imbuing purpose to the life of that inanimate pebble even if it was just to make me smile for a few moments

Nice nostalgic post - Seeside

I'm Shor you will skip a stone at sum point soon now your thinking about it

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By *G CoupleCouple
over a year ago

kent

Stone skipping is fun

We are also from Margate and often walk the birchington to reculver in the summer months. If the tide is right we always have a little skipping session

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My husband tried for years to teach me how to slip stones, and I never managed to.

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By *eeside OP Man
over a year ago

margate sumwear by the sea

"Stone skipping is fun

We are also from Margate and often walk the birchington to reculver in the summer months. If the tide is right we always have a little skipping session "

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By *eeside OP Man
over a year ago

margate sumwear by the sea

"My husband tried for years to teach me how to slip stones, and I never managed to. "

Mabey i cood show you 1 day if your ever down in Margate

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By *ady LickWoman
over a year ago

Northampton Somewhere

We do that everytime we go to the seaside. My kids love ot almist as mich as me. I think my pb is 10

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

We have a good Stone skipping beach down by the river, perfect flat stones to be found. Even so I've only ever managed 4 I think.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I used to be an expert stone skipper in my carefree youth but not had a skip in many a long year I want to skip a stone now

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By *ichaelangelaCouple
over a year ago

notts

love it.... confuses the hell out of our dog when she swims after them trying to find them

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By *lem-H-FandangoMan
over a year ago

salisbury

Did you know the game is called "Ducks and drakes"?

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By *eeside OP Man
over a year ago

margate sumwear by the sea

"We do that everytime we go to the seaside. My kids love ot almist as mich as me. I think my pb is 10

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By *eeside OP Man
over a year ago

margate sumwear by the sea

"We have a good Stone skipping beach down by the river, perfect flat stones to be found. Even so I've only ever managed 4 I think. "

Cool

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By *eeside OP Man
over a year ago

margate sumwear by the sea

"I used to be an expert stone skipper in my carefree youth but not had a skip in many a long year I want to skip a stone now

Go find a stone and a river or a cost line then.

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By *eeside OP Man
over a year ago

margate sumwear by the sea

"love it.... confuses the hell out of our dog when she swims after them trying to find them"

Lol

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By *eeside OP Man
over a year ago

margate sumwear by the sea

"Did you know the game is called "Ducks and drakes"?"

No i didn't.

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By *eeside OP Man
over a year ago

margate sumwear by the sea

Looks like stone skipping is still very mutch alive

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By *oncupiscentTonyMan
over a year ago

Kent

"I have managed to get them to push along the water like a speed boat before. Still carry the shoulder injury....

I've never dun the speed boat skip.

You need to go long and low and fast. Low tide can be a good time. "

Have you seen how fucking far the tide goes out in Margate!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"My husband tried for years to teach me how to slip stones, and I never managed to.

Mabey i cood show you 1 day if your ever down in Margate

It's a long way from home for me but you never know

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I have managed to get them to push along the water like a speed boat before. Still carry the shoulder injury....

I've never dun the speed boat skip.

You need to go long and low and fast. Low tide can be a good time.

Have you seen how fucking far the tide goes out in Margate!"

Huge beach!

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By *eeside OP Man
over a year ago

margate sumwear by the sea

"I have managed to get them to push along the water like a speed boat before. Still carry the shoulder injury....

I've never dun the speed boat skip.

You need to go long and low and fast. Low tide can be a good time.

Have you seen how fucking far the tide goes out in Margate!"

Yes i live Thar

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By *lem-H-FandangoMan
over a year ago

salisbury

"I have managed to get them to push along the water like a speed boat before. Still carry the shoulder injury....

I've never dun the speed boat skip.

You need to go long and low and fast. Low tide can be a good time.

Have you seen how fucking far the tide goes out in Margate!"

Sadly no.

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By *eeside OP Man
over a year ago

margate sumwear by the sea

"I have managed to get them to push along the water like a speed boat before. Still carry the shoulder injury....

I've never dun the speed boat skip.

You need to go long and low and fast. Low tide can be a good time.

Have you seen how fucking far the tide goes out in Margate!

Huge beach!"

It's not that huge

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By *ce WingerMan
over a year ago

P.O. Box DE1 0NQ

I used to do it on tranquil rivers, just to piss the anglers off

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By *eeside OP Man
over a year ago

margate sumwear by the sea

"I used to do it on tranquil rivers, just to piss the anglers off

Norty you stop skaring the fish lol....

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By *eeside OP Man
over a year ago

margate sumwear by the sea

"I have managed to get them to push along the water like a speed boat before. Still carry the shoulder injury....

I've never dun the speed boat skip.

You need to go long and low and fast. Low tide can be a good time.

Have you seen how fucking far the tide goes out in Margate!

Sadly no."

Let's say its easyar at hi tide than at low tide

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I'm quite good at finding suitable stones but no good at skipping them.

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By *G CoupleCouple
over a year ago

kent

"I have managed to get them to push along the water like a speed boat before. Still carry the shoulder injury....

I've never dun the speed boat skip.

You need to go long and low and fast. Low tide can be a good time.

Have you seen how fucking far the tide goes out in Margate!

Sadly no.

Let's say its easyar at hi tide than at low tide

There’s always the boating pools around the coast. Calmer waters too

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By *eeside OP Man
over a year ago

margate sumwear by the sea

"I have managed to get them to push along the water like a speed boat before. Still carry the shoulder injury....

I've never dun the speed boat skip.

You need to go long and low and fast. Low tide can be a good time.

Have you seen how fucking far the tide goes out in Margate!

Sadly no.

Let's say its easyar at hi tide than at low tide

There’s always the boating pools around the coast. Calmer waters too

Untill thay drain out that is

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By *G CoupleCouple
over a year ago

kent

"I have managed to get them to push along the water like a speed boat before. Still carry the shoulder injury....

I've never dun the speed boat skip.

You need to go long and low and fast. Low tide can be a good time.

Have you seen how fucking far the tide goes out in Margate!

Sadly no.

Let's say its easyar at hi tide than at low tide

There’s always the boating pools around the coast. Calmer waters too

Untill thay drain out that is

Never seen the large 1 at Walpole bay empty

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By *eeside OP Man
over a year ago

margate sumwear by the sea

"I have managed to get them to push along the water like a speed boat before. Still carry the shoulder injury....

I've never dun the speed boat skip.

You need to go long and low and fast. Low tide can be a good time.

Have you seen how fucking far the tide goes out in Margate!

Sadly no.

Let's say its easyar at hi tide than at low tide

There’s always the boating pools around the coast. Calmer waters too

Untill thay drain out that is

Never seen the large 1 at Walpole bay empty"

I Don't allways walk to Walpole bay but yes that 1 is allways looking fall

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I can’t do it at all, they sink straight to the bottom. Every time!

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By *eeside OP Man
over a year ago

margate sumwear by the sea

"I can’t do it at all, they sink straight to the bottom. Every time!

Hear is a hint.

find a flat stone

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Didn't the guy get the idea for the bouncing bomb in the dam busters from stone skipping... ?

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By *eeside OP Man
over a year ago

margate sumwear by the sea

"Didn't the guy get the idea for the bouncing bomb in the dam busters from stone skipping... ?

Yes he did

And that can also be the fact of the day

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Didn't the guy get the idea for the bouncing bomb in the dam busters from stone skipping... ?

Yes he did

And that can also be the fact of the day

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is there a prize ?

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By *eeside OP Man
over a year ago

margate sumwear by the sea

"Didn't the guy get the idea for the bouncing bomb in the dam busters from stone skipping... ?

Yes he did

And that can also be the fact of the day

is there a prize ?

Yes.

It's the joy of making the fact of the day

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It's almost a must do compulsion if I'm on a pebbly beach... depending on the waves it can get to double figures

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By *eeside OP Man
over a year ago

margate sumwear by the sea

"It's almost a must do compulsion if I'm on a pebbly beach... depending on the waves it can get to double figures

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over a year ago

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By *mokes n MirrorsCouple
over a year ago

Plymouth and Newcastle (sometimes)

"On the sea I can manage five or six but on a flat calm lake my best is eleven. The most amazing stone skip is on a video where the guy launches one over a frozen lake...The sound is incredible.

Dus a frozen lake count as skipping ?

Shorley its just sliding as it carnt sink ?"

That's true as they don't sink (not all of them though) but the sound is awesome. This is the link (I think it's ok to post it but not always sure on here) and well worth a watch.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYbF8xDnPxk&list=RDN_M6pY14t5k&index=3

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By *eeside OP Man
over a year ago

margate sumwear by the sea

"On the sea I can manage five or six but on a flat calm lake my best is eleven. The most amazing stone skip is on a video where the guy launches one over a frozen lake...The sound is incredible.

Dus a frozen lake count as skipping ?

Shorley its just sliding as it carnt sink ?

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