California surfer escapes injury after shark bites her board
by Associated Press from on (#JXAN)
Officials close Morro Strand state beach for 72 hours after great white shark swims under Elinor Dempsey and bites 35cm hole in surfboard
A surfer has escaped injury after a great white shark bit her board, off California's central coast.
Elinor Dempsey, 54, said she was surfing at Morro Strand state beach, just north of Morro Bay, at about 10am when a shark swam under her board and bit it, leaving a35cm-wide bite mark. Dempsey pushed her board towards the shark as she jumped off.
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