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Problem:SYDNEY (AP) — A 35-year-old surfer was taken to a hospital after a shark snapped his board, tore his hip and flung him into the air Sunday off the Australian east coast. 
  
 Abe McGarth was surfing at Iluka on the north coast of New South Wales state Sunday when what he described as a 3.5-meter (11-foot) great white shark attacked the board from underneath, a police statement said. 
  
 "As a result of the impact, the board has snapped. The injured victim has gone into the air and then re-entered the water," the statement said. 
  
 "He has told police the shark began to circle and then turned away," police said. 
  
 McGrath grabbed half his board and surfed to shore, police said. McGrath's friends drove him to Ballina Hospital. He was then flown to Lismore Hospital for further treatment and discharged Sunday night. 
  
 The shark's teeth tore McGrath's wetsuit and left a gash on his right hip. 
  
 McGrath's friend Bryce Cameron was on the beach during the attack. If McGrath had been sitting on the board instead of lying on it when the shark struck, he would have lost his leg, Cameron said. 
  
 "The board has snapped in half straight away and that is when the shark's teeth hit his leg," Cameron told Sydney's The Daily Telegraph newspaper. 
  
 "He is pretty much the luckiest man on Earth right now," Cameron added. 
  
 A 37-year-old surfer had a similar lucky escape two weeks ago when he was attacked by a 3-meter (10-foot) great white shark off the southeast Australian coast. 
  
 Marcel Brundler was left with a superficial scratch on his back, a torn wetsuit and teeth marks in his board when he was attacked near Lorne in Victoria state. ||||| A SURFER has been described as “the luckiest man on earth” after a shark snapped his board in half before biting his hip on the NSW north coast this morning 
  
 Byron Bay local Abe McGrath, 35, was lying on his board off Main Beach, about 300m north of the Illuka Wall, just after 6am when a shark “latched” its jaws onto his surfboard. 
  
 Fellow surfer Bryce Cameron, 34, said the shark, believed to be a 3.5m juvenile white pointer — also known as a great white shark — came up from underneath Mr McGrath, snapping his board in half then piercing his hip. 
  
 “He was laying on his board and he got attacked from below really aggressively, the force of the attack snapped his board,” Mr Cameron, who was on the beach and about to head into the water when the attack occurred, said. 
  
 media_camera Surfer Abe McGrath is “stoked” to be alive after the encounter. 
  
 “The impact lifted him up. The shark was coming from the deep and hit (Abe’s board) with its nose and opened its mouth and latched on the board. 
  
 Mr Cameron said shark got the majority of the board in its mouth. 
  
 “He got a good look at it. He said it was a 3.5m white pointer. In the big scheme of things that is a juvenile but it is still big enough to kill.” 
  
 media_camera Mr McGrath’s surfboard was snapped in half. Picture: Instagram/Brickson 
  
 “Abe was left floating in the water with a couple of teeth marks on his body. He scrambled in the water and got washed in by the next wave.” 
  
 “He is pretty much the luckiest man on earth right now. He was lying on his board, but if he had been sitting on it he would have lost a leg.” 
  
 Mr McGrath was “stoked” to be alive and OK after the ordeal, Mr Cameron said. 
  
 “He was stoked, he wasn’t in shock yet, he was really happy to be alive and in front of his mates. We were all giving him big hugs and felt pretty lucky to have him there.” 
  
 media_camera Elijah Colbey was the only other surfer in the water when the attack happened. 
  
 Elijah “Hobbit” Colbey was the only other surfer out in the ocean with Mr McGrath when the shark attack happened. 
  
 “We were 50m apart and it was just me and him out there,” he said. 
  
 “A good wave rolled past, we were both watching it, and then I looked back and saw Abe skimming across the water splashing. 
  
 “Then I hear f**k off, f**k off and then my nickname Hobbit being called out. 
  
 “I started paddling towards him for help and then my mind clicked to it being the worst possible outcome.” 
  
 media_camera Main and Bluff beaches were closed after the attack. 
  
 Mr Colbey said a wave brought Mr McGrath, who is an experienced fisherman, back in to where he could stand up. 
  
 “I grabbed his two broken bits of surfboard and we looked at each other and counted our blessings that we could actually walk away,” he said. 
  
 “He was very stoked to be able to walk up the beach with me … we could look back on it and be very stoked but also shaken up and in shock.” 
  
 The pair then went to get a first aid kit to treat the gash on Mr McGrath’s right hip. 
  
 “I put a gauze bandage on him and wrapped it around his body and drove him to hospital,” he said. 
  
 They first went to Ballina Hospital, where he was treated for the bite, before being transferred to Lismore Hospital. 
  
 “He needed a few stitches and to have a bit of an x-ray for his hip,” Mr Colbey said. 
  
 Main and Bluff beaches were closed as a result of the attack. 
  
 NSWDPI confirmed it was investigating “a reported shark bite at Iluka today”. |||||
Solution:
A 35-year-old surfer was taken to a hospital in Australia on Sunday after a shark snapped his board, tore his hip, and flung him into the air, the AP reports. Abe McGrath was surfing at Iluka, off Australia's east coast, when what he described as an 11-foot great white shark attacked the board from underneath, a police statement said. "As a result of the impact, the board has snapped. The injured victim has gone into the air and then re-entered the water." McGrath says "the shark began to circle and then turned away," per police. McGrath grabbed half his board and swam to shore, then his friends drove him to Ballina Hospital. He was then flown to Lismore Hospital for further treatment and discharged Sunday night. The shark's teeth tore McGrath's wetsuit and left a gash on his right hip. McGrath's friend, Bryce Cameron, who was on the beach during the attack, says if McGrath had been sitting on the board instead of lying on it when the shark struck, he would have lost his leg. "The board has snapped in half straight away and that is when the shark's teeth hit his leg," Cameron tells Sydney's Daily Telegraph. "He is pretty much the luckiest man on Earth right now." A 37-year-old surfer had a similar lucky escape two weeks ago when he was attacked by a 10-foot great white shark off Australia's southeast coast. Marcel Brundler was left with a superficial scratch on his back, a torn wetsuit, and teeth marks in his board when he was attacked near Lorne in Victoria state.