wow...who can do this?

I was reading on AGM's hsitory section of the games about the 56 for distance.  The old distances were alot shorter than the modern throws of over 40' BUT, the world record for the "standing throw" was over 27'! The only person who immediately comes to mind with this swinging power is Dave Brown. Or am I totally off track and this is much easier than I think? Hold on, I'm gonna go try for myself...

in competition?  The livermore games was a warmup adjacent to the trig - the games field was rodeo track and not very prone to spinning - so (and I believe most the pro's attempted) we warmed up with a standing - then I threw the first two comp throws with a single turn (mainly from being nervous about an ankle injury the year before).

The only other area I've seen this done is in training, just to mix things up... my personal PR in training is around 34 feet from a stand... which nears my standing 16# open stone 

I am seeing a difference in styles with what is being discussed.  The one James Parman did was called the Irish Fling.  That is done with your toes on a line facing your direction of throw.  You may not have any approach or go beyond that line.  You take one hand only and get as many swings between your legs as you want.  You may not swing outside your legs.  You then release the weight forward from between your legs while you have to stay planted on the ground behind the line.  The measurement is made from the line to the mark the wt made in the ground.  We contest this event as a challenge event at the Wisconsin Games.  I think James went around 28' last year.  Darius Slovic won this year at around 27'.  I have done around 25'.  It is pure power and levers.

The one Dave Brown did is one turn of the two turn approach in the actual highland games throw for distance.  It would look like the spinning weight for height but done for distance rather than height.  That is the difference between the two styles I am reading on these posts.