“I was sitting on my board, I felt like I was about to lie down and start paddling,” Mick said. “Then I had this feeling that something was coming up behind me. That’s when I got hit. I was knocked off my board and it was right there next to it. It pulled me underwater and eventually my leg rope broke. Julian was down the point and I was trying to yell at him not to paddle back out. Eventually a little wave came and I just started swimming as hard as I could