SURFING champion Mick Fanning took some time out to give a teenage cancer patient a surf lesson today.

Ben Beasley was stuck down six months ago by a paralysing tumour which had wrapped itself around his brain stem.

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The 16-year-old thought he was going to fit in a few waves at Coolangatta between bouts of chemotherapy but he got the best surprise of his life from Fanning, an ambassador for the Starlight Foundation’s wish-granting program.