"It kept slipping out of his hands so he started scooping up with sand..."
And just when you think you know someone. Mick Fanning, 36, was heading out for a surf today when he saw a poor little fish flopping helplessly in the sand. The normal reaction would have been to step on the fish’s head, delivering a satisfying crunch up through the heel and into the heart but that is not what Mr. Fanning did. He, instead, saved the fish’s life and let us turn to the Gold Coast Bulletin for the rest of the story.
Amateur photographer Leisa Oakes started snapping shots of Fanning when she saw him trying to pick up the slippery fish. “I wondered what he was doing, then I realised he was trying to pick up this little bream which had flipped up onto the sand,” said the Tweed Heads resident who goes by @natures_jewel.
“It kept slipping out of his hands so he started scooping up with sand on to his board.
“He eventually got it back into the water, it was pretty funny.”
Fanning is previously best known for punching a shark in the face. Do you believe in karma? Do you think this rights the wheel or whatever?
I don’t believe in karma and would have stepped the fish’s head, delivering an enjoyable crisp up through the heel and into the heart. It is why Mick Fanning is a better man than me and always will be.
To Mick!
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Karma is real but for fuck sake harden up mick
Play loud and dance when the break hits.
BREAKING: Mick adopts new pets to keep him company during his retirement.
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Mick is a nice man.
That is positively nescius.
I was unaware of the meaning of the meaning of nescius.Nice work .
The etymology of the word “nice” fascinates, does it not? At the roots/origin of the word, we see “nescius”. In Old French we get ” nice”, and still in Middle English we see “nice” meaning stupid. From there we see a complete abandonment of meaning* . Not ignorant. Not foolish. Nay! Now “nice” is good. Now it is kind. Be a nice man. Be Kelly. Must be nice being foolish.
*does it remind you of something? Professional surfing?
Keep it simple stupid could in another parallel universe be “ keep it nice nice “ ?
yibbity yibita
Gold Coast Bulletin. A highly reputable publication. It’s like reading a non-glossy gossip magazine.
But good human interest stories! Follow Michael Saunders, ex-Surfing Life. He does it well.
I’ll get on it. Anti-depressive human interest stories are still better than real news I spose.
Mick learned a valuable lesson today. If Mick wanted to get things done right in that moment, he was going to have to get his hands dirty…..with beach grit. It’s okay Mick. It washes off.
No kiss on the lips before release? What a prick.
Saint Mick will probably be remembered as having lived more like St Julian the Hospitaller than St Francis of Assisi.A sinner who finds enlightenment through suffering rather than being an enlightened sinner.Gustave Flaubert’s St Julian the hospitaller is a wonderful read .
Ah Bicko, you’ve hit the nail on the proverbial. Mick has suffered for his art like no other surfer since, well, Pauline Menczer.
Kelly could learn a lot from Pauline 93 ASP world champ . I believe she is the only pro surfer to arrive at a contest in a shopping trolley ( neither drunk nor stoned ) , in to much pain to walk , but able to compete .
Difference is she had to pay her own fucking bills.
Pretty shitty for a girl who won 20 ct events
Yeah, I heard she is a bus driver somewhere in Australia… World champ and great surfer.
my colleague!…..hard as nails.
Impressive!
Good thing that fish wasn’t circumcised…
Mick Rastovich
Mick Rastafish
Clearly not a gefilte fish.
You clever man.
Was going to say it’s clearly not a fucking jewfish, but I like yours better. Chapeau!
Unless Mick is walking “In the shoes of the fisherman” ( wonderful Australian novel by Morris West ) ,his latest signature reef model with kosher bottle opener included on the soul/sole.L’chaim.
Oh, karma is real, jefe.
To Mick!