The force from a great white shark attack knocked a WA surfer from his board, leaving his sled snapped. Photo: Perth Now
A Western Australia surfer was knocked off his board on Monday in an attack by a presumed great white shark that snapped his Firewire-Mayhem board. Fraser Penman, from Perth, was surfing at remote Injidup Point Beach, near Yallingup when the fish bucked him from his sled. Witnesses saw Penman get launched into the air when the shark hit, snapping his board, according to Perth Now.
“Encountered my first & last Shark attack today Down at Carparks Injis! Scariest moment of my life, yet walked away intact with nothing but a smashed Board,” he wrote on Facebook.
Penman credited his brother Logan Penman for paddling over to him while yelling “Punch it!” and giving Fraser his board. “That takes a hell of a lot of courage & so much love, I am truly lucky to have you (: ,” he wrote.
The attack comes on the heels of scores of shark sightings in WA waters and a beach closure near Perth.
After the encounter, surfers put up a makeshift sign reading: “No Joke, Shark Attack, 3:45 P.M. Mon, Big and Aggressive.”
