One moment, a Bay Area surfer was paddling off the coast of Montara State Beach. The next, he was suddenly thrown from his board.

Heller was sitting on his board when the shark struck his foot and knocked him off. When he surfaced, the shark was gnawing on his surfboard. “I was sitting on the board, actually, then I felt something under my foot.

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.