By late afternoon, I'd fine-tuned my falling-off-a-building sailboard technique to the point where I was bumping along the surface of the lake for minutes at a stretch.
Whatever the case, positing a trend without any historic data based on a single data point has become a common media mistake (or technique, depending on your cynicism).
After a recent study showing that facial recognition technology is at a point where it can identify strangers with reasonable accuracy if they have Facebook accounts, the novel amateur crime-fighting technique seemed momentous.