Surfer in stable condition after Australian shark attack

SYDNEY - Police say a teenage surfer is in a stable condition after he was bitten by a shark at the same Australian beach where a Japanese surfer was fatally mauled last year.A police statement says the 17-year-old sustained a single bite wound to his hip as he surfed off Ballina's Lighthouse Beach early today.He made his own way from the water to the beach where he was assisted by a nurse who happened to be in the area.He was taken to Lismore Base Hospital, where he is in stable condition.In Fe