Most World Stone Skimming Championship wins, men

What to remember

2005, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016: in each of those years, Scotland's Dougie Isaacs won the Men's World Stone Skimming Championship, for a total of 8 titles, a record.

The event is about skimming, one of two ways to judge a thrown stone. Skipping counts how many times the stone bounces off the water; skimming measures how far it travels. In distance competitions, the rules set either a minimum number of bounces or a maximum distance for the first one.

The throw: a flat, smooth stone sent parallel to the surface with a spinning motion, usually sidearm, the thrower crouching to get close to the water.