Why It's Almost Impossible to Skip a Stone 89 Times | WIRED
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- Опубліковано 30 тра 2024
- Kurt Steiner set the world record for skipping stones by hurling a rock at the water and making it skip an astonishing 88 times. How is that even possible? WIRED's Robbie Gonzalez got coaching from Steiner to find out how he does it -- and looked into fluid dynamics and physics to see whether we've reached the limit for skipping stones.
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Why It's Almost Impossible to Skip a Stone 89 Times | WIRED - Наука та технологія
Him: I never count.
So… there's a chance he broke his own record without realising
FBI!!! OPEN UP!!!!!!!!!!
No, skipping a stone 89 times is almost impossible
Henlo
He might've even gotten 351 and he wouldn't have known
ik
Wow I was wondering why my skips always stopped at 88, thanks
Hendrik Wennberg 😂
Same
Hendrik Wennberg চাপাবাজ। নিশ্চয়ই বাঙালি হবে।😂😂😂
🤣🤣🤣
Hendrik Wennberg a
the world record stone skipper looks exactly like how i would have imagined
Why so many likes but no replies lol
This has already been commented like 10 times
Nice.
I can't skip stone, but skipping classes is my profession.
Yes
😂😂
Same bro
This comment is underated
@@NotThatCactus right😍😍
Someone: gets 90 skips
Wired: why it’s almost impossible to skip a stone 91 times
You stole this comment didn't you?
Graining Rice no i I did not
@@vednooka6242 ah ok
No ones gonna see that record only you LMAO
Probably because the origin comment is 5 below yours
The fishes be like... "DID YOU SEE THAT ASTEROID?!?" .."THERE IT IS AGAIN!!!"
And again, and again, and again, and again...
Kiki Tay 🤣🤣 that probably what they think
AGAIN AGAIN AGAIN AGAIN AGAIN AGAIN AGAIN AGAIN AGAIN AGAIN AGAIN AGAIN AGAIN AGAIN AGAIN AGAIN AGAIN AGAIN AGAIN AGAIN AGAIN AGAIN AGAIN AGAIN AGAIN AGAIN
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Kiki Tay salute to your thinking
Okay, despite the clickbaity titles (and the constant jokes about them), I actually really like this series. It’s clear they worked to make the topics interesting and easy to understand despite how complicated the biomechanics and physics involved can be.
Robbie is phenomenal host for this show. He's above average for a relative novice at the majority of the things he tries, yet he seems to have no ego about it. The amazement that he, fairly naturally gifted person, has for the experts at a craft is what makes the show. I love his humility and I aspire to develop it.
Imagine finding the best rock ever and messing up the throw
☹️
Always happens 2 me
3s CRs Jump in to the lake and get the stone.
😶☹️
I already did, and it gave me anxiety!
It's funny that his name is "steiner" because "stein" is the german word for "stone"
And stein is also norwigan word
Stoner
@@intruder9127 i am a stoner too dude !
@Merlin 76 lig 😔
He's stoner lol :D
I love the fact, that his name is Steiner and „Stein“ means in german Stone
thats a cool fact.
He’s a stoner
In icelandic stone is steinn
And many stones are steinar
Steiner literally means "rocks" in norwegian
A nice older gray man who just enjoys skipping stones. He's just enjoying one of life's simple pleasures. Right on man. Right on
Casually has 88 likes coincidence I think not
Yup. Soakin it in.
You cant use the words "gray man" and "nice" in the same sentence
Anthony Guarino 🤦♂️
@@michaelkoppie8151 u know, the boogieman?
That dude is exactly what I want the world record holder for skipping a stone to look like. Thanks universe
best comment in the section by far hahaha
Lol
Lol
Its just beautiful that his last Name is Steiner aka Stoner in german
y u thanking the universe as if it in of itself controls affairs..
I think he just broke his own world record at 4:25
11:15 No. It's more. You're basically the Avatar at this point; You're doing the dance of Earth, water, air, AND fire, since movement means heat. It is a honor to witness a real avatar bender in action.
Title: Why its almost impossible to skip a stone 89 times
Me: *Can’t even skip a stone 1 time*
Same lol
#relatable 🤣
FerhadM55 same hahaha
Same lol 🤣
Same 😭
somebody: skips 89 times
Wired: Why It's Almost Impossible to Skip a Stone 90 Times
John Raymund Tanuga next would be 90
John Raymund Tanuga next would be 91
cocked that up didn’t you mate
After numbers this equation pops up.. 'ur mom 123'
Alrighty! Ive made the likes 666! Whomever changes it, You suck
Me: *Reads the title*
Also me: "How do you even skip a stone twice?"
Ye for me like how 10 times. Ye similar with me.
Find a flat stone
Throw it
@@kasumi9015 With a particular style and angle.
@@soumachakraborty5479 and the technique
" *It is what makes you happy that counts more* "...
OH BOY that sentance skipped through my nerves form ears to my heart 🎉
WIRED:what’s the record?
Someone:(says record)
WIRED: let’s add one more and say it’s impossible
Cheekclapper or for the Rubik’s cube one:
WIRED: let’s subtract .4 and say it’s impossible
yeah, they are pretty unoriginal
and that is exactly why it's clickbait and I dislike each and every one of them :)
So you come to the videos just to dislike them? You know that clicking on their vids still gives them revenue and if you click on it, that still supports them.@@SirCalculator So you come to the videos just to dislike them? You know that clicking on their vids still gives them revenue and if you click on it, that still supports them. So if you really don't like the videos, don't watch them and if you still happen to like the videos maybe don't dislike them.
@@tobiashanke5381 @SirCalculator So you come to the videos just to dislike them? You know that clicking on their vids still gives them revenue and if you click on it, that still supports them. So if you really don't like the videos, don't watch them and if you still happen to like the videos maybe don't dislike them. @SirCalculator So you come to the videos just to dislike them? You know that clicking on their vids still gives them revenue and if you click on it, that still supports them. So if you really don't like the videos, don't watch them and if you still happen to like the videos maybe don't dislike them.
he was lowkey mad because you were wasting his rocks xD
thats what I was thinking of scream
Nope he's not. The guy was a fast learner
They talk about my 88 skips
*I'm your 999th like*
😂😂
Guy at the other side of the river: no way you can hit me with a rock
World record holder: *INTERESTING*
Im so glad this guy has the record because he seems so happy with skipping stones.
No ones going to mention how his last name is 'Steiner', and how "Stein" is German for Stone?? He is literally "Kurt 'Stoner' the Stone Skipper" ???????
I wanna make a 420 joke but I'm not gonna lower myself to that.
@@pryodon4325 me 2 wtf
@@pryodon4325 XD
Nah he’s a self proclaimed mad scientist.
Stein is norwegian for stone too
“The odd thing is I never count”
“Are you serious you never count?!”
*Don’t question greatness*
True
If you put subtitles on during that part it says hi duck
How do you make the text smaller?
@@MeatSlap30 you make it smaller
But shouldn't it be kinda obvious why this guy doesn't count when he gets 88 skips? I mean Steiner isn't Eminem
Him: proud because he skipped a stone 88 times
Me: proud because I skipped a stone five times
Me who never did it
🥲
me proud i found a rock
I remember once testing to see how much the spin affects things by taking a decent rock and rolling it up in my belt about half the length so more energy could be imparted into the spin.
It didn’t go very far, but it practically hovered on the water until it wasn’t going fast enough to overcome the wave it was making.
This makes me wonder if there’s an optimal ratio of speed to spin. If I had to guess, it would probably depend on the size and density of the stone.
That rock at the bottom of that lake is probably so cocky and like “ I’m the most skipped rock in the world.”
😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣
E
pretty lame guy... delete that lameness
yeah i hate those kinds of rocks... so annoying
Soccer is the number 1 and most important sport on Planet Earth and is massive in over 240 countries. Every nation on Earth loves soccer. American football is only popular in the USA. Soccer will be the most popular sport in the USA by 2050 rucv
Man the researcher is so happy about his research in the end he laughs like a baby. It's so adorable given he's studying skipping
he isnt studying skipping, he is just studying water physics
he is high
@@FMFvideos probably yeah
Why did you comment 3 things?
@@colecaldwell2303 it was will of God
And his name is STEINER? 🤣
That's just awesome
What about it
@@geno8079 Stein is german and it means stone. So his name is like stoneman
"I never count"
Obviously, because it'd be like "one.... two... three... four... five twenty fourty four seventy six eighty eight"
Kurt steiner : skip a stone 89 times
Me : *skip ad 11037 times*
@@delmar_7339 chrome*
I HAVE UA-cam PREMIUM 😛😈
LEON?
Why 110387 and not 11038?
i see that danganronpa reference
I prefer to read that as "8 or 9 times" to make myself feel less inadequate.
Lol
That’s me !!!!!!!
Nhan viet nam
Jeff stacy is that you?!
It’s 2am and im watching 2 men skipping stones.. What a time to be alive
I love how this video made me think of a basic game we played on the banks of the river with my brothers as a serious competition...
The stone skipper guy is so zen. Probably that's why he can skip so many.
It's funny that is last name is Steiner. Stein means stone in German.
@@Pseudynom Ha. You could say he was born for it. nice profile pic btw
Nah, he aint zen. He is either den or ren.
@@Pseudynom What does Einstein's name mean? Cuz he sure wasn't as dumb as a rock.
@@fanimeproductionst.v.3735
One/a stone.
But Einstein wasn't nearly as smart as Zweistein.
Someone: Does a 360
Wired: *WHY ITS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO DO A 360.0001*
Every kid: did it
Wired: why it’s impossible to do a 360.0002
made my day
I can’t go over 540
that's funny lol
And I copied another comment and
I have a major problem with this: The physicist said that he used a 93 mph pitch as his parameter for the projection, considering that the stone is a little bit heavier than a baseball. However, the angle is completely different. Submarine pitchers (basically underhand) only throw around 80-85 mph because of the mechanics necessary to do that, so I think that the number would probably be lower than 93.
2:00 what's that sound//chuckle he makes?! I can't unhear it!
As a wise man said.
“I never count”
This proves if you can get a world record without counting WE DONT NEED SCHOOL
@@xxtheguyguyxx4400 I hate to break it to ya, but world records aren't gonna pay the bills, unfortunately
Ahnaf Atif well u do get paid for it so if h have enough of them yes they will
@@xxtheguyguyxx4400 I got your sarcastic point, mate. Sorry for taking such a seriois turn 😅
Well if you guys are able to count 88 bounces in less than 15 secs, call me!
“why it’s almost impossible to skip a rock 89 times”
mark rober: hold my nephews
Iamsomeone you are way too underrated
@Muhammad Taha Bajwa *rober
@@alan._.sais_hi9242 rover*
I remember the bowling vid😎
Hold my nephew 🤣😂🤣
Yeah this video popped in my recommended after I watched marks stone skipping video lol
I love science. So much science, out of something so "simple" I used to do as a little child. This was so awesome, thank you.
That phycicist was so enthusiastic for his job, so cool
Ain’t this series just called “why it’s almost impossible to (World record +1)”
yo thats crazy. thats so crazy. holy- i did not know that. thankyou
You just created a formula of wired's crap video series
I cant stop watching the video
or -1
@@creativeintelligence2100 crap?
Imagine being a fish in a calm pond and seeing this disturbing weird thing approaching you with such speed. I'd be terrified.
I wondered why the weird thing was getting bigger...
But then it struck me.
Mission literally
Well fish are stupid and are just food
your profile picture is scaring me more
OWR _VONNY fish are friends not food
Massive oversight not giving this guy a synthetic ideal stone
The fact that Curt wears short over long makes him a pro more than skipping skill ever could.
Superman style 😊
Man, they should have this at the Olympics. It's so cool.
Much more interesting that bloody... 'curling', that's for sure.
They'd probably be using the same manufactured "stone" then. Could still be pretty interesting.
@@LeatherCladVegan I thought curling was boring too at first but after I looked up the rules I found out that it's quite an interesting sport.
@@EricLing64 being able to engineer a better rock might be relevant though
@@ckehung2450 Of course, just it's a bit more... structured of a sport then I guess. There's a good chance they could reach the 200 skip mark with a perfect skipping "stone," if not 300.
World record: 88 skips
WIRED: Lets just add one more and call it impossible
haha
STole
Almost*
yeah it should be "over 100"
@@Buratoy stolen? Did you see this comment in another video HMMMMMM?
kurt seems like such a chill dude
I love your content. Please keep making more.
If this were 10,000 years ago, Steiner would be the chief rock slinger in his tribe's deer-hunting party.
69th like
Birb_Dobbs congratulations
🤣
XAXAXAXAXAXAXXAXAXA
I shot
Yeah I always get stuck around the mid 80s. This helped explain why, thank you.
do u tho
@@haniabdel Woooooossshhhh
89 likes...it's a sign!GL XD
Duran Duran over and over, oh man I pity you.........
r/woooooooosh
Everybody gangsta until the rock keeps floating.....
This man's energy is divine ♡
I can never seem to find a stone flat enough to actually skip it
Same
Love your name and pic lol
You dont need stones if you go to China
I can skip round stones 2-3 times
Wat
It seemed almost impossible that youtube would put this in my reccomended more than 89 times but here we are
Lol same
I can just imagine this guy and his friend on different sides of a lake and just playing a game of catch but instead skipping the rock to the other side back and forth.
It's all about arm speed, spin rate and launch angle. Manufactured stones and sticky substances would easily push spin rate past 3k.
im proud when i get 3 skips
I’m really amazed at myself getting one
Noobs
@@herzi8372 woww so toxic
@@seann3333 lol cry kid
@@soost6121 why would I?
Here I am, watching a video about skipping stones after I told myself to sleep early.
Lol.. Samehere.. Its almost 6am now
Boyd Winters lol
Namikaze Eupe as
Tell me about it
I know man 2am for me right now
That duck is living life on the edge
2:47. I thought that was beef
It’s another one of those late night recommendations that we all watch for some reason instead of going to bed
ikr Lol
Ummmm who r u? Cause this is me
why is your profile poc the class dojo logo
I'm doing that right know no lie
Never read a comment so accurate
Omg they are stoning that poor water to death. I'm literally shaking right now.
lmao
😂😂💀
Social media be like
water has no feelings so its nothing to worry about! 😀
avalanchesoul lol
9:15 "all aight, that was sick duude" hahahah awesome reaction
I used to be really good at this, but I once threw into the sea, and the stone curved around a wave front and actually came back at me at high speed! I have seen this happen to a golf ball in a head wind too, where the ball landed yards behind the tee!
That old guys arm is made of gold.
Gold?? Titanium or diamond at least
Erik Rognes...
He should play disc golf, he'd have a killer flick
Gold is weaker than steel
That's why he can't move it
Would love a Mythbusters-style rock skipping robot that slings rocks at the perfect angle at 100mph
Check out Mark Rober. He made a rockskipping machine
Adam MacDonald remember: whenever you have a brilliant idea, someone has already had it before
Mark rober🤦♂️
Mark rober: hold my rock
Mark rober make a rock skipping contraption
WIRED: Why It's Almost Impossible to Skip a Stone 89 Times
ME: Wait it's possible to skip a stone more than twice?
0:50 The age-old default Eagle Project: benches in a park.
i just watched a full video about rocks and water and somehow stayed interested.
Caleb Butt are you high to?
i cant feel my right buttcheek.
U deserve more likes
Fernando Serpas it would be appreciated
Rock paper scissors
I never got more than 3
i never got any XD
Lol i never got more than 4
Same
Yaseen Choudhury lmao same
Same
I’d love to see this guy play disc golf. You should do a video on disc golf if you haven’t already, some people can throw extremely far and it is incredible, i’m sure people would love to learn about the biomechanics of throwing a disc far, I know I did when I played it
ALMOST impossible
Me: *throws rocks into a lake*
I learned more about rock physics in these 12 minutes than I did in my whole life
Now summarise it here
@@xmrkp ouch
@@xmrkp "THIS ROK IS NOT ROUND"
Haha I was the 300th like on this comment
Dood just watch mark rober's video because it's like a minute shorter with a lot more content and much more interesting
I cant even do 1
I didn't expect you to be here, it's cool that you are here
YOU'RE EVERYWHERE
Justin who?
SAME
The new Justin Y.?
I have done more than 88 skips on multiple occassions. But it was always in winter on a frozen lake.
i like how that duck was just chillin’
This guy waited his whole life for this moment, his ex-wife thought he would never get anywhere with this talents
WHOS LAUGHING NOW LINDA
Qc Squad what? How do you know his ex-wife name? Is that actually her name?
@@Bruno-xu9kf stop, get some help
@@theodorelussy3900 🤣
But her name was Amanda
@@Bruno-xu9kf please tell me you're being sarcastic. I beg you
Cant wait for japan to make an anime out of this
Lmao that is great , you know it will be intense to
"Now.... for my ultimate MOVEUUUUUUU SPECIAL STONE SKIPPPPPUUUUUUU"
"OHHHHHH!!!!"
"no..... my father trained me and gave me the special form to allow me to beat you yet I am defeated.... nooouuuuuuuu dishonabruhh"
And a live Netflix adaptation.
trav v
NANI!?
Crimson Skye yeh it’s bout to be way better than my hero academia for sure
wow I never even knew there was a world record for skipping stones I'm surprised its not a sport. but pretty remarkable that steiner was able to get to 88 skips. I thoruoughly enjoyed that i can't believe the models predict something like 300-350 its indivisible to imagine someone to possibly do that.
Quote of the day:
'I used to like triangles'
I would be careful around a guy who is literally known for being good at throwing stones.
Automaticist yes
It's not strength
It's technique 😏
Chrono-Glitch WaterLily it is strength
@@chrono-glitchwaterlily8776 right because throwing a rock a far distance requires absolutely no strength whatsoever
@@MattBnl2ih It does, but not way more than an average human. Again. It's more of technique.
When i complete No Nut November imma be able to do 100 skips, mark my words
i failed on the first day
I failed on the second
Failed on the third
@@Joseph-zd3lz failed on fourth
I failed on the fifth
That old man: I can skip the stone 88 times.
Stone: Am I joke to you?
not funny
@@sirspongadoodle ya maybe I'm cringing rn
This guy looks like a "sensei" of Rock skipping
Why It's Almost Impossible to Skip a Stone 89 Times
I cant even do it 5 times lol
I can't even do 1
Coconut Beans same
Yeah my record is 3 or 4
Thanks unskilled boring average joe
Oh dammit that's why I could only skip a rock 88 times
*press x to doubt*
The dish thats made when the stone hits the water is really cool
Awesome video, amazing information
Imagine him playing dodge ball or any throwing activities
Frisbee
Boomerang
He only throws at 50 mph so he’d be average. The reason he can skip stones is because of his technique.
Darts
He’d be best at javelin it seems. As he clearly seems like a person who perfects technique
i use to skip class and look where that got me
Skipping to get stoned.... 🙃
SIR Churchill ayeee
A 184 likes
9:57 What ever is written there is what I really hate back in my high school and college days.
4:21 and there you go folks, that’s 89
ok.
3:20 People like triangles...I used to like triangles.........
A square, Benny. Kid's a square!
Until the accident...
Joseph McConnell Then i took a triangle to the knee.
Illuminati confirmed.
Joseph McConnell he's a stone throwing hipster
Wired: “Why’s it’s almost impossible possible to skip a stone 89 times
Me: How is it possible to skip a stone 88 times
Kert stiner: hold the momentum of my hand
I love how intelligently this man expresses himself. And his hair :D!
That lake he practices on must have an entire bottom of perfect rocks for skipping
What if I told you I could skip class 89 times
lügar ? U can, but it's not going to end good
Or you can skip infinite amount of classes by just dropping out?
When i got my ps3 i skip school for like 3 months
I bet you're doing this stone cold...
Hey everyone, it’s called a joke