The woman reported to authorities that while she was surfing a shark she described as a 10-12-foot-long Galapagos shark bit her board and launched her into the air. She landed on the shark which then bit through her board leash, according to an account detailed by the state Department of Land and Natural Resources. Officials say she was able to get back onto her board and swim to shore without further incident.
‘SharkFest’ returns this summer, celebrating 10 years of the National Geographic-spearheaded, shark-focused event and featuring almost 30 hours of original programming and more than 60 hours of enhanced content.
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