Surfing teen v. shark

[billie_morini]

Here's some news from the State of Florida. Good for the boy. That New Smyrna beach area is the place to go, if you want to get bitten by a shark.

A blacktip shark bit a teenager at a Volusia County, Florida, beach Sunday, local officials told CNN.

The 14-year-old boy was surfing with four friends at New Smyrna Beach and paddling out when he encountered the 4- or 5-foot-long blacktip shark, a species common in the area, Volusia County Beach Safety spokesman Capt. Aaron Jenkins said.

The shark bit the teen "on the left hand and he punched it away and it only bit him one time," Jenkins said. "And then he turned around and paddled to shore and he flagged down one of the beach safety officers and they treated him on scene."

[oldenglish]

Pretty common occurrence in the area. Florida is definitely very sharky. The entirety of it.

[billie_morini]

This shark bite-related photo amuses me.

[billie_morini]

This just in....
Shark attack can be good for you! A man from Massachusettes was rammed i the back by a shark. The man was swimming at Huntinvton Beach, California (e.g., Surf City, USA). Doctors treating the man's back for blunt force trauma realized he had cancer. The man received successful cancer treatment. Full story at link below.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world ... 86561.html

[oldmansurfer]

or it can cost you a limb. This just in from Hawaii http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/30227961/authorities-responding-to-reported-shark-attack-off-north-shore

[jaffa1949]

Fortunately he survived. Bad injuries, loss of leg.
But the name of the beach spooked me out.
"leftovers beach."

[Surf Hound]

scary as that was one of my main spots when i lived in HI. It is the first left as you are driving into the north shore (Kam Hwy). The channel next to leftovers has had several shark bites, a couple fatal over the years. I have made up my mind to never surf there again - just too many tiger shark bites in that channel. Especially come Oct Nov Dec, I think tiger sharks come close to shore to give birth, hawaiians call it Makiki or something like that. Its scary to think that if i would not have moved to CA, there would be a good chance I would have been at leftovers at 10:30 on a Saturday morning. I read that was the time of the bite. Anyways, as much as I like going left - no more leftovers for me. I am going to drive a another mile of so and surf Jockos.