Joel Parkinson

i wanted to surf all day attitude and then i end up winning the title that year so so just a little just a little trip to to hawaii for how long i don't know i was there for an event and it's just kind of i don't know why you know you've nothing really changed i just had a moment where i was kind of done and over it and i probably had three months of thinking about it and then it just kind of come back in and i was just back in love with it how long have you been going to hawaii for i was 14 the first time who'd you go over with

Who did I go with?

Dingo, a couple of these billabong guys.

I had this guy, Margo.

What an amazing surfer.

He was kind of look after us.

Another guy, Heath Walker.

I went for six weeks, Christmas, New Year's, everything.

I was 14.

My parents let me go.

No parents, no nothing.

Are you serious?

That was sick.

Got to stay in this loft house with this batshit crazy owner.

Were you sponsored there?

Yeah.

We were in a billabong team, crew.

So I had a couple of the older boys that were in there.

They were...

25 completely irresponsible yeah and you were 14 they were responsible i had i was 14 and there was two 15 year olds and 16 year old there's four or four of us and we just lived it up just ran around surfing the north shore and stuff was amazing and do you get up to no good or are you sort of like you're there for like are you taking surfing super super seriously once you get sponsored we went