Aussie surfer and shark surviver Mick Fanning has confirmed he and designer wife Karissa Dalton have split after eight years of marriage.
One of the most popular surfers on the world tour dropped the bombshell their marriage was in trouble with a statement on Facebook his morning.
'Karissa has stood by me since we first met in 2004. We have shared plenty of great times but more importantly she has helped me through some of the toughest moments in my life, especially this past year," he wrote.
'There has been some speculation about our marriage coming to an end over the past six months. We refuted those claims because we were both committed to working things out since we separated last February.
"It has been a traumatic seven months for Fanning who fought off a shark during competition last year and then lost his brother Peter just hours before attempting to win a fourth World title - a feat he failed to achieve.