Mick Fanning's Irish Crossroads

For the past two decades, Mick Fanning has collected homes all over the world - returning to the same places, the same towns, the same waves, each year on the World Tour. Making friends. Becoming family.
But one place has always held a special place for Mick, and it's a place that the World Tour didn't take him to.
Ireland. Ireland is where Mick's family is from. A tiny, modest town in the north is where his dad was raised. And it's where he feels his roots.
So on his year sabbatical from the tour, while he was taking time to try to reset - to get back to the basics and get to know himself again - it only made sense that he returned to the land of the Irish.
Because as you're reading this, he's facing one of the hardest choices of his life.
Join Mick Fanning, as he goes home... and faces the Irish Crossroads.
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Filmed and edit by Nick Pollet
Additional filming by Taylor Paul
Artist: Alain De Carne
Track: Ireland Mix
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Artist: The Foreign Objects
Track: Born Again Blues Man
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Artist: Piccadilly Circus
Track: Upbeat Hard-Rock
Source: Getty Images

[@brendalarsson639]

The joy in his freedom is obvious. Beautiful country, beautifully filmed.

[@sineadcunningham9351]

The water is cold but the welcome is warm. Wild Atlantic Way every day an adventure.

[@extradutyfelt1]

Ireland has some world class breaks, amazing!

[@emeliehelmstedt1447]

wow I love Ireland so much

[@tzt1182]

Mick is a class act.

[@mattycireland]

4.40 like a kid at Christmas! Love it!

[@adambamf9365]

4:40 its like. Its like the box! his stoke lol

[@justtowatch111]

adam bamf, that was my exact thought!. It's great to see a guy who has surfed more waves than I will ever see still get that stoked over a new wave!.

[@triathlonSDhsp]

Heaaaavy. Incredible stuff. Ireland looks amazing. Mick killed it. Great edit

[@nathanmyers1253]

I feel appreciative to Mick for these last couple Search Edits... he could probably be chilling at home or even on these trips and not working for video parts, but he keeps delivering, and I'm more stoked watching these than watching him surf yet another heat. Thanks, Mick (and RipCurl), awesome edits lately. (Alaska one was sick too!)

[@greglucero8714]

That's why we do it, the stoke. it's a feeling that never dulls

[@winro7436]

omg perfect waves👍

[@lalaboards]

There goes Ireland.I bet the locals are so excited for the tourists to come.

[@oregonxyz]

great shots of the island's waves and those who ride them - and the grassy knolls look very inspiring

[@watergraffiti]

'Looks like the box!' Excited sprint to the car for boards! I lost it laughing. Funny a surfers mind you gotta be one to be in one.

[@JoeMmt347]

As a Yank w Irish Roots, I get the Stoke. Latinos have close roots but people like me r a bit sent adrift. Lot of Anglo Yanks feel a sense of lack of Culture, Roots. Really enjoyed the Video!

[@cjgamer2140]

Sounds like a lot of retirement talk, and he needed to get away from all the cameras following him by having a camera follow him to document him getting away lol. Still love you Mick! The vid looks sick!

[@JamesAlexanderMcC]

That was awesome

[@jonathonhayden2406]

Yes mick fanning, ceasing that opportunity and making the most of it.

[@Neumatikos]

we all love Mick no matter what

[@LeileeBaker805]

Beautiful 😎✌

[@Doininit]

Excellent!! the genuine excitement in his eyes at 4:40!

[@backcountrysurf7895]

yeah Eugene.Sick. good to see ya enjoying ya self

[@aussiedownunder4186]

I have Irish ancestry from Arklow in County Wicklow Mick. Understand where you are coming from. Great country Ireland but a bit chilly 😂😂Respect mate!

[@danielchung2507]

More mick in perfect waves....

[@maxmonterumisi]

Great Mick!!!

[@PennyBoarder8]

What a guy. Always returns to his roots. Mad props from the uk.

[@cbdcaffie]

Tough life, Mick. Cant imagine booking my own accommodation.

[@camdrinan]

Soooo dope!

[@s004629]

great video

[@MrUsername121211]

"You go to other countries like Indonesia... or Hawaii..." -Mick Fanning

[@cjsmith]

That wave looks heavier than pipe! 🤙 🍀

[@guyfromBR]

+Rip Curl wow, nice one... So, now that you've shown the promo, and watered up our mouths with it, could you go on and show us the FULL video? Cheers!

[@bryantotten7315]

excitement level-2 fun 10

[@Dimebif]

mick is a powerfull king of the big wave

[@gracecooper4489]

If Mick Retired i would be so upset cause he inspired me to surf and when i got my first ever surf board i was like i can be a miny girl Mick Fanning and my dream has always to go surfing with Mick🏄🏄🏄🏄🏄🏄🏄🏄🏄🏄🏄🏄🏄🏄🏄🏄🏄🏄🏄🏄🏄🏄🏄🏄🏄🏄🏄🏄🏄

[@alipally32]

fannings the goat

[@mfitz1991]

Looks like a tamed shipsterns 👌 actually rideable 🤣

[@lashcloneclonebeard2875]

fuck yeah Mick, fuck yeah

[@pablol.stetzkamp3166]

Is he surfing Doolin Point and Aileens?

[@dinobeneduci8929]

YEAH MICK!!!!!!!

[@djizzah]

great waves, shame about the freezing cold

[@Doininit]

Fanny!!

[@esnyder77]

Today I feel like shit, I'm just gonna chill

[@northshoreireland1074]

I make surf related vids and I'm Irish living in Ireland yeeeeewwww some stoked bros

[@SpartanBeefcake]

Where is the opening shot?

[@krusher74]

I think around Slieve League, although Ireland has many tall sea cliffs

[@jagl6723]

Anyone knows the location of 1:44 ?

[@shauna2397]

Malin, Co. Donegal - part of the Wild Atlantic Way

[@jagl6723]

thank you. added to the list. :)

[@colaisteanphiarsaigh1055]

The blackspot box

[@Feeetzy]

Incredible edit. I was just in Lahinch surfing myself . I'm uploading my own edit right now. Head over to my channel to see it!

[@luistejido8986]

whats the title of the last song?

[@jmartin7022]

esta glass mismo e

[@flaedo]

spots please and with a 3,2 wetsuit is ok?

[@squaretops1]

hed prefer bodyboarding here

[@Dd1234g]

green barrels

[@themaskedamateurmagician1209]

As a Yank w Irish Roots, I get the Stoke. Latinos have close roots but people like me r a bit sent adrift. Lot of Anglo Yanks feel a sense of lack of Culture, Roots. Really enjoyed the Video!