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Caitlin Cassidy

RARE PHOTOS: Wa windsurfer escapes with bitten board after great white shark encounter at popular surf spot | Rare Historical Photos

Andy McDonald
River Mouth, Margaret River, Western Australia
The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development issued a shark warning for Prevelly near Margaret River after the interaction. Photograph: ajupp/Getty Images/iStockphoto

A windsurfer has come face to face with a suspected great white shark at a popular surf spot in Western Australia, and walked away with a bitten board but otherwise unscathed.

Andy McDonald was riding his hydrofoil board – a type of board with a wing attached, allowing surfers to hover above the water – at Bombie surf break near Margaret River at about 5.45pm on Monday evening with a group before he suddenly came crashing into the water.

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