‘I just punched it in the face’: Surfer describes fending off shark – video

British surfer Charlie Fry describes the moment he was attacked by a shark while off the New South Wales coast. Fry, 25, managed to fend off the shark by punching it in the face, a technique he learned from Australian surfer Mick Fanning, who narrowly escaped a shark attack at the J-Bay Open in 2015 

‘Mick, I owe you a beer’: British surfer thanks Fanning after fending off shark

Watch the full interview on 9 News


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