mick fanning
Shark encounters in South African waters
Champion surfer Mick Fanning fought off a great white in Jeffreys Bay on the weekend. He was
not the first person to escape a shark attack along the South African coast - although the
KwaZulu-Natal Sharks Board says attacks are rare, with an average of only six incidents a year.
World champ Fanning wins J-Bay Open
Reigning ASP world champion, Mick Fanning of Australia, took a giant step towards a
fourth world title when he defeated compatriot Joel Parkinson in the final of the J-Bay Open in sensational waves in Jeffreys Bay, South Africa on the weekend.
Jordy goes back-to-back in J-Bay
South Africa's Jordy Smith captured the 2011 Billabong Pro Jeffreys Bay in a hard-fought final over Australia's Mick Fanning, watched by a raucous hometown crowd on the beach and hundreds of thousands online.
