In the US if you’re bit by a shark you’re hit with a $300,000 hospital bill and forced to go into bankruptcy if you can’t pay

@@MS-tc2fs unless you have insurance. Affordable healthcare act is still in place too

@YellerFurd yes, same. I had bills when I was in hospital they didn't even admit me yet gave me a $1200 bill. Never paid it. They know they're crooks

@@MS-tc2fs Land of the f(r)ee.

@@jedijudoka Not if Trump comes back.

Not just a professional… a world champ lol

Still went on to surf again... less than a week later even...

And common sense!

@@niahoward1920 nah he went on to surf again, people are so attached to their lives they forget to live.

He could've been eaten alive. That's the worst fear of any animal I bet

😅

Fr 💀

That's exactly what I thought...I'll tell you what's animal abuse, the doode beating up the shark

Pretty sure he came back to surfing after some months.

He defo came back pretty soon. A shark will never keep a surfer away lol

Ojalá 🙏 y decida por la vida

What worries me is that many haven't done the same because they've never seen a shark up close, and their lives are in danger.

There’s a video of him surfing one week after. He said something like, the more time you wait the more it becomes bigger in your mind.

sharks are beautiful

@@oppenheimerthesoilderproky7687 yea but dangerous

Its almost as if sharks swim under water wow.

You can actually clearly see a large fin protruding from the water

@@oppenheimerthesoilderproky7687 from a distance lol, we need to learn to observe animals instead of invade their space

Who wants to be eaten alive? It's not just the idea of dying, but dying while something is eating you.

When I was a kid I was like "I want to be a surfer." Then I saw the movie Jaws, and I was like "Nevermind."

@@johnmark6628 fax

I'm interested to know how you came to 10 seconds. Have you not watched jaws

@@jacquelinemarie1078 The thing is most humans who are fascinated in this sport only react and make this decision after they encountered such situation. Until then people do not imagine this to happen to them... "as if a shark would appear and attack me". This goes not only for people in this sport, but for everything in our life. Most of the times we prefer to react instead of acting preemptively. Otherwise he would have not started this sport in the first place before that happened. And honestely... I do not blame him... He went for something that fulfilled a part of his life in some or another way that brought him there in his life where he currently is.

Ah non ce n est pas la plus effrayante. La plus effrayante c est juste de se noyer

An orca attack would be the scariest thing for him

​@@strongestnattyever-videos2247uma orca nunca o atacaria

I'd argue being pulled deeper and deeper by an underwater current is scarier, but what do I know

​​@@strongestnattyever-videos2247 I don't think a human has ever been attacked by an orca in the wild, if I recall correctly

Живи долго тебе бог прлтянул свою руку

I think the shark was just checking him out and got caught in the leg rope.

not really wasnt trying to attack him

​@@user-bj3mq3um9k Люди в Египте,могли спасти также как здесь.Вот только не спасли.

@@JamesWillis-yy5pxbc

People actually fight off sharks more often than not.

Surely it made more sense seeing the incident before he spoke?

@@michaelmorningstar8645 just flip it 180 degrees and leave it paralyzed. Then if you want punch it a one time and swim away

He didn’t fight it off. It let him go because they don’t eat people it noticed he was a human and fled

@@Milk-ck1wv Tell that to the people They have eaten.

Not really. Most people get away with only a bitemark, from a shark attack. When sharks find something they don’t know what is, they bite it to find out. However, it just so happens that sharks don’t actually like human meat, therefore they will often just make a curious bite and then swim off.

@@Arkardu like all the girls i met

I though 100 percent it took a bite

@@Arkardu yeah don't like human meat, nonsense argument a guy got literally eaten alive and in a brutal way earlier this year in Feb in Australia and humans have been eaten alive many times before as well.

Сначала почитала комменты, что все в порядке, потом стала смотреть! Очень рада, что обошлось без крови!

They woulda mentioned that but it doesnt matter

He was back in a week later bud.

I was rooting for the shark

you mean stöuked

kudos to the shark

The title says that he fought off a shark, it looked more like he just pooped his pants when seeing the shark, abandoned his surfboard and re learned how to swim...what a drama queen

@@louisbloom567 Punching a shark and having them swim away while you make it out alive is called fighting it off. The only “drama queen” here is you. I’d like to see you in that situation.

Apparently not. He competed for 3 years after this incident

How ridiculous. The likelihood of being attacked by a shark is extremely minimal. You are more likely to to die in a car wreck than get attacked by a shark

He meant he'd be happy to not compete again in exchange for walking away from this unscathed, but he didn't have to make that deal with the devil lol

@@Darkest_Soul_187 really? everyone talking like he quit right after this accident 💀💀😂

What?

😂😂😂👍👍 точнооо я тоже здохла бы со страху там же

😂😂😂😂

Sadly that's so true....the fright can cause a heart attack....

They took wayyyyy too long to get there

@@nicolasdavies4129 do you expect them to teleport there ? they were there pretty fast

​@BlackCatsXVII a fellow surfer (red shirt) got there just as fast as the jet ski. They were slow

No he can’t, if the shark wanted him, he’d be dead before he blinks.

@@hummingbir6 he said he punched it. Yes he can, and you cant disprove him.

@@hummingbir6 you probably never seen the sea, let alone set a foot outside

@@hummingbir6 fighting doesn't mean winning. Fighting means a natural instinct to fend off until you are safe. This includes running away. So yes he did fight a shark

@@hummingbir6 Would you have been happy with "fought off" ? Sure he's lucky the shark didn't nip him and then go crazy over smelling blood; but come on, laugh at a joke xp

😂

There is a guy landing on a parachute and getting assaulted by roos and another is who got his windshield demolished by a roo.

Australian man vs Florida man Battle of the Gods

What about the guy who petted the Koala in the middle of the road at night?

Lol that was so money.

Ему повезло, спасла доска, возможно и гидрокостюм, у неё не получилось прокусить его сразу и скорее всего потеряла интерес или восприняла это как опасность. В любом случае, он бы скорее всего выжил - сразу же к нему принеслись спасатели на гидроскутерах, а те долбоёбы в хургаде смотрели, пока она его не доест. У них небось и гидроскутеров нет.

Он перестал заниматься сёрфингом?

Infelizmente outros não terão a mesma sorte.

You can because your alive.

@Benson Yes as long as you're living You know this man is happy that he survived that day.

Or afraid of the ocean for the rest of his life. 🤔

@@ywjsiabvue imagine all your life you've been wasting on a useless sport just to be crushed with one appearance of a shark

@Hongqiu Shen ok

Not quite. Sharks are amongst the least aggressive creatures in natures. They’re instinctively curious, but won’t bite or attack a human under normal circumstances. And they most definitely do not see us as a prey, or as ‘food’.

@@dr.bendover-md agreed unless its a tiger shark tho

@@dr.bendover-md mmh so why did the shark hit the surfer? to say hello?

@@valerio1292 it did not. Sharks have a quite bad eyesight and they are extremely curious. They tend to approach anything new to them to identify what they are dealing with. It probably just bumped into the guy. A shark who wants to attack does not “hit”, it bites and rips off.

@@dr.bendover-md I mean from this little clip it sounds more like the shark was snaggled on the guy's lanyard that goes to the surfboard. It could just as easily be that the shark intended to chomp, missed, and the guy did in fact get very lucky. To irrefutably say one way or another what the shark's intentions were is insane.

😆

Are we talking about the shark? 🤣🤣🤣

@Jace underrated comment.

😆

Mate lol

True, the Shark had a lucky escape!

U didn't see the video title?

is mandy

Well..next time try reading the title.

I think his mother said that she was watching this live on TV. I can't even imagine what went through her head.

Это явно не в Египте !

А что он сказал? Он оттолкнул ее? Травм вообще не было?

@@romario227да,оттолкнул ее Травм нет

@@katersnohaters419 повезло ему, видимо она из любопытства подплыла, а не напасть

@@romario227так и было У них плохое зрение и она схватила первым делом его доску и ее потащила вместе с ним

That's mostly a reddit/comedy thing this is the normal reaction people have the reason why those videos do so incredibly well in terms of viewership it's because it's an abnormal reaction but because of Internet online popularity it's now perceived as more normal than it actually is.

It just goes to show he's down to earth.

someone being afraid of doing what they love because they barely bumped into a shark is refreshing????

@@chronic-joker they’re talking about adrenaline. i’ve gotten hit off my bike and rode home, you don’t feel it until it wears off

How is it refreshing that he’s giving up what he loves because of a traumatic experience? I’d say it’s sad.

A human with a brain. Rare species these days.

If you're the world champion, it is it as far from "sensible" to give up one's career just because of a vanishingly low chance of a second shark attack as it could possibly get. It is however quite human and understandable to feel that way.

@@miriamkapeller6754 Except it´s not vanishingly small. The more you expose yourself to the situations, the more chance of getting bit by a shark. Your chance is vanishingly small, because you are not an expert surfer constantly on the waves, VERY deep out.

He'll be back once the adrenaline wears off

@@silkroad1201 Dude you're triple champ i think it's ok to call it

Facts

others are smart enough to quit while youre ahead

I would call that a wise decision

It's just his adrenaline speaking while still in his blood. Statistically speaking the danger is very low. Lower that possibility to die in a plane crash, not even speaking about car accident.

Why would anyone go in that water is beyond me. Insane.

Yup, a triple world champion as well.

became champion is for fun first to all not about to prove a thing

@@svenbmwllen3149 idk tho. I was competing with others in jiu jitsu to prove myself I can do it if I take the effort. Competition can mean a lots of different things. Sadly I had lung operation before I could go for european championship, but i'm glad Im healthy now.

@@dantagorgaming4297 well mate, glad that ure healthy now, but i said clearly "is for fun first to all" and this ddnt mean that get fun its the unique motive, but its probably the most important one, since if u loss this notion of get fun as north star, u become into an resentful, egotistic being and thats just a curse for urself even if u get medals and trophys.

Hello yes from Azerbaijan 🇦🇿🇦🇿👍

Yet, getting back to it is how someone can conquer the fear they now have to live with do to whatever experience they had.

@@rachelreneer56Oh Rach. How can I address this ..without calling you white.

@@melbaelba5706 🤦🏻‍♀️

Honestly. Sharks belong in the ocean, we shouldn't be mad at them doing what is natural for them We have enough places to swim and relax, we could do without the ocean I think

@@timbroski4487 EXACTLY.

Yea that last few seconds the shock was wearing off you can see he almost broke down. What a crazy feeling that must be

He's gonna open a propane and propane accessories store.

@@Aerational Nah, he started surfing again a week later. Won a tourney later that year iirc.

@Naomi Miller problem?

no need to be a drama queen

He’s still in his wetsuit & still clearly in shock, the interview was just after it seems. In that state it’s entirely possible to not even really know what you’re saying. You’re kind out of body. It’s a risk any surfer knows about.. I’d be surprised if he actually retires from this, but I could be wrong

@@lolawants2008 I was thinking the exact same thing.

@@lolawants2008 he continued surfing. He ended his professional surfing career in 2018.

@@MarketScraper Cool. Thanks for the info.. I was just about to look it up 👍

@@Dani-it5sy absolutely!

Who is he

@@elisabethpetersmann9277 He’s is a World Champion x 3. Very well known in Australia …. and throughout the world.

Really looks like a surfer to me though.

@@julliekoning I agree. But it feels a bit like saying: golfer involved in a car accident (Tiger Woods) or Tennisser wins Wimbledon for the 7th time. But technically there is nothing wrong with it indeed.

@@melvinoomes4118 Well, just know that I love you as a human Melvin

@Escape from Babylon love the name

😂😂you are mad

🤣🤣🤣

Just another day for an Aussie.

Nah that was a clever one fr

You disgenuine

@@eavyeavy2864 ????

No genuine, the shark just let him go

what?

He was close to death so...yeah:)

Sharks are amongst the least aggressive creatures in natures. They’re instinctively curious, but won’t bite or attack a human under normal circumstances. And they most definitely do not see us as a prey, or as ‘food’.

@@dr.bendover-md no they aren't.

@@Pro_Vaxxer they definitely are. Read something about it.

@@Pro_Vaxxer They definitely are

@@JaneD127 maybe to humans but not the sea creatures

I yelled to "get out of the way".... lol

...and now the reveal

😂

@@_Tree_of_Life_ lol

I think it was the forward force of that wave itself that helped him propel out of the vicinity of the shark a bit sooner than he could by swimming alone! I think that wave helped him.

I was thinking the same thing. I don’t think he understands that he survived it.

yeah thats one lucky shark, australians doesnt fool around

Yup the shark fled so quickly prolly shat his pants even attempting go get an Aussie. Didn't even turn up for the interview.

@@niklas3669 exactly

Well he's shook but on shock would mean him blankly staring into the camera before talking

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@View What I think they did actually

SHEER power, not SHEAR power. The shark but SHEER power, and its teeth have SHEAR power! 😂

@@mjremy2605 Finally someone who actually knows English language. Thank you. (from a non-native speaker)

He didn’t account for board buoyancy.

Aussie 🇦🇺💪👊👌

Your comment is all over the place but I understand your message. True Words.

This seems very cowardice

Totally agree!!

they’re far out you’re not gonna see sharks that close up . Dolphins sure but sharks no. this is a pro surf tourney they’re pretty far out

I get what you're saying. I signed up for a dive off the big island in Hawaii while on my honeymoon in 2004. I remember picking up the local newspaper the day before and reading about a tiger shark that had ripped off a guy's arm just the previous day and I thought- "great". Still went on the dive to a depth of about 45 / 50 feet. Didn't see any sharks, only beautiful green sea turtles. Haven't been on a dive since but glad I experienced it at least once.

Hmmm... well George, having had a fair bit to do with Great Whites they are not a hit and miss animal and I think your not giving that shark due respect being the top of the food chain for squillions of years. They are ambush specialists and extremely cautious of rebuttal. If this was a full on attack it wouldn't have missed him. I thought from the first time I saw this footage the shark had checked him out decided to move on and panicked when the legrope got caught on its tail fin. Just an observation.

Na duh he was telling us what happened

Could have ended like Little Bay (Simon Nellist was 6 foot 5 and once in the British Army). After watching this i certainly hate sharks now

@@JustMe-nm8wv you hate sharks for checking out new things in their environment??

@@keithtutor5094 I agree

Stoked to be alive probably

That's more typical of casual Aussie vocabulary, than strictly being surfer lingo.

That's Aussie slang moreso than surfer slang. Fair dinkum.

Right?!! Though the same.

@@sillyskeleton It's both. It started with surfing, but Australians adopted it and used it.

No its not, sharks don't eat people

@@creamcheese4269 oui les requins ne mange pas les gens, ils leur font simplement des caresse, comme les crocodile ou les lion, ben voyons..

@@creamcheese4269 Shark dont eat people but they confuse them by seals because of the way humans look underwater. and in that attack you could lose a leg, an arm or even your life.

@@christianrivera5694 They better recognize! And get their vision checked. I ain’t no MF seal!

@@creamcheese4269 Tell that to the crew of the USS Indianapolis... Lost hundred to sharks. Just had a guy eaten by a shark recently who was a master dive instructor. The video shows he was bit in half then the shark CAME BACK and ate the rest of him on film, this was super recent. Edit: Simon Nellist

Its was 6yrsago

@@TheDruzza and we're still glad he's ok. What's your point

@@hithere2426 my point is - so i was out and about today going for a walk, and i just so happened to see some money on the floor , i picked it up and thought well today is going to be a wonderful day… then a red car drove passed and i really like red cars and this put a smile on my face because red cars are sooo coool. We are all here for the betterment of humanity, regardless of what santa claus wanted us to do. So if youre feeling down and out go and kick a dog … you feel me?

@@TheDruzza no, I don't feel you lol is that supposed to be sarcasm. And sorry if I came out as rude in the first comment, I didn't mean to. It's just that text tones sound so dry without all that emoji thing and a lot of 'lols'.

@@TheDruzza don't be toxic

Many people still keep on doing the things they love even when bad things happen to them while they’re doing it. Just because something bad happens like this while you are doing some you love, isn’t necessarily a reason to give it up! Many times its a sign that you’re stronger than you think for keep on keeping on in spite of it happening to you. The chances of him getting attacked again are now extremely rare on top of his rare chances of getting attacked in the first place. If he gives up now after this, assuming it’s something he really loves to do (surfing-not getting attacked by a shark lol!) then he’s got to be crazy!

@@Lacroix999 makes sense. I respect your perception. Well said.

@@Lacroix999 His chances of getting attacked a second time are no more or less because he has already been attacked. They are the same either way.

@@Lacroix999 why you need to compare it to other situations? Be rational and realistic pls

@@Lacroix999 what happened to him was not just a "bad thing", it was a situation that could've cost his life. if he got to the point where he wants to give up surfing, then he's most likely traumatized. you don't just tell people to get over it and get back on their feet, people heal at their own pace. in that moment, i'm sure he thought of the people he loved (his family and friends) and how he wants to continue living another day to see them. there's nothing "crazy" with choosing not to do something that can potentially put your life at risk, even if a shark attack is unlikely.

🦈

That wave has dramatic timing

Shakespearean wave

Just like out of a movie

"but then again..hes from Australia"... LOLL..im sorry..cant help it

Shark "attacks" are extremely unfrequent. Check out the stats.

Shark: So I was just swimming along, right? And up comes this bloke outta nowhere. Maybe he thought I was a jar of vegemite, I don’t know, but he just starts walloping on me. Last time I go near the beach.

@@garcalej read this in ozzy accent

Somebody has to see from the shark's perspective

@@Meilk27 why in an ozzy accent its a shark from Cape Town, South Africa .it should have a cape townian accent

It was only a baby,it was just playing with the rope lol

Dramatic much?

The rescue team picked him up and left on of the photographers in the water. You should read his account. Yikes

You call that quick ???

He might realize Jesus Christ is lord now, and surfing is only perishable earthly pleasure...

Spot on mate. There's a reason why we have legs and they have fins and bigger teeth. In UK I think we've only technically had one recorded shark attack in British waters and it wasn't even serious. Someone just got their finger bitten. I think it's more River fish, like pike that attack people and that's something that happens only once every so many years. I did surfing once when in Devon and even though it's an amazing experience, the constant thought of something big lurking nearby gave me anxiety, even though it was very unlikely. It's not official, but we do supposedly get great whites in Devon and Cornwall, just as you go through the channel and out into the Atlantic. Same with Greenland sharks on North Coast. I once stayed near John O' Groats with some friends and during time we was up there, on a couple of beaches, each had a washed up seal with big chunks missing. We thought it may of been a Greenland shark or possibly orcas, because we definitely do get orcas.

And people saying we are on the top of food chain,..

@@WahyuPratomo89 we are the top of the food chain but it sure doesn’t feel that way when you’re by yourself and something like this happens

@@gorilla5089 well as humans were are at the top food chain , however, we humans aren't fish, you get in the water, your food for the creatures living in it , common sense !! You go in the water, in the jungle, in the woods , or any other place with predators in their own habitat , your food, common sense !!

@@WahyuPratomo89 we are at the top. We're so 'On Top' we have what we call shark fin soup, and many more. Being on top of the food chain doesn't mean no weaknesses. In our case, our strength lies on our preparation, the technology, and strategy.. our advantage is our mind. When we can use it to the fullest that's where we are the strongest. This is observed in many stages of history.. even on a man vs man scenario those who prepared the best is sure to be the winner.

Yeah because without him saying that, nobody would ever know just how serious being attacked by a shark is...

to be fair to him, the report did label him as a world champ. its a lot harder to quit when you want to prove yourself.

@@mydogeatspuke 😂

Definitely

Yes though if you ever find yourself in the same spot don’t punch but gouge at its eyes.

Took them long enough to get to him. I thought they’d have those jet skis waiting just outside the break, just a few seconds away.

@@calimon00 They should, their response team was way too long.

da!

он просто в своём сознании настолько преисполнился...

Idk man, Surfing is not that dangerous and the chance of this happening again is very slim. I dont think he sould give up his passion bc of this

@@jackvanhove288 funny how you have 15 comments each with 3,000 upvotes saying "Hur dur surfer says he's quitting competition, he smart to value his life" as if there's a precedent that surfers are massively risking their lives everytime they set foot in water. I think the YT comment section overhaul is just a bunch of intellectually inept bored teenagers.

@@elliswilliams1050 Seems like the people in the comments have a bigger trauma for open waters and sharks than the surfer in the video

@@jackvanhove288 In most beaches around the world, you're probably more likely to be struck by lightning twice in a row than you are to be bit once in your life by a shark. However there are a lot of great white sharks that propagate the north west and southern coasts of Australia so the odds probably increase substantially over there. But even so, most sharks and particularly great whites never attack humans on purpose as they only attack when they've mistakened someone for a seal, usually they'll bite someone's leg and immediately let go and swim off. Bullsharks on the other hand are a different story, not only can they survive in practically any type of water including Rivers and Lakes, they'll eat you alive and not even leave the bones left over, they're basically like pitbulls of the sea but 100x worse, but don't let this comment section hear about this lol

yea man value ur life just go back inside ur plastic bubble away of dangers lol

I admire him immensely for having the composure and courage to fight off the shark, but let's be honest, what are the chances of surviving a shark attack?

@@neoanderson4006 depends on how serious the attack was. I am No expert on sharks but I guess it was some kind of probing Attack.

He's also a BADASS. Not just LUCKY

🙏 amen!!!!!!!

The word miracle is becoming so cringe as it takes away from the courage put on by this person.

They give off a strong electromagnetic field or something, cuz I was kayaking and felt a very menacing energy behind me and looked over a short time later and there was a very large bull shark swimming parallel to me and it was there basically for 15 min. Really freaked me out . Was as big as the boat and I was struggling to paddle against the waves the whole time and couldn’t afford to get weak.

@@KatJaguar1122 creepy. 😱

@@KatJaguar1122 its like that scene in JoJo with the word "menacing"in the background

How did he "sense" the shark?

@@KatJaguar1122 You for sure have been SHOCKED to see that