| So not only have I finally come across a few Kiwis after all this time here, but they are also surfers! |
| About one half of all unprovoked shark attacks worldwide involved surfers or windsurfers. |
| Mr Conroy's fishing partner was rescued by two surfers who went to his aid after hearing yells for help, police said. |
| Most surfers are injured from contact with their own surfboard's side rails and fins. |
| In 2005 surfers and windsurfers were involved in 54 percent of the attacks in which victims' activities at the time of attack are known. |
| There were children building sandcastles and surfers wading out into the water carrying their surf boards under their arms. |
