{"id":278285,"date":"2026-01-08T14:07:38","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T14:07:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.carvemag.com\/?p=278285"},"modified":"2026-01-08T14:22:42","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T14:22:42","slug":"mick-fanning-snapper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carvemag.com\/2026\/01\/mick-fanning-snapper\/","title":{"rendered":"Mick Fanning &#8211; Snapper"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_video et_pb_video_0\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_video_box\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mick Fanning | Surfing Snapper Rocks, Australia.\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aJ6Oa3-XcCY?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_0  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>At 44, Mick Fanning is still schooling groms \u2013 I know, it\u2019s sickening. More froth than a foam party, rail game sharper than ever, and that classic Fanning turn still whipping through waves like he\u2019s on turbo mode. Check out the cameo appearance by Korbin Hutchings; he specialises in crowd control. Hit play and pull in.<\/p>\n<p><strong>film and edit:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/danscotttt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@danscotttt<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No one turns on the gas at Snapper quite like Mick Fanning&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":278286,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[35,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-278285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-videos"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mick Fanning - Snapper - Carvemag.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.carvemag.com\/2026\/01\/mick-fanning-snapper\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mick Fanning - Snapper - Carvemag.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"No one turns on the gas at Snapper quite like Mick Fanning...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.carvemag.com\/2026\/01\/mick-fanning-snapper\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Carvemag.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/carvemag\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-01-08T14:07:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-01-08T14:22:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.carvemag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/mick-fanning.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1269\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"James\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@carvemag\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@carvemag\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"James\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.carvemag.com\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/mick-fanning-snapper\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.carvemag.com\\\/2026\\\/01\\\/mick-fanning-snapper\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"James\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.carvemag.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/269ce93810cd0a143a9c4763dffd093f\"},\"headline\":\"Mick Fanning &#8211; 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