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Surfer uses board to fight off shark

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A SURFER survived a great white shark attack yesterday with minor injuries after he fought off the 2.6m monster with his surfboard.

Lee Jonsson, 43, drove him- self to Ballina Hospital with a towel wrapped around a bleeding 20cm cut on his calf after escaping the juvenile shark off Shelly Beach in East Ballina, NSW, yesterday morning.

The surfer screamed for help as the shark sank its teeth into his leg and repeatedly tried to drag him off the board.

Mr Jonsson was in a stable condition last night.

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