wtfMYRON well considering he's from south africa and been doing it most of his life, id say more than the land-locked idiots commenting on this video...

Northcoast Yen You Don't Surf!

wtfMYRON I think they were too stunned. They didn't know if Mick was dying right in front of them. I've seen something similar with a person about to get hit by a car on a bike and when you are too far away to do anything about it you are just frozen watching hoping they make it. That's what was happening with the announcers.

Steve Carey yeah maybe they were just trying to be chill in case he got gobbled up

Kevin Collinsworth Lying little shit with your bullshit shirt fuck you

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I couldn’t believe him

what the ef was that commentator watching, has he never seen Jaws?

its called professionalism. he kept his calm during a scary situation. is it better if he just freaks out and is yelling "OMG he getting attacked by a shark"?

@@markloroff better than waiting for the water to turn red. Thank for it didn’t.

Haha me too

4 years later and I still have no desire to ever surf South Africa

Over Why ? We have amazing surf breaks here

@@ashdgee White Shark capital of the world. Nothing against SA surfers, if anything y'all have bigger balls than me 😂 I'm just not there yet.

Over 😂😂 I get you haha .I thought California and West Oz topped in terms of shark activity,according to an article I read somewhere,might be wrong

+V4SILEV You need post this man.

***** Shark: This humans are weird! Female Shark: Don't be whit humans son.

***** Dad Shark: Oh My Glob...They're coming!!!Protect the kids!

***** The governmant approves.

😂😂

I saw that as well. I thought it was really wholesome that Julian Wilson would try and help Mick Fanning, especially since most people in that situation would probably worry about themselves first.

This is the link, just in case anyone else wanted to check it out: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/m5imbJerx8ytj4E.html

We all knew it.

Much saw him coming towards him and told him to get back

Wow, freaky man, God kepted you on this Earth for a reason hey mate, God bless you brother 😀👍🙌🏄

God bless you

What a reality check huh? Glad you’re on the other side of it mate.

Your board saved your life bro.

How the frick do the idiots here actually believe it’s mick

Good ending. Smart decision.

As it should be! Glad to hear it

Ahahahahahahaha! Indeed 😂.

Florent Devier LMAO, I laughed more than I should

I agree. WORST COMMENTATOR EVER.

Florent Devier yeah, it went from "little splash" to "holly shit" in a blink

Florent Devier GOOOOAAAAAALLLLLLL gogogogogogoggo OOOOOOLL GOGOGOGOGOGOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAL!

JustBombsProductions Lmao, my thoughts exactly. I actually didn't hear him say it the first time because I was just focused on the shark attack.

JustBombsProductions I said the same thing out loud when I first say the video. At the same time.

Frederic Beaudet I hope he doesn't get in trouble for it. I'm going to school for broadcasting and there is a zero tolerance for cursing on TV. This should be an exception.

JustBombsProductions Rules are meant to be broken.

I think saying "holy shit" when you see a surprise shark attack live is forgivable. And, anyone pushing to nail him for that human reaction should be fired.

godfatherNYC Ah yea...how bout being a professional ANYTHING ELSE...soccer, baseball, hockey, tidily winks...Geez Louise.

Don't know why people surf near sharks but don't do skateboarding or something next to lions or bears I mean might as well.

You are right, Surfers are idiots

Allan Truong lmaooo, please re read what you just said

@@artiet3723 in tolfino BC where the only sharks we have are dogfish sharks that don't attack people.

I remember this i was streaming it in my phone

Nick Vassilis I agree

***** Probably because it was an actual life or death situation. When those situations arise, the commentator shouldn't be going crazy. That'd be insensitive.

***** Your spot on !! and well said !!

I'm pretty sure for those few seconds he had no idea what was going on You hear him say, "there seems to be some splashing." As if he didn't quite understand what was going on Then you hear "holy shit." "Excuse me" They were surprised what was going on But they do have to be professional too.

Nick Vassilis Guy was maybe dying there, what the commentator should do? Shout? Cry? or what

He's in South Africa

Obsidikis Necrosine I'm sure he's not talking about depth. He means 5 meters away from land which I find a little bit too brave as well for Australia.

5 metres that's so dumb I've everyone goes out further than that it's not that dangerous sharks don't attack most the time anyway and I am 17 surfing since I was 9

For an island Australia has some pretty shitty beaches

I have lived in Australia all my life and I go to the beach regularly. Shark attacks are rare more so on the east cost then the west. Sharks won't generally attack you unless you agitate them. In this case the shark probably got caught in the leg rope hence the thrashing.

Seusanelly No apology was necessary. I would have said worse.

How dare he say "Excuse me" 😀 LOL

Everyone said "holy shit!"

@@Lue_Ghosted I felt like the "excuse me" was more offensive lol like the man might have been dying in front of your eyes

LMAOOOO

+Benedict Eduard de Pio HAHAHA

yes, hug from him!

That poor shark swam off sad because he just wanted to say hi and Mick punched it

More like she wanted a love bite 🦈

thelastDAN that's not true shark tried to eat him up ,mm

@@nanayaaamoah2092 the shark would of come from underneath him at full speed instead of strolling towards on top of the surface. the shark was just checking Fanning saying hows it bru.

Lol that was hilarious

Don King lol didn't even catch that, swearing is so normal nowadays

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Don King funny as shit lol

Don King That was a well appropriate "holy shit", he is duly excused. Oh man, I don't know if I'd have enough composure as Fanning did to get away, good man.

That's actually a great idea

observing him without much movement

just strolling around having a party, if the shark was interested in attacking him, the shark wouldnt have announced itself in walking pace.

Searching for its wallet and keys

It was looking for a sharpie to get an autograph

Oh shit I Laughed too harf at this😂😂

That’s wicked pissa

It do go down

He brook meeee bloodie leg roap. Luckily he didn’t biate me

SLIPKNOT2015 Lmfaooo x)

I fully agree with you people need to stop stero typing not sharks animals and people

caitkirk The publisher purposely titled the video like that just to get people to click on it. People and the media often do that to get people's attention. You're right about how the shark wasn't attacking him, but titles are misleading sometimes.

caitkirk Finally - someone with some sense. Great comment

caitkirk Ditto; if the shark was hungry Mr Fanning's remains would have sunk to the bottom of the ocean..... What happened to ethics in journalism??? "Shark attack" blah blah blah, "lone gunman" blah blah blah...... Its a pretty sad world when youtube bloggers have higher research standards than public media

Agreed, you can see his leg leash was cut, can almost guarantee that it just got stuck and thrashed about, breaking the rope

he didnt go under water the wave covered the view.

Never shows that. Showed him disappearing behind the wave.

Red Bull Please make man vs. shark fisticuffs with GoPro helmets equipped a Red Bull sport.

Red Bull If he had wings would he have been able to fly away?

Yeah you kooks sure would have hated to lose that world champion endorsement.

oliverclothesove so sick bro

Red Bull There's that word again. "Heavy." Why are things so heavy in the future? Is there a problem with the Earth's gravitational pull?

Нет просто акула была не голодна.

Abby Tabby ikr

orhema oluga some crazy sh** up in this place tho

orhema oluga yes, it is crazy but nothing surprising really.

That was a really dry joke not even funny.

Abby Tabby Really? I never heard him say that!

ScoutingForFifa Saw this live!!! #SOSCARY

ScoutingForFifa if i was him I'd say holy fuckkkkkkkk ah hmmm excuse me

TheGumblesaur I don't know why the announcer felt the need to say "excuse me"...97% of ppl watching were saying the same thing along with him...the other 3% were saying what Counter Strike said

ScoutingForFifa Note to self: Don't ever buy an optic green surfboard that looks like a giant fishing lure.

caycug1 LOL True, most surfing attack are because the shark think they are seal, for how they look from the bottom of the water!!!

Best comment EVER

Thank you for such a great laugh!

HAHHAHAHA this is very hilarious man

🤣🤣🤣

Hahahahahah

I always thought you are supposed to go for the eyes

@@Rohan-lh5je nose

@@Rohan-lh5je sames.. Eyes and gills

RaxuRangerking hahahahaha yes!!!!! ROFLMAO

halag Did you actually roll on the floor laughing?

RaxuRangerking I went back to check what you meant and did it instantly -_-

Farah Jade lol xD

RaxuRangerking Nuh i got add blocker

Ghostdinosawur What in the actual... that is Arnie!

Ghostdinosawur He's gotta tell Mick it's ok to get back in the water. Sharks are predators and they won't kill you if you're not armed - it's no sport.

Ghostdinosawur NOOOOOOH! ITS A SHEEEARK!! HURRY, GET OUT OF THE WATAH!! IT'LL BE BACK!! GET TO DA CHOPPAH

Ghostdinosawur k

tantan tan Call General franklin Kirby, shark would have got indigestion from obama

Yea, if the shark was actually hungry or angry, Mick would have been fucked up.

shark just want to play, hugs and caress (to palm) )

really? or did he just get that lucky? I don't believe attacks occur often enough to make this kind of conclusion

shark got frightened and began splashing!!!!!!!! Thats the stupidest thing I've ever heard in my life.

guys I'm sure stevepwn is a pro surfer and shark expert his knowledge is impressive I didn't know sharks splashed when they got scared lol bro your an idiot no offense but maybe try reading

The shark never intended to hurt him. It let go as soon as it realized that was no food.

yeah, he punched it several times - thankfully - what people didn't see when that wave blocks the camera, is that the great white circled back and went for him a second time - and he punched the hell out of it and then somehow they got over to him that fast

@CLOUT you're right in a way. Many species like white sharks are not really interrested in humans as good. But they can take it as a feeding opportunity and eat human. We are way from being their primary preys. But it can happen. I'm from Reunion Island and I worked on the shark issue in Reunion for 8 years. I can definitively tell you that shark not eating human is a myth. It happens very very rarely. But it does. White sharks, tiger sharks and bull sharks are opportunists. They eat what they can and sometimes they try human. I think what Mick Fanning experienced this day was a territorial charge or attack. And yes at this moment, the shark can try to taste. The situation in Reunion is very special as the rate of attacks with feeding motive is very heavy compared to the normality anywhere else. But yes, we can be their preys. They are apex predators and have a great adaptability. They can change their preys easily and that's how they survive for 36 million years. They capability of taking almost anything as food must not be taken away for the good sake of shark conservation. No lies. A predator is a predator.

@@bonbondesel and once they taste you're full of holes😁

@@bonbondesel I always say that while we may not be as high as seals on their menu, we are definitely on their menu. I’ll never deny that a hungry Great White can and will eat us. I believe the only thing that stops them from doing it immediately is them trying to figure out what we are, we are rare to them. Hence, why they circle us so much. The minute they figure it out, and figure out how to attack us, they will without hesitation, and I LOVE Great Whites. But, I’ll never stand here and say we aren’t on their menu.

Interview with shark for CNN: "I was just swimming when Trump grabbed me, whispered something racist in my ear and pushed me into this surfer..."

Deflect and project! Good job libtard!

Interview with shark for MSNBC: “innocent, unarmed, black shark attacked by racist, bald, white supremacist Trump supporter.” “Witness’ say the shark had his fins up and was non violent.”

You got your networks mixed up, bud

You must have missed when he said holy Sh*t at 0:09. He did recoup fast.

@ACE It’s not boring

LOL wow

*****

Jim Bunch He punched it in the back. It was an attack. SMH

bob roberto I hope you're making an accurate joke about how the attack was on the shark by the human. If so, *applause*

***** Seriously??? Are you saying the shark "Missed" a human "sitting" (not even paddling) on a surfboard in open water?

Often an attack begins with a 'friendly' nudge, esp if the shark isnt used to humans.

rahowhero the shark also circled back around. Mick put the surfboard in between himself and the shark too which is a spot on move. Unless you watched this unfold at the time, you don't get it. That wave that pops up felt like it took forever and the only thing u were preparing to see was Mick gone. So to us who watched it unfold, to the emotion of Mick and all his friends as he made his way back to camp, it was an attack.

Njoy32Gaming and Julian wilson saying i had my board and i was ready to stab it, i had a weapon.. goes to show australian's aren't afraid of anything

Baby Nuts I know, i just think its funny when he said "yea i punched him" :D

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Njoy32Gaming Seeing as Australia is a hotspot for great white shark attacks I assume they teach this stuff in school.

***** Oh Australia!

Sergio Hernandez must be a bummer... not being able to surf and all

Northcoast Yen You don't surf

Are u kidding me?? U think it's rude that mick tried to save his life? The shark came up to him and attacked him of course he's going to defend himself

You are an idiot. Sharks are wild animals, I hope it was you there surfing and you got chewed up good by that shark.

Sergio Hernandez yeah we humans are such bullies.

Hi Ricardo!

Sharknado is awesome!

JukinVideo Sharknado was the best movie ever made dummy!

Grammar Police Sup!

Hands Are cool Sharknado hit too close to home. I had 11 family members attacked by various Sharknados.

I reckon he's on about the safety boat. That's why the safety measures are in place - that sorta thing.

Louis Taks LOL seriously that dude was tripping he wasn't making any damn sense haha I thought I was the only one who was like wtf is this guy talking about?

That guy is Peter Mel. Badass big wave surfer

I understood him perfectly, the emotion I was feeling when I watched it live I could only imagine how they were feeling.

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***** By that I mean I would have shit myself

Michael Matt lol me two

Michael Matt well if u were bitten atleast the wetsuit would hold ure body parts together xD

Harrison Pao Please explain to me how the shark can sever body parts without penetrating the suit in any way.

well since its a wet suit it sticks to ure body so it would hold it together

@Jesse Kawaii Hahaa ...certainly looked like it!

True words have never been spoken!

Lol

The "surf board looks like seal" statement is actually a myth. If the shark thought it was a seal, Mick Fanning would be dead. Sharks approach seals at very high speeds in an effort to tear them apart, so that the seals can't hurt them with their claws and teeth. In this particular case, the shark saw the surf board and instinctively thought "That could be food and it's similar in size to my usual prey, so let's go check it out". That's why the shark approached so slowly, usually they bite in order to verify if that object is edible. Fanning's reaction was great, by punching the shark, he let him know that he wasn't easy prey, and the shark skedaddled.

I haven't read anything about anyone hating on sharks. The over all feeling associated with the comments has been thankfulness that Mick didn't get hurt, how scary the situation must have been, and how this is the risk of being active in their world because guess what? Like it or not, sharks are dangerous, but nobody is blaming sharks for that. They are just in the ocean doing what sharks do.

Pretty sure nobody hates on animals for being animals…. But perhaps stop hating on humans for being human, friend…. Sharks gotta eat, okay…. Surfers gotta surf…. Is there a problem?

@@ItsAllGodAnyway ah, nice try flippinhg an argument around^^ asking people to stop telling an animal what to do in its natural habitat is not hating on humans. Not everything is either one or the other, friend^^

My dude... their "curiosity" could kill you, or take a huge chunk out of your body. People don't necessarily hate sharks, but they're not going to be like "awww he's just curious. It's perfectly harmless"

I reply to myself

robot llama I laughed a little out loud on on your first comment (well if I'm being honest, it was more of a pleased, knowing smile), but that turned into disappointment once I saw that you followed up with a punchline. The most interesting commenter in the world would never add the punchline..

*Nice 😉

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فارس فارس Mohammud don't surf.

Lord Curry 👑

hamza djellal

Omg 😂😂

Good onee

"His board is dead"

Please craft level 999 surfboard.

To be honest I'm a surfer and I love sharks :)

***** more like ignorant.

***** preach!!!

***** if it attacks you and you manage to kill it with your bare hands or a knife in a fair fight, yes.

Ikr

It was in South Africa

@npgSymboL he wasn't saying it was in Australia. He is joking around saying this is what Australians deal with on monday's.

Paper St. Club have you been to ocean beach in WA before it’s amazing in my opinion.

t mac Plenty of surfers never go back in again after a close encounter. But most are back in that day.

I agree I did a freeze frame where the dorsal fin was completely visible.the shark appeared to be less than 8 ft long and possibly a bull or tiger.. the dorsal did not look like a white pointer species lucky boy that Mick!!!

yeah I thought so maybe but go listen to Micks in depth interview he gives a few weeks after this - we can't see what happens because of the wave blocking the camera - It definitely was a great white and it came back a second time and he was punching the hell out of it

X-VERTIGO Yes!

Who is this god?

He's definitely at the bar telling this story right now...Just know someone's daughters are getting slayed 2night in S.A.

X-VERTIGO God creates sharks, god creates man... shark eats man... thank god? Hmmmm.... Think we need to go back to the drawing board on that one.

Jake Jarmel The old guy that lives in the clouds...throws lightning bolts and causes earthquakes, tornados and shit when his pissed at us...Cast Satan of heaven because he was shorting him rent $$ and talking behind his back.

Right?????

Box jellyfish are worse. If the ocean was the internet, they's be the trolls. They need no motive to follow and sting you other than being aware you are around. If you are in the water and alone with a box jellyfish, you die. If I'm in ocean water, I better have none of my body exposed to the water... like be inside a minisub or something.

That80sGuy1972 Dude, box jellies are fine if ya know what you’re doing, and if you don’t swim in ocean water what’s the point of scaring someone about the ocean even more?

I surf here in Chile :) Don't let fear prevent you from having fun

This is so rare... You're more likely to get struck by lightning. Just like when you're hiking in the woods a bear attack is a possibility, but highly unlikely.

Frances Tieulie at·tack əˈtak/ verb 1. take aggressive action against (a place or enemy forces) with weapons or armed force, typically in a battle or war. "in December, the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor" synonyms:strike, charge, pounce; More in·ci·dent ˈinsəd(ə)nt/ noun 1. an event or occurrence. "several amusing incidents" synonyms:event, occurrence, episode, experience, happening, occasion,proceeding, eventuality, affair, business; More Now which of those better explains the situation..... like do you think or what?

Exactly. If it was a great white, you would not see its tail fin like that before the attack. Great whites come up from below and hit hard. It was probably curious, swam up to investigate, got stuck in the leash while swimming back down and away.

If you seriously believe that how you word this statement on KZfaq makes any difference to saving sharks internationally then you are a fool. Majority of shark killing isn't done in the name of human protection... So actually this video will change very little regardless.

Dan Bc it was pretty damn amusing.

Zachery Markgraff what

It's self explanatory. As the saying go's, mazel tov. You will find what you're looking for if you wish to seek it.

Zachery Markgraff double what.

Zachery Markgraff you high?

Zachery Markgraff lmao