Welcome to the Official WEB Site of the Mackinac Island Stone Skipping

Welcome to the Official WEB Site of the Mackinac Island
Stone Skipping & Gerplunking Club (MISS&GC)

The gallery watching & learning from the pros.

This site is dedicated to the sport of stone skipping, primarily through the annual stone skipping tournament held every year on Historic Mackinac Island in Northern Michigan.

The tournament is open to all ages and always occurs at Windermere Pointe Beach (Located next to Iroquois Hotel) every year at 10:00 am on the 4th of July. Professional skippers compete at high noon, often skipping 20+ skips.

2009 News - Celebrating our official 40th annual tournament this year.

Check out the Stone Skipping blog for first hand accounts from the fans and contestants that were on the beach this year.

NBC's Today Show on July 3rd featured our Stone Skipping tournament with an an interview with the editor of Travel & Leisure Magazine in regards to Having fun on the 4th.

The documentary film crew returned this year to shoot more footage for ESPN13 (aka the Stone Skipping channel). If you are interested in being part of the documentary or would like your photos featured on this website just email your stone skipping photos to photos@stoneskipping.com

2009 Wilmer T. Rabe Competition Results - (Click here for full results)

2009 Professional Skippers

Gerplunking - Youngster Division:
Kirby 'Fully Loaded' Berke & Colin 'C-Man' Lacy Tied with 2 scores of 8.9 and had to go to a 'plunk-off' to break the tie. Colin 'C-Man' Lacy took the title with a scant .38 difference. Check out Doc's full report here.

Skipping - Pebbles 12 & under Division:
Ethan 'Iron Man' Hauser out of East Lansing, MI Skipped a 16

Skipping - Amateur Division:
Alistair "Barrel Maker" Cooper from Helensburgh, Scotland Skipped two 23s to beat out Will "Wildman" Callewaerts single skip of 23.

Skipping - Pro Division:
Russ 'Rock Bottom' Byars held his title and Skipped a winning 28. Right on his heels was Nate 'Dogg' Rango age 20 and Island favorite Todd 'Mussles' Calleweart both with a best skip of 26.

Iroquois Hotel overlooking stone skipping beach

Crowd favorite 'Hard Luck' Loy has not won in years but matched last years personal best of 23 and finished in 6th place. Fans have suggested that he should spend more time with his wife 'Good Luck' Loy in 2009 to up his chances in 2010.

Guinness World Record Update

It's official on July 19, 2007 Russ Byars' skip goes into the Guinness World Record book at an amazing 51 skips, beating Emporium's Kurt Steiner. Get all the details, including video footage at www.prostoneskipping.com

NPRs All Things Considered - 'Skipping Stones for the Win'

On July 4, 2005 · Michele Norris talked with Eric Steiner, play-by-play announcer for the Mackinac Island stone-skipping contest, about the pro division of the 31st annual Mackinac Island stone-skipping contest. Russ "Rock Bottom" Byars of Franklin, Penn., bested the 10-person field with a record-setting 30 skips.

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The Historic Grand Hotel has been an UnOfficial Sponsor over the past 45 years.

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