A body boarder off the coast of Newport Beach, California, had no idea an apex predator was lurking nearby. The body boarder’s brother was recording him from shore, when, suddenly, a great white shark leapt into the air in the background.

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“Professor of marine biology and director of the Cal State Long Beach Shark Lab Christopher Lowe told KTLA that the shark in the video appears to be a juvenile great white,” wrote KTLA in an Instagram post sharing the footage. “Lowe said the shark was possibly trying to scratch an itch. That, or it was having a good time.”

Watch a great white shark leap in the air behind a body boarder below (or see it here).

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