 The shark costume was one of two prank additions to the sculpture performed by local artist Eric Hardtke, himself a sculptor who works in bronze and stone, and accomplices.The first was a 2009 addition next to the statue of a wave crashing down over the "Kook", carrying a wire mesh outline of another surfer about to knock the "Kook" off his board.This wave still exists, since it was removed undamaged by city employees, and is stored at the ranch of Paul Ecke, a local grower of poinsettias.