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Now this is a slingspot
Sep 14th, 2006 at 3:19pm
 
Hello everyone.

This is a picture of my summerholiday-seaside-slingspot at sun rise.

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Just 20 meters from my appartment!
This is a common style beach in croatia.
The city next to it is Trogir, just above Split.

Now You know what I did last summer Grin

Yet another reason why I love croatia so much

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Reply #1 - Sep 14th, 2006 at 3:27pm
 
that's a really nice beach.

hey mordecaj, is that what your lake looks like?
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Reply #2 - Sep 14th, 2006 at 3:35pm
 
*nostalgic* It reminds me of the sling spot I had in Trinity Bay in Newfoundland Grin
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Reply #3 - Sep 14th, 2006 at 3:38pm
 
SEB Sad i really don't like you Sad i am SO jealous right now Sad  'just kidding about the i don't like you bit Sure i do Grin )
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Reply #4 - Sep 14th, 2006 at 3:40pm
 
Those were  excellent english skills you displayed there Taiki!  Wink
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Reply #5 - Sep 14th, 2006 at 3:47pm
 
i know i know my spelling is out the window Sad don't laugh at my disabillity Cry
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Reply #6 - Sep 14th, 2006 at 6:37pm
 
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that's a really nice beach.

hey mordecaj, is that what your lake looks like?



since my lake (Jarun) is artifficial it's stones are rounder. you acctually have to look for sharper stones, if you want a buzz in the air.

but, it' more far away from me, and it's a lake, not a sea.

SEB - dobrodosao (wellcome).
from where are you, and where are you living? are you a student, and how did you end up here?
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Reply #7 - Sep 16th, 2006 at 10:28am
 
oooohhhh nice stones, shiny :-)
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Reply #8 - Sep 16th, 2006 at 1:41pm
 
Beautiful spot !  I have always felt strange casting into the ocean or other large body of water. Even if Im casting over 200m, it looks like my stones are landing right in front of me. The vastness of the ocean can make people feel really small.
My favorite sling spot is a mile long lake that is about 150m wide with trees on the other side. I could sling all day there. The only problem is that there are not many good rocks handy so I need to bring my own. The trails run through wildlife preserves and motorized vehicles are prohobited so I usually end up carrying a bucket of rocks a mile or so.
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Reply #9 - Sep 16th, 2006 at 4:13pm
 
Thats the problem I had, I had NO idea how far my stones were actually going. But by the ocean I spent from sunrise to sunset slinging those stones. So much so that I needed to alliterate that last sentence. Grin
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Reply #10 - Sep 16th, 2006 at 8:13pm
 
An awesome slingspot. Infinently better than mine.
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Reply #11 - Sep 17th, 2006 at 7:28am
 
Hai  mordechaj

[SEB - dobrodosao (wellcome).
from where are you, and where are you living? are you a student, and how did you end up here? ]


I'm from the east of Holland, the City Eneschede, or at Least that's where I've been doing my things for the past 15 years or so.
I visit Croatia almost every year. Always somewhere near the beautifull coast.

Mordechaj are you from Croatia?

The best slingspot I had near my house, was just outside the city limits, between cows and horses.
There was a stoney half paved road full of smaler and bigger rocks.
But I've thrown them all!
There's just sand and really small rocks left.
All the rest (must be hundreds) are lying scattered across the fields around it...
So you can imagine how happy I was this summer.
Now I have to look for a new spot at home. Cry

I'm not a student. I'm a teacher actualy...but then again aren't we all always learning every day and therefore sudents for life?...ahem Wink


[it looks like my stones are landing right in front of me. The vastness of the ocean can make people feel really small. ]
True. It's hard to get an idea of the distance you've throw. At some point, this summer, I had to stop because the stones would otherwise hit the boats passing by.
Now I still don't know how far that was, but I thought it was pretty cool...

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Reply #12 - Sep 17th, 2006 at 8:20am
 
yes, i live in croatia, and i asked are you a student because only other slingers i know are on the same facutly as i am.

nice to see that we are a growing community  Smiley
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Reply #13 - Sep 17th, 2006 at 1:52pm
 
Hai Mordechaj

Where in croatia do you live and wich faculty is it you study?

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Reply #14 - Sep 17th, 2006 at 3:22pm
 
in zagreb, faculty of philosophy - sociology and history sections.

i'm on a 2'n year now - a few weeks 'till the 3'rd.
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