Comments on: Shark Surfing: Real Or Fake? http://patdollard.com/2008/05/shark-surfing-real-or-fake/ The latest in policital news and the war in Iraq Thu, 8 Jan 2009 02:50:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: mike3481 http://patdollard.com/2008/05/shark-surfing-real-or-fake/#comment-152268 mike3481 Sat, 03 May 2008 23:06:06 +0000 http://patdollard.com/2008/05/shark-surfing-real-or-fake/#comment-152268 1. Fake 2. He went by two guys paddling out who looked like they could've cared less that a 15' shark was within 20' of them...yeah, right. :roll: 1. Fake

2. He went by two guys paddling out who looked like they could’ve cared less that a 15′ shark was within 20′ of them…yeah, right. :roll:

]]> By: senorlechero http://patdollard.com/2008/05/shark-surfing-real-or-fake/#comment-152294 senorlechero Sun, 04 May 2008 00:04:49 +0000 http://patdollard.com/2008/05/shark-surfing-real-or-fake/#comment-152294 Fake. Sharks have a vertical tail and another fin between the dorsal fin and the tail. When they swim with the dorsal fin out of the water the other fin and tail are visible half the time or more. This was a BIG FAKE dorsal fin Fake. Sharks have a vertical tail and another fin between the dorsal fin and the tail. When they swim with the dorsal fin out of the water the other fin and tail are visible half the time or more. This was a BIG FAKE dorsal fin

]]> By: tedders http://patdollard.com/2008/05/shark-surfing-real-or-fake/#comment-152337 tedders Sun, 04 May 2008 01:29:20 +0000 http://patdollard.com/2008/05/shark-surfing-real-or-fake/#comment-152337 Very fake, but creative. You can see the wash of the boat towing the fake dorsal fin towing the surfer at :55 seconds into the clip. I was skiing behind a boat on a surf board in 1974 (we called id skurfing) on the Brazos river, we've been doing it ever since then, long before they called it wake boarding! Very fake, but creative. You can see the wash of the boat towing the fake dorsal fin towing the surfer at :55 seconds into the clip. I was skiing behind a boat on a surf board in 1974 (we called id skurfing) on the Brazos river, we’ve been doing it ever since then, long before they called it wake boarding!

]]> By: SOC http://patdollard.com/2008/05/shark-surfing-real-or-fake/#comment-152367 SOC Sun, 04 May 2008 02:00:18 +0000 http://patdollard.com/2008/05/shark-surfing-real-or-fake/#comment-152367 Fake Fake

]]> By: Kevin M http://patdollard.com/2008/05/shark-surfing-real-or-fake/#comment-152567 Kevin M Sun, 04 May 2008 14:13:33 +0000 http://patdollard.com/2008/05/shark-surfing-real-or-fake/#comment-152567 Real or fake...let me see. You want to get pulled around on your surfboard by a killer white shark, so you toss out some meat on a hook connected to a fishing pole. Brilliant scheme. Except that... 1. You cannot reliably predict that a shark will take the meat and not your ass, 2. Who's to say the shark doesn't swallow the meat and then your surfboard? 3. Since when can a surfer maintain balance on a surfboard while holding onto a fishing rod that is being hoisted by a giant shark? 4. That fin didn't move. Shark fins are cartilagenous and flap around. They are not made out of plywood. Also, as has been mentioned by another poster, there was no evidence of a tail. 5. You would have to be certifiably, suicidally stupid to get onto a surfboard and attempt to lure a giant killer shark near you. Verdict: Fake (but, yes, very creative). Real or fake…let me see. You want to get pulled around on your surfboard by a killer white shark, so you toss out some meat on a hook connected to a fishing pole.

Brilliant scheme. Except that…

1. You cannot reliably predict that a shark will take the meat and not your ass,

2. Who’s to say the shark doesn’t swallow the meat and then your surfboard?

3. Since when can a surfer maintain balance on a surfboard while holding onto a fishing rod that is being hoisted by a giant shark?

4. That fin didn’t move. Shark fins are cartilagenous and flap around. They are not made out of plywood. Also, as has been mentioned by another poster, there was no evidence of a tail.

5. You would have to be certifiably, suicidally stupid to get onto a surfboard and attempt to lure a giant killer shark near you.

Verdict: Fake (but, yes, very creative).

]]> By: Big http://patdollard.com/2008/05/shark-surfing-real-or-fake/#comment-152604 Big Sun, 04 May 2008 16:07:10 +0000 http://patdollard.com/2008/05/shark-surfing-real-or-fake/#comment-152604 Fake but awesome Fake but awesome

]]> By: Dr. Jerry http://patdollard.com/2008/05/shark-surfing-real-or-fake/#comment-152740 Dr. Jerry Sun, 04 May 2008 20:24:34 +0000 http://patdollard.com/2008/05/shark-surfing-real-or-fake/#comment-152740 El-biggo-fake-o! El-biggo-fake-o!

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