We all know they are out there. Most try to avoid them. I have had relatively few encounters at Terramar., they do however become more numerous and aggressive at certain times. Im not really sure what drives that; big waves, nice offshores, famine ? I have observed that in groups they become more aggressive and sneaky. Some are just innocent accidents, some are planned. Yesterday, someone actually yelled out "don't let him have that wave all alone" while I was up on a nice one from the outside. At that, one of the established Kahuna's at Terramar ( there are many ) shoulder hopped me after I had been up for a good 10 seconds. I didnt back down, but never got close enough for me to park my board up his ass, sooooo no harm done I suppose. It was just the concept of the "group" effort to make sure it wasn't a solo ride ?? Sometimes a party wave is cool, sometimes NOT.
This one wasn't so bad......probably.
Here is the snake sneaking up on his victim from behind.
Whoops...the victim catches him in the act , and the snake must turn around and hide so as to avoid identification and escape.
A viscous attack averted by a wary surfer !!
