Everyone’s heard of shark bites in New Smyrna Beach, but I’m willing to bet you’ve never seen a shark leap out of the water and smack a surfer.

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 ...

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A California surfer came face to face with a 10-foot shark when the beast knocked him off his board during a terrifying encounter that the dad feared he wouldn’t walk away from, he said. Jens ...

Surfer Has Close Encounter with Shark, Who Managed to Bite His Board but Not Him: 'My Lucky Day' Jens Heller was in the water at Montara State Beach when he suddenly felt something beneath the surface ...

Sometimes the surfer catches a gnarly wave, and other times a shark catches the surfer. Luckily for one California surfer, a shark swimming in San Mateo County waters over the weekend managed to ...

A close call for a surfer in Montara after a shark bit his board. "I looked back and then saw this big mouth grabbing onto my board." 24/7 Live San Francisco East Bay South Bay Peninsula North Bay ...

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MONTARA, California (KGO) -- A close call for a surfer after a shark bit his board in Montara on Saturday. Surfer Jens Heller says he paddled out along the San Mateo County coast, and hadn't even ...

A surfer narrowly escaped injury after a shark attacked his board about 100 yards off Montara State Beach in California on Saturday, prompting officials to close the beach for 48 hours.

Surfer survives shark attack unscathed at Montara State Beach 03:13. 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.