The surfer flees from ‘Savage’ Shark Attack with surfboard bit in two

A surfers in Australia survived a shark attack undamaged – but the same cannot be said about his surfboard.

On Monday, August 18, Brad Ross surfed at Cabarita Beach in New South Wales, Australia, around 7:30. When a large white shark took a large piece out of his board, according to News.com.auThe Sydney Morning Herald and Australian broadcasting company (ABC).

In a video shared on social media, Ross splashed in the sea near the beach in the middle of the event, per 10 News.

He then left the water with his board two pieces and the equipment lacked a large piece of foam.

The 5-meter shark has since been caught and released, according to the outlet.

In pictures, Ross seemed unharmed when he held up his surfboard in two pieces, Per ABC and News.com.au.

“Lifeguards at Far North Coast closed Cabarita beach at NSW Far North Coast today after a Surfer Board was bitten on Monday morning, August 18,” told a spokesman from Surf Live Saving NSW to People.

They added, “it comes less than two months after a boy was bitten by a shark in the same place.”

“Shortly after 8 o’clock this morning (Monday 18 August), Surf Life Saving NSW State Operations Center (SOC) was warned to an incident on the unprocessed Cabarita beach called in through Triple 0,” read a statement from the organization.

They continued, “it is believed that a surfer board was bitten by a shark. The surfer is unharmed.”

“Australian Lifeguards Lifeguards were commissioned and worked immediately with the Council to close the beach and put up signs to warn the public not to enter the water,” added the statement. “SLSNW UAV assets were used for the rest of the day to observe the beach as a security measure.”

The incident was also raised by NSW Police and the NSW Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD), according to ABC.

In response to people’s request for comment, the New South Wales police said that they had no surveillance over the incident because it did not result in a mortality.

People have contacted the NSW primary industry and regional development for comments.

Surf Lifesaving Far North Coast’s Dave Rope talked about how Ross was lucky to have escaped the attack.

“Very, very happy, I would go out and buy a lottery ticket today, I think, if I were them,” Rope told ABC. “I would only say that it is a miracle that no one was physically injured by it.”

“It’s a pretty wild and big one, it’s divided into two. There is no doubt that it probably comes from the power of the bite,” he added.

Local yoga teacher Kym Falvey also opened if the incident after seeing the event develops.

“The man sat on his board and the shark literally the board behind the butt,” Falvey told ABC.

“The board was just as it exploded, and it flew up in the air and at this time there was a man up on the rocks,” Oi, came in, “she added.

She ended: “Last time the shark came right in shallow, so the surfers in the water said:” We didn’t want to stop paddling until we arrived on the dry sand. “

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PEOPLE Previously reported In June, a 16-year-old boy suffered serious injuries to his right arm, wrist and leg after being attacked by a shark on the same beach.

Other surfers then pulled the boy safely with a surfboard before being rushed to the hospital.

The beach was also closed after the attack Per News.com.au.