Australian surfing legend Mick Fanning has survived the elimination round to fight another day in the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach in Victoria, Australia, hosted by World Surf League (WSL). The three-time world champion, who had been in retirement since making the final at Bells in 2018, was awarded a wildcard to this year’s event, and after a poor start in the opening round, managed to put two solid scores on the board in the elimination round to finish ahead of Hawaiian Seth Moniz, thus making it through to the round of 32. Prior to his retirement, the 40-year-old from the Gold Coast spent 17 years on the Championship Tour (CT), taking 22 CT events and four Bells victories on top of the three world titles. Fanning said Bells is the wildcard he really wanted, Surfing Victoria reported. “Obviously, I did Narrabeen last year but Bells is the one I …