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Supermick Takes Supertubes

The howling cross-shore arrived during the first semi, with cream and sponge flying everywhere, as though Bede had thrown Parko's victory cake into a ceiling fan.

But when it came finals time, not even the wind, not even Bede's escapology routine, nothing could stop Mick Fanning: a man who has only lost one heat since Brasil.