DAVID PARKES wins WORLD TITLE

eqKneelo · Post by **eqKneelo** » Sun Jul 21, 2013 4:50 pm

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.

Mike Fernandez · Post by **Mike Fernandez** » Sun Jul 21, 2013 7:01 pm

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?

SFKneelo · Post by **SFKneelo** » Sun Jul 21, 2013 7:21 pm

Congratulations!

Tom Linn · Post by **Tom Linn** » Sun Jul 21, 2013 7:24 pm

Proof that Parksey is a vampire. He never gets old. Inspirational!!

Headwax. · Post by **Headwax.** » Sun Jul 21, 2013 8:20 pm

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

mutiny · Post by **mutiny** » Sun Jul 21, 2013 9:10 pm

awesome!!!

MWROBERTSON · Post by **MWROBERTSON** » Mon Jul 22, 2013 7:51 am

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!

southpeakbrad · Post by **southpeakbrad** » Mon Jul 22, 2013 11:11 am

Congratulations David!! Must've been a very exciting final. Congrats to all of the Finalists as well

MWROBERTSON · Post by **MWROBERTSON** » Mon Jul 22, 2013 11:45 am

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.

Steeno · Post by **Steeno** » Mon Jul 22, 2013 7:16 pm

Best kneeboard Shaper/Surfer in the world...hands down

stevea · Post by **stevea** » Tue Jul 23, 2013 3:46 am

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

Peter Ware · Post by **Peter Ware** » Tue Jul 23, 2013 3:25 pm

congratulations David see you when you get back for a surf. The new board goes great

Peter Ware · Post by **Peter Ware** » Tue Jul 23, 2013 3:27 pm

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Scott · Post by **Scott** » Tue Jul 23, 2013 8:44 pm

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!

albert · Post by **albert** » Wed Jul 24, 2013 2:42 pm

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

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DAVID PARKES wins WORLD TITLE

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