Meet Dane Henry: Mick Fanning’s Ultra-Professional Surfing Protege

You’ve got to admire the narrow-minded focus of Dane Henry. The Gold Coast-raised 19-year-old just cleaned out the ISA Junior and Open divisions, joining just two others to achieve this feat, Tom Curren and Gabriel Medina.

He backed that up with a win in the WSL World Junior titles in the Philippines and will shortly embark on a Challenger Series campaign, which he hopes to make short work of on his way to contesting world titles. “I’ve always been into the full competitive mindset and...