Aussie teen miraculously walks away without a scratch after a Great White shark tears a chunk out of his boat and throws him into the water
- Teenager lucky to be alive after Great White Shark attacked surf ski during race
- Nat Drummond was thrown into the water during his race south of Adelaide
- He managed to jump into nearby competitors boat before he was taken to shore
A teenager is lucky to be alive after a Great White shark attacked his surf ski and tore a massive chunk out of the bottom of it.
Nat Drummond, 19, was competing in a race with Seacfliff Surf Lifesaving Club, south of Adelaide, at 11.30am on Sunday.
He was only a kilometre out to sea when the three-metre long shark swam up from below and launched his boat into the air.
A teenager is lucky to be alive after a Great White shark attacked his surf ski and tore a massive chunk out of the bottom of it
He was only a kilometre out to sea when the three-metre long shark swam up from below and launched his boat into the air
‘My ski just kind of lifted above the water and then next thing I knew I was in the air and then I was in the water,’ he told 9News.
A shocked Mr Drummond quickly swam towards his nearest competitor and jumped into his surf ski to escape the sea predator.
‘It was an absolute freak accident. One of those one-in-a-million things that happened,’ he said.
Mr Drummond was ferried back to shore after surf lifesavers sent an inflatable boat out to collect him.
His destroyed vessel was carried onto the sand with a gaping hole torn into the bottom just centimetres away from where he was sitting.
South Australian Ocean and Surf Ski Paddlers race director Craig Burton said he had never seen a shark attack like this one in all his life.
His destroyed vessel was carried onto the sand with a gaping hole torn into the bottom just centimetres away from where he was sitting
Mr Drummond was ferried back to shore after surf lifesavers sent an inflatable boat out to collect him
‘I’ve personally been doing this for well over 40 years and I do know some of our paddlers have seen sharks while out paddling, but never anything like this,’ he told ABC.
Mr Burton said the teenager was in high spirits managing to walk away without a single scratch.
‘We’ve got a lot of support thrown around him and his family,’ he said.
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