Mick Fanning

It’s difficult to sum up a man like Mick Fanning in just a few short sentences. A surfer? Yes. A brother, a son? A 3x World Champion? One of our sport’s greatest athletes? Yes. Yes. Yes. The unlucky surfer who got knocked off his board by a white pointer during a Final at Jeffrey’s Bay, broadcast live around the world? Yes.

Mick Fanning playing with his dog
Surfer riding a large wave with arms outstretched

Mick Fanning is an Aussie hero. Mick Fanning is a legend. And right now, after retiring from the World Tour in 2018, Mick Fanning is officially on The Search.

He has done it with humility and a deep respect for surfing, and those who he chooses to surround himself with.

The pro surfer Mick Fanning
vitals
  • AKA: MF, Fanno
  • DOB: June 13, 1981
  • Born: Penrith, New South Wales, Australia
  • Resides: Tweed Heads, New South Wales, Australia
  • Height: 5’10” (177 cm)
major achievements
  • World Titles: 3 (2007, 2009, 2013)
  • 2024 Sport Australia Hall of Fame Inductee.
  • Officer of the Order of Australia (AO), 2017.
  • Surfers' Hall Of Fame Inductee.
  • Australian Male Surfer Of The Year, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016.
Surfer making a jump