Dave Pearson

And the teeth decided it would take some tendons in my wrist and thumb and damage that as well.

And then we sort of parted ways.

We just separated down there luckily.

And I was kind of a bit stunned and swam back to the surface and climbed back on my surfboard and then looked down and realised what had just happened.

It was

It was then that I realised when my arm was tore open and there was blood going everywhere that I'd been bitten by a shark.

And it was amazing.

The realisation that it had happened was just dumbfounded me.

I was stunned.

I would say, you know, if I relive it, a half an hour.

But in real life, probably five, six seconds maybe.

Maybe not even that.

It was quick.

Yeah, afterwards I was sitting on my board and it took me, as I said, a little while to comprehend what was happening.

And I heard Aaron, the young guy who was out there when we turned up, shouting out to me.

And apparently he'd been shouting, Dave, was that a shark?

Was that a shark?

And...

The bit I heard, unfortunately, you know, it had a big F word in it as well.

Then I sort of realised he was shouting to me and I said, yeah, it's a shark, because I was looking at my arm and the blood squirting out and I was thinking, that's not good, I've got to stop that bleeding.