Every surfer has wiped out. But how many can say a shark knocked them off their board? 9News
"I was just surfing and then I saw two fish," Chandler told CNN. "I thought the thing that hit me was a fish.""When we looked back I saw it was actually a shark," Chandler said. "I was like, 'Oh my gosh.' "Blacktip sharks are very common in New Smyrna Beach, so common that experts call the area the shark attack capital of the world.
The International Shark Attack File estimates that anyone who has been swimming there has been within 10 feet of a shark. Chandler wasn't injured or bitten during his shark encounter. He showed off the video to classmates in his second-grade class. "They were all talking to me like, 'Oh, my gosh, is that's a real shark?'" Chandler said. "They had a million questions."
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