sufring champion fanning to make fulltime return
Last Updated : GMT 05:17:37
Emiratesvoice, emirates voice
Emiratesvoice, emirates voice
Last Updated : GMT 05:17:37
Emiratesvoice, emirates voice

Sufring champion Fanning to make full-time return

Emiratesvoice, emirates voice

Emiratesvoice, emirates voice Sufring champion Fanning to make full-time return

Australian surfer Mick Fanning
Sydney - Arab Today

Three-time world surfing champion Mick Fanning announced Tuesday he will return to the world tour full-time this year for the first time since being attacked by a shark.

The Australian only competed sporadically in 2016 after a tumultuous previous year in which he survived an infamous shark attack in South Africa, and dealt with his brother's death and a marriage breakup.

"It was nice to have 2016 off somewhat and decompress but I'm excited to put the singlet on again," Fanning, 35, said in a statement.

"2015 was a tough year. A lot happened to me on camera and in my personal life. I just felt exhausted by the end of it."

Fanning made global headlines when he fought off a great white shark on live television during the J-Bay Open in South Africa. He survived the terrifying ordeal unscathed but it rattled him.

He overcame his fears and got back in the water to stay in the title race, pushing it to the season-ending Pipe Masters in Hawaii where he learnt that his brother Peter had died suddenly as he prepared to surf for a fourth world crown.

Fanning, who also separated from his wife that year, narrowly missed out to Brazilian Adriano de Souza and decided to take a sabbatical.

But he said he was ready to again test himself against the world's best.

"Let the show begin. It's going to be an incredible year," he said.

The 11-stop World Surf League championship gets underway later this month at Snapper Rocks on the Gold Coast in Australia. It also takes in events in Brazil, Fiji, South Africa, Tahiti, California, France, Portugal and Hawaii.

Source: AFP

Name *

E-mail *

Comment Title*

Comment *

: Characters Left

Mandatory *

Terms of use

Publishing Terms: Not to offend the author, or to persons or sanctities or attacking religions or divine self. And stay away from sectarian and racial incitement and insults.

I agree with the Terms of Use

Security Code*

sufring champion fanning to make fulltime return sufring champion fanning to make fulltime return

 



Name *

E-mail *

Comment Title*

Comment *

: Characters Left

Mandatory *

Terms of use

Publishing Terms: Not to offend the author, or to persons or sanctities or attacking religions or divine self. And stay away from sectarian and racial incitement and insults.

I agree with the Terms of Use

Security Code*

sufring champion fanning to make fulltime return sufring champion fanning to make fulltime return

 



GMT 13:06 2012 Thursday ,14 June

Steady rise in temperature forecast in UAE

GMT 17:11 2016 Wednesday ,20 April

Hamdallah, Singapore Prime Minister meet

GMT 18:41 2017 Wednesday ,02 August

Bangladesh separates conjoined twins in rare surgery

GMT 00:59 2017 Monday ,20 February

Rousseff urges vote against impeachment

GMT 07:11 2018 Thursday ,18 January

Germany loans Lithuania 'birth certificate'

GMT 15:00 2017 Monday ,18 September

National Pavilion UAE’s Venice Internship now open

GMT 10:36 2017 Sunday ,31 December

Swimming with whale sharks in Mexico

GMT 15:02 2017 Wednesday ,22 February

5 Natural home remedies to stop hair loss

GMT 07:42 2017 Wednesday ,26 July

Khalid 5 football tournament launched

GMT 07:22 2017 Tuesday ,05 December

Mario Centeno, the 'Ronaldo' of the eurozone

GMT 12:51 2017 Monday ,08 May

Tadweer launches second e-Services edition

GMT 06:51 2017 Monday ,23 October

Electricity Minister receives German ambassador

GMT 12:24 2017 Tuesday ,17 October

Underlines importance of reconciliation

GMT 06:08 2014 Friday ,15 August

UN vote Friday on measure to weaken Iraq Islamists

GMT 14:43 2013 Tuesday ,04 June

British Council launches new global English exam

GMT 11:45 2013 Wednesday ,17 April

Syria photograph wins Pulitzer

GMT 02:39 2016 Friday ,04 November

Singaporean president visits Giza pyramids plateau
Emiratesvoice, emirates voice
 
 Emirates Voice Facebook,emirates voice facebook  Emirates Voice Twitter,emirates voice twitter Emirates Voice Rss,emirates voice rss  Emirates Voice Youtube,emirates voice youtube  Emirates Voice Youtube,emirates voice youtube

Maintained and developed by Arabs Today Group SAL.
All rights reserved to Arab Today Media Group 2021 ©

Maintained and developed by Arabs Today Group SAL.
All rights reserved to Arab Today Media Group 2021 ©

emiratesvoieen emiratesvoiceen emiratesvoiceen emiratesvoiceen
emiratesvoice emiratesvoice emiratesvoice
emiratesvoice
بناية النخيل - رأس النبع _ خلف السفارة الفرنسية _بيروت - لبنان
emiratesvoice, Emiratesvoice, Emiratesvoice