A 15-year-old surfer killed by a shark off the coast of South Australia was a “standout” expertise, his membership has stated.
Khai Cowley died after being attacked by a suspected nice white whereas browsing together with his father on Thursday.
Seaview Road Board Riders stated he was the third-generation of his household to discover a residence on the membership, following his grandfather and uncle, with all three profitable awards at a latest browsing competition.
Writing on Facebook, it stated it was in a state of “disbelief and devastation” following Khai’s dying.
“You will live on in our hearts and memories,” its tribute added.
“We will all miss you so much and will keep on shredding for you.”
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The incident close to Ethel Beach in Innes National Park, west of Khai’s hometown Adelaide, was the third lethal shark assault in waters off South Australia since May.
Unlike Khai, whose physique was dropped at shore, the opposite two victims have been by no means recovered.
State premier Peter Malinauskas stated this 12 months’s deadly assaults have been “startling and of concern”, given there had solely been eight within the earlier 22 years.
Adelaide-based shark professional Andrew Fox stated the rise this 12 months was exhausting to elucidate, however that overcast situations like these at Ethel Beach on Thursday can embolden the animals to assault.
The solely different deadly shark assault in Australia this 12 months was in a river in Perth in February, when a bull shark killed a 16-year-old woman.
Source: information.sky.com”