Even though I kept tipping over, to the snickers of tourists on shore, there were a couple of magical moments when I felt the easy speed of a surf ski. The bow knifed through the water. The paddle ...

Nineteen-year-old Nat Drummond was competing in a kayak-like surf ski race off the coast of Adelaide, Australia, when a shark bit a hole through his vessel, tossing him into the ocean. “My ski just ...