Glenfyne-based barefoot water-skiers Peter Roberts and his son Thomas are preparing for finals at the national championships in Sydney.
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Thomas is currently 7th overall in the junior boys while Peter is third overall in the senior mens.
Thomas, who is competing against 12 others, got a personal best in tricks earlier this week with a score of 1650.
He also achieved 8.40 in slalom and 12.4 metres in jump.
His slalom score was hampered by a fall in the first round.
"Hopefully he'll improve a bit on that in the second round (finals)," Peter said.
Thomas has his sights set on making the Australian team for the World Barefoot Waterski Championships.
The team will be announced this week.
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If he's not selected for Australia, he can still compete as an individual at worlds because he has the qualifying scores in slalom, ticks and jump.
Thomas is carrying a knee injury he sustained during training last week.
Peter gained scores of 10.2 in slalom, 2390 in tricks and 10.5 metres in jump in the first round this week.
He finished fourth in the slalom final on Thursday morning with a score of 10.4.
Peter has a tricks final on Friday.
Thomas has a jump final on Friday and tricks final on Saturday.
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