{"id":161,"date":"2010-05-01T13:21:36","date_gmt":"2010-05-01T17:21:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mackinacblog.com\/?p=161"},"modified":"2010-07-30T01:21:39","modified_gmt":"2010-07-30T05:21:39","slug":"2010-mackinac-island-stone-skipping-tournament-photos-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.mackinacblog.com\/?p=161","title":{"rendered":"2010 Mackinac Island Stone Skipping Tournament &#8211; Photos and Video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Guinness Book Record holder Russ &#8220;Rock Bottom&#8221; Byars won the 2010 Mackinac Island Stone Skipping Tournament with a throw of 30 skips. Second place went to Todd &#8220;Mussels&#8221; Callewaert with 26 skips &#038; rounding out 3rd was Glenn &#8220;Hard Luck&#8221; Loy with a 22 skips.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<strong>(Click on photos for slideshow view.)<\/strong><br \/>\n<div class=\"flickrTag_container\"><a href=\"https:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4117\/4767566841_9673792579.jpg\" class=\"flickr\" title=\"2010 Mackinac Island Stone Skipping Tournament - Windermere Pointe and the Hotel Iroquois, site of the 2010 Mackinac Island Stone Skipping Tournament. - &lt;a href=&quot;http:\/\/www.mackinacisland.net&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer nofollow&quot;&gt;www.mackinacisland.net&lt;\/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/18594295@N07\/4767566841\/in\/set-72157624310661159\/&quot;&gt;view&amp;nbsp;on&amp;nbsp;flickr&amp;raquo;&lt;\/a&gt;\" rel=\"lightbox[209ba6064383e19f059b5d11cc38738a]\"><img src=\"https:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4117\/4767566841_9673792579_m.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"flickr_img square set\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4102\/4768196660_de7aa05216.jpg\" class=\"flickr\" title=\"Russ &amp;quot;Rock Bottom&amp;quot; Byars warming up before the competition. Byars won the 2010 Mackinac Island Stone Skipping Tournament with a throw of 30 skips. Second place went to Todd &amp;quot;Mussels&amp;quot; Callewaert with 26 skips &amp;amp; rounding out 3rd was Glenn &amp;quot;Hard Luck&amp;quot; Loy with a 22 skips. - &lt;a href=&quot;http:\/\/www.mackinacisland.net&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer nofollow&quot;&gt;www.mackinacisland.net&lt;\/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/18594295@N07\/4768196660\/in\/set-72157624310661159\/&quot;&gt;view&amp;nbsp;on&amp;nbsp;flickr&amp;raquo;&lt;\/a&gt;\" rel=\"lightbox[209ba6064383e19f059b5d11cc38738a]\"><img src=\"https:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4102\/4768196660_de7aa05216_m.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"flickr_img square set\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4141\/4768191944_bd25d60ded.jpg\" class=\"flickr\" title=\"2010 Mackinac Island Stone Skipping Tournament - Skipping in the Amateur Tournament - &lt;a href=&quot;http:\/\/www.mackinacisland.net&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer nofollow&quot;&gt;www.mackinacisland.net&lt;\/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/18594295@N07\/4768191944\/in\/set-72157624310661159\/&quot;&gt;view&amp;nbsp;on&amp;nbsp;flickr&amp;raquo;&lt;\/a&gt;\" rel=\"lightbox[209ba6064383e19f059b5d11cc38738a]\"><img src=\"https:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4141\/4768191944_bd25d60ded_m.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"flickr_img square set\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4122\/4768181272_c316a692d9.jpg\" class=\"flickr\" title=\"2010 Mackinac Island Stone Skipping Tournament - A group of &amp;quot;unofficial judges&amp;quot;.... - &lt;a href=&quot;http:\/\/www.mackinacisland.net&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer nofollow&quot;&gt;www.mackinacisland.net&lt;\/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/18594295@N07\/4768181272\/in\/set-72157624310661159\/&quot;&gt;view&amp;nbsp;on&amp;nbsp;flickr&amp;raquo;&lt;\/a&gt;\" rel=\"lightbox[209ba6064383e19f059b5d11cc38738a]\"><img src=\"https:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4122\/4768181272_c316a692d9_m.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"flickr_img square set\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4073\/4767515497_194206a517.jpg\" class=\"flickr\" title=\"2010 Mackinac Island Stone Skipping Tournament - The Pros autographing stones before the tournament. - &lt;a href=&quot;http:\/\/www.mackinacisland.net&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer nofollow&quot;&gt;www.mackinacisland.net&lt;\/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/18594295@N07\/4767515497\/in\/set-72157624310661159\/&quot;&gt;view&amp;nbsp;on&amp;nbsp;flickr&amp;raquo;&lt;\/a&gt;\" rel=\"lightbox[209ba6064383e19f059b5d11cc38738a]\"><img src=\"https:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4073\/4767515497_194206a517_m.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"flickr_img square set\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4079\/4768150106_01b4bd28fd.jpg\" class=\"flickr\" title=\"Mackinac Island Stone Skipping - A lucky spectator with her skipping stone autographed by the pros. - &lt;a href=&quot;http:\/\/www.mackinacisland.net&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer nofollow&quot;&gt;www.mackinacisland.net&lt;\/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/18594295@N07\/4768150106\/in\/set-72157624310661159\/&quot;&gt;view&amp;nbsp;on&amp;nbsp;flickr&amp;raquo;&lt;\/a&gt;\" rel=\"lightbox[209ba6064383e19f059b5d11cc38738a]\"><img src=\"https:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4079\/4768150106_01b4bd28fd_m.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"flickr_img square set\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4076\/4768145708_260022018d.jpg\" class=\"flickr\" title=\"2010 Mackinac Island Stone Skipping Tournament - Singing of &amp;quot;God Bless America&amp;quot; - &lt;a href=&quot;http:\/\/www.mackinacisland.net&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer nofollow&quot;&gt;www.mackinacisland.net&lt;\/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/18594295@N07\/4768145708\/in\/set-72157624310661159\/&quot;&gt;view&amp;nbsp;on&amp;nbsp;flickr&amp;raquo;&lt;\/a&gt;\" rel=\"lightbox[209ba6064383e19f059b5d11cc38738a]\"><img src=\"https:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4076\/4768145708_260022018d_m.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"flickr_img square set\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4134\/4768139082_287f08d2df.jpg\" class=\"flickr\" title=\"2010 Mackinac Island Stone Skipping Tournament - Glenn &amp;quot;Hard Luck&amp;quot; Loy. - &lt;a href=&quot;http:\/\/www.mackinacisland.net&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer nofollow&quot;&gt;www.mackinacisland.net&lt;\/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/18594295@N07\/4768139082\/in\/set-72157624310661159\/&quot;&gt;view&amp;nbsp;on&amp;nbsp;flickr&amp;raquo;&lt;\/a&gt;\" rel=\"lightbox[209ba6064383e19f059b5d11cc38738a]\"><img src=\"https:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4134\/4768139082_287f08d2df_m.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"flickr_img square set\" \/><\/a><\/div><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<object width=\"480\" height=\"385\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/oM3mNqA1uIc&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/oM3mNqA1uIc&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"480\" height=\"385\"><\/embed><\/object><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n(Note: Video is the third round throw and is not the tournament winning 30 skip throw.)<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Guinness Book Record holder Russ &#8220;Rock Bottom&#8221; Byars won the 2010 Mackinac Island Stone Skipping Tournament with a throw of 30 skips. Second place went to Todd &#8220;Mussels&#8221; Callewaert with 26 skips &#038; rounding out 3rd was Glenn &#8220;Hard Luck&#8221; Loy with a 22 skips.\n&nbsp;\n(Click on photos for slideshow view.)\n&nbsp;\n&nbsp;\n(Note: Video is the third round [&#8230;]\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[22,6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mackinacblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mackinacblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mackinacblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mackinacblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mackinacblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=161"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.mackinacblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mackinacblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mackinacblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mackinacblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}