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Joel Parkinson

Joel Parkinson

Country flag Australia

Age: 43

Born: Nambour, Australia

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Lives in: Australia

Gender: Male

Nationality: Australian

AKA: "Parko"

Height: 1.83 m (6 f)

Weight: 80 kg (176.37 lb)

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Stance: Regular

Disciplines: Shortboard Surfing

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2013 Volcom Fiji Pro - Day Four Highlights
After a few days off, the 2013 Volcom Fiji Pro roared back into action at Cloudbreak. Six-to-eight-foot barrels were on tap, and the world's best showed why they earn the big bucks. And while there were tubes and big turns galore, even the best pay the price at big Cloudbreak.
6/11/2013 12:00:00 AM
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2013 Volcom Fiji Pro - Day Three Highlights
The swell jumped up from yesterday and this morning it quickly became evident that Restaurants would be the best venue for today's competition. The waves were pumping all day right in front of Tavarua where the world tour surfers were taking their craft to another level with long barrels, critical turns and fierce competitive strategy at one of surfing's most exciting playing fields.
6/6/2013 12:00:00 AM
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Quiksilver Pro Final Mens Highlights
The final day of the Quiksilver and Roxy Pro Gold Coast presented by Land Rover culminated today with perennial ASP World Title threat Taj Burrow (AUS), 33, and four-time ASP Women’s World Champion Stephanie Gilmore (AUS), 24, taking the respective wins in clean two-to-three foot (1 metre) waves at the primary venue of Snapper Rocks.
3/4/2012 12:00:00 AM
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Quiksilver Pro Round 3 Highlights
The Quiksilver Pro and Roxy Gold Coast presented by Land Rover, the opening stop on the 2012 Men's and Women's ASP World Championship Tours, ran for the third consecutive day at Snapper Rocks today, and the world's best surfers collectively lifted the high-performance levels today in two-to-three foot (1 metre) waves at Snapper Rocks.
2/27/2012 12:00:00 AM
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Quiksilver Pro Day 2 Round 2 Highlights
The Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast presented by Land Rover, the opening stop on the 2012 ASP World Championship Tour, was back on today with the elimination Round 2 completed in clean three-to-four foot (1 metre) conditions at Snapper Rocks.
2/26/2012 12:00:00 AM
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Quiksilver Pro Day 1 Round 1 Highlights
World No.2 Joel Parkinson (Aus), wildcard Dane Reynolds (USA) and Brazilian wonderboy Gabriel Medina are facing Round Two elimination, but the Kelly Slater (USA) super-show continued on the opening day of the Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast presented by Land Rover.Snapper Rocks turned on a dredging 3-4ft swell on the outgoing tide when the men hit the water following Round One of the Roxy Pro and they didn’t disappoint with a spectacular show.
2/25/2012 12:00:00 AM
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RIP CURL PRO BELLS FINAL HIGHLIGHTS
4/24/2011 12:00:00 AM

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Cloudbreak, Fiji To Crown World Champions In 2025 Next year's full CT calendar will be released at the end of the season, but we can officially say the 2025 WSL Finals will be held in Fiji. #WSL Subscribe to the WSL for more action: https://goo.gl/VllRuj Watch all the latest surfing action of the world's best surfers in the world's best waves. Heats on demand, event highlights and exclusive interviews, right here on the WSL's Youtube channel. For More Visit: http://www.worldsurfleague.com/

6/20/2024   |   video icon

Golden Child Trailer Standing out from Parko’s favourite boards of all time, the original Golden Child became Joel’s new number one after the original Forget Me Not got creased at pumping Kirra in the 2009 Quiksilver Pro semi-finals. His first heat on Golden Child was the final, and after winning that contest, Joel continued on to become champion at both Bells and JBay too. For more information visit: https://jsindustries.com/products/golden-child

4/5/2024   |   video icon

Cloudbreak On Fire! Fantastic Fiji barrels with two swells back to back Summer in Fiji is HOT. The days are longer, and the sun feels like it’s suspended directly above you — which in early February, it pretty much is. Sit for long enough in the open water lineup at the amazing Cloudbreak Reef, and it’ll feel as if your eyeballs are about to fall clean out of your head. Yet for two and a half days last week, that’s what a bunch of very good surfers did: sat there as long as they could stand it, because Cloudbreak wasn’t just hot, it was on fire. The reef is exposed to south and SW swells moving up from deep storms in the Southern Ocean and travelling up between Australia and New Zealand — out of the cold and into the tropics. A three to four day journey during which they grow clean and straight, yet hang on to that South Pacific energy. Easterly trade-winds complete the picture. This doesn’t often happen in February. It’s a Southern Hemisphere winter thing, and February is tropical cyclone time in these parts. But when a couple of very off-season storms flared in Fiji’s sweet spot, a happy few jumped on various planes and got there just in time to ride. In the lineup: Ian Walsh, Balaram Stack, Mick Fanning, Joel Parkinson, Nathan Hedge, Dean Morrison, Max Beach, Che Slatter, Eden Edwards, Sean Lopez, Tosh Tudor, Ben Wilson, Navi (surname), Dane Snelton, and quite a few more. At the end: A lot of tube time, a lot of sunburn, and if a few dozen eyes were sore, nobody seemed to mind. Filmed and edited by Hannah Anderson, additional footage by Scott Winer, ski pilot and writing by Nick Carroll.

2/14/2024   |   video icon
 
 

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