After nearly chopping off his entire heel back in July, Joel Parkinson finally got back in the water this past weekend. Check out this quick chat with him as he now focuses on prepping for defending his Vans Triple Crown title on the North Shore of Oahu.

I’m in a hyperbaric chamber for my foot. It’s like a big plastic tube, kind of like a sunbed with airplane windows. I’m lying down on a mattress and I’m stuck in here for the next hour.

2009 ASP World Tour Runner-Up Joel Parkinson has had to endure some rough setbacks over the last two years...

After sustaining a severe cut to the bottom of his foot, event favorite Joel Parkinson pulls out of the Billabong Pro J-Bay...

ASP Tour leader Joel Parkinson speaks up via his blog about his recent ankle injury sustained while surfing in Bali...apparently it won't have to be amputated as some were led to believe.