In much needed, if bittersweet, news for the surviving members of the Fanning family, Mick and wife Breanna Randall announced the birth of their daughter Lyla Skye Fanning.
Two weeks ago in a tragedy as unimaginable as it was sad, Mick Fanning lost his last surviving brother Ed in a freak accident at a remote surf camp in the Indian Ocean.
Ed Fanning was working as a surf guide in Anakao, Madagascar, when a reef cut turned septic, killing the forty eight year old.
Over the course of the weekend, Ed was farewelled in spectacular fashion at Snapper Rocks.
Today we gathered to celebrate the life of Ed. I want to thank my family and friends for all the amazing support they have shown not only me but everyone that loved Ed. It was a beautiful day with so many amazing people coming together,” Mick Fanning wrote.
“I know Ed is always with me. The memories and good times we shared for so many years will always be with me. I give thanks for that. Some incredible stories were told today as people telling their versions of the funny and wild shit he used to do. Please keep telling them as Ed would want you all to laugh.”
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Nine years ago, and on the eve of a dramatic world title showdown at Pipeline, Mick Fanning received news that his older brother Peter, a daddy to three who had been suffering from a “serious hyperthyroid disease” had died in his sleep.
In 1998, Mick’s twenty-year-old brother Sean, along with another talented local surfer Joel Green, was killed in a car accident. Mick Fanning was seventeen.
In much needed, if bittersweet, news for the surviving members of the Fanning family, mama Liz, daddy John and sister Rachel, Mick and wife Breanna Randall announced the birth of their daughter Lyla Skye Fanning.
It’s the second kid for Mick and Breanna, lil Xander Dean was born in 2020 four years after Mick’s divorce from interior designer Karissa Dalton.
Both kids names reflect the three-time champ’s well-travelled life, Xander the diminutive of the Greek Alexander, “defender of mankind”, and Lyla a variation of the Hebrew Lilah, a shortening of Delilah.
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Anybody have any tips for the best cold water wax for a folding surfboard? Or should I just go full deck traction again?
Missed opportunity. I know Dakota Fanning is taken, but… hello South Dakota Fanning!
In other news https://uploads.disquscdn.c… Kelly’s daughter described him as having “heart of stone” in a now deleted comment on his retirement video. Brutal.
Nice find!
Whoa! Shocking public admission.
But in all honesty, I’m not surprised and neither will most here.
Oh yeah it’s explodo time here in the next week or so…congrats to m.f. and missus. Some people shouldn’t have kids,but that’s not them. Good genes means progression of the species.
We need more cross breeding to lose the Liberal racism BS.
You’ve just given DR and Chas 20 to 30 articles.
nah they wouldnt have the figs to go anywhere near it
um…
Ruh roh
Heavy.
Sounds almost too perfect to be real. Are we sure this wasn’t fake news?
Why would she write that on his retirement page and why hasn’t that page become bg fodder?
that video was released only yesterday, so a big time dead horse beating is nigh. btw, I’ll take that big guy shaper recommendation whenever you are so inclined!
Robert Weiner makes short boards for Old men that surf.
Dreamaker’s for me. Width and thickness hidden in foil, crisp edges and aggressive full single concave, light panel v out the back. Dream rocker he should call it. Nice dude, drop in and talk.
Ventura near the 126 exchange.
Thankya
Edit: Also just ordered a stock one. It’ll motivate me to drink less and do more physical therapy between now and when I can surf again
that’s what I’m saying, it’s so cliche it sounds like something made up by a troll
Yikes!
having watched that video and Kelly almost choking up talking about not being there for his daughter, it makes sense that there might have been a recent falling out.
Kells Bells! Love how it’s all gunna be different this time around now that he’s having a son! Move over deadbeat dad kelly enter multiple fatherly world title winner kelly. And to think a babe of this much preternatural luck was almost named after the muscle that tightens the butthole. Whew….a near miss.
That’s my insta burner account.
Kelly! Your friends that have moved on to the after life is so long you have to make a list..?
You only have one daughter, whom from the looks of it sees your legacy in different light. Go to Tahiti and then pull off the tour. Do whatever you got to do fix your relationship with daughter. You got the time and money before your son is born. Fuck man so many parents whom have lost a child would dream to have a shot for a do over. Speaking from experience mate.
Love it when the people report..