The list of surfers that will compete at the 2013 ASP World Championship Tour has been defined.
The Billabong Pipe Masters in Memory of Andy Irons set the final rankings and decisive waves were surfed in the last heats of the Triple Crown of Surfing.
The top 22 ranked surfers on the year-end ASP World Championship Tour rankings earn direct access to  … More
Joel Parkinson was born on the 10th April, 1981, in Nambour, Queensland, Australia. He started surfing early with his father and friends Dean Morrison and Mick Fanning.
“Parko”, one of the Coolangatta kids, developed his surfing skills and quicly took the ASP World Junior Championship.
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Joel Parkinson (AUS), 31, has claimed his maiden ASP World Title today at the final stop of the 2012 ASP World Championship Tour (WCT) season, the Billabong Pipe Masters in Memory of Andy Irons.
When the day started, only Parkinson and then-reigning 11-time ASP World Champion Kelly Slater (USA), 40, remained in contention for this year’s crown. However, with Slater’s loss to Josh Kerr (AUS), 28, in this afternoon’s Semifinal, Parkinson’s title became a certainty  … More
GOLD Coast surfer Joel Parkinson will pursue serenity.
With 10,000 raucous spectators expected to swamp Banzai Pipeline tomorrow for the climax to Parkinson’s rumble with Kelly Slater for the world surfing title, the 31-year-old will avoid the madding crowd by steering clear of the contest site until the latest possible moment.
He plans to   … More