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  • gubatron2, on 05/04/2008, -39/+7I can see this video becoming very viral. I can also imagine these guys talking about doing this under the influence a couple of days before they did it. Hilarious Stunt
  • brad3378, on 05/04/2008, -2/+263Something about this video is Fishy
    • Po0py, on 05/04/2008, -1/+27They probably have some kind of jet ski off camera pulling the shark fin which, in turn, pulls the surfer
    • H1tchh1k3r, on 05/04/2008, -2/+4bring out the play-on word comments
    • debuggercll, on 05/04/2008, -0/+5HE'S A WITCH!
    • sipofsoma, on 05/04/2008, -14/+3i FISHthink i know WHALEwhat you're talking aboutTROUT.
      heh...heh...
    • themastersb, on 05/04/2008, -1/+2My first thought was that this has to be viral.
    • bmystry, on 05/04/2008, -0/+15I like how the other surfers aren't completely tripping balls with a huge shark fin going past them.
      • moliver000, on 05/05/2008, -0/+2I like your use of 'completely tripping balls'
    • spearce, on 05/05/2008, -0/+6when he's being pulled you can actually see the trail of churned up water the boat/jet ski is leaving in its wake.
    • smrekar, on 05/05/2008, -0/+1like dropping the fishing pole?
  • Appox, on 05/04/2008, -24/+9The 'shark' was cutting to clean through the water. A real shark would thrash about all over the place (remember they need to wiggle their back fin to move).
    • suppazone, on 05/04/2008, -6/+45Ofcourse it is fake - just enjoy it for what it is instead of being an internet detective.
    • HayString, on 05/04/2008, -10/+5Why would the shark be cleaning through the water?
      • Maver1c, on 05/04/2008, -0/+4why are you being dugg down? I want to know also.
    • ohcoaster, on 05/04/2008, -0/+1not just that, you can see the wake of the boat pulling the fake shark and surfer.
    • Stonekeeper, on 05/05/2008, -0/+1Good job Columbo!
  • amanilaenvelope, on 05/04/2008, -7/+105Fake as it is, its still pretty cool.
  • refreshers, on 05/04/2008, -8/+26That was well made.
    • Gutterpunk, on 05/04/2008, -1/+3Yeah, so well made in fact that no one is sure if it's real or not. Check the comments on this page for example.
  • mikephimikephi, on 05/04/2008, -12/+67At the risk of sounding like a break.com commenter
    FAKE
  • AmericanGunner, on 05/04/2008, -10/+4that shark was wearing quicksilver.
  • JoshChan, on 05/04/2008, -10/+4i can beat that
  • MrCoke, on 05/04/2008, -12/+3ok we know its probably fake, somebody prove it please.
    • chiefbandit2200, on 05/04/2008, -1/+7watch until the end - it's an advertisement...
    • flangepiece, on 05/04/2008, -0/+2well, for a start, there's no helicopter.
    • da_bradler, on 05/04/2008, -1/+2Well for one sharks don't swim at a perfectly constant speed, not to mention the shark was pulling a 100+ pound man threw the water. even if it were possible to hook a shark like that the shark would be trusting which would jerk the surfer instead of smoothly pulling.

      That and the apparent shark swam like 3 feet from another person in the water and that person barely gave it notice.

      Looks like in some shots the surfer is just surfing regularly on a small wave and in other shots he could be getting towed from a off screen jet ski or something.
  • Oldsmobile, on 05/04/2008, -9/+59Buried for being a stupid viral marketing video.
  • mindplunge, on 05/04/2008, -8/+4forget the shark, surfing with ugly sunglasses rules!
  • bigpeeler, on 05/04/2008, -5/+36I feel dumber for even watching that.
  • Latinbaseballer, on 05/04/2008, -6/+1something just aint right
  • twoheadedboy00, on 05/04/2008, -5/+99The ocean was totally photoshopped.
    • phybere, on 05/04/2008, -0/+13Yeah, the shadows are all wrong.
      • worldchanger, on 05/04/2008, -1/+4and the waves are blurry. gotta be a 'shop.
  • eexlebots, on 05/04/2008, -8/+3The video is pretending to be real so I don't see why people are all trying to defend it's fakeness as still okay. It's a cool idea but since it's not actually real is is kind of irritating.

    Next up: Bareback Bigfoot Riding.
    • Featherbean, on 05/04/2008, -1/+1It doesn't matter that it's fake. You even said it, the idea is cool, and the video is well made. Ironman is fake too, but we all still enjoy watching it.
    • worldchanger, on 05/04/2008, -1/+1that would be AWESOME! make sure to digg it so I can see it!
  • frankyg11, on 05/04/2008, -6/+7That's why sharks eat surfers.
  • brownsin07, on 05/04/2008, -7/+7Surfer --------fake shark fin---------boat you can see the prop wash around the shark
  • GodGiven42, on 05/04/2008, -3/+29You can see the wake of the boat pulling the 'Shark"
    • eatasandwich, on 05/04/2008, -3/+3*****. That there is one of those sharks which have evolved the ability to vibrate their tails at hight speeds. The shark is then able to swim in a perfectly straight line instead of "swishing" sideways . The same shark can be seen in at least 4 examples of video footage titled Jaws, Jaws 2, Jaws 3 and Jaws The Revenge.
  • avonwodahs, on 05/04/2008, -3/+46All the pixels were wrong.
    • haxderek, on 05/04/2008, -0/+7totally shopped
    • Intamin, on 05/05/2008, -0/+3I didn't realize youtube videos had more than one pixel...
  • misterhat, on 05/04/2008, -25/+5 Boys will be boys. And -- given the opportunity -- boys will also be sharks.

    At least that's what we learned two Saturdays ago during an Interscholastic Surfing Federation event at Seaside Reef where a scuba-diving scalawag and a three-foot fake fin sent the contest into a panic -- a Jaws reenactment so convincing, some surfers remain staunch believers almost two weeks later.

    "That was joke?" responded a stunned Dylan Slater yesterday afternoon. "I'd never seen a fin surfing before -- I guess I still haven't -- but that thing was huge! I mean, I surfed there this weekend and was still thinking about it. They did a pretty good job."

    Pretty good?!. This is the best piece of prankery since Bigfoot wore a wristwatch. But what else would you expect from professionals like the infamous "Jim and Joe"? A pair of teenage brothers and San Diego bodyboarders who've already produced one popular bootleg tape of nefarious shenanigans and -- by all firsthand accounts -- just captured a gutwrenching coup de grace for release number two.
    According to a story by Terry Rodgers in today's San Diego Union-Tribune, upon spotting the fin the contest site became a whirl of terror as "Mothers clutched their children" and "fear swept across the beach" until "the scuba diver's bubbles exposed the hoax " -- and nearly got them busted.

    Fortunately for "Jim and Joe", while some parents immediately started screaming for blood, organizers remained relatively understanding. "After everybody's safe, then it's funny." Contest director Carolyn Kramer admits, "We didn't find out about the kid thinking [the shark] had a diver in its mouth until the next day, and by then it was hilarious." And ISF president Bill Harris was almost inspired. "I thought it was so good," laughs Harris, "I wanted them to come by Cardiff when it's crowded and run it back and forth outside for a few minutes."

    Ironically, while some have suggested the stunt may have been an anti-contest statement, one of the kids was actually a competitor. But you'll have to learn the rest from the following interview. Despite Harris' comment that, "I'm not sure there's a law about impersonating a shark," the duo still fears retribution and only agreed to speak after we promised not to reveal their true identities, a promise we intend to keep for fear of being bitten ourselves. After all, as one seasoned coach pointed out: "I'm always on the alert for the next Jim and Joe prank."

    SURFING: What's the history of "Jim and Joe"? Is this something you've been into for a while?
    Joe: This is actually my first one! I'm not into the f--king around and stuff, it's all my brother.
    Jim: Basically, Ennui is the little company my friends and I are goofing around with. We just do normal stuff that every kid does, but we film it and show other kids -- streaking, throwing ***** at cars um [laughs], uh, just duct-taping, toilet-papering. We wait by a puddle and wait for somebody to walk by and then we blast 'em. That's called, puddle-hunting. It's so fun [laughs] It's just stuff we grew up doing, so we ended up filming it. It's fun to look back. It's like a memory.

    So what brought this one along?
    Jim: It was Joe's idea. I just filmed it. We were just at dinner with my family talking about the surf contest, and he was like, "Oh I should make a shark fin and scare everyone." And everyone at the able laughed, so 'I was like, "Joe, you should do that." And he was like, "Yeah, I will." So he made this posterboard fin and picked up his scuba gear and took it out there.
    Joe: Yeah. [laughs] I don't even know if it was me, but somebody said something about a shark fin, and I just kind of ran with it

    How'd long it take to make it?
    Jim: 20 minutes. It looked pretty fake. Like, I knew it was fake in my mind but it still looked so real filming it. Because of the glare. It was like one o'clock so was a little glare on the water.
    Joe: Yeah. I started out with a two-by-four with two fins so it looked like a real shark, but I got out at Pali's swimming with the thing and it was like f--king dragging a piece of plywood through the water. And then this wave hit me and blew apart the bigger fin -- the one in the picture wasn't even used -- so I pulled off the smaller fin and let the two-by-four go and swam on my back with the scuba gear on.
    Jim: Yeah, he just slipped it under his tanks and walked around the point -- nobody was really paying attention -- and [laughs] paddled south from inside Swamis toward tabletops and all the students. It was so funny.

    Did you have any idea of the reaction you were getting on the beach?
    Jim: We kind of expected a big reaction, but not as big as what had happened.
    Joe: I didn't even think it was working. I couldn't hear anything. I was lost in my own little world. [laughs] I come up down at Table Tops and everyone's just standing up with their hands over their yes. I'm just like, "Oh *****, man. Maybe it worked."

    What happened?
    Jim: It was just frantic. [laughs] All the parents were cussing and screaming. Ohh, it was f--king hilarious. [laughs] This La Jolla kid came in just frantically screaming at me like, "Film this! Film this! There's a f--king shark!" [laughs] He was so embarrassed afterward. I mean it was kind of a little scary because it was such a big deal – I mean, we didn't think it was going to be that big of a deal, but I can see how it is that big of a deal.

    Bummer. You missed all the action, Joe.
    Joe: Getting it afterward was enough. I walked around and nobody knew it was me, so I'd ask people, "Did you see the shark?" And they'd be like, "Yeah, we think it was a diver." [laughs]

    So it's true: they always return to the scene of the crime.
    Joe: [laughs] Oh, f--k yeah. Gotta check out what happened.

    Were you worried you were going to get busted?
    Jim: Not really. I can pretty much weasel my way out of a lot.
    Joe: What are they gonna arrest me for? The cops showed up but I just kind of layed low.
    Jim: 30 kids rushed him and surrounded him and were like yelling at him and stuff. He just denied the whole thing.
    Joe: I was like, "Dude, I was lobster diving guys, what the f--k are you talking about?"

    Sounds like everyone on the beach pretty much got taken. Were they resentful or did they lighten up?
    Joe: I figured everyone would freak out, but not as bad as they did. The moms were all pretty pissed.
    Jim: Actually, it did lighten up toward the end of the contest and I was skating around with the fin on my back. A couple people were pretty pissed, which I understand, but what're you gonna do?

    Do you feel guilty at all?
    Jim: No. Because nobody got hurt. Joe: Nah, it was all in good fun. [laughs]I was pretty amped off it.
    Jim: Chalk one up for the bodyboarders.

    What's next on the list of potential pranks?
    Jim: Nothing big. Our minds are kind of abused in that category, But there may be some crowded beaches we'll want to cruise by this summer.
    Joe: Yeah, but if you say anything derogatory about bodyboarders in the mag, I'll hunt you down. Because I've seen some of the ***** you write. You interview 'em nicely and then stab 'em in the back. So remember what I said. [laughs] -- Matt Walker
  • crabasa, on 05/04/2008, -11/+0I think the main point is that the line would have snapped almost immediately.
    • Harabeck, on 05/04/2008, -0/+5Deep sea fishing line is very very strong, a fish or shark can put a huge strain on a line as it tries to break free. I dont think what was shown would be a stretch for the proper type of line.
    • worldchanger, on 05/04/2008, -0/+2fail.
    • BetterOffEd, on 05/05/2008, -1/+1Is that really the MAIN point?

      .
  • IpwnZnoobs, on 05/04/2008, -12/+10it was just a guy with a fin on his back.

    the people were WAY to calm when a huge shark was swimming past them.
    • Soave, on 05/04/2008, -0/+12Fastest swimmer ever?
      • IpwnZnoobs, on 05/25/2008, -0/+1obviously using one of those water jets
    • BoneStamp, on 05/04/2008, -0/+5I'd like to see somebody swim fast enough to pull a surfer out of the water from a stand still.
      • Soave, on 05/04/2008, -0/+2That's almost more impressive than surfing via shark.
  • mediaspree, on 05/04/2008, -0/+30"Wheres the pole!" Uh you threw it. lame!
  • fr0ng, on 05/04/2008, -1/+17What exactly were they trying to market in this viral video?
  • AvidPreatorian, on 05/04/2008, -7/+2holy. *****.
  • misterhat, on 05/04/2008, -16/+3Seriously, digg, you need to change your comment system. You ***** suck. You're the reason why I never use this god damned site anymore. If you want to prevent a precipitous drop in users, fix it now.

    I want to interact with my content. I know damn well I can't get stuff on the front page, so I like to comment on articles and bring up relevant information and related topics. I posted an article and the formatting was all ***** up, and somehow the hyperlink i jacked the story from and my little introduction got deleted. So I go in and edit to make it readable for everyone else and give credit to the original author, but now I can't.
  • EasyE888, on 05/04/2008, -8/+3Don't know if it was fake or not, But it still looked cool.
  • rjhomuth, on 05/04/2008, -3/+107No, all you who say it's fake are wrong. It's totally possible for a guy to go out on a surf board with a fishing line attached to meat and catch a great white shark in less than 15 seconds. And it's also possible for the shark to just swim around like it's no big deal, not going deeper or lashing at the other surfers. Honestly, you people are so paranoid.
    • Princeamor, on 05/04/2008, -8/+3I think its possible but unlikely
      • Chalks777, on 05/04/2008, -2/+3I'd like to introduce you to my friend "sarcasm".
      • johnlandes, on 05/04/2008, -1/+4Ah, but this is digg.
        No "/sarcasm" means you are making an open and honest comment.
        rjhomuth doesn't have it, therefore he truly believes what he writes
    • nonymous666, on 05/04/2008, -0/+1Yeah, and the other surfers that the shark just swam buy... They'd just stare at the fin like, "that's weird", instead of hightailing it outta there.
    • Focher, on 05/04/2008, -0/+6Speaking of plausibility, I never would have thought it plausible that someone would have taken your post seriously. Guess anything is possible.
    • Intamin, on 05/05/2008, -0/+2Dugg for NO SARCASM TAG.
      :)
  • cliffyboro, on 05/04/2008, -2/+1First class.
  • surfstoked, on 05/04/2008, -6/+4Well given that we had two serious shark attacks in the last couple of weeks, one in Solana Beach and one is Mexico, I think it's pretty funny because it really points out how freaked we get about sharks. Even though your chances of being attacked are on a level with lottery winning and scoring with Hil's daughter, eww sorry, we act like every shark is out to get us. They're not, well mostly not. . .and almost never on purpose. It's just that it's so primal; so brutal. I've been surfing for 40+ years seen three sharks and they never even waved going by. But if it keeps all you people out of the water go for it.
    • ace429k, on 05/04/2008, -0/+2hey that leaves more for us bud! :D i'm here with ya! maybe they will start showing more JAWS vid's and we can go boardin.
    • wutimatang, on 05/05/2008, -0/+1You are so totally wrong! Those sharks are a threat to national security and the American way of life!
      Our president and our country needs to wake up and stand up! President Bush needs to enact a war on sharks, and any country that harbors them!
    • ChromaVita, on 05/05/2008, -0/+1A shark swam by me the other day and didn't wave. He just gave me one of those nods like "sup".
  • reservation, on 05/04/2008, -0/+2you can see the trail of whitewater from the boat...bad ass idea though
  • Anomaly100, on 05/04/2008, -2/+1I knew that shark before he was famous- I know it was real.
  • makemoneynotart, on 05/04/2008, -5/+2-_--_-_- o/_--_/_-_-- help i'm being attacked by a shark!
  • vimbuza, on 05/04/2008, -0/+3wow, that shark was leaving like a ten foot wake.
  • denalidude, on 05/04/2008, -4/+1running for the darwin award. I hope he wins......
  • TripleAStacked, on 05/04/2008, -0/+33I thought he was gonna be on top of the shark and surf.

    Buried!
  • ace429k, on 05/04/2008, -0/+4i liked the music.
  • nem0, on 05/04/2008, -1/+1Where's a killer stingray when you need one?
  • feathersanddoom, on 08/29/2008, -0/+2hahaha i like how he had to jump off the pier. he couldnt just paddle out.
  • rhodian, on 05/04/2008, -0/+1Hey! It's not fake!! I was the shark!
  • bobfell, on 05/04/2008, -2/+3It is an obvious fake, you can see the boat wake in both the close-up and wide-angle shots. If it wasn't a fake, the guy would be a huge ***** for endangering the sharks life and making it swim away uncomfortably dragging that pole for 15 seconds of 'fun'. Why do so many adrenaline junkies get this sense of entitlement that everything in the world exists simply for your pleasure... grow a pair and pay your dues for your goodtimes.
    • worldchanger, on 05/04/2008, -1/+1yeah... because a fishing line is a real threat to the life of a fifteen foot shark.
      and it was a scuba diver, not a boat. read the story a little further up the page.
      • bobfell, on 05/05/2008, -0/+0Fishing line might tangle in the grills, the hook could do some serious damage. WTF story are you talking about? WTF are you talking about a scuba diver? Have you ever surfed, waterskiied, jet skied, boated in general? swam? watch the video again. shot from shore--> can see the roller/wake coming off the boat in front of the shark fin. Zoom shot from the pier, you can see the prop wash 15' wide in front of the "shark" for like 20'. Show me someone with fins that can reproduce either of those things and Ill show you the 2008 gold medalist in every swimming event in China.
    • sixcells, on 05/04/2008, -0/+1Shark have so much power. Pulling a man that weighs 170 + wet suit is nothing for it. A 4 foot shark can toss a man that weighs 180 pounds around like it nothing, i would know.
      • bobfell, on 05/05/2008, -0/+0And your point is... I didnt say it wasnt possible... just, this isnt real. Its not!!! What I did say though was if it was real, he's an *****. If you disagree because you were attacked by a shark then your an *****. You were in the sharks natural environment, it had a right to be there. you breathe air, you didnt. Respect that, otherwise you have a sense of entitlement that makes up the most vile creatures on the planet. Way worse than an animal that instictually tries to eat your meat to live.
  • D14BL0, on 05/04/2008, -3/+1Fake or not, this was the most brutal thing I've ever seen.
  • Emperial, on 05/04/2008, -0/+1Guys that surf with sharks are way cool....
  • mrlivingston, on 05/04/2008, -0/+5Why didn't Gilligan ever think of this?
  • OffPiste, on 05/04/2008, -10/+2That's about as real as a Democrat telling the truth.
    • eatasandwich, on 05/04/2008, -2/+2Actually it wasn't real.
    • dafragsta, on 05/06/2008, -0/+1Oooh. A vague political joke that's not really funny for either side and insults the majority is Digg poison. That's gonna get a paddlin'.
  • chermont, on 05/04/2008, -3/+0It looks weird... but not sure its fake...
  • micahglass, on 05/04/2008, -2/+5thats about as real as a straight republican
  • Garofoli, on 05/04/2008, -0/+0Anyone know the song name?
  • tekhak, on 05/04/2008, -1/+6Looks like another job for the MythBusters, Shark Week episode anyone?
    • shakbhaji, on 05/04/2008, -0/+1MythBuster/Shark Week cross over event... I love it!
  • sixcells, on 05/04/2008, -0/+0Where do i sign up?
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