Have you ever had an encounter with a shark while surfing???

Question

Have you ever had an encounter with a shark while surfing???

Answer 1

If i did i thought it was a dolphin and started spazzing... But i've seen lots of sting rays.

Answer 2

yah thats why im in the hospital now it took my leg owwwwww

Answer 3

Yeah, I've seen a fin or two while out in the line up. I try to ignore it, otherwise I'll freak myself out.

but I'm a girl, I'm allowed to be like "AH SHARK!" and paddle in.

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Answer 4

yeah dude welcome to australia...its nuthin overhere ay just chill out and dont act like a spaz ay.. i surf with em heaps ay if ur that worried google...shark island (sydney)....thats my local break that should settle ur nearvs

Answer 5

seen plenty at "boilers" in the outer banks....kim_dude should know where that is....

Answer 6

ya i see fins all the time some times its a dolphin well most of the time but if it is a shark i pretennd its a dolphin but if it comes close im out of there

Answer 7

Yeah I mean I think we've all seen sharks but especially when I was down in Austrailia it was insane how many sharks came around but they left us alone which was definitly cool.

Answer 8

Sure, seen them plenty of times, especially when surfing in central Florida.  I usually ignore them unless their feeding on bait fish in the line up.  

I was surfing Sebastian Inlet back in May when a guy caught a 5 foot bull shark from the shore, casting into the line up.  That was bad enough but then he gutted it and threw the guts in the ocean.  Yup, time to change surf spots for the day.