VIA – THE COAST NEWS By staff May 28, 2014 • 171 views • 0 comments DEL MAR — Longtime surfboard craftsman Roger Hinds won the Icons of Foam Tribute to the Masters shaping competition May 18, honoring Ben Aipa. Six shapers were tasked with replicating a classic Aipa Sting. The board was made … Continue reading Surfboard shape-off goes to Hind – #art #design #surf
Something fishy about this one… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70xxxZoeD0g ‘It looked like something out of a horror movie’: Woman requires 20 stitches after she was ‘bitten by a bull shark’ Bianca Freeman was with friends when she fell into a Gold Coast canal 29-year-old says a bull shark latched onto her leg and took a large bite … Continue reading 29 Year Old Woman Attacked By Shark After Falling Into River – #surf #Australia #video
VIA WRAL Mooresville, N.C. — An Iredell County woman is recovering after being bitten by a shark earlier this week while swimming in the ocean at Hilton Head Island in South Carolina. Kimberly Popp, of Mooresville, said she was in knee-deep water Tuesday afternoon when something hit her foot, according to WBTV. Moments later, when … Continue reading Central NC woman bitten by shark at Hilton Head #surfreport #aloha
http://youtu.be/6VaaDt6umRg VIA WKMB Man bitten by shark at Brevard County beach Man, 42, attacked by shark at Shepard Park in Cocoa Beach Author: Michelle Dendy, ClickOrlando.com Web Editor, mdendy@clickorlando.com COCOA BEACH, Fla. – A man was attacked by a shark off the coast of a Brevard County beach on Tuesday afternoon. Brevard County Ocean Rescue … Continue reading Shark attack reported in Cocoa Beach – #Florida #SurfReport #environment #fishing
VIA SPLOID Is that the Loch Ness monster in this satellite photo used by Apple Maps? Or at least something that looks like a giant biological form underwater? It’s similar to the shape spotted in Google’s satellite imagery. Could it really be an underwater creature, a long-forgotten aquatic dinosaur who can magically live for thousands … Continue reading MYSTERY SOLVED! Satellite photo shows giant, monster-like biological shape at Loch Ness #nature #science #tech #fishing
VIA – NEWS JOURNAL ONLINE Surfer bitten by shark in New Smyrna Beach By Patricio G. Balona patricio.balona@news-jrnl.com Published: Tuesday, April 15, 2014 at 11:08 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, April 15, 2014 at 11:08 a.m. A surfer from Orlando was bitten by a shark while in the ocean in New Smyrna Beach, a … Continue reading Surfer Bitten by Shark off New Smyrna Beach – #Surf #Aloha #Environment
http://youtu.be/QQaTSA__Hwg Wackedcat: “A few days ago Myself and a small group of surfers were privileged to share an encounter with a pod of New Zealand’s small population of Orca “Killer Whale” it is estimated that there may only be 115 Orca in New Zealand waters. The Orca in New Zealand seem to specialize … Continue reading #VIDEO: Orca encounter while surfing at Te Arai #nature #aloha #NewZealand #viral #surf #environment
VIA – TICO TIMES Earthquake shakes Costa Rica’s Pacific coast Posted: Wednesday, November 02, 2011 – By Alex Leff No injuries were reported from the magnitude-5.4 tremor. A 5.4 tremor shook the Nicoya Peninsula at 1:01 p.m. on Wednesday. Residents of the northwest Costa Rica tourist haven reported cracking walls but little other damage. The … Continue reading Earthquake shakes Costa Rica’s Pacific coast
Over 40% of all attacks are from the USA and FL is the number one state, Interesting data… VIA – FLORIDA HISTORY OF NATURAL HISTORY ISAF 2010 Worldwide Shark Attack Summary (REVISED: 1 February 2011) The International Shark Attack File (ISAF) investigated 115 alleged incidents of shark-human interaction occurring worldwide in 2010. Upon review, 79 … Continue reading 79 Shark attacks in 2010 with 6 deaths, see the breakdown by countries/states here…