Advertisement Shark bite victim: 'I'm not going to stop surfing' Tristen Durham, 14, shares story after bite at New Smyrna Beach Share Shares Copy Link Copy

A teen talked Thursday about the moment when a shark clamped down on his foot while surfing in Volusia County.Tristen Durham, 14, said he was bitten while surfing near the jetty at New Smyrna Beach.Just hours after surgery, Tristen said he remembers the moment the shark sank its teeth into his leg."I was blown away. I didn't think I would be bit. I didn't even believe it at first," Tristen said.Tristen was surfing with his friends Wednesday and had been in the water for about an hour when the shark bit his right foot."I started ripping my foot away from it, and it wouldn't let go, so I just had to rip it out of its mouth," Tristen said.According to beach officials, it's the fifth shark bite in Volusia County in 2014. All of the bites happened in the same area at a beach dubbed the shark bite capital of the world."At first, when I got bit, it didn't hurt as bad. I was all adrenaline, so when I was paddling in, I didn't even feel it. (I) just looked at my foot, and I (saw) it, and I felt really weird. I didn't want to look at it again. I was going to pass out," Tristen said.Tristen was taken to Halifax Health Medical Center in Daytona Beach and had two tendons repaired during surgery."Worst phone call of my life. Honestly, you just never want your kids to be hurt," mother Angela Golden said.Golden said she couldn't believe it happened."We're thankful to the Lord that he's here with us right now, and it was just a bit and nothing worse," Golden said.Tristen has been surfing since he was 3 years old. He said he can't wait to get out of his hospital bed and back on his surfboard."I'll be out there when it heals," Tristen said. "I'm not going to stop surfing because of one shark."Doctors said Tristen should recover in about six weeks.