It took 27 years, locations all over the world and the last half a decade in production …
but the Parks Bonifay Documentary is finally here. This tale of a man, his unconventional
youth and unbelievable adulthood, flirting with disaster and challenging life, the triumphs of
winning everything in sight, and tribulations of incomprehensible injuries, the considerable fun,
unexpected pain and the pressure all add up to one thing: his movie. Come along as the life
of an extraordinary athlete and his incredible family unfolds before you. It’s a life worth seeing;
from the time when we watched helplessly as the sports’ greatest all-time athlete almost
drowned in three feet of water, to a broken steering cable on a rickety film boat bobbing in
the Teahupoo channel, to the historical footage of the world’s youngest rider on the water. The
story of Parks Bonifay brings both never seen before mind blowing content and the untold story
of the most highly acclaimed athlete in our sport. Join him for the ride.
“We’ve got so much footage, not only of me, but of my parents skiing when they were 15-20,
and even of my grandparents skiing in 1942 hitting a janky-ass ski ramp. When you see this
you’re going to see a pretty cool story. People will walk away with a lot more than just my story,
they’ll have a grasp of how wakeboarding fit into waterskiing, how waterskiing kind of came
about, and about how the Bonifays fit into waterskiing before I was even born.”
- Parks Bonifay
“...The Bonifays, they’re crazy! Each one of them has a unique, crazy gene. From watching
some of the old footage you’re just like, ‘What the hell were they thinking?!?’ You see Pete
(Parks and Shane’s dad) almost die multiple times doing some crazy stunts and you kind of get
an idea where Parks came from.”
- Keith Kipp, Director
“This is an incredible story of both athlete and family. Literally, Parks has been in the media
spot light since he was six months old, and the new footage that is exclusive to this movie will
illustrate why he is still the sport’s biggest name.”
- Bill McCaffray, Publisher, Alliance Wakeboard Magazine
