Mick Fanning cops a chop at Taj’s barber shop on Fijian island

THROW the world’s best surfers on a remote Fijian island with hair clippers, beer and a snorkel mask and things might get weird.

Mick Fanning sporting his new haircut after visiting ‘Taj’s Barber Shop’ Photo: RYAN MILLER

THROW the world’s best surfers on a remote Fijian island with hair clippers, beer and a snorkel mask and things might get weird.

Especially when the World Surf League Fiji Pro event has been called off because of flat surf and it’s 19-year Australian tour veteran Taj Burrow’s last “dream tour” event.

To farewell the West Australian regular footer it appears most of the surfers on the island including Bede Durbidge, Joel Parkinson and Mick Fanning have taken to each other’s heads with a set of hair clippers.

Veteran Gold Coast surf photographer Peter Joli Wilson said Namotu beach had been turned into “Taj’s Barber Shop” where all customers received extremely short-back-and-sides haircuts.

The Fiji Pro event seems to have become as much about saying farewell to Burrow as it is competing for a world title.

After injuring his knee during a warm-up surf for the competition last week 2012 world champion Joel Parkinson flew to Australia for treatment only to fly right back to his mates on Wednesday.

It appears the infamous Fijian “skull drag”, which involves skolling alcohol through a tube while wearing a snorkel mask, might have kicked off the free haircuts.

Mick Fanning surfing in the compt on Monday. Photo: WSL/ Sloane