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Joel Parkinson

Apr 10, 1981 (44 years old) in Nambour, Queensland, Australia

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, 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. 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.

Known For

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Bustin' Down the Door
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And Two If By Sea: The Hobgood Brothers
Himself
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Free as a Dog
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Missing
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Global
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The Movement
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Drive Thru Australia Part 2
Himself
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Trilogy
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The Blind Sea
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Minds in the Water
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