Lee Van Chef's (I like 'Chef' better than 'Cleef') character lies to the kid.
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avortac — 10 years ago(April 29, 2015 03:06 PM)
Lee Van Chef's (I like 'Chef' better than 'Cleef') character lies to the kid.
Or actually, the kid says wrong information, and Lee Van confirms it as if it's correct.
It doesn't matter whether the rock is FLAT or not. This is a common misconception. It may help a little bit, initially - but once you get the angle right, you can throw completely round or whatever-shaped rocks, and they will make nice jumps (I don't know what this is called in english).
Sure, if you HAPPEN to find a perfect, round, flat, smooth throwing stone, you can probably get a bit longer distance and more jumps with it.
But basically, you shouldn't worry as much about the shape of the rock (let alone making sure it's flat) as the angle.
By the way, this kid throws - what, around 70 UP and Lee Van tells him he hasn't go the angle QUITE right, yet.
What? HOW high is the kid supposed to aim, before Lee Van says that he isn't even trying to get the angle correct? Just look at where the kid throws the rock - he could just as well throw it in the woods instead the lake, and it wouldn't be more wrong!
I don't think a lake's surface tension could support a Lamborghini Countach-jump, let alone multiple ones. Though an opening in a lake can support a motor sled for a certain distance if do it fast enough.
Lee Van should have taught the kid to AIM LOW first, and when he gets the angle even near correct, THEN and only then should they ever worry about what SHAPE the rock is. Otherwise, it's just waste of good, flat rocks.
Lee Van must be the worst teacher in the world. If he was teaching the kid how to do a Taekwon Do punch, the kid would probably try headbutting. Geez, what an annoying scene!
But at least there's a nice, cloudy, energetic eighties intro. If I could choose, I would probably live my whole life in a cloudy eighties summer - maybe a little bit of autumn thrown in for variety. For some reason, people in this world do not appreciate the delicate, mysterious feel of cloudy days. I wonder if this is indoctrination.. knowing that the 'elite' worships the sun (though the etheric side of it).