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| The guy’s got it all; the cute-as-hell family, enough mates to populate a small sovereign nation, a top turn that melts butter. It’s easy to understand why the split-watermelon smile has become the Joel Parkinson trademark. It’s July 1999, and an 18-year-old whippet from the Gold Coast is about to re-write surfing history on the hallowed walls of Jeffrey’s Bay, South Africa. After scoring a wildcard start in the contest, the kid from Coolangatta paddles out against the world’s best surfers and proceeds to systematically dismantle them. He doesn’t even really seem to be trying that hard, he’s just doing what he does. The accidental prodigy wins the contest in a canter. A disbelieving surfing world has just been introduced to Joel Parkinson. A decade later and Parko remains the most naturally gifted surfer on the planet. Watching Joel surf is kind of like watching fire. The Gold Coaster possesses a slinky, hypnotic style that almost disguises just how seismic his surfing really is. Seamless and syrupy, his act is the product of some good surfing DNA, and a childhood spent surfing some of the finest sandbottom pointbreaks on the planet. joelparko.com |
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