Article 6FW89 ‘I thought I was gone’: video captures whale body-slamming wingfoiler at Sydney beach

‘I thought I was gone’: video captures whale body-slamming wingfoiler at Sydney beach

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Jordyn Beazley
from Environment | The Guardian on (#6FW89)

The 55-year-old was wingfoiling at Mona Vale beach when a humpback whale soared out of the water and landed on top of him

Jason Breen didn't think his GoPro was turned on to capture what happened while he was wingfoiling at a Sydney beach on Wednesday. Luckily it was, otherwise he thinks nobody would have believed him.

The 55-year-old Newport resident was cruising along the water at Mona Vale beach when a humpback whale soared out of the water and landed on top of him, dragging him about 20 to 30 feet below the surface.

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