A SUP surfer named Chuck Patterson shot this last summer at San Onofre in San Diego. It’s your basic “stick a gopro camera in the water and enjoy footage of great white sharks circling you” deal. I would have bugged out. Oh yeah, and paddled back to shore toot sweet. But Chuck was in awe of the moment, and kept shooting. He’d actually seen a shark there the day before, and returned this day with his camera HOPING to get footage of the sharks. He tells the story of the experience on his blog.
Me I’ve only seen a shark once ever while out on the water, and that was enough. More than enough. It suffices. Peconic Puffin Contributing GoPro Nature Boy Peconic Jeff hasn’t caught anything like this. Something tells me he might like to. I don’t want to be there if and when… Nice work, Chuck!
Nice footage, I love how the SUPs help reveal what lies beneath. All I can offer from our murky waters is a skittish stingray.
Posted by: Jeff, aka PeconicJeff | February 07, 2011 at 01:44 PM
thats all we want to see thank you jeff!
Posted by: scott k. | February 07, 2011 at 08:35 PM
next offering, from jamaica bay -
Posted by: bonnie | February 08, 2011 at 01:31 AM
Bunker. And some teeny weeny snails.
Posted by: bonnie | February 08, 2011 at 01:33 AM
I can't believe people got mad at him!
Posted by: bonnie | February 08, 2011 at 07:56 AM
Mad at Peconic Jeff? Nobody likes Jeff. Ha...actually everybody likes Jeff! Scott is just grumpy from lack of water time. I certainly am.
Posted by: Michael | February 08, 2011 at 08:00 AM
No, they got mad at your shark whisperer man!
Because the mommies saw the big bad shark and pulled their kiddies out of surf school.
Posted by: bonnie | February 08, 2011 at 08:27 AM
im not grumpy,im sore. i just got two days of fresh pow up by mt.washington[lord chimpletons chalet] & were gonna get west winds today at 30-40 & a balmy 38 degrees!!!
Posted by: scott k. | February 08, 2011 at 09:39 AM
btw don't let those snails fool you.
They're meat-eaters.
Posted by: bonnie | February 08, 2011 at 05:33 PM
Mental! I would have made a good shark meal if I were there cos I would have had a coronary on the spot and slumped into the sea!
Posted by: Bunty | February 09, 2011 at 05:27 AM
Sharks eat puffins for desert you know!
Posted by: cd | February 09, 2011 at 05:35 PM
Mike,
Your shark story had inspired me to write a short story. E-mail me at ianrberger(at)verzion.net so I can send it to you.
-Ian
Posted by: Ian Berger | February 11, 2011 at 06:27 AM