Dolphin wipes out a surfer and the surfer is so freaking happy about it

"Hahaha, you see that?"
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Johnny Lieu
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Seems like all you can do is laugh when you get whacked by a dolphin.

Surfer Sam Yoon was ecstatic when he was knocked off his board by the aquatic mammal off Duranbah Beach, in Australia's Tweed Heads. The dolphin was leaping in front of a wave and collided with Yoon as it dived back into the water.

"You see that? It landed on my head, shoulders and the back. It was like, full on," Yoon told 9 News Thursday, while reacting to iPhone footage of the collision.

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The animal can be seen trying to avoid Yoon, tilting to its right mid-air. Yoon tried to get out of the way too, but it was too late.

"I knew that he realised he's gotta do something too. I was like, f*ck this, no way I can get away from this," he laughed.

Yoon was not injured, and kept surfing after the collision occurred. He thinks the dolphins might've communicated with each other after the incident, avoiding him every time he was paddling.

That's one cool surfing story to tell the mates, we admit.

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Mashable Australia's Web Culture Reporter.Reach out to me on Twitter at @Johnny_Lieu or via email at jlieu [at] mashable.com

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