bt said..Hey folks,
I am the lucky / unlucky paddler.
It happened off currumbin on a pretty wide line, I saw the shark swim past and thought cool shark, then a few seconds later he bit or rammed my fin and I managed to land on my board. Then I turned around to see him coming again so I just splashed the top of the water, after a few more approaches I started stabbing it with my blade, it was like hitting a rock!! I was impressed with the strength of my fanatic paddle
I did manage to break the handle off but just re glued it. This went on for about 5-10 minutes, it must of charged me 20 times and I hit it really hard about 10 times, it never latched onto my board, then Andrew Kerr was coming past out wide and I yelled out to him, he and Karla came straight to me as fast as they could and Andrew rafted up next to me then it just tailed us for a while longer and finally left us! I'm stoked I was with a group and they charged in without considering there safety. Thanks for all the concern from the sup community, have had a few visits and calls today. Board is fixed and ready to go. Sat is looking good lets get 50 people together and go for it
hopefully that's the last time I have to tell the story!!!!
Ben
P.s i dunno what type of shark it was, but was thinking it was a bull from how insane it was
Wow i missed this post and i also had a few questions, although you just answered most in this post. It seemed like it was major aggressive that is crazy and obviously you would suggest a bull. But about how big do you think it was
Sorry if you posted that and i missed it?
One more when you first saw it did it seem aggressive also, or only after it hit you
That would put the wind up you no doubt
