Mick Fanning triumphantly returns to surf where he was attacked by a shark
 

Mick Fanning triumphantly returns to surf where he was attacked by a shark
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One year ago, Mick Fanning was counting his lucky stars.

The Australian surfer had just been on the end of a shark attack while in the water at the J-Bay Open, a competition that takes place in Jeffreys Bay, located on the eastern cape of South Africa.*

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"Man, I'm happy to **t even compete ever again. To walk away from that, I'm just so stoked," Fanning said after the incident.***w*he has courageously returned to the scene where it all happened.



Fanning competed at the 2016 J-Bay Open Wednesday, battling through an ankle injury picked up during a warmup last Friday. He had told Instagram followers on Tuesday that he would be "good to go" and hoped his ankle would hold up. Read more...


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