I remember at the last tour stop in Irvine they announced his name next off the dock. I turned to my dad & said "watch this guy, he will blow you away". He rode so big & so technical that my dad (the biggest Parks fan in the world) was speechless. I've never seen my dad just in awe of a rider. Years later Andrew Adikison & I were talking about Mark & that tournament, at a boat show. Andrew had just started the tour and when I started to say Mark should have won it, he finished my sentence. He had so much respect from his peers because he could do things that no one else could. I never met Mark but I certainly shed a tear when he passed a few weeks after that tournament. RIP brother, you inspired many and still do today.
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