If photography is a sport...

[MLeeK]

LOVE the People (camera) watching shots! I think you did just fine with your itty bitty lens!

 

[amolitor]

Surfers are very timid, you don't want to startle them with loud noises or large lenses.

 

[molested_cow]

Actually I think they were going for great whites. There have been a few being caught recently in the area. They probably sent the surfers out there as baits.