About Me

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In 1996 I had a motorcycle accident in Switzerland whilst backpacking through Europe. This accident left me confined to a wheelchair (paraplegic). It certainly changed my life but it didn’t slow me down. I took up water skiing and wheelchair basketball. I discovered that I could still do many of the sports I wanted to do, just differently. 

In 1999 I was introduced to water skiing through a Come & Try day held by the Sporting Wheelies and Disabled Association. Here I found an adrenaline rush similar to that I used to get when I was windsurfing. After a few weeks of asking around I was able to track down a sit ski through a friend at basketball. This led to many weekends skiing on Moreton Bay behind my brother’s jet ski. After a year of social skiing I got the chance to give competitive water skiing a go. 

Since then I have competed in many national and world championships. In 2007, I contributed toward Australia achieving a silver medal in the team event in Townsville. Then in 2017 we managed to win team gold for the first time ever.

Below is a list of my results to date:

Nationals

2020 - There were no National Championships this year

2019 Gold Medal - Overall - National Championships

2019 Gold Medal - Jump - National Championships

2019 Silver Medal - Trick - National Championships

2018 Gold Medal - Overall - National Championships

2018 Gold Medal - Jump - National Championships

2018 Bronze Medal - Trick - National Championships 

2017 - There were no National Championships this year

2016 Gold Medal - Overall - National Championships

2016 Gold Medal - Slalom - National Championships

2016 Gold Medal - Jump - National Championships

2016 Gold Medal - Trick - National Championships 

2015 Gold Medal - Overall - National Championships

2015 Gold Medal - Jump - National Championships

2015 Silver Medal - Trick - National Championships 

2014 - Did not compete

2013 Gold Medal - Overall - National Championships

2013 Gold Medal - Trick - National Championships

2013 Gold Medal - Jump - National Championships

2013 Silver Medal - Slalom - National Championships

2012 - Did not compete

2011 Gold Medal - Overall - National Championships

2011 Gold Medal - Trick - National Championships

2011 Gold Medal - Jump - National Championships

2011 Gold Medal - Slalom - National Championships

2010 Gold Medal - Overall - National Championships

2010 Gold Medal - Trick - National Championships

2010 Gold Medal - Jump - National Championships

2010 Silver Medal - Slalom - National Championships 

2009 Silver Medal - Overall - National Championships

2009 Silver Medal - Trick - National Championships

2009 Silver Medal - Jump - National Championships

2009 Bronze Medal - Slalom - National Championships

2008 Gold Medal - Overall - National Championships

2008 Gold Medal - Trick - National Championships

2008 Gold Medal - Jump - National Championships

2007 Gold Medal - Overall - National Championships

2007 Gold Medal - Trick - National Championships

2007 Gold Medal - Jump - National Championships

2006 Gold Medal - Overall - National Championships
2006 Gold Medal - Trick - National Championships
2006 Gold Medal - Jump - National Championships

2005 Gold Medal - Overall - National Championships
2005 Gold Medal - Slalom - National Championships
2005 Gold Medal - Jump - National Championships

2005 Silver Medal - Trick - National Championships

2004 Gold Medal - Overall - National Championships
2004 Gold Medal - Slalom - National Championships
2004 Gold Medal - Jump - National Championships
2004 Gold Medal - Trick - National Championships

2003 Gold Medal - Overall National Championships
2003 Gold Medal - Slalom - National Championships
2003 Gold Medal - Jump - National Championships
2003 Gold Medal - Trick - National Championships

2002 - There were no National Championships this year

2001 Silver Medal - Slalom - National Championships
2001 Silver Medal - Jump - National Championships

Worlds

2019 Gold Medal - Jump - World Championships - Skarnes, Norway

2019 Silver Medal - Team - World Championships - Skarnes, Norway

2017 Gold Medal - Jump - World Championships - Myuna Bay, Australia

2017 Gold Medal - Team - World Championships - Myuna Bay, Australia

2015 Gold Medal - Jump - World Championships - Sacramento, USA

2015 Bronze Medal - Tricks - World Championships - Sacramento, USA

2015 Silver Medal - Team - World Championships - Sacramento, USA

2013 Gold Medal - Jump - World Championships - Milan, Italy

2013 Bronze Medal - Team - World Championships - Milan, Italy

2011 - Did not compete

2009 Silver Medal - Jump - World Championships - Vichy, France

2009 Gold Medal - Tricks - World Championships - Vichy, France

2009 Silver Medal - Slalom - World Championships - Vichy, France

2009 Silver Medal - Overall - World Championships - Vichy, France

2007 Silver Medal - Jump - World Championships - Townsville, Australia

2007 Gold Medal - Tricks - World Championships - Townsville, Australia

2007 Silver Medal - Team - World Championships - Townsville, Australia

2005 Silver Medal - Jump - World Championships - Schoten, Belgium

2005 Silver Medal - Trick - World Championships - Schoten, Belgium

2005 Bronze Medal - Overall - World Championships - Schoten, Belgium 

2005 Bronze Medal - Team - World Championships - Schoten, Belgium

2003 Bronze Medal - Jump - World Championships - Florida, USA

2003 Bronze Medal - Team - World Championships - Florida, USA

2001 Bronze Medal - Team - World Championships - Melton, Australia