Russell Byars
, a 43-year-old engineer from Pennsylvania, shattered the previous world record of 40 skims, which was set in 2002 at the Pennsylvannia Qualifying Stone Skipping Tournament, was held by Kurt "Mountain Man" Steiner , 42, of Emporium, on July 19 - but it took officials from the prestigious Guinness Book of Records until this weekend to declare him the new record holder.
Mr Byars, known as "Rock Bottom" by his fellow stone-throwing aficionados, smashed the record at French Creek on the Allegheny River, about 70 miles north of Pittsburgh, with a prodigious effort which he estimated travelled 250 feet (76 metres).
Source: American shatters world stone-skipping record @ Telegraph