Episode 5 - White Lightning

Shark Files

'With the world watching on, an international surfing competition takes a dramatic turn for the worse and all of a sudden winning or losing becomes the last thing on anyone’s mind.'

White Lightning tells the story of Australian surfer Mick Fanning and his great white shark encounter at a 2015 World Surf League final at J-Bay.

Shark Files is an independent podcast telling the true stories of when shark and human lives collide - shark attacks, shipwrecks, miraculous rescues, recovery from PTSD, ecological breakdown, military experiments, and much, much more. For more information on today's episode, more episodes from Season 1, and other sharky content, visit www.thesharkfiles.com

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