SURFE -ETAPA DE PIPELINE -FAZ POR ONDE - O GLOBO - Newspaper, Tuesday, Dec. 15th Rio de Janeiro -Brazil/
page 29 -Esportes
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With Consistence, discipline and courage against shark, Mick Fanning fight for the fourth World Title in a year that became the man to be beat - and even more admired.
Renato de Alexandrino
renato.alexandrino@globo.com.br
On June of 2004, when attempt to a maneuver in Indonesia Mick Fanning slides, fell awkwardly on the surfboard and suffers a severe lesion in the posterior muscle of the left leg. I a rare surgical procedure, a metal hook was placed under the skin to hold the muscle in place. It was five months out of the water, with many doubts concerning the future of then promising Australian surfer. In early 2005, in the first championship that he disputed after get injured, Mick won the Gold Coast WCT. Ten years later, he is one of the most admired surfers in the world, with three World Titles in his curriculum.
In the tifht for his fourth Cup, Mick at 34, is the main rival of Brazilians Filipe Toledo, Adriano de Souza and Gabriel Medina. The four surfers are awaiting in Hawaii by restarting of Pipeline WCT, that was postponed again yesterday for waiting of good waves.The championship may restart today, at 4:00 Pm (Brasília Time)
If amont the Brazilian Fans is, of course, for the Thophy remains in the country, it is undeniable also that Michael Eugene Fanning would be a deserved champion of 2015 season. Consistent the Australian won in Bells Beach, in Australia, and
Trestles, in California, and was protagonist of the most dramatic moment in the history of the elite of surfing.
In the final of Jeffreys Bay, in South Africa, a shark attacked him. The Australian escaped unhurt. The final was interrupted and he became famous in the world - the video of the attack broadcasted by World Surf League(WSL), had 22 million views no YouTube.
Jeffreys Bay was the event where I felt more comfortable. Everybody forgot the competition and was there one for the other, support - said Fanning to WSL site.
Personal dramas are nothing new to him. In 1998, at 17, he lost his older brother, Sean, another promising surfer, in a car accident. An annual Tourney is performed in Gold Coast to remind Sean, and Mick said that has already felt the presence of his brother when is surfing. In 2007, on the day when he became Champion for the first time, Fanning saw a dolphin during the four heats of WCT in Imbituba(SC).
-He was there, just having fun . I felt like was my brother. I spent the day talking to the dolphin. Perhaps does not mean anything but I do not know, maybe means anything - Said Mick, at that time.
In 2007, he changed from the water into wine and vice-versa. Known than until then by his partying side- Friends said that when he drank turned into "Eugene", his middle name and out of control -, Mick decided to become an athlete. He started to wake up very early and often was the first to enter the sea to train in the stages beaches. He started to win.
Medina has never hidden the Australian , not Kelly Slater(USA)as is common for many surfers, was his strong influence.
-Mick is an inspiration to me, because it is very determined and knows what he is doint - said the surfer of São Paulo, at 21.
Adriano de Souza is another fan declared:
-He is the reason I am here and wake up every day. People do not see how he works, and whe shows taht work gets results.
WHO IS MICK
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TITLES: 2007, 2009, 2013
IN 2014: was deputy of Medina.
TODAY: G. Hall(IRL) x Adriano(BRA)
Filipe x Mason Ho(HAW)
Fanning x O'Brien(HAW)
Medina x Jordy Smith(SAF)
STAN BLUMERG/AFP
Unforgettable. Mick Fanning surfs in Jeffreys Bay in South Africa, where a shark attacked him in July during the final.
He counterattacked and escaped live.
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