It has been a busy year for the possible 2015 world champ...but not too busy for love!
Professional surfing, on the World Tour, is a grind. Oh sure, the life is not nearly as taxing as, say, working a coal mine or teaching English to native Chinese speakers but still. It is a twelve month per year gig with precious little time off, which makes Mick Fanning’s latest splash such a heartwarming one.
There is a sixteen-year-old boy named Ben Beasley from Adelaide, Australia, who was recently diagnosed with a brain tumor and has been undergoing chemotherapy, a total drag by all accounts. His family told him they were going on a little trip to the Gold Coast and Ben thought it was “random” until out popped Mick Fanning, Ben’s favorite surfer!
Mick is an ambassador of the Starlight Children’s Foundation, a charity that makes sick kids’ dreams come true and Ben, of course, dreamed of meeting with the three, maybe four time world champ.
“Even to just get a photo with [Fanning] has been a dream of mine for a long time…” the young man told the Brisbane Times.
Better yet, though, Mick paddled Ben and his twin brother out and the three surfed for hours.
If you needed a little pick me up, which professional surfer would you want to spend time with?
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I wonder if Mick gave them any waves?
Fanning, always the good press guy, ever since, you know, “The Jew Chronicles”. Or don’t we mention that anymore?
you know , I am prepared to give Mick the benefit of the doubt on the Jew comments. He was drunk , he knows he said some messed up shit , we have all done it . And don’t forget he grew up on the Goldy – not exactly a cultural Mecca.
I would choose Micro just to remind me that there is always someone worse off.
Keala Moniz, she could rub my little bald chemo head if I got struck down.
Surprised the Grit hasn’t picked up Fanning’s star turn on the cover of Ellle magazine. Is that not news?