From 2006 to 2012 Skipworth was selected to represent Western Australia in the men's lightweight four contesting the Penrith Cup at the Interstate Regatta within the Australian Rowing Championships.

[7] In 2005 he was selected in the Australian senior lightweight coxless four and who finished fourth at the 2005 World Rowing Championships in Gifu, Japan.

The four finished sixth at the 2006 World Rowing Championships in Eton Dorney; seventh at Munich 2007 (by which point Skipworth was stroking the crew); and in ninth place at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

At the 2010 World Rowing Championships in Lake Karapiro, Skipworth led the Australian lightweight four with Anthony Edwards, Blair Tunevitsch and Samuel Beltz to a silver medal.

Skipworth set the pace to won his first senior world championship title, seven years after first racing in Australian representative colours.

In 2008, following the Beijing Olympics, competing as an amateur, Skipworth placed 2nd in the 18-24 age group at Ironman Western Australia, qualifying for the world championships.