Tactics copied

A British doctor who was attacked by a shark on the NSW Central Coast while surfing says he owes Mick Fanning a beer after copying the legend surfer’s tactics and punching the animal off. Dr Charlie Fry, 25, was surfing with three mates at Avoca Beach north of Sydney when a shark hit him on the shoulder. “I said, ‘just do what Mick did, just punch it in the nose’,” Fry told the Nine Network. “If you are watching or listening, Mick, I owe you a beer, thank you very much.” Fry said he was up to 40m offshore when the shark jumped out of the water and hit him on the right shoulder. “I saw this shark come out of the water and breach its head. I punched it in the face with my left hand . . . and managed to scramble back on my board . . . Luckily a wave came, so I just surfed the wave in.”