Joel Parkinson
Born: 1981-04-10 in Nambour, Queensland, Australia
Known For: Acting
Biography
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.
Filmography
2024
- The Blind Sea as Self
2019
- And Two If By Sea: The Hobgood Brothers as Himself
2016
- Saca - O filme de Tiago Pires as Joel Parkinson
2013
2012
- Minds in the Water as Self
- Aqua Luna
2009
2008
- Bustin' Down the Door as Self
- Inside Outside
2007
- Tropical Punch
- Stranger Than Fiction as Himself
- Trilogy
- Trilogy
- Down the Barrel as Himself
- A Bowlful of Chile
- Fitty Fitty
2005
2004
- Global
- Stepping Stones as Himself
- Back in Town as Self
- A Day in the Life
- Frame Lines
- Crossing the Line
2003
- Campaign
- 3 Degrees as Himself
- Radio Waves
- Rise Above