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DAVID PARKES wins WORLD TITLE
Posted: Sun Jul 21, 2013 4:50 pm
by eqKneelo
Great heat in tough conditions.
Hammish Christoper had it won till final seconds. Parkes got a bomb and pulled 9's to win in final seconds. Stuff of legends.
Chanyo 3rd. Nov 4th.
Posted: Sun Jul 21, 2013 7:01 pm
by Mike Fernandez
Way to go DP. I was surfing with his son Garrett yesterday at the US Open. He recognized my Blast and we started chatting. I wonder if he knows?
Posted: Sun Jul 21, 2013 7:21 pm
by SFKneelo
Congratulations!
Posted: Sun Jul 21, 2013 7:24 pm
by Tom Linn
Proof that Parksey is a vampire. He never gets old. Inspirational!!
Posted: Sun Jul 21, 2013 8:20 pm
by Headwax.
Fantastic! David is a legend.
You know he quit uni to become a professional surfer?
At the time we all thought he was crazy.
Now we don't
Posted: Sun Jul 21, 2013 9:10 pm
by mutiny
awesome!!!
Parksey
Posted: Mon Jul 22, 2013 7:51 am
by MWROBERTSON
Congrats to David,
Such a mellow guy and yet such a hot surfer and gnarly competitor. He is aging like a bottle of fine wine.
Way to go Dave!
Posted: Mon Jul 22, 2013 11:11 am
by southpeakbrad
Congratulations David!! Must've been a very exciting final. Congrats to all of the Finalists as well
Parkesy
Posted: Mon Jul 22, 2013 11:45 am
by MWROBERTSON
As a side note, I was down watching a few of the TRIALS heats at the US open this weekend.
As I watched Garrett Parkes heat, the announcer mentioned David as a kneeboarder and his surfing and competitive roots that influenced his son.
Note: It was one of the first times I saw Garrett surf live. He totally killed it with powerful turns, lip bashes and airs. He smoked everyone and won that heat.
The kid has a future in surfing.
Posted: Mon Jul 22, 2013 7:16 pm
by Steeno
Best kneeboard Shaper/Surfer in the world...hands down
Dave Parkes wins world title
Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2013 3:46 am
by stevea
Congratulations Dave you absolutely deserve an open world title ,feel a bit sorry for Hamish Christophers a fantastic result beating Chayno and Nov is no mean feat especially considering their competitive experience
Steeno your right Dave is and will possibly be forever acknowledged as the best surfer /shaper /competitor
I will add over any surfing discipline not to mention allround good bloke
Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2013 3:25 pm
by Peter Ware
congratulations David see you when you get back for a surf. The new board goes great
Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2013 3:27 pm
by Peter Ware
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Posted: Tue Jul 23, 2013 8:44 pm
by Scott
Too bad the Open Final linked on this site and posted on Livestream won't run--I'd love to watch the whole thing. Anyone know a way around this to watch the video of the Final?
Congrats to Dave--he and his son are sure having a great year in competition!
Posted: Wed Jul 24, 2013 2:42 pm
by albert
Needless to say, I echo everyone's congratulations of David Parkes, he has been inspiring me since the first time I purchased a board and had a surf with him back in 2001. I know many of you have a much longer history with David through his surfing and shaping, and I envy those that have as his influence for the decades he has been a dominant force in the sport has undoubtedly helped raise the profile of the sport.
On a slightly different note, I am unable to figure out which video posted on livestream is the one of the open final. The one posted on the ksusa.org home page is the senior men's age division final, not the open final. The only way I can tell for sure is because Parkesy is not in this video and Matt Novakov (not Mick Nov) is surfing in it. Can anyone out there help identify which one of the videos on Pascal Luciani's Livestream page is the open final?
Thanks
Albert