I must be chicken or something. Is it just me?
"The day before I shot this video, i was SUP surfing with a couple friends and 2 sharks circled us for about 15 minutes. the next day, i decided to go back out at around the same time and take my GO PRO HD HERO camera (gopro.com) mounted on a 10 ft pole and do some exploring.
Sure enough within 5 minutes a 9 ft shark came out of no where and circled twice and slapped his tail on my board before disappearing. then a minute later a 7 ft young juvenile Great White swam circles around me for 12 minutes. It was an unreal experience that I will cherish forever. chuckpattersonsports.com"
Great vid, but I dont know if in the same position I would CHERISH the moment .
I had a 4mtre white circle me , 3 mtrs away , 3 times , I never fall off my board when paddling ,,,after 10 yrs ya just dont ! , but I did ,,,, it swam around 3 times and I just shat myself , I've had untold reefy's swim under me and things with fins 2ft high at Jakes , Kalbarri swimming close around but they just dont compare to a white with hunger in his eyes lookin at ya !
I tried to run (ha ha ) chest deep but to no avail , turned around , FReakin and caught the next wave in , my cousin was watching from 20ft away and ran to shore , I caught up with him and ran to the beach , leggy still on , must have looked funny for anyone in the carpark , cause it wasnt easy while FReakin.
Somehow it's not a memory i'll cherish though
I am chicken I think, Great Whites are in the big nasty bitey category in my book They looked big enough to bite something important off, like a foot or hand. I suppose on a SUP nothing is dangling in the water though.
Taken from the "Top Joke" thread...
was lucky enough to do manly aquarium dive a couple of years ago, one grey nurse shark (i know not the most dangerous thing in the water )almost 3m had a girth you couldn't put your arms around and was suprisingly quick puts a different perspective on the size of these things up close nightmare to think something the size of a 22 seat bus with teeth comeing at you .yes i think your mad 
