GoPro video captures terrifying moment boy, 9, is knocked off his surfboard by shark at Florida beach
- Chandler Moore, 9, was knocked off his surfboard by a shark at a Florida beach
- He was surfing with his dad, Shaun, when the blacktip shark breached the water
- Chandler is then seen falling off his surfboard and running toward his father
- The young boy was not injured during the incident which happened Saturday
GroPro video shows the terrifying moment a nine-year-old boy was knocked off his surfboard by a small shark at a Florida beach.
Chandler Moore is seen in the video catching some waves at New Smyrna Beach as his dad, Shaun, watches him nearby.
For about 10 seconds, all seems to be going well as Chandler takes on a few small waves during the family outing on Saturday.
Chandler Moore (pictured) is seen in the video catching some waves at New Smyrna Beach as his dad, Shaun, watches him nearby. For about 10 seconds, all seems to be going well as Chandler takes on a few small waves during the family outing on Saturday
But moments later, Chandler, who has been surfing since he was four, falls off his board as a small shark breaches the water
But moments later, Chandler, who has been surfing since he was four falls off his board as a small shark breaches the water.
The shark appears to thrash around for a few seconds while Chandler runs towards his dad.
Chandler wasn’t injured during the ordeal, and according to his dad, they had no idea that it was a shark until they reviewed the footage from their GoPro, which was attached to Chandler’s board.
‘We surfed for another half hour after that,’ Shaun told The New York Post.
Shaun said they both thought it was some kind of fish that had jumped out of the water.
‘He said he saw a fish, and I guess that startled him,’ Shaun said. But even after he told Chandler that a shark had breached the water, Shaun says ‘it didn’t phase him at all’.
Chandler wasn’t injured during the ordeal, and according to his dad, they had no idea that it was a shark until they reviewed the footage from their GoPro. ‘We surfed for another half hour after that,’ Shaun (pictured with his family) said
Chandler (left) has been surfing since he was four years old and according to his dad, Shaun (right), the young ‘daredevil’ didn’t seem to be phased by the fact a shark knocked him off of his board
‘He’s a little daredevil,’ Shaun added.
Shaun said they believe the shark was a blacktip, a type of shark that is commonly seen off the coast of Central Florida.
While not the largest of sharks, they do make up 20 percent of all unprovoked shark attacks in America, which is still a relatively small number.
Experts say that blacktip sharks don’t target people deliberately, but they will sometimes accidentally bite people because they are chasing schools of fish.