When Irish surfer Fergal Smith, 21 of County Mayo caught and epic left while surfing two miles off the coast of Perth, Western Australia he had no idea that a great white was shadowing him down the wave.
Only after looking at one of Phil Gallagher’s photos did he see that there was a lot more than glassy face on his wave: like a huge great white shark.
Contributors to Australia’s Surfing Life magazine have awarded the Irishman the “Euro surf-dude of the month” award. . . . Its website read: “Just imagine being in the barrel and looking at a massive shark like you’re at the bloody aquarium or something. . . . “Hats off to you Fergal Smith, you’re our Euro surf-dude of the month.”
One more reminder why surfing West Oz really is the wild, wild, west.
[Link: Telegraph.co.uk]
