I don’t know how many of you remember the Kurt Jones photo from 2003, of the surfer with the “shark”. (It is actually a DOLPHIN in the photo). If you don’t remember this amazing photo, here it is:
Well, I think I may have found an even cooler close-encounter between a marine mammal and an outdoor watersports buff. Or rather, my dad found it and passed it along. Australian kiteboarder David Sheridan was kitesurfing one day, when a camera attached to his kiteboard caught the following shot:
Shortly thereafter, Mr. Sheridan’s encounter got a little too close, as he was bonked in the head by the whale’s tail. Now that’s a close encounter!
