Joel Parkinson Wins Hawaiian Reef Pro

Huge Congratulations goes out to one of our favourite surfers Joel Parkinson for winning the first event in the Vans Triple Crown of Surfing, the Hawaiian Reef Pro.

In only his first competition back after sustaining a horrible ankle injury which saw him out of the ASP World Tour, Parko has delivered exactly where he left off 12 months ago.

Parko is now in a great position to head into the competition at Sunset and to stake his claim for a 3rd Vans Triple Crown of Surfing in a row.

“It’s been a pretty up-and-down year emotionally,” he said. “I cut my foot and I was out of action for six months, I didn’t surf for three months and I didn’t compete for six months. Then I had a baby son, so we had some joy, and then Andy passed. It’s been one of those years with one good thing then one bad thing.”

Parko went on to dedicate his heat-winning wave to A.I.

“We all feel Andy in the ocean, especially his close friends and I think he’s a part of us all out in the water. That one wave I got was definitely for A.I.”

When asked about his hopes to defend his Triple Crown title, Parko remained humbly optimistic.

“I’m gonna try and make amends with what’s left of the year, I’d love to be standing up on the podium at the end of the Triple Crown, that’s for sure.”

Joel Parkinson Hawaiian Reef Pro Winner Final Scores

Parko won the event with relative ease over the the other three surfers in the four man final. Joel Centelo, Julian Wilson and Heath Joske were unable to put any kind of combination together in reasonable conditions as Joel showed his dominance is still there from last year even after a 9 month layoff with injury.

The next event is the second stop of the Vans Triple Crown of Surfing, the O’Neill World Cup of Surfing at Sunset Beach which will get under way on November 24th.

Lets take a look at how the swell is panning out for the rest of the week with the outlook from our friends at Surfline.com

Surfline Forecast – O’Neill World Cup of Surfing – Sunset Beach

BRIEF OVERVIEW: A medium size NW swell will show on the first day of the waiting period, Wednesday, along with moderate easterly trades and fairly clean conditions. The swell will then back down Thursday/Friday. Although thereis a chance of a small-scaleNW swell for the weekend (27th-28th), the second half of the contest waiting period is looking pretty slow at this time.

WEDNESDAY 24th

SWELL/SURF: Mainly a peaking mid-period NW swell (315-335 deg) with a minor NNE (30 deg) swell mixing in. Look for head high to overhead waves (5-7’ faces) with occasional sets up to a few feet overhead (8’ faces).

WIND/WEATHER: Light East wind early gradually increases through the morning and becomes moderate into the afternoon 9-13kts+. Partly cloudy/sunny skies.

THURSDAY 25th

SWELL/SURF: Mainly a fading NW swell (315-335 deg) with a minor/fading NNE (30 deg) swell and small ENE tradeswell wrap mixing in. Look for mostly waist-shoulder high waves all day (3-4’ faces) with occasional sets in the morning up to head high to slightly overhead (5-6’ faces) and strongest early.
WIND/WEATHER: Breezy East Trades all day around 10-15kts+. Partly cloudy/sunny skies.

FRIDAY 26th

SWELL/SURF: Mainly old/fading NW swell (315-335 deg) with a small ENE tradeswell wrap mixing in. Look for mostly knee-waist surf (2-3’ faces) with occasional waves up to chest high early.
WIND/WEATHER: Breezy East Trades all day around 10-15kts+. Partly cloudy/sunny skies.

SATURDAY 27th

SWELL/SURF: Possible new, small-scale NW swell moves in with waist-shoulder high sets (3-4’ sets).
WIND/WEATHER: Breezy East Trades all day around 10-15kts+. Partly cloudy/sunny skies.

SUNDAY 28th

SWELL/SURF: Possible new, small-scale NW swell holding with waist-shoulder high sets (3-4’ sets).
WIND/WEATHER: East Trades around 10-15kts. Partly cloudy/sunny skies.

SWELL/WEATHER SUMMARY AND LONG RANGE OUTLOOK

At this point, the first couple days of the contest waiting period is looking biggest (details below). As North Pacific storm activity has slowed down recently and nothing significant is popping up on the long-range charts, the rest of the waiting period is starting to look rather bleak at this time. However, anything can still develop, and we’ll be sure to let you know.

A medium size, mid-period NW swell will move in and top out on Wednesday the 24th. Sets will be running in the head high to a few feet overhead range (5-8’ faces) at Sunset. This swell will then back down over Thurs/Fri, with still some chest high to slightly overhead sets (4-6’ faces) showing early Thursday morning.

In addition to the NW swell over Wed/Thurs, we will also see a secondary/smaller NE swell mixing in.

Over Wed/Thurs (24th-25th), we’ll be watching for a possible small area of low pressure to develop roughly 1100-1200 miles NW of Hawaii. This LOW may push in a small-scale NW swell for the North Shore this weekend of the 27th-28th. Stay posted as that possible swell event is still pending storm development.

WEATHER/WIND – High pressure (centered in eastern North Pacific) will continue to extend over the Islands for the week, where it will strengthen as well. As a result; look for the easterly Trades to gradually increase through the next few days, becoming breezy by Thursday and holding steady into the weekend. Expect partly cloudy and mostly sunny skies.

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