Joel Parkinson becomes World Surfing Champion

Yesterday, at the Pipeline Masters surf competition we saw Joel Parkinson become the 2012 World Surfing Champion when Kelly Slater got eliminated from the Pipeline Masters. We were watching Kelly Slater out in the water when all the people on the beach started turning around looking up at a house and cheering. It was the house Joel Parkinson was staying in and he was out on the balcony. You can see what followed in this clip.

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