Source: www.coastalwatch.com
Text: Tim Fisher
Photos: Oakley
They’re big blokes, all four of them, standing around the barbie, beers in hand. Listening.The fifth bloke, the biggest of the lot, like Willy Mason big, a comp-surfer turned deep-sea fisherman named Robert Pollock, is getting to the end of his shark story. It’s the one where a White Pointer gets between him and the beach in chest-deep water, and charges. The big blokes sip their beers. No-one tries to crack a joke, no-one even swears. And no-one doubts the story for a second. There are some stereotypes you can take to the bank. That a surfer wearing a scarf will be from Bondi, that deep-sea fishermen are among the hardest bastards you’ll ever meet, and that South Africa is chock full of big sharks.
Outside around the fire, Tom Whitaker, Adam Melling, Brent Dorrington, Greg Emslie, Davey Weare and Royden Bryson do their best to ignore big Rob and his spellbound audience. It’s the last night of the trip, and they’ve had a gutful of shark stories.
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