Comments on: Shark surfing

By: nanatotwo

nanatotwo — Fri, 09 May 2008 22:18:46 +0000

I think the guy should be fined…I know, I know it’s a shark, but if this is real he let go of the pole and now the shark is swimming around with a pole dragging….the guy’s an idiot in more ways than one

By: Jen Bolger

Jen Bolger — Fri, 09 May 2008 20:04:28 +0000

The best part is the music. Perhaps the idiot should have eaten the meat, he looks kinda thin

By: christopher miller

christopher miller — Tue, 06 May 2008 21:59:32 +0000

There are many clues that this is a fake. The wash from the boat towing the “shark” is briefly visible. The caudal (tail) fin of a real shark swimming on the surface usually is visible. A real snagged shark would not swim in a straight line for that duration.

By: Xinavera

Xinavera — Tue, 06 May 2008 16:01:33 +0000

Somebody call up the Mythbusters! I’d love to see them test this one

By: SarahS

SarahS — Tue, 06 May 2008 12:17:52 +0000

I think a shark would put up more of a fight.. I know the small dogfish goes crazy when it’s caught on a fishing line.

By: supaswag

supaswag — Tue, 06 May 2008 09:19:18 +0000

Yes, it’s real. I know the shark.

By: Pol x

Pol x — Tue, 06 May 2008 09:17:23 +0000

Oh this is so fake.

And not for any of the usual intenet reasons.

Usually people seem to cry “photoshop” like that answers everything, it doesn’t.

The thing that screams fake is the camera work.

See when the camera man drops the shot and you see the board walk and then he whisks back onto the subject?

Ahve you ever, and i mean EVER seen a camcorder brought up onto subject that fast, accurately and in focus right away?

also there is no aperture lag, as the camcorder adjusts to the sudden chage in light levels between the dark boardwalk and the bright horizon.

The actual footage is bloody well done aside from this glitch.

Well done to the crazies involved.

By: Athon

Athon — Tue, 06 May 2008 06:32:16 +0000

Yeah, my BS detector is flashing ‘extreme’. Sorry; growing up in Australia where surfers regularly get the chomp by anything from a bull shark to a great white, it seems a little far fetched. Add to that what Viola just said about the calm taking of the bait, the fact the shark didn’t dive…too many conveniences add up to the smell of fantasy.

Still, funny clip…until some moron thinks it’s possible goes out to try it for themself.

By: Viola

Viola — Tue, 06 May 2008 03:06:12 +0000

**Wouldn’t have calmly taken the bait.

By: Viola

Viola — Tue, 06 May 2008 03:05:53 +0000

That shark wouldn’t have calmHave you guys ever seen a shark eat something? It would have ripped the guy right off his board.

Also, way too close to the shore. Sorry, kids.

By: Sheldon

Sheldon — Tue, 06 May 2008 01:03:35 +0000

I love the guy at the end though. What happened to the pole? He took it? He took it?!

By: Parker

Parker — Tue, 06 May 2008 00:31:07 +0000

Ha that huge wake and that huge fin are great. also, why would he need to be told a shark took his bait that was lying like 5-10 feet away? he would see and feel it. and the nearby super calm surfers…

By: Eric

Eric — Mon, 05 May 2008 23:16:32 +0000

I can find two things wrong with this, but i dont know if they are true. First, its too shallow water for a shark (again, idk if thats true). Second, didn’t you see all the bystanders just watching a foot away?

By: jenny

jenny — Mon, 05 May 2008 22:06:47 +0000

yeah that huge dorsal fin looks like a giant great white, nd with all those other perfectly calm surfers all around… all other facts aside..
well, i’ll let you decide heh

By: CheeseDuck

CheeseDuck — Mon, 05 May 2008 19:54:14 +0000

How is that not real?

By: xander

xander — Mon, 05 May 2008 19:45:56 +0000

Ill bet it’s real. My friends and I did something like that back home with kayaks and longboards.

By: Christophe

Christophe — Mon, 05 May 2008 17:59:51 +0000

Not real, but very cool.

By: Katsoulis

Katsoulis — Mon, 05 May 2008 17:47:39 +0000

No chance this is real. None at all.

By: Alannah

Alannah — Mon, 05 May 2008 17:19:47 +0000

Come on, guys, it’s gotta be real! We all *saw* the video!

By: fsmarch

fsmarch — Mon, 05 May 2008 16:23:05 +0000

Fake. The so-called shark does not ripple the water or leave any sort of wake behind it.

By: DanO

DanO — Mon, 05 May 2008 14:32:28 +0000

Very very fake. amusing though

By: The Mutt

The Mutt — Mon, 05 May 2008 14:28:52 +0000

Real or not, that guy should be beat with a stick for chumming the water around other surfers.

By: Kathy

Kathy — Mon, 05 May 2008 14:22:26 +0000

Isn’t that a boat wake the shark is “swimming” in. Let’s not be so gullible people.

By: johan

johan — Mon, 05 May 2008 14:19:47 +0000

You can see the trail of a boat in the path between the surfer and the shar. So most likely, the “shark” is tied to a boat and they just shoot it such that you never see the boat.

By: Andrew G

Andrew G — Mon, 05 May 2008 14:13:53 +0000

yea i’m pretty sure it’s fake, the shark conveniently stayed perfectly in the water so that just it’s fin was showing and it didn’t dive deeper either…

By: ~Emma

~Emma — Mon, 05 May 2008 14:10:14 +0000

That takes balls…and absolutely no brains.

By: roger

roger — Mon, 05 May 2008 14:03:57 +0000

No, it doesn’t look real to me.

By: Lauren

Lauren — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:53:23 +0000

I’m hoping it’s not real. That would be unfortunate if it were.

By: zav

zav — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:49:32 +0000

Uhhh, since the video is listed under “comedy”, I think it might not be real.