Surfer Gets Smashed by Whale
An Australian surfer known as “Jaws” was filming himself wing surfing in Sydney when something unexpected happened.
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Out of nowhere, an enormous whale jumped out of the ocean and smashed into him.
Wing Surfing in Sydney
Jaws had been wing surfing in Sydney’s Mona Vale Beach when the encounter happened.
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Wing surfing, or wing foiling, is a sport similar to windsurfing that involves standing on a board and holding onto a wind-powered wing.
It Just Came Out of Nowhere
After the encounter, Jaws spoke about the experience with 9News Today in Australia.
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He said, “It just started coming out of the water, and I knew it was a whale.”
Captured Everything on His GoPro
Jaws explained to the news team that he had caught the entire experience on his GoPro.
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In the video, Jaws can be seen wing foiling when, all of a sudden, the whale jumped out of the water and smashed right into his body.
“I’m in Trouble”
As the whale lunged out of the water and smashed into the side of the surfer, Jaws spoke about what was going through his head.
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“I’m in trouble,” he thought as he saw the huge whale approaching him.
I Just Got Hit by a Whale
The video shows Jaws getting knocked out of his wing foiling board before being dragged underwater.
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Jaws managed to record the entire time and even filmed himself returning to the surface, where he’s heard saying, “I just got hit by a whale.”
30 Feet Under the Water
When speaking about the experience, Jaws said his leash became entangled with the whale, which pulled him 30 feet underwater.
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He said, “When it came down on top of me, it got caught in my leg rope. So as it dived down, I was getting dragged down.”
Thank My Lucky Stars
Jaws continued by explaining that he eventually felt the leash of his board break, which released him from under the whale’s body.
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He said, “I thank my lucky stars that something that’s not supposed to break broke and ringed the webbing out.”
Lucky Escape
Jaws claims that it’s not uncommon for whales to be covered in barnacles.
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If that had been the case, there’s a good chance he “would have been ripped apart.”
No Serious Injuries
However, to his amazement, he wasn’t seriously injured during the traumatic event.
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Speaking with 9News, Jaws said that he believed the whale was a juvenile, and if it had been an adult, he could have been in serious trouble.
One in a Million
Jaws finished by saying, “The whole thing was unusual, one in a million,”
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He continued, “It’s a massive ocean, and there was a guy on a headland who just happened to be filming by coincidence, and my GoPro, I wasn’t pointing or filming, so to get the footage was amazing.”