The jaw-dropping moment world champion surfer is attacked by a shark during a competition - only for him to survive after he PUNCHED it in the back

Amazing footage shows the moment Australian surfing legend Mick Fanning fought off a shark that attacked him during a competition. Fanning, a three-time world champion, was knocked from his board just moments into the final round of the J-Bay Open in South Africa. The broadcast video of the event shows a massive shark's fin emerge from the water before the monster lunged at Fanning. 'I was just sitting there and I felt something just get stuck in my leg rope, and I was kicking trying to get it away,' the surfing star said. 'I just saw a fin...I was waiting for the teeth to come at me. I punched him on the back.'