Kitesurfen in Australie brengt toch de nodige spanning met zich mee, haaien komen er veel voor maar er zijn ook krokodillen die het op surfers hebben voorzien.

A kitesurfer who fought off a crocodile as it attacked him numerous times off a Darwin beach says he will go back into the water.

Chris Keeping, 29, was 100 metres off shore at Casuarina Coastal Reserve's Lee Point, about 15 kilometres from Darwin, when he was attacked by the 2.5-metre saltwater crocodile about 11:30am on Saturday.

"I usually look for crocodiles when I'm down there before I enter the water ... and there was another kitesurfer setting up at the same time," Mr Keeping told ABC Darwin radio.

"I'd been cruising around for at least two hours ... I went down in a bad spot, a hundred metres from the beach down the end near the point and the wind dropped off. My kite folded onto itself.

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