Ryan on The Getaway

He's a shark attack survivor? The things you learn....

http://www.today.com/entertainment/true-blood-star-talks-shark-attack-surfing-getaway-8C11496676

Renee

Were you a badass as a kid? I heard that you survived a shark attack.
I've lived a very adventurous life. The vision you have is far more outrageous than what really happened. I was 12 years old. I was surfing. I fell off the top of the board trying to do a fancy move and put my hand down into what I thought was the top of a sand bank. I yanked it out, and blood spurted out. I could see the lifeguard rushing down from his tower. They did an analysis at the hospital that said it was a wobbegong shark, which is, like, a shark with no teeth. It just has gums. So I theoretically didn't get bitten by a shark — [laughs] I got gummed by a shark.


http://www.vulture.com/2011/06/ryan_kwanten.html
From 2011

and
http://www.contactmusic.com/news/kwantens-shark-surfing-encounter_1151818
From 2010

The Aussie actor, whose father was a champion paddle boarder, still surfs but his passion for the sport took a hit at the age of 12, when he found himself staring into the mouth of a shark off the coast of Sydney.
He explains, "I fell off the top of a wave and put my hand down, expecting to get the sand bank and it went straight into the mouth of a shark... (but) it was a wobbegong shark; it's got more gums then teeth... I didn't get bitten, I got gummed (but) there are scars to prove it."