RedactedNarrative: According to DLNRs Division of Conservation and Resource Enforcement Investigation report:
  OPERATOR, at approximately 0930 hours, he and his friend were paddle boarding on an inflatable  SUP, about three-quarter (0.75) to one (1) mile offshore to see whales. OPERATOR related that at about 1115 hours, a twelve (12) to fifteen (15) foot Tiger Shark approached them and began circling them. OPERATOR related that he used his paddle to nudge the shark on the nose to redirect the shark away from them. OPERATOR related that the shark quickly returned. OPERATOR related that when he tried to nudge the  shark for the second time, the shark bit the paddle and bit off the paddle's blade. OPERATOR related  that the shark briefly disengaged but returned for a third time and bit the tail end of the paddle board. OPERATOR related he continued to poke the shark with the paddle, which made the shark disengage and swim away. OPERATOR related the paddle board began deflating slowly, which they then began to hand-paddle back to shore. OPERATOR related that at about 1200 hours, they reached the shoreline fronting Lipoa Street 
  
NameOfBodyOfWater: Waters of Maui
NearestCityTown: Kihei                         