Luckily for one California surfer, a shark swimming in San Mateo County waters over the weekend managed to get only a sample of his surfboard. Jens Heller was about 100 yards offshore at Montara State Beach sitting on his board Saturday when the shark attacked, according to reporting from the San Francisco Chronicle.

A surfer was not injured after a shark bit into his surfboard during an attack off a beach in San Mateo County over the weekend.

Image via Shutterstock A California surfer is lucky to be alive and without injury after having an extremely close call with a 10-foot shark. Although the fish knocked him off his board, he managed to use the surfboard to protect him.