joel parkinson

Missing in Fiji

Missing in Fiji

stunet

“Parko is still checking with his wife.” It was an innocent email from Taylor Steele but it brought a wry smile to the cube monkeys at Swellnet. The contrast was stark: pro surfing's jetsetting elite, who fly to exotic locales on a moments notice...but only after the family matriarch gives the OK.

Priority Rules, OK?

Surfpolitik

Priority Rules, OK?

Surfpolitik
Stu Nettle

It was the defining moment of the Quiksilver Pro final: Joel Parkinson, standing tall in a clean Kirra barrel, sticking his middle finger up at Kelly Slater who was just about to drop in on him.

Of course the photo has a back story...