Shark bites surfer’s board in half off Australian east coast
SYDNEY, Australia — A 35-year-old surfer was taken to a hospital after a shark snapped his board, tore his hip and flung him into the air Sunday off the Australian east coast.
Abe McGarth was surfing at Iluka on the north coast of New South Wales state Sunday when what he described as a 3.5-meter (11-foot) great white shark attacked the board from underneath, a police statement said.
“As a result of the impact, the board has snapped. The injured victim has gone into the air and then re-entered the water,” the statement said.
“He has told police the shark began to circle and then turned away,” police said.