47th Inductee – Joel Parkinson
One of the ‘Coolangatta Kids’ joins the Gold Coast Sporting Hall of Fame
Emerging from a deep pool of talent based out of Coolangatta, Mick Fanning is the latest be inducted to the Gold Coast Sporting Hall of Fame.
Mick emerged from a deep pool of talent based out of Coolangatta as one of The Coolangatta Kids band of brothers alongside fellow legends in waiting, Dean Morrison and Joel Parkinson, to earn his 2001 wildcard entry into the Bells event as a star Rip Curl team rider.
He qualified for the Tour that same year and spent the better part of the next two decades as one of the biggest gravitational forces in the sport, racking up 22 Tour wins, 11 Top 5 finishes and three World Titles in 2007, 2009 and 2013.
In 2018, Mick announced his retirement from full-time competition at Bells to bookend his journey.
Read more about Mick’s sensational surfing career here.
Mick Fanning
