"We're probably not going to do the yellow anymore," said Darren Handley of Mick Fanning's surfboards. "The fishos call it yummy yellow. When a boat goes down it's always the swimmers with yellow life jackets that sharks go for."
Without delay or even a seven second buffer, surfing fans almost saw the unimaginable happen right in front of their eyes. The effect of those thirty seconds will take a while to get over.
Footage of the incident, plus interviews with Mick and Julian Wilson, who was also in the water at the time.
The J-Bay Open has been called off following a dramatic incident that involved defending event winner Mick Fanning being attacked by a shark in the opening minutes of the Final against Julian Wilson.
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