TWO surfers who had never won a major heat in their lives took down two of the biggest names in surfing as a shark, the first perfect 10 and stunning barrels made an appearance at the Margaret River Pro on Thursday.
Jay Davies took out World Champion Gabriel Medina.
The 25th, inflicted by local Jay Davies, is Medina’s worst result in 14 events and could be a death blow to his bid to defend the world crown he won last year.
The heat will also be one he remembers with a shark sliding past midway through the bout.
“We had shark cruise through the line-up which was a little sketchy, but it was only a baby one eating some fish,“ said local Davies.
Last year Kelly Slater set the social media world alight when he shared a video of a dark shadow passing over him as he surfed with many swearing it was a close encounter with a shark.
He later came clean, revealing it was in fact a fellow surfer.