Australian Joel Parkinson has lost a nail-biting final of the World Surf League event in California to South Africas Jordy Smith.In pursuit of his first victory since June 2013, the Australian veteran was beaten by 0.44 in the final, falling agonisingly short with a long ride in the final five minutes.Parkinson fell in a last-ditch effort in the final minute to pull off the massive score required before securing his first second spot in two seasons.Im really happy to be back here and on the podium -- it feels really good, he said.This event I was so motivated and really keen to notch a win up.The talent of surfing in this event is incredible and I have to give it to Jordy, hes an amazing surfer and a top world title contender.Smiths win moved him to fourth in the championship, one spot and a meagre 1300 points behind best-placed Australian Matt Wilkinson, while Parkinson is now sixth with three events remaining ahead of the European leg of the tour.If I can be in with a shot at the world title this year then that will be great, Smith said.Europe can go either way so Im just going to try my hardest and see how it goes.Meanwhile Wilkinsons championship hopes appear to be waning after another disappointing event.The Australian failed to reach the third round for the second successive event, and has not reached a final since the Fiji Pro in early June, to be 5150 points behind Hawaiian leader John John Florence.Earlier, Parkinson defeated American Tanner Gudauskis by 0.10 in their tight semi-final, while Smith won his way to the decider by beating Brazils Filipe Toledo. Adidas NMD Womens Cheap . Jordan Lynch, the all-purpose Heisman Trophy finalist from Northern Illinois, failed to make it into that exclusive club. Adidas NMD Human Race Cheap .J. -- Josh Cribbs was in the Pro Bowl in February and out of a job six months later. http://www.cheapnmdonline.com/wholesale-adidas-nmd-r2-china.html . Third-seeded Murray had the easiest path to victory on New Years Eve, barely breaking a sweat during his 6-0, 6-0 win over 2,129th-ranked Qatari wildcard recipient Mousa Shanan Zayed. Best Fake NMD Human Race . On Mar. 16, coming off a "fight of the year" performance at UFC 154 the previous November, St-Pierre faced Nick Diaz at UFC 158 in what would be his eighth defence of the welterweight title. Using his superior athleticism, St-Pierre cruised to a five round, unanimous decision victory setting up a much-anticipated title defence against number one contender Johny Hendricks. Adidas NMD Wholesale China . -- Bobby Ryan helped the U. RIVERIA MAYA, Mexico -- Brittany McPhee and Shannon Coffee scored 13 points apiece and No. 11 Stanford blitzed Wichita State 87-39 on Friday at the Cancun Challenge.Erica McCall added 13 points for the Cardinal (5-1) and Alana Smith, Nadia Fingall and Marla Snezek had 11 each.Stanford scored the last seven points of the first quarter to take a 20-11 lead and then scored the first 16 of the second. The Cardinal made 11 of 13 shots in the second quarter and led 46-15 at the break. They outscored the Shockers (1-4) 22-2 on points in the paint and got 20 points off 13 turnnoversWith Smith and McCall grabbing eight rebounds and Coffee seven, Stanford dominated the boards 45-18.dddddddddddd The Cardinal ended up at 62 percent shooting (33 of 53) and a 50-13 advantage on inside points.No player reached double figures for the Shockers, who shot 26 percent (14 of 54). In their only other meeting, the Shockers beat Stanford 71-68 on Dec. 4, 1980.Stanford wraps up the round-robin tournament facing Purdue on Saturday. ' ' '