Isabelle's been walking on water since the age of two

A little girl is walking on water after following in the footsteps of her father to master the art of water-skiing.

Isabelle Grinhaff learned to ski aged two during the summer and is thought by her parents to be one of the youngest children ever to take up the sport.

Marc Grinhaff, Isabelle's father, has skied for 33 years and was a British and European champion in the 1990s.

But he said his daughter did not need any encouragement to follow him into the water at the Lound Water Ski Club, near Retford.

"It was her idea," he said.

"We went down there and she asked if she could ski, so straight away, she was in."

Mr Grinhaff, of Barnes Green, Scotter, said once Isabelle took to the water, there was no stopping her.

He said: "We went on most weekends in the summer.

"She picked it up shockingly easily.

"Once we built her confidence, she was happy in the water and she was successful first time.

"She adores it and we can't keep her out of the lake."

Isabelle has experienced water-skiing since the age of one, firstly riding on the shoulders of her father.

She then progressed to a training ski but was eager to copy her parents and move onto regulation skis.

She now rides on a pair of customised pink skis and is a confident skier.

Isabelle said: "I like water skiing. I was excited when I first started and I like going fast."

Mr Grinhaff said he was unsure at this early stage as to how far Isabelle, who has just celebrated her third birthday, could progress in water-skiing.

He said: "I don't know really.

" I would like her to compete but I won't make her.

"Hopefully, she will be keen enough to get out and give it a go."

But he said he was hoping to help his daughter become the best she can be.

He said: "We have never had to push her into skiing.

"She has watched her mother and I ski and wants to be part of it.

"We are both really proud."

Mr Grinhaff said he did not think there were many other water-skiers as young as Isabelle.

He said: "There are not many doing it, I must admit.

"I think there will be only two in the country."

But he said anybody, no matter how young, could potentially take up the sport.

He said: "There are plenty of children who snow-ski and it is a very similar sort of style.

"As long as you can stand up and balance, you are all right."