While most six-month-old babies are happy to be perfecting their crawling, Parks Bryant has already taken to water. In fact the little one, who is from Singleton in the NSW Hunter region, has just been named the world's youngest wakeboarder.
Baby Bryant was captured on camera cruising along on a specially-designed wakeboard, while his delighted family cheered him on.
Parks' parents, Tim and Corrine Bryant told the Singleton Argus that they have been training the tot for some time. But on a recent trip to the Gold Coast they were able to put their son to the test.
The remarkable video, which has now been viewed nearly five thousand times, shows an unfazed Parks holding onto the mini-wakeboard and zooming off behind a speedboat.
His parents insist they took safety precautions and Parks was in no danger of being hurt during his ride.
Taking to Instagram to celebrate his son's success, Tim said: "Parks Bryant 6 months 9 days old. Youngest wakeboarder ever!"
Corrine also commented: "The heart was pumping the hands were shaking but he was just too cool. I had a little tear in my eye I was so proud."
Later speaking to the press, Tim thanked family and friends for their support.
"Rin and I would like to thank our friends and family for their help and support over the last few weeks," he said.
"Not only has Parks set a world record, but he has helped others along the way in doing so, a message that we are proud of and cannot wait to tell him about in the years to come."
Parks was named after American wakeboarder Parks Bonifay. Bonifay is now aged 34, but he became the youngest person to ever water ski when he was six months and 29 days old before switching to wakeboarding when he was 12.
Baby Parks has been spending time out on the boat watching the rest of his family wakeboard since he was about two-weeks-old. But his parents say there are no expectations for the little boy to follow in the footsteps of his namesake.
"There is no real grand plan," Tim told The Courier-Mail.
"We don't expect him to be a wakeboarding champion.
"Later in life kids seem to go through a lot of rubbish and peer pressure."