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Rookie Griffin Colapinto Takes Down Joel Parkinson
Anna Dimond
Wednesday at the Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast, rookie Griffin Colapinto's giant-slaying freight train kept charging through Snapper, as he took down his second World Champion in just four days.
In his first-ever event as a member of the WSL Championship Tour (CT), the California surfer left the station Sunday by sending 2x, reigning World Champ John John Florence to Round 2. For Colapinto's fans, it was no surprise that the talented kid from San Clemente, Calif., was capable of such a feat. For Florence, however, it was a huge blow, as he was eliminated from the event -- at the hands of a wildcard -- in that next heat.
Wednesday, Colapinto continued his rout with a win over CT veteran Joel Parkinson. Not only was Parko a WSL Champion, in 2012, but he also grew up here in Coolangatta, and knows Snapper's righthand point better than most. Unlike the young grasshopper surfing against him, however, Parko said afterward that he was looking only for 10-pointers -- with, he said, no justice.
But in the end, the rise of youth is actually the essence of life's due process. Like 10-point waves that don't arrive when you want them, and 19-year-olds who steam-roll their elders in their first week on Tour.
Colapinto will surf next in Round 4, against Japan's Kanoa Igarashi and Australia's Julian Wilson.
Griffin Colapinto
Featuring Griffin Colapinto, Filipe Toledo, Connor O'Leary, Matthew McGillivray, Joao Chianca, Liam O'Brien, Jack Robinson, Samuel Pupo,
Griffin Colapinto made the WSL's return to The Box with an exclamation point and posting a 9.00 with a 16.00 heat total over wildcard
Featuring Filipe Toledo, Italo Ferreira, Liam O'Brien, Molly Picklum, Julian Wilson, Rio Waida, Griffin Colapinto, Bettylou Sakura Johnson,
Featuring John John Florence, Jack Robinson, Kolohe Andino, Filipe Toledo, Stephanie Gilmore, Ryan Callinan, Jeremy Flores, Italo Ferreira,
The 2018 event runner-up Griffin Colapinto snapped back under pressure with an 8.50 to avoid early elimination and stay ahead of the
Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast
Watch how the famed right-point Superbank is created and maintained at Snapper Rocks.
The King fails to find his rhythm on the Gold Coast and gives a candid post heat interview.
After six weeks Down Under, how is the 2018 Championship Tour shaping up?
Filipe Toledo vs. Mikey Wright vs. Adrian Buchan
For close observers of the CT rookie -- including 4x World Champ Mark Richards -- Colapinto's success at Snapper was just the beginning.