As far as post-surf careers go, is Mick Fanning's the sport's brightest light? Or, at very least, its noblest?
The great Mick Fanning, the whitest of lightning, three world titles afterall, and a businessman whose freckled tentacles extend to yoga studios, beach houses, a burger chain and ethical dog food, has been hailed a hero after stepping in to help save the creator of his eponymous surfboard brand.
MF Surfboards you’ll know if you’ve been with thirty miles of an Australian beaches. These are performance-ish soft boards that’ve proven wildly popular with all who seek surf thrills, from kid to shredder to ol daddies with frozen hips and withered prongs who ain’t gonna be on this planet much longer.
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“As surfers we have a unique connection to the ocean. We’re the first to see the changes in the ocean and it’s our duty to protect the waters etc,” Mick explained.
Now, and as was revealed by the Murdoch Press in Australia, Mick Fanning, forty-four, has stepped in to help his buddies at The Surfboard Agency, the Tweed Heads-based company that developed Mick Fanning Softboards.
The company recently underwent a financial restructuring, with Fanning joining as a director in a deal involving the Australian Taxation Office.
The company had run aground, to use a vaguely surfing metaphor, and hit financial difficulties including owing the ATO over $835,000. A restructuring deal was arranged, with Mick Fanning becoming a director in December of the previous year.
As far as post-surf careers go, is Mick Fanning the sport’s brightest light? A white lightning of success?
Where do you rate Mick Fanning in this pantheon, which necessarily includes Luke Egan, Josh Kerr and Bede Durbidge?
Further, what do you regard as success? Money, fam, access to pussy?
I say pussy with regular visits from children.
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I’ve always held Fanno’ in high regard, and this gesture only helps to exemplify why! 🤔
Success? My take. Still being alive, married to a good woman, kids who don’t hate me, great extended family and friends. Also the chance I’ll get back in water in the next few months. Everything else is a bonus.
Anyone that has a hand in the soft board plague is a cunt.
Dez mate, the absolute consensual depravity I have been experiencing lately would cause you to give me a knowing nod.
I went through hell and found a sensual awakening of how good pleasures of the flesh can be.
Xox
Chemsex?
Oh doing stuff on gear?! No thanks. I am not very good at taking drugs.
Xox
👍
Another middle-aged man discovers his bumhole!
Kind of like Colombus discovering America.
Xox
$835000- thats a problem for the ATO, no wonder they let the company restructure with some of Mick’s dough.
They’ll want it all back with interest.
fuk those Beasties are fun.
Have you surfed one of them in firing waves?
Or do you only surf them in mediocre waves?
Fabio Gouveia, Tom Carroll, Ross Clark,Tom Curren. Real people. Much respect.
*Gil Gunderson
Ol’ Gil just turned 41 and asked himself this exact existential question. With any luck, this is the halfway point, and at this stage I’d say it’s fam. Rich with fam. 2 junior Gil’s and a mini miss Gil. In all reality and bullshit aside, it’s all about them. It’s what provides self worth and identity. Yeah, Ol’ Gil pulls an honest buck in the corp field and throws the hotdog down the hallway at regular intervals with Mrs Gil, but it’s fam.
What Ol’ Gil has noticed is shift in surf stoke/motivation. It’s not about Gil anymore (even though Gil just took possession of a filthy new custom Webber lol). Joy is derived from pushing Junior Gil’s into waves. Maybe that’s rich? Maybe not? Wanna go? Righto cunt! No, fuck you!
who cares about ‘gil’??? Shut up.
Is that you, wifey?
Good one
Rip in Gil! You’re a good man.
Xox
Fucking hell. I’ll read that again when my insides are freeze dried but I am, perversely, busting for a shit. Pussy or bust.
If only he was more like Porko
P.S.
Considering the company is called ‘Mick Fanning Softboards’ it’s not like he was never involved anyway, so obviously isn’t only helping out his mates from the kindness of his heart, and can’t turn his back on it without looking like a complete dodgy fuck.
Similar to how Dirk doesn’t just own the wosl to get Natasha to suck his dick, there’s tax write-offs involved, and in Micks case, face to be saved.
If only he was more like Porko…
To what extent are you Porko? Be honest.
I wish i earnt that much to owe that much
“from kid to shredder to ol daddies with frozen hips and withered prongs who ain’t gonna be on this planet much longer.”
jeezus h Christo !
No point in wallowing in denial! Harvest years are here.