Tag: Mick Fanning

Surfing: Fanning to make full-time return after shark scare

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Three-time world surfing champion Mick Fanning announced Tuesday he will return to the world tour full-time this year for the first time since being attacked by a shark. The Australian only competed sporadically in 2016 after a tumultuous previous year in which he survived an infamous shark attack in South Africa, and dealt with his brother’s death and a marriage breakup. “It was nice to have 2016 off somewhat and decompress […]

Fanning not giving up on surfing despite shark attack

  JULY 22 (Reuters) — A visibly shaken Mick Fanning arrived home in Australia on Tuesday (July 21) saying he would not turn his back on surfing despite needing a “miracle” to survive a shark attack off the coast of South Africa at the weekend. The three-time world champion was paddling out to ride his first wave in the final of the World Surf League’s J-Bay Open on Sunday (July 19) when an unidentified species […]