With only one leg, Sam Bell is capable of doing what most people would struggle to do with two.
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The Goulburn resident is a founding member of the Goulburn Barefoot Waterski Club, and is aiming to book a spot at next year's World Championships in Liverpool, Sydney.
Having lost his right leg at the age of 13 to bone cancer, Bell believes he is one of, if not the only, one-legged competitive barefoot waterskier in the world.
If he is not the only one-legged competitor in the world, he will almost certainly be the only one to compete against fully-abled opponents come the World Championships.
With a lifelong affinity for the water, Bell surprisingly did not take up waterskiing until he was 28. Four years later, he took up barefoot waterskiing, and seven years after that, he began competing.
After 11 years of developing a taste for the sport, Bell decided to compete for the first time at 39.
Since then, he has spent up to three days a week traveling all over southern NSW in order to train.
This dedication is typical of Bell, who has not let his disability deter him.
To demonstrate his mindset, Bell used the example of waterskiing backwards, a complex aspect of the sport which takes most people roughly six months to learn.
It took Bell nearly three years.
"In my head, I thought that it was possible," he said.
"It was something that I thought I could do, and every time we went out we got a little bit closer.
"After six months, I thought we were nearly there, after 12 months I thought we were really close, after two years I was like 'geez we're close now'.
"I was lucky I had some really good fellas helping me, getting me on the water. I kept persevering and kept trying different stuff, and I suppose in my own mind I thought I could do it, so I want to do it."
After five years of training and countless hours spent on the water honing his skills, Bell feels ready to take on the rest of the world. The only thing in his way is qualification.
Currently, Bell does not have a high enough rating to qualify for the World Championships, but he is not far away. He hopes that he can accrue the points at a tournament in November.
In order to develop his score, Bell is looking to improve his proficiency across all three tenets of barefoot waterskiing: jumps, tricks, and slalom.
Jumps require skiiers to go over a small fibreglass ramp. They get three attempts and the longest successfully landed attempt is counted.
Slalom give skiiers the opportunity to cross the wake of the boat as many times as they can in 15 seconds.
Meanwhile, tricks require skiiers to pull out every skill they have in 15 seconds to earn points.
Bell said that he is focusing on his slalom and trick skills in particular ahead of the November competition.
Should he qualify, Bell said this will be his only shot at a World Championship.
"It's expensive, I'm lucky I've got some good support locally and within the sport that help me financially," he said.
"I've got two young kids, so I figured that I'd be a bit selfish for a couple of years and concentrate on this, and then after the worlds in 2020 I'll slow down."
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