WA windsurfer escapes with bitten board after great white shark encounter at popular surf spot

Andy McDonald, 61, says he fell on to' the shark and was like, punching it' before friend helped him paddle to shore

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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.