Young surfer unknowingly shares wave with a shark, and his dad captures it on camera

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for Young surfer unknowingly shares wave with a shark, and his dad captures it on camera

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psicofukapus - 6 years ago

See, the shak was more frightened by you than you were of it, mate!

Jay Gasper - 6 years ago

We used to go swimming at this beach in Rhode Island as kids. And we would go in pretty deep, like up to our necks because we thought there were no dangerous sharks out there in shallow water. Last week off the exact same beach not too far from shore a guy catches a great white!! Even though I was swimming in the waters 15 years ago I'm still scared to know that there were probably sharks around me.

Kurt Dismissal - 6 years ago

Some of the criticism directed at the father is absurd. I will know them if I ever encounter them irl - they will be the ones whose children still haven't learned to walk yet.

Ed Evans - 6 years ago

Its weird if a shark crashed your back yard of local shopping ctr you'd be more than amazed.
we see them where they belong and we are still amazed??

M Leibs - 6 years ago

Darling boy!

gangsterboogie - 6 years ago

The real question should have been "why aren't u hitting 1oclock on that wave"....I'm mean, unless he had a quad set up, and he was going for the speadline..true?

Rick Sanders - 6 years ago

jerkball

David Riley - 6 years ago

Dad thinks it great wouldn't be laughing if is kid had fallen off in front of the shark it would have been goodby curly

Fairly Vague - 6 years ago

‘I thought I saw a dark shape but I just kept taking photos’. I have no words lol

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SatansDelight - 6 years ago

Sharks don't swim belly up. That's not a shark. I think it's a diver like all the surfer dudes are saying in the comments.

Morgan Hayward - 6 years ago

Is the Dad an idiot or a con ?

This ‘shark’ is another surfer duck diving.

No shark swims upside down as portrayed in the photo.

( I think the shark experts already confirmed it wasn’t a shark as he becomes really vague about their assessment then he says oh well it makes a good story for school

I reckon he contacted the program before getting it analysed and by the time he found out he’s already made the commitment to go on tv and probably wanted to give his son a cool story for his mates at school

WaterBucket - 6 years ago

that's just surfer duck diving. This means the kid doesnt look where he surfs if he thought it was a shark/ didn't see the dude duck diving xd

Dungeons Dragons - 6 years ago

Child services anyone.

bob miller - 6 years ago

The more I know about how many shark attacks there have been in Australia and these people continue to surf there...I associate the Australian accent with stupidity like I associate a US southern accent with stupidity. Have fun sending your 12 yr old boy out into the lineup till one day he's lunch for mr great white. Youre obviously too stupid to learn your lesson.

Morgan Hayward - 6 years ago

bob miller

Yeh well given this is fake then don’t worry. It’s just another surfer duck diving.

This guy is full of shit.

By the way the average Aussie IQ is higher than the average American and our country is ranked 2nd in the world for standard of living with people paying top dollar to want to move here..

So you can stick that up ya arse ya pretentious wanker.

Chris Daldy-Rowe - 6 years ago

If you need subtitles to understand these guys then you must be a foreigner or cant speak English m8

Paul Munford - 6 years ago

Photoshop

Michael Collier - 6 years ago

No something smells fishy here. A shark wouldn't be at that angle unless you faked image. Also you would see a little colour in it's mouth being so close to the surface. Even them standing there looked staged. Kid looked directly into camera all the time. FAKE.

cubensis Golden - 6 years ago

next time gonna be ,,its just happend i left my legs in the ocean '' .

Alissa Angles!! #Maverick - 6 years ago

WHAT THE FRICK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Earl Garcia - 6 years ago

God I love white people. When dying of gun shot wounds just won’t cut it

robert zosa - 6 years ago

lesson learned, always have good underwear on when sharing a wave with a shark

Bre F - 6 years ago

Australia are brave and crazy.

Aaron Jones - 6 years ago

Fake!

Goobye USA - 6 years ago

That's an amazing "Faow Taow".

John Cameron - 6 years ago

Photoshopped there’s no way that white shark has it’s mouth open that kid would be knocked off his board dead I ain’t buying it

Ma U - 6 years ago

Luckily your still alive. Its a hungry shark

Rolly but Dog Version Pet - 6 years ago

PEOPLE STOP SAYING SHARKS ARE GONNA KILL YOU THEY WILL ONLY ATTACK IF YOU ANNOY THEM OR ATTACK THEM

Bo Jonsson - 6 years ago

Fake

Scarlett is Younghow er - 6 years ago

Wow just wow the shark just wants to be a surfer. Didn’t really look real.

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Adriano Ramos - 6 years ago

Give me a fucking break!!! Anyone who believes that's a shark is stupid! It's a surfer duck diving!!!

Michal Lacko - 6 years ago

Just another day on the beach in Straya, mate!

Carl Riggins - 6 years ago

them gromets

Jens M. - 6 years ago

Fake

Ted Williams - 6 years ago

That's how they hunt for seal

Morgan Hayward - 6 years ago

Ted Williams

Wrong

This isn’t even a shark. It’s another surfer duck diving.

This is fake. Although I reckon the Dad thought it was real contacted the tv station and then by the time the photo was analysed the story was already a go ahead.

Sharks don’t predate in waves close to the shore like this. You’re thinking of Orcas.

Dawn Epps - 6 years ago

He was shocked...can you imagine what the shark was think? Shark's thought, I was just swimming along and sunning myself and this kid suddenly was in my wave. I'm like OMSG!(Shark God) where did that kid come from?!

Chief Wiggum - 6 years ago

Mate you’re bloody lucky that surfer duck diving didn’t hit you!

ashish kherwal - 6 years ago

is he step son of this man?

Larrt Rawls - 6 years ago

What to do with a kid you are really tired of , take them surfing in Australian waters Wash D C

officeaddict33 - 6 years ago

Im America, you "forget" and leave them in a hot car.

parkesy82 - 6 years ago

It ain’t a shark. It’s clear as day another surfer duckdiving. You can see the front of his board, his hands are on it, the dark shape is him in his wetsuit, and you can see the small wave pushing out each side that was made when he pushed down through the surface.

Boy Chiz - 6 years ago

Yes, and all surfers should always stay on the left hand side of the Surf Lane, and indicate before pulling out, haha, to overtake a slower moving surfer..

Morgan Hayward - 6 years ago

So agree

It’s clearly a surfer.

On top of that no shark swims upside down as it looks like with this supposed shark.

parkesy82 - 6 years ago

No one paddles out through a ‘surf lane’? Dude do you even surf? Aussie beaches are full of kooks and surfers having people paddling across in front of them is normal. It wasn’t a competition. It was just a dad taking photos of his kid surfing and found this one and claimed it was a shark. If that’s a shark with it’s mouth opening then it’s swimming belly up. That’s far more unlikely than a surfer duck diving in front of another. They were either mistaken with the photo or searching for a couple minutes of fame

UFC Central - 6 years ago

Id really imagine they would have known if it was a surfer for obvious reasons.. Ppl wouldnt be in the surf lane during someones wave and all the ppl watching would have been like it wasn't a shark there was another surfer paddling out and it was him They wouldn't just go along with it being a shark.. The odds of a surfer paddling out in the surf lane during someones wave and somehow not being seen by any of the ppl watching the competition are damn near astronomical

Carpe Diem Life Skills - 6 years ago

Real annoying accent

dickswaylo - 6 years ago

Good thing for me that when I sense a shark I excrete shit like a squid or a skunk. Never been attacked in my life!

Smoke weed everyday -420 - 6 years ago

Look at his face!!!

DD556 762 - 6 years ago

You're going to need a bigger surfboard.

GlobalTubeTruth - 6 years ago

Cool that you lived to tell about it. Get back out there and try your luck again. Nobody ever really gets bitten or eaten. That's just in ther movies and story books.

Hi, it's me! - 6 years ago

I thankful the little boy is safe and unharmed.

kenwes69 - 6 years ago

It happens every day big deal

Larrt Rawls - 6 years ago

I hope he has alot of life insurance on that kid Wash D C

david rawlinson - 6 years ago

fake fake fake

Jackson Harris - 6 years ago

its funny how everyone here aren't real surfers so they keep on freaking out about them waving of a shark this is a normal occurrence that happens to many people it is just not documented.

High_ Voltage - 6 years ago

its not even a shark lmao

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Johns Philippine adventure - 6 years ago

Bullshit photo

Dan O'Neill - 6 years ago

bite size

Marylou42 - 6 years ago

The father THOUGHT he saw a dark shape nearby his child ...and instead of rescuing his son ....he just kept taken photos .......

Fairly Vague - 6 years ago

Vassago Records Yes but Dad didn’t give that reason did he? He just wanted to keep on taking pictures of it lol

Vassago Records - 6 years ago

Marylou42 calls out to son in panic, son loses focus and falls of board, proceeds to panic and attract an otherwise curious shark to a stranded food source smelling like fear

aboomination - 6 years ago

Literally anyone who ever swam in the ocean shared the nearby water with some shark. Most probably more than once. Sharks do.not.hunt.humans.
If that was a crocodile, he would be in mortal danger (i.e. crocs hunt humans for food) - but with a shark there's a very small chance that anyone gets hurt.

SPIRIT DOT - 6 years ago

aboomination shut the fuck up.

Melanie Walker - 6 years ago

To me it looks like a bloody big shark.

charles. stewart - 6 years ago

Wow as an Aussie myself l wouldn't be worried , the Shark looked Like he was Catching a Wave on his Back & enjoying it too , Just Like the Kid , lol !

Jpgundarun - 6 years ago

Its another surfer duck diving you attention seeking kooks.

Rance davis - 6 years ago

Trawlers are overfishing the worlds oceans, faster than it can replenish, therefore share attacks are on the increase worldwide due to the search for food, they need to eat, if they can't find a good scummy tuna or seal but here you are surfing or swimming in there yard it doesn't take sherlock Holmes to work out the likely hood of attack

Rance davis - 6 years ago

Joseph Charles when I say consume I don't necessarily mean the whole body but may well swallow limbs etc, apologies if you thought I meant whole body swallowing is on the increase cos I don't state that and certainly can't prove it, I just mean attacks in general are on the increase, information is on the net easy to find

Joseph Charles - 6 years ago

Rance, can you post links which show that shark attacks are increasing worldwide? Can you also post links supporting your statements that sharks are eating and swallowing humans? That seems, well, unbelievable. Shark attacks are rare. Fatal attacks are very rare. Fatal attacks in which the shark actually engorges the entire person? I've only read a handful of cases in which that happened. But, you obviously have more information. Let's see it. Links please, not just more claims. People who study this stuff, scientists and such, are not seeing human beings becoming typical, or even atypical prey of sharks at all. Not even close. There's no evidence of that. Prove me wrong. Links, please.

Rance davis - 6 years ago

AYLA Barry you are correct to a degree, often mistakes are made and they would much rather not eat us this is true however my point being is due to the lack of food available they are coming closer than ever to shore and will indeed take and swallow a human, shark attacks are very much on the rise, they may not want to but they have to survive.

Smoke weed everyday -420 - 6 years ago

Rance davis well sharks don't like to eat humans. They only eat you because they think your a fish and when they bite you they run away.

Rance davis - 6 years ago

Oh yeah my boy just got on his board and went back out there DUHH" NEWSFLASH DAD, this time he was lucky there will be a next, and could end up going to the boys funeral. Ignorance is so overpopulated these days, the boy and all surfers are playing Russian roulette

ileana823100 - 6 years ago

Did you hear what the dad said? After he looked at the foto he called his son away from the next wave and out of the water and warned the other surfers.

Terry Jackson - 6 years ago

Ignorance is judging other people for getting on with life instead of worrying about what MIGHT happen.
Since 2010 Australian average is about 15 shark attacks per year with an average of 3 fatalities. Australian road fatalities in 2017 were 1225. I'm off to the beach, hope I make it and don't get killed or injured on the way. I know I'LL BE SAFER ONCE I'm in the water!
Wrap yourself and your family in cotton wool and hope nothing happens to them or get on and enjoy life!

James Birtwisle - 6 years ago

Lol, what an attention seeking couple of kooks. They both know as well as everyone else that its quite clearly another surfer duck diving through the face of the wave. Their back being the last part yo be submerged and causing the boil on the surface of the water. Take half a second earlier we'd have been treated to the sight of the back of someone's wetsuit.

parkesy82 - 6 years ago

Haha! Clearly? When was the last time you saw a shark swim belly up through a wave!? It’s a surfer duck diving and if you believe it’s a shark you’re a gullible goose! These kooks relied on guys like you silly enough to believe their photo. Did they offer up the photos either side of this one for us to see? No because it would have showed the surfer in the frame before

Luke Dempsey - 6 years ago

are you mental ?? clearly a shark you fuckwit .

Joey - 6 years ago

I don't think the kid even noticed the shark!

vcericola - 7 years ago

Awesome photo!!! Sharks have evolved over millions of years to be effective and efficient predators. If this shark wanted to feed or bite this young lad or anyone else out surfing that day it could have and would have with no problem. This animal was more likely checking out what this "unusual thing" was in its ecosystem and when it realized it was nothing of relevance to its life, it turned away and went about its day. Don't fall into the trap of "Shart(Shark) Week Dramatizations" thinking they are ruthless killing machines. If this were true, beaches would be bloodbaths on the daily. We don't provide the nutrients they prefer for survival, hence we aren't a desired food source. Yes occasionally people get bit and once in a while its a feeding bite, humans have eaten humans too when they were hungry enough. It's ok to be concerned, its better to be educated and respectful.

Dreama40 - 7 years ago

Playing in waters that man eaters live to me is just nuts.

Moto Shark - 7 years ago

Dreama40
Man eaters? You watch too many movies lol. I swam with sharks. You have higher chances of dying on land. That's nuts for you.

Allison Roller Skates - 7 years ago

It's too flat to be a shark it looks like a surfer duck diving in a wave

UFC Central - 6 years ago

Id really imagine they would have known if it was a surfer for obvious reasons.. Ppl wouldnt be in the surf lane during someones wave and all the ppl watching would have been like it wasn't a shark there was another surfer paddling out and it was him.. It looks flat as U put it because of water light refraction and it's also the side/bottom of the shark not the top where it's dorsal fin would be

ben jarmin - 6 years ago

It does look a little suss the way its mouth goes all the way to the edge , the only thing is , thats not where you put your hands when you duck dive . A shark sounds much more exciting !!

Armin Espinol Jr - 6 years ago

Allison Roller Skates ur right i also saw the same thing

cervezadog - 7 years ago

I jumped off my boss's boat 18 miles off the coast of North Carolina and went swimming. When I climbed back on board he told me that a 4 foot tiger shark was circling me. I'm glad that he didn't yell shark while I was in the water.

danbrown527 - 6 years ago

Moto Shark massive tiger hangs out in and around the cape fear river. I believe it’s like 1200 lbs. They have a tag on it.

Nikki The Fox - 6 years ago

Solo Rider Lmao, BS. A 11 foot one was caught off the coast of NC only a few years ago.

Paulo Ecletik - 6 years ago

So you go fuck your boss offshore? You better get that promotion before you get eaten. By a shark i mean.

Caiti M - 6 years ago

We have Dolphins, maybe that's what he saw

Djhi Normas - 6 years ago

yer my mates play the same joke ;)

Moto Shark - 7 years ago

cervezadog
Lol, Tiger Sharks wouldn't swim in NC. Maybe SandTiger shark.

Tim Adkins - 7 years ago

How could you send any kid out there to surf / swim knowing the risk ?

ileana823100 - 6 years ago

Its australia basically everything there is potentially risky and dangerous, from a spider , snake to a shark or crocodile. Its the danger of surfing , but we humans face deathly danger everyday we drive in a car, or cross a street

Titan Army - 6 years ago

clearly tim is an over protective pussy who will raise a cowardly man

Terry Jackson - 6 years ago

If your worried about a kids safety... just don't have kids!

Jordan E - 6 years ago

So what we should put kids in a bubble and never let them do anything?

Fredrickson - 6 years ago

Uhh sharks rarely attack and if it does it's most likely defending or just curious it's hardly a risk

Moto Shark - 7 years ago

Tim Adkins
How can you put a child in a car knowing the risks? You make no sense.

m g - 7 years ago

I would have shit everywhere if i saw that shark while surfing

Morningglory - 7 years ago

It is 100% FAKE!!

Wendy Smith - 6 years ago

Morningglory really!!!

get2rog - 7 years ago

Geez ...the father is either drunk or talks gibberish.

Morgan Hayward - 6 years ago

Or he’s on national tv and not comfortable

cervezadog - 7 years ago

get2rog He's Aussie, so yeah, probably.

jerome5ify - 7 years ago

yeah next time a good story to tell to his classmates...with a leg missing

TheRosa63 - 7 years ago

shark was startled, really that is what they 'experts' think? wow, some experts, that shark was not startled, its mouth was partially open he was aiming for someone and it was probably that kid but the wave pushed him just in time maybe? they just dont want people to stop coming and swimming they need the money you know. who cares about great white shark that was charging a surfer.

Xavier Abello - 6 years ago

And it was a sand tiger you dumbass bitch. Learn yo shit retarted biased faggot.

Aimie Anuar - 6 years ago

Shit you're right

Fredrickson - 6 years ago

AHHH WE NEED TO STOP DAMN BLOODY FEARING SHARKS THEY SRE MORE SCARED THAN US THEY DONT US AS FOOD

tankimarkgraaf - 6 years ago

TheRosa63 didnt even look like a shark to me, just someone duckdiving into the wave

Mustang Racer11 - 7 years ago

lol they look like yuppies

brittany snyder - 7 years ago

that kid looks like a pud

vcericola - 7 years ago

Great troll, Bro. Go flex in the mirror!

andrea valpiani - 7 years ago

andiam bene !! un padre che è contento di quello che è successo !! come buttare in pasto un figlio ad un squalo!!! yeahh ..!! super eroi !! questo è il mondo di oggi!!!

Alberta Reid - 7 years ago

I wouldn't put my son in danger like that,

Boy Chiz - 6 years ago

Are you from.the USA...do you let your son go to skool?

dmgbringer - 6 years ago

So u would have said. "U can never ever surf again becouse there could be a shark out there". he stopped him after that wave so its not like he send him back out again.

Chris Ward - 6 years ago

Alberta Reid your kid will end up being a quer

aboomination - 6 years ago

He was in no great danger.

NOWtheband - 6 years ago

No?

Djhi Normas - 6 years ago

so how would you put ur son in danger then?

MELODY MUNRO - 7 years ago

It's Australia..we have venomous snakes and spiders and yes there are sharks....we Aussies don't view it as danger...just living....hence our expression "she'll be right"..who wants to live worrying about what might happen?...just get on with it.

Eric Hirsch - 7 years ago

Everything is a risk even driving more risky than surfing and surfing is fun and most people who surf never get attacked by sharks

Montana Weatherby - 7 years ago

Pay to play, its what life is all about!

Cozzy Internet - 7 years ago

looks like the shark was swimming backstroke under the wave.....

Greenpoloboy3 - 7 years ago

My Jaw!!!

sunny_side_up - 7 years ago

Lol @ subtitles

Focus RPA - Aerial Imaging Services - 7 years ago

To me that looks like the tip of a surf board and the back of a surfer ducking into the wave....

Doitrightcmrs - 6 years ago

I think u need glasses mate.

Sean Cleverly - 6 years ago

dmgbringer, I think you will find a shark is perfectly capable of moving through the water column in pretty much any position, including being inverted. Interestingly scientists have discovered that Great Whites are less susceptible to Tonic Immobility than are other species of shark and to induce the state would require the shark to be held upside down for a certain period of time.

Leigh Price - 6 years ago

I agree. With you

dmgbringer - 6 years ago

I am no shark expert but what i do know from watching diffrent animal programs is that almost every shark have a state called tonic immobility this happen when a shark is turned upside down something happens in the brain of the shark and it falls into a trance, almost a state of full paralysis. It would be very unlikely to have this shark in this position and not suffer from tonic immobility. If this is legit then it could absolutly be one that not suffer from tonic immobility but it is clear if it is a shark it is upside down. Some years ago an Orca killed a great white and it was determined that this was the way it was done. For some cleranse orcas do it all the time to stingrays that also suffer from tonic immobility. Here is some of the research. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axPR1l6UTe8

Chris Ward - 6 years ago

Focus RPA - Aerial Imaging Services wrong nerd

Rick Sanders - 6 years ago

looks like a white pointer clearly so

Lance Armstrong - 7 years ago

You are both retarded.

1InchLegend aka. Icebørrg - 7 years ago

The most Aussie Interview ever?

Mr Glory - 6 years ago

That's not Australian that's Italy

Marta Makomela - 6 years ago

1InchLegend aka. Icebørrg jò

mipmipmipmipmip - 7 years ago

1InchLegend aka. Icebørrg They didn't put the shark on the BBQ so I guess it could be even more Australian.

Anthony Buscemi - 7 years ago

1InchLegend aka. Icebørrg yeah, but like, it was, yeah

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