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Lone surfer punches Great White shark to thwart attack

"I just figured I'm not going to roll over for it, so I moved onto its back and started punching"

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A24-year-old Australian surfer had to put his dukes up recently when a great white shark attacked him roughly 100 yards from shore.

Jack Frost, who was surfing alone that day, thwarted the attack by punching the shark in the head and gills.

A surfcam on the beach captured faraway footage of the incident, which took place at a well-known surf break in Western Australia known as “Boat Ramps” on July 24.

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The collision knocked Frost into the water, and one of the shark’s pectoral fins hit him in the groin as it gripped his fiberglass board in its jaws. That’s when he decided to fight back.

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