"A KITE surfer skipping across the water looks like a big piece of dangling bait to tiger sharks, warns a Gold Coast fisheries expert, who predicts an attack on a kiter is inevitable.

Bond University fisheries researcher Professor Daryl McPhee also warned people to be prepared for more attacks in the wake of a horror year for shark maulings on the NSW far north coast last year."

There's more...unsubstantiated claims but head over to the GC Bulletin for more info