BALLINA , Australia, Sept. 26 (UPI) -- A surfer survived a shark attack Monday morning at Ballina beach in New South Wales, Australia.
Cooper Allen, 17, of Ballina, was bitten on the upper thigh and suffered severe lacerations, although "apparently the prime attack was on the board, so it took the brunt," Craig Nolan of Ballina Lighthouse and Lismore Surf Lifesaving said.