Australian browsing legend Mick Fanning mentioned his ideas are with the household and pals of Sydney shark assault sufferer Simon Nellist.
Mr Nellist was fatally mauled by an ideal white off Little Bay, a preferred swimming spot within the south-eastern suburbs, on Wednesday afternoon.
His loss of life marked the town's first fatality in nearly 60 years.
Witnesses who noticed the incident unfold mentioned the shark attacked "vertically" and little might be finished to avoid wasting the 35-year-old.
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Fanning, a three-time world champion surfer, infamously had a televised run-in with an ideal white shark in 2015.
He was competing in Jeffreys in South Africa when he fended off a three-metre beast.
Chatting with At present, Fanning mentioned his ideas are with the family and friends of the dive teacher.
"I am simply actually unhappy for the household and the chums of the person. I attempted to not watch an excessive amount of, to be trustworthy," he mentioned.
"It is simply a type of issues, we all know the ability of them."
Fanning, a three-time world champion surfer, infamously had a televised run-in with an ideal white shark in 2015.
He was competing in Jeffreys in South Africa when he fended off a three-metre beast.
Fanning mentioned he nonetheless offers with the trauma of the near-attack.
"You at all times get flutters, for certain," he mentioned.
"I did a variety of work when all of it first occurred.
"So, I am personally effective, however, yeah, you positively get issues run by means of your thoughts."