'I thought the thing that hit me was a fish... When we looked back I saw it was actually a shark,' 7-year-old Chandler said. 'I was like, 'Oh my gosh.' '
Chandler Moore, 7, of Orlando, Florida, and his family went to New Smyrna Beach on Saturday for some post-Thanksgiving fun. His dad, Shaun Moore, told CNN it was a"picture perfect" day for surfing. "It was almost 80 degrees, sunny and the waves were good," Shaun Moore, 40, said."The beach was crowded and there were a ton of surfers out."The father and son went into the water with their boards. Moore said Chandler has been surfing since he was 4.
"They replayed the footage caught by the GoPro camera attached to Chandler's surfboard."When we looked back I saw it was actually a shark," Chandler said."I was like, 'Oh my gosh.'"A screengrab from the video show what appears to be a small blacktip shark, Shaun Moore said.Blacktip sharks are very common in New Smyrna Beach, so common that experts call the area the shark attack capitol of the world.
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