George Terrizzi / Points North Kurt 'Mountain Man' Steiner waits for his turn at the 55th Mackinac Island Stone Skipping Tournament on July 4, 2023. WANSCHURA: Like most people, Kurt doesn’t exactly remember the first time he skipped a rock. WANSCHURA: Kurt says one of his biggest expenses is actually driving around for stone skipping competitions. I can coast on that, given the way I live. You know, if I can get 10, 15 grand a year. STEINER: So, like, scrapping, auto repair, and like, minor construction, contracting kind of stuff. So, he does just enough odd jobs to get by. He lives off-grid in a cabin he built in the Appalachian mountains.Įven though Kurt is considered a professional stone skipper, it’s not an occupation that pays the bills. He’s 58 and has a long, gray, scraggly beard. ‘Mountain Man’ is a good one for Kurt Steiner because he is one. WANSCHURA: A lot of stone skippers have nicknames. George Terrizzi / Points North Kurt 'Mountain Man' Steiner chats with Points North host Dan Wanschura about stone skipping on July 4, 2023.
