Thread: Who surfs

I was bringing a machine home from central NI a few yrs ago. Not long past Ohakea we hit the coast and cleared the zone. Noticed heaps of people enjoying the water along the beach as we headed south.
A mate with me sighted a huge shark heading south, just beyond the breakers. Cool! I lost some height to get a better view. It looked to us, to be a white. (Note, neither a shark expert) I got lower and reasonably close to some folks on the beach, we tried to warn them it was there with goofy hand signals.
They just smiled and waved at us. I roared back out to see if I could see it again but couldnt. I followed the news a few days after I got home to see if it was seen or mentioned, but it was not. To this day I am sure it was a white as the shape is, to me unmistakable.
I have seen oodles of big fish from the air, deep in south Westland and fiordland but nothing like that. Even seen deer a km off the coast having a swim.