Ok... here’s where we stand:
Kick made a sling, but hasn’t posted a throwing video yet (perhaps a little distracted by Mallorca

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Mersa made an excellent trash sling, but only used one material. Video evidence of the sling surviving multiple throws was good.
Joe Meadmaker used multiple materials in his construction and threw rocks instead of tennis balls. Since the point of tennis balls was to prove the sling could survive several throws, I am ok with replacing balls with rocks.
So far, Joe is the one to beat. I’ll post a photo of the prize sling soon in case anybody wants to sneak in and try to steal it from Joe