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| Joel Parkinson | |
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 Joel Parkinson in 2009 | |
| Personal information | |
| Born | Joel Leslie Parkinson 10 April 1981 Nambour, Queensland, Australia |
| Residence | Tweed Heads, New South Wales, Australia |
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| Weight | 80 kg (176 lb) |
| Surfing career | |
| Best year | 1st: 2012 - ASP World Champion; 2nd – 2002, 2004, 2009 and 2011 |
| Career earnings | $2,133,720 |
| Sponsors | Billabong, JS Industries surfboards, Von Zipper |
| Major achievements |
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| Surfing specifications | |
| Stance | Natural (regular) foot |
| Website | joelparko.com |
Joel Parkinson (born 10 April 1981) is an Australian surfer who used to compete on the WSL (World Surf League). After twelve years competing at the elite level on the ASP World Championship Tour, a stretch that saw him win eleven elite ASP World Title Events, plus nine additional ASP tour events, and achieve runner-up second place to the ASP World Title four times,[2] Parkinson won the ASP World Championship Tour Surfing Title on 14 December 2012 in Hawaii at the Banzai Pipeline during the ASP World Tours' final event for 2012–the Billabong Pipeline Masters.[3] Parkinson hung on in a back and forth battle with eleven-time ASP World Title holder, Kelly Slater, to get his first World Title, as well as go on to win the Pipeline Masters, only after Slater lost his semi-final heat to Josh Kerr, of Queensland, Australia. Parkinson beat Kerr in the finals of the event, which was his seventh top-five placing for the year, and his first event title win for 2012.[4] Parkinson left the World Tour and left a legacy of a beautiful and powerful surfing.
- ^ Joel Parkinson. aspworldtour.com (2009)
- ^ http://www.aspworldtour/surfers/mens-profiles/joel-parkinson/ [permanent dead link]
- ^ http://www.aspworldtour/headlines-dec-14-2012/ [permanent dead link]
- ^ "Joel Parkinson takes world surfing title after Slater's semi-final loss". The Australian. 15 December 2012. Retrieved 20 December 2012.