Surfer needs 50 stitches after shark attack A 19-year-old student was able to escape the jaws of a shark after it bit his legs while he surfed off the coast of California.

Florida surfer fends off attack from shark: ‘I was having none of that' The 18-year-old surf instructor says when the shark clenched his foot with its teeth, he kicked it before swimming away.

"Just, like, a lightning strike -- the shark came out of nowhere," Matt Bender told ABC News from his hospital bed on Sunday, describing the attack. "I just felt it chomp down on my arm. It felt like ...

Here’s the number of shark incidents — again, not necessarily involving injuries or fatalities — in California that have occurred since 2020: 2020: 8 2021: 7 2022: 8 2023: 3 2024: 8 ...

Here’s the number of shark incidents — again, not necessarily involving injuries or fatalities — in California that have occurred since 2020: 2020: 8 2021: 7 2022: 8 2023: 3 2024: 8 ...

Here’s the number of shark incidents — again, not necessarily involving injuries or fatalities — in California that have occurred since 2020: 2020: 8 2021: 7 2022: 8 2023: 3 2024: 8 ...