A 61-year-old man surfing at Waiehu Beach Park in Maui was bitten in the early hours of Nov. 1, Maui fire and rescue officials said Charlotte Phillipp is a Weekend Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE.

A 61-year-old surfer in Hawaii had his leg severed when he was bitten in a shark attack in the waters off Maui on Friday morning, authorities said. The man, whose name was not released publicly ...

A surfer in Hawaii was bitten by a shark off the coast of Maui Friday, authorities said. County of Maui Police and Fire said in a Friday press release that a 61-year-old local man was surfing at ...

In an encounter off the coast of Maui, a 61-year-old local man narrowly escaped with his life after being attacked by a shark while surfing on Friday morning. Kenji Nonoka, a resident of Wailuku ...

The professional surfer, 34, shared news of her “sweet” and “precious” nephew’s situation on Saturday, Oct. 12, revealing in an emotional Instagram post that he drowned in the evening of ...

Kenji Nonoka, 61, experienced a brutal shark attack while surfing at Sand Piles in Maui County on Friday at approximately 7 a.m. Moments before the attack, Nonoka was sitting on his surfboard in ...

It’s a fin-tastical story of survival. A Florida surfer feels lucky to be alive after being bitten by a shark — on the exact same beach where he survived a similar attack 11 years ago.

American surfing icon Bethany Hamilton recently revealed some heartbreaking news concerning one of her family members. In a social media post, Hamilton revealed that her nephew Andrew was found ...

After the pro surfer shared that her nephew Andrew, 3, was hospitalized after drowning, she expressed gratitude for the guidance and well-wishes the family has since received. "We are hopeful ...

A surfer who survived a shark attack has told how he was back in the sea just five days later and "chasing a hurricane". Charley Hajek, 62, says seeing 11 sharks since his foot was chomped hasn't ...

A surfer managed to swim back to shore after a shark bit his leg off in the waters off Hawaii. The 61-year-old, named locally as Kenji, was attacked while surfing off the island of Maui’s Waiehu ...

A 61-year-old surfer in Hawaii managed to begin swimming toward shore after a shark bit off a portion of his leg near a beach on Maui, witnesses and authorities say. The shark attack happened ...