Matthew McIntosh, 26, was bitten on the lower left leg by a shark while boogie boarding at Angel’s Beach between Ballina and Lennox Head New South Wales, Australia.
The attack took place at 8am on Saturday 3 February 2007. The man suffered lacerations to his lower left leg and foot.
Surfers who were at the beach said his flipper was shredded and he had a deep gash to his ankle.
Police told media the shark shark pulled the man from his boogie.
"He managed to raise the alarm with his friend, he swam towards shore, got back onto his boogie board and his friend came in and then went out and actually assisted him back into the beach," Inspector David Driver told reporters.
He was airlifted for treatment at Lismore Base Hospital.
Some media reports speculated that the shark was a 2-3m bronze whaler.
Sources
Village Voice
The Sunday Telegraph
