It didn’t take long at the Rip Curl Pro Search SF before the men in the gray suits made their appearence. With five minutes to go In Round 1 Heat 4, Dusty Payne (who was being handily beaten by Jordy Smith) paddled in after seeing something in the water.
“I was just sitting there waiting for a wave,” Payne said. “And I’ve seen dolphins before. It wasn’t a dolphin. . . It was the biggest fin I’ve ever seen in my life coming straight at me. The waves are terrible and I’m not going to stay out there and get bit by a shark.”
Can’t say we blame him at all. Especially after what happened in Monterey on Saturday.
