Mick Fanning enjoys magical surf beneath the Northern Lights

Australian surfing champion Mick Fanning has completed a spectacular ride on "surprisingly good" waves beneath the Northern Lights in Norway.

Fanning, 35, hit the surf as the Aurora Borealis lit up the archipelago of Lofoten

He camped out with Norwegian photographers Mats Andreassen Grimsæth and Emil Kjos Sollie

Fanning, from Sydney, described the experience as something he would remember forever

"We sat out for two nights in a row waiting for the lights to come," the surfer said

He was nervous the spectacle could come when there was no surf

But the conditions aligned on the third day, with Fanning telling the ABC the waves were "surprisingly good"

Between sets of waves, Fanning said he was "just staring up at the sky just screaming with excitement".

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