Man, 62, suffers leg and arm injuries as his surfboard is bitten in half by great white near Ruins campground at Pacific Palms

By Dan Proudman
Updated December 1 2016 - 2:35pm, first published 9:49am
Colin Rowland giving a thumbs up as he is wheeled into John Hunter Hospital for treatment. Picture: Max Mason-Hubers.
Colin Rowland giving a thumbs up as he is wheeled into John Hunter Hospital for treatment. Picture: Max Mason-Hubers.

THE surfer bitten by a great white shark south of Forster says it was his first encounter with a shark in 54 years of surfing.

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