{"id":86837,"date":"2017-01-26T22:30:56","date_gmt":"2017-01-27T03:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=86837"},"modified":"2017-01-29T03:09:53","modified_gmt":"2017-01-29T08:09:53","slug":"young-aussie-surfer-photo-bombed-by-shark-that-shared-wave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/01\/26\/young-aussie-surfer-photo-bombed-by-shark-that-shared-wave\/","title":{"rendered":"Young Aussie surfer photo bombed by shark that shared wave"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Young Aussie surfer photo bombed by shark that shared wave (Photo: Chris Hasson\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

CANBERRA, Australia\u2014A 10-year-old surfer has had a close encounter with a photo-bombing shark that shared a wave with him off an Australian beach.<\/p>\n

Chris Hasson said Thursday that he was taking photos of his son Eden riding a wave off Samurai Beach at Port Stephens, 180 kilometres (110 miles) north of Sydney, on Tuesday when something unexpected and indistinct caught his eye.<\/p>\n

He discovered he had photographed the face of a twisting shark just below the surface with his son on an apparent collision course. Hasson said shark experts had since told him it was a juvenile great white about 2.5 metres (8 feet) long.<\/p>\n

\u201cI saw the second photo and (thought)\u2014no way,\u201d Hasson told The AP. \u201cI quickly called him in and whistled.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHe (Eden) saw a shape in the wave and thought it was seaweed and felt something as he went over the top _ he got his leg rope caught on something\u2014but he thought nothing of it until he saw the photo,\u201d Hasson said.<\/p>\n

James Cook University shark researcher Andrew Chin said the photographed shark was possibly a small great white.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom the angle, it looks like the shark was spooked and is rolling away from the board to escape it,\u201d China said. \u201cThere is no way that this is a hunting approach.\u201d<\/p>\n

Eden said he was glad he hadn’t seen the shark until he was safe on the beach and saw the photo.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf I was on the wave and saw it, I probably would’ve freaked out and fell off,” Eden told Nine Network television on Thursday. \u201cI was lucky I didn’t fall off.\u201d<\/p>\n

Port Stephens is on the northern coast of New South Wales state which has experienced an extraordinary increase in shark attacks since a Japanese tourist was killed by a great white in early 2015.<\/p>\n

Hasson said he was back in the surf with Eden and his siblings, aged 12 and 5, on Wednesday to enjoy the final week of the school summer vacation.<\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone’s back to business. It’s too good a lifestyle sport not to,\u201d Hasson said.<\/p>\n

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