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Leap: An incredible video by award-winning photographer Jacob Langston was captured of a 4ft spinner shark jumping over a surfer


The phrase ‘jump the shark’ was first used to describe a moment where something once great has reached a point where it can only get worse.

But for one gob-smacked surfer in waters off New Smyrna Beach in Florida, it was something he'll remember forever after a shark jumped him.

An incredible video by award-winning photographer Jacob Langston was captured of a 4ft spinner shark jumping over the surfer.

Spot: Mr Langston caught the moment when he was chest deep in inlet waters - but didn't see what had happened until he edited the video


Mr Langston caught the moment on a GoPRo HD camera when he was chest deep in inlet waters, reported the Orlando Sentinel.

But he was not anticipating it as his focus was actually on the foreground and he did not see the moment while he was filming.

A surfer reportedly asked him after it happened: ‘Dude! Did you see that? A four-foot spinner shark just jumped over a surfer.’

Later back in his office while editing his video, he realised what he had captured in the background, reported the Chicago Tribune.

In the air: The spinner shark was spotted off a Florida beach (file picture)


The incredible moment when the shark performed a jump happens in the back area of the shot in between two surfers.

The ‘jump the shark’ expression originally came from TV series Happy Days, when the character Fonzie jumped over a shark on water skis.

This was labelled the worst point of the show and following that it was said to have no similarity to its original brilliance.

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