Mick Fanning, focus at Winki Pop, VIC

Yesterday afternoon, photog Ryan Miller had his phone lit up by Mick Fanning to go surf and when such things happen, you oblige. “Winkipop yesterday afternoon wasn’t that spectacular but when the champ called I was getting in the car quick quick,” Miller says. “We saw a bunch of production crew setting up shit in anticipation of running the event today. But Mick… Guy is a fucking beast and was going hard. Waves were shit but he was powering it out, prepping for today. I get so pumped on his program and his mental toughness. He never lets off the accelerator.”