Australian surfing legend Mick Fanning and his partner Breeana Randall have revealed they are expecting their second child.
The couple have taken to social media to post a gorgeous photo of Randall — by the beach, of course — showing off her pregnant belly.
Fanning, 42, captioned the photo of the baby bump with a simple, “Hi”, followed by a cheeky baby chick emoji and a love heart.
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In his Insta story he used the same pic and wrote, “Coming 2024” next to a love heart.
In 2020 Fanning and Randall brought their first child into the world, Xander Dean Fanning.
Fanning’s most recent post set social media alight with over 23,000 people reacting to it (at the time of writing) within hours.
Among some of the big names to comment were world women’s surfing champ Stephanie Gilmore, Aussie tennis player Matt Ebden, Adelaide Crows AFL star Rory Sloane, and Aussie pop singer Amy Shark.
“How good mate 🙌🏼,” Sloane — a keen surfer himself — wrote.
“Oh. You’re serious about this family stuff!” another fan wrote.
“Congrats guys. Such an epic time in life,” wildlife photographer Jaimen Hudson wrote
Fanning retired from the World Surf League in 2018 after becoming a three-time world champion.
He is also famous for surviving a shark attack in 2015 when competing in a tournament at Jeffreys Bay in South Africa.
In an interview with Body&Soul this year, Fanning said he was “really content and happy to just be at home and do the dad thing”.
He said watching Xander grow and “getting to relearn life through his eyes” was an amazing experience.
After the arrival of Xander, he wrote: “Hi, my name is Xander Dean Fanning and I came into the world on 10th August 2020 at 2:14pm. I weigh 3.31 kg or 7lbs 7oz … I’m extremely strong, healthy and calm all because of my beautiful Mama Breeana is a full on superhero.
“Mama was so calm, relaxed and in the zone. Dada calls her his Zen Wonder Woman and is so in awe of how strong and amazing she is.”