VIDEO: Surfer Mick Fanning fights off shark
Surfer Mick Fanning has survived a close encounter with a shark on live television in South Africa.
The Tweed Heads local was competing against Julian Wilson in the final of the J-Bay Open at the time.
He was busy paddling his board when the shark went for him. Fanning told Fox Sports, he felt something tugging on his leg rope.
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