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TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY MAHDIA BENHAMLA Hugo Savalli , former French surfing champion, poses in Saint-Gilles on the western coast of the French Indian Ocean island of La Reunion on April 14, 2015. Savalli quit surfing in La Reunion after his friend Mathieu Schiller was killedby a shark in 2001. The surfing spots in La Reunion are among the most famous in the world and its surfers collect medals at each French surfing championship, but now these top athletes are leaving their island, traumatized by recent shark attacks. AFP PHOTO / RICHARD BOUHET (Photo credit should read RICHARD BOUHET/AFP via Getty Images)