Shark attack Santa Barbara County

Ya beat me to it.

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/oct/22/shark-kills-body-boarder-in-central-california/

Terrible. They make that area sound like its rare to see sharks there. But there have been multiple White Shark attacks there. One just two years ago, when a surfboard took a bite and the guy didnt.....

Crazy sh**.

 

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/oct/22/ap-exclusive-friend-waves-red-after-shark-attack/

waves of blood, leg bitten off & the quote from his mother- man that's terrible.

 

You NEVER want to know. We are all aware of the fact that we have been looked up and down by many-a-predetor, but for real. You dont want to know. Whenever im surfing in the winter at the reefs that break like 400-500+ yards out and in certain areas, the water is like 20-30 feet deep. I do my best NOT to look down. There are kelp beds, but I have surfed on days where earlier in the morning, there was a 15 foot white shark under the lineup. Signs everywhere... So, when you go out, you just try not to think about it. I often find myself laying on my board in the lineup with my feet up, crossed. My wife always know when im sketched out, cause I stop sitting and lay on the board.... She always comments when I get out, like did you see something out there. The answer is NO, but I want to keep it that way....

You never want to know.

 

It was only a matter of time for something about this to be posted. I was actually surprised to not see it on here yesterday.

 

I think it was Jacques Cousteau who said, "We are never more than 50 feet from some kind of shark when we are in the ocean"!!!!

 

I've seen decent size (6 ft maybe 8 ft max) sharks breaching and hitting bait balls pretty close to me and that doesn't bother me, I figure they are pre-occupied & I've seen a smaller 4-5 footer cruise past me, but I've wondered for a long time what I would do if I ever saw a large shark when I was in the water- as in would I not want to paddle out anymore.

 

18 foot.....................my god.

 

I love shark attacks, I love the way it inspires irrational fear and keeps people out of the water. GO JAWS GO!!!
Take up lawn bowling.

 

I try not to think about it, but the thought randomly pops into my head from time to time, and a cold chill runs down my back. I even imagined how a shark would initially stalk me, and the violence that would happen when it finally decides to attack, and when the attack is just out of nowhere. I just have a rule that I promised myself and my wife, and that's never to surf alone.

But there is still that feeling that everybody here probably get: if it looks fun, the risks just disappear from my head.

 

Hey Jackass, shut the f*** up. Get a clue. That kid's family doesn't need to hear your poseur, faux macho crap. You wouldn't be woofing in front of the kid's family. So don't do it here.

Tell you what: Just tie a porterhouse to your leg & surf a break off Durban. The subsequent silence will be a good thing for intelligent humans.

Real tough guy you are.

 

you enter the ocean, you enter the food chain.

 

I firmly believe that a boogie borader, a weak swimmer, a female with her period are all easier and more attractive targets than a full grown man on a 7' + surfboard...
I think a shark likes to be safe when it attcks and a boogie boarder looks like an easy and safe meal for an 18" shark.
However, it is obvious that for an 18' shark, even a big guy on a long board may look like a safe meal.

 

damn. did you read that? the friend said he screamed "Help me dude!", before he got drug under. man, thats sad

 

dude, your so right man. i get the same goosebumps sometimes. the odds are slim dude, but its all on the sharks. its up to them. no fightin it. they say your dead, your dead. thats the only thing that scares me

 

It is terrible about that kid, damn that's got to be the worst way to go...you won't find me surfing in water where there are seals, though...in that case, I'm not so sure the reward is worth the risk!

 

It's not just sharks, it's life. You never know when your time is up.

 

he speaks the truth. whenever i start to get sketched in the line-up i think about all of the people who die on the interstate on the way to/from work. Or those poor sick kids wasting away in childrens hospitals. I wish we could all be so fortunate to die in the water rather than from a heart attack or some kind of Fu$ked up cancer one day.

"Its OK to die doing something that you love"