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Awesome drone footage shows a surfer gliding over the back of a shark

2022-04-11 125 Dailymotion

<p>A drone captured the moment a surfer glided over a bull shark.<br></p><p>Alex Vontevenar was riding the waves just off Ponce Inlet, Florida, USA, when he encountered the predator below him on Monday (27/09).</p><p>Drew Duncan, 62, was trying to capture a video of his son Cole who had just paddled out to join Alex when he noticed the bull shark approach.</p><p>He said: "The waves were small so I thought I’d check for sea life - boom!</p><p>"Six to eight sharks from four to eight or nine feet!</p><p>"I just did my best to keep the camera steady."</p><p>He manoeuvred his DJI Magic Pro drone over to Alex and captured the exact moment his wave rolled over the shark.</p><p>Drew, from Daytona Beach, added: "The Ponce/New Smyrna Beach inlet is one of the shark-iest places in Florida and perhaps the world."</p><p>However, he was not worried about the safety of the surfing dudes.</p><p>"If we had ever been on the sharks menu, nobody would have ever gone near the water," the drone photographer said. </p><p>"We would’ve figured that out when we were Cro-Magnon!"</p><p>The video was taken on September 27 2021.<br></p>

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