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Mick Fanning

Swellnet Sessions

Missing in Fiji

Ted Grambeau
Fri 13 December 6:34am

“Parko is still checking with his wife.” It was an innocent email from Taylor Steele but it brought a wry smile to the cube monkeys at Swellnet. The contrast was stark: pro surfing's jetsetting elite, who fly to exotic locales on a moments notice...but only after the family matriarch gives the OK.

Swellnet Sessions

Missing in Fiji

Ted Grambeau
Fri 13 December 6:34am

“Parko is still checking with his wife.” It was an innocent email from Taylor Steele but it brought a wry smile to the cube monkeys at Swellnet. The contrast was stark: pro surfing's jetsetting elite, who fly to exotic locales on a moments notice...but only after the family matriarch gives the OK.

The Outsider: In Cold Blood

Swellnet Dispatch

The Outsider: In Cold Blood

Swellnet Dispatch
Steve Shearer
Saturday 07/04  90

"I said hello, Eugene. Does any of this ring a bell, Eugene?" - Hey Eugene, Pink Martini.

Sure it looks pretty shitehouse on the webcast, you Bells Beach naysayers. It seems burgery and high tide Rincon runs mostly aimlessly along the flat reef. The Bowl shifts contours unpredictably along a boil-riddled lineup into an uncompromising shorebreak that makes hyped aerial surfers look inept. Under an unfavourable pattern weak gurgle can set in for weeks. You wouldn't travel to surf it, not unless you call Kansas, Berlin or Stockholm your hometown.

Swellnet Sessions

Bells & Winki Warm Up

Ed Sloane
Mon 2 April 12:00am

With Bells beginning tomorrow the pros spent the weekend fine-tuning their boards and dialling in their rail game on the long walls of Bells and Winkipop. With few ramps and even less barrels Bells and Winki are unlike the rest of the venues on the World Tour. Down here it's all about keeping speed and flow, and, when the wave allows, striking with full rail blows.

Ed Sloane caught Adriano Desouza, Gabriel Medina, Mick Fanning, Michel Bourez and Alejo Muniz adjusting their game to the winding Torquay walls.

Swellnet Sessions

Bells & Winki Warm Up

Ed Sloane
Mon 2 April 12:00am

With Bells beginning tomorrow the pros spent the weekend fine-tuning their boards and dialling in their rail game on the long walls of Bells and Winkipop. With few ramps and even less barrels Bells and Winki are unlike the rest of the venues on the World Tour. Down here it's all about keeping speed and flow, and, when the wave allows, striking with full rail blows.

Ed Sloane caught Adriano Desouza, Gabriel Medina, Mick Fanning, Michel Bourez and Alejo Muniz adjusting their game to the winding Torquay walls.

Swellnet Sessions

Back to the Superbank (and D'bah too)

Ryan Williams
Tue 9 August 12:00am

After a short hiatus the Superbank threw a few lines recently when a small east swell made its way down the well-groomed sandbank. On the weekend Gold Coast photographer, Ryan Williams, drifted down the point shooting various sections, some of them looking as good as they have in many months. He also fired off a couple of frames of Mick spreading his wings at wind-affected D'bah.

All photo by Ryan Williams. //STU NETTLE

Swellnet Sessions

Back to the Superbank (and D'bah too)

Ryan Williams
Tue 9 August 12:00am

After a short hiatus the Superbank threw a few lines recently when a small east swell made its way down the well-groomed sandbank. On the weekend Gold Coast photographer, Ryan Williams, drifted down the point shooting various sections, some of them looking as good as they have in many months. He also fired off a couple of frames of Mick spreading his wings at wind-affected D'bah.

All photo by Ryan Williams. //STU NETTLE

Swellnet Sessions

Third Time is the Charm

Shayne Nienaber
Mon 1 August 12:00am

Before Mick Fanning headed for J'Bay, Steve Shearer saw him surfing his local pointbreak saying he looked "sharp and on point". Fanning carried the form through the comp coming second to local lad, Jordy Smith. Fanning now heads to Huntington Beach where he's competing in the US Open, an event he made the semi-finals of in 2010 and the finals in 2009. Fans are hoping that the third time is the charm for Fanning at "the world's largest surfing competition".

Swellnet Sessions

Third Time is the Charm

Shayne Nienaber
Mon 1 August 12:00am

Before Mick Fanning headed for J'Bay, Steve Shearer saw him surfing his local pointbreak saying he looked "sharp and on point". Fanning carried the form through the comp coming second to local lad, Jordy Smith. Fanning now heads to Huntington Beach where he's competing in the US Open, an event he made the semi-finals of in 2010 and the finals in 2009. Fans are hoping that the third time is the charm for Fanning at "the world's largest surfing competition".