Joel Parkinson

So some great surfers.

A couple of guys, you know, top five in the world and stuff.

what gets you going about his repertoire okay so i i'm like prime i'm 20 i was like 28 years old maybe 29 and we're in san francisco at ocean beach for this big rip curl search event and he's this 17 year old kid and i'd heard he was good from a junior like i'd only heard whispers about him had no idea of this kid

And I was, I think I was like second seed and I ended up in the final.

And he's won through from the last seed, like full wild card.

And I was like, this kid, eh?

Okay, I'm going to wax this kid.

He has no idea.

He hasn't like, I was in form, everything was good.

And I remember walking down and going, I'm going to smoke this kid.

And I was like, I had a smirk in my face.

And I was just thinking, seven minutes into it, I'm comboed.

I'm gone.

I'm like, what?

the fuck seven minutes and I just remember coming in Mick was there I walked up went what the fuck he's like he is so good I'm like yeah I knew he heard about it and from then on mate I just fell in love with his surfing and

There was other, just other, so many different things.

There was one time we're in Fiji surfing and I've just was, he was on fire.

And I was just like, I think that's the best surf I've ever seen.

I was starting to get there, but it also wasn't like, I felt like I'd probably put a bit more effort into it and did all that because it wasn't for me.

Well, after like 18 years, I was like,