But with mum, Fiona, at the wheel of their speed boat, the father and daughter team are titled masters of waterskiing.

Simmonds, who owns and runs Simmonds Electrical Contractors, is four times world champion in the disabled class of the sport and a bronze medallist at the Barcelona Paralympics.

He still holds the disabled ski jump record he set in 1993.

But this year at Perth, Simmonds took the Australian crown for Over 21s Trick waterskiing in the able-bodied class.

Tayla, meanwhile, won the National Tournament Championship in the U10s, outscoring many of the 14-year-0ld contenders in the next class up.

"I'd achieved everything I wanted to do in the disabled side of the sport and had a lengthy layoff but Tayla's made for waterskiing; she's got so much natural talent that coaching her has brought me back into the sport, though I'm only going to compete in able-bodied events these days," Simmonds said.

Tayla, who has been waterskiing since she was two, will soon leave for America to get intensive training in Florida.

Simmonds lost his right leg after being hit by a car while on his bicycle when he was six.

He said a major part of the reason for his and Tayla's success was the Myuna Bay waterskiing club at Wangi Wangi.

"We're very lucky to have those facilities," he said.

"It's a great club and it has produced more Australians and world champion waterskiers than any other club and many of us are still members."