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‘That’s when I begin to scream’: Mick Fanning on punching a great white shark

The Australian surfing champion was famously monstered by a great white shark in 2015 in the middle of a competition in South Africa. Here, he relives the encounter

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‘That’s when I begin to scream’: Mick Fanning on punching a great white shark

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The Australian surfing champion was famously monstered by a great white shark in 2015 in the middle of a competition in South Africa. Here, he relives the encounter

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