Mick Fanning
Birthday: June 13, 1981
Born: Penrith, NSW, Australia
Resides: Tweed Heads, NSW, Australia
Parents: Mick's mom Liz is his manager, his dad is an earth mover; they divorced when he was 1.
Siblings: Mick is one of five children ' four boys and one girl; Mick lost his older brother Sean, also an aspiring pro surfers, in a car accident when he was 17. He dedicated his first elite tour victory to Sean's memory.
Significant other: Mick and his fiancee film student/model Karissa Dalton are set to be married in February of 2008.

ASP World Tour Bio:
If 2006 was the year that got away for Mick Fanning, 2007 was the one that didn't. Mick kick started the year with a home town win on the Gold Coast of Australia and followed it with an astonishingly consistent campaign to claim the 2007 ASP World Title in Brazil with a tour stop to spare. His main sponsor Rip Curl proudly chants, "Lightning Strikes!" and Australia finally has its hands on the ASP World Title again.

Mick's early days saw him likened to Kelly Slater for his ability to take on a diverse range of waves and competitors; only time will tell if Mick can make like Slater and rack up world titles. A member of the talented trio known as the Cooly Kids (which includes fellow ASP World Tour campaigners Dean Morrison and Joel Parkinson who all grew up in the Queensland suburb of Coolangatta), the toe-headed speed-demon they call "White Lightning" will fight to defend his well-deserved title from the rest of the ASP Top 45 in 2008.