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21 Jul, 2015

Vows to compete again

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Fanning vows to get back on his surf board despite the trauma of his recent shark attack:

Surfing has given myself and my family so much. It’s gotten me through the hardest times in my life. So to turn my back on surfing, it just wouldn’t feel right…I guess someone was looking out for me. To walk away from a shark attack with not a scratch on you, it’s a miracle really.

He sends a message to the shark:

Thanks for not eating me.

19 Jul, 2015

Post-attack interview

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Fanning talks about his encounter:

I’m tripping…I’m happy to not even compete ever again. To walk away from that, I’m just so stoked.