In March, Poland will aim to become the first skier to qualify for all three finals in slalom, trick and jump in more than a quarter of a century at the Moomba Masters in Melbourne.

"Nobody has ever made the finals in all three events - slalom, trick and jump for about 26 years," he said.

"Two years ago I won overall which is all of the divisions combined, but I missed out on the jump final by one spot.

"I would have been the first person in a quarter of a century by that point and last year I missed out in slalom by one position so hopefully I'll put it all together and make all three finals."

Over the last month and a half the current under-21 world champion fine-tuned his training program before heading home to England on Wednesday.

Hard work, a competitive nature and a lot of self-motivation - that's part of what it takes to be a world champion.

"Ever since I was a kid I always wanted to be better than my sister at skiing, better than my dad and anyone that was around," he said.

"It's a lot of skiing on those cold mornings when you really don't want to get out of bed and just being fully committed and not letting those days where you feel a little bit off beat you."

But the Great Britain representative admitted it was arguably more important to keep grounded.

"Part of it (being world champion) is not letting any of it get to your head and realising waterskiing is still only a small sport and you're mainly all friends and family," he said.

"If you let it get to your head, you're going to plummet."

Poland was so impressed by the facilities at Stoney Park he is already planning his next visit Down Under.

"Most people in the world know Stoney Park and everyone at some point will try and make a trip out here; it's a place you just have to visit," he said.

"You ask anyone in the world who knows waterskiing and they have heard of Stoney's."

It was his third visit to Australia in the last three years, but his first trip out to Telegraph Point.

"I'd heard a lot about Australia three years ago, so I came out for the (English) winter and spent six months skiing and had a good time," Poland said.

"Then I came back the next year for six months, but I didn't get to focus on my skiing because it was too much about having a good time than training."

The 21-year-old said while it is important to be "sure of yourself and understand your capability", there is always someone aiming to become number one.

"At the point you tell yourself you're better than everyone else just because you are at the time, you no longer are the best," he said.

"They'll train to beat you.

"You've got to assume that you're second and you're trying to be number one because if you assume you're number one, the guy that's second is going to train twice as hard as you to become number one."