Renowned Surfer and Hollywood Actor Tamayo Perry Killed in Shark Attack Off Hawaii Coast Tamayo Perry, a 49-year-old professional surfer, lifeguard, and actor known for his role in “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides,” died Sunday afternoon following a shark attack near Goat Island off Oahu’s northeast shore, reports Hawaii News Now. It is the first recorded death of a professional surfer by a shark attack. Related: Shark Attacks Swimmer in Southern California […] Surf SwellBrains | June 24, 2024 0 Comments
Shark Attacks Swimmer in Southern California Summer is right around the corner in Southern California and as temperatures rise and the days get longer, people are beginning to flock to the beach. But for one swim group, it was a typical weekend training session at the beaches of Del Mar, California, until it wasn’t. As the group was finishing up their one-and-a-half-mile swim, one of the […] Samantha Gates | June 10, 2024 0 Comments
Man Attacked by Great White Shark Off California Coast A great white shark attacked a 35-year-old man off the coast of California on Saturday. Related: VIDEO: Great White Sharks Off California Are More Common and Closer Than You Think The San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office reports that the man was swimming off of Grey Whale Cove State Beach, about eighteen miles south of San Francisco, on the San Mateo […] Surf SwellBrains | June 28, 2021 0 Comments
Surfer Who Lost His Leg to a Great White Shark Wins 6-Year Legal Battle to Keep the Tooth A surfer who lost his leg, and almost his life, has just won a six-year legal battle to keep the tooth the great white shark left embedded in his surfboard. “You can see the damage on the end of the tooth from it going into my board — it’s definitely a bottom jaw tooth — its top jaw got my […] Surf SwellBrains | May 7, 2021 0 Comments
Australian Surfer Intervenes During Shark Attack To Aid Fellow Surfer Last week, surfer, Phil Mummert was attacked by a great white shark off the western coast of Australia. According to Fisheries WA (Fisheries Department of Western Australia), the great white was believed to be 13-feet (4 meters) in length and approximately as wide as a Land Cruiser. The attack occurred last Friday at Bunker Beach. With a shark that large, […] Spencer Cox | August 5, 2020 0 Comments
Woman Killed by Shark Off Coast of Maine | State’s First Ever Shark Attack Fatality A woman appears to have been killed by a shark off the coast of Maine. If confirmed it will be the state’s first-ever fatal shark attack and only the second confirmed attack in almost 200-years. Related: Why Have There Been So Many Shark Attacks in Eastern Australia? The unidentified woman was wading off the shore of Bailey Island, northeast of […] SnowBrains | July 28, 2020 0 Comments
VIDEO: Great White Shark Kills 15-Year-Old Surfer in Australia [arve url="https://youtu.be/3bCA4umBAAc"] SwellBrains | July 20, 2020 Likes Tweets 0 Comments
UPDATE: Surfer Killed in Shark Attack in Santa Cruz County, CA Ran Local Surf Business The 26-year-old man killed in a shark attack off the coast of California on Saturday was a well-known surfer in the area and had a business shaping surfboards. His death is the first shark fatality in Northern California in over 15-years. Ben Kelly, a former Vanguard University in Orange County student, died after a shark attack on Saturday while surfing at […] Surf SwellBrains | May 12, 2020 2 Comments
How To Avoid A Shark Attack When Surfing Let’s face it — sharks are scary animals. Sure, they are often misunderstood and get a bad rap since they are incredibly vital to the ecosystem and oceanic food chain and may not mean to attack surfers in particular. Sometimes we just look like food, dressed in our wet suits on our boards appearing as sea lions. But regardless, that […] Surf Martin Kuprianowicz | September 2, 2019 2 Comments
Two Shark Attacks In Florida Within an Hour | Bitten Man Goes Straight to Bar Before Hospital Two men were victims of shark attacks off the eastern coast of Florida in separate incidents. The attacks took place 100-miles apart within an hour of each other. Related: VIDEO: 10-Foot Shark Cruising Next to Oblivious Swimmer Off Monterey Bay, CA The first attack took place around 3:30 pm ET Saturday near Jacksonville Beach Pier. Two men were surfing together […] Surf SwellBrains | July 31, 2019 0 Comments
21-Year-Old Californian Woman Killed When THREE Sharks Attacked Her An American woman died after three sharks attacked her in the Bahamas Wednesday, according to a spokesperson for the Royal Bahamas Police Force. 21-year-old Jordan Lindsey, from Torrance, California, was snorkeling with her family, including her parents, when she was attacked near Rose Island, northeast of Nassau. “The preliminary information indicates shortly after 2 p.m. an adult female was snorkeling in […] SnowBrains | June 27, 2019 0 Comments
19-Year Old Surfer Attacked by Great White Shark off California Coast on Tuesday Nineteen-year-old surfer Nick Wapner was attacked by a shark at Sandspit Beach in Montana de Oro State Park near Los Osos, California on Tuesday, January 8th reports The San Luis Obispo Tribune. Thankfully, the attack was not fatal, but Wapner received 50 stitches near his ankle for the bite. You might also like: Report Shows United States is Far Away the Worldwide […] Surf SwellBrains | January 10, 2019 0 Comments
2 People Bitten By Sharks On Same Beach on Same Day on Friday The 13th in Florida Two swimmers were injured in what appears to be two separate shark attacks on the same beach on the same day in Florida. This happened on Friday the 13th, July 2018 at Fernandian Beach, Florida. Neither person who was bit could be100% sure they were bitten by sharks but the local fire department described the injuries at “alleged shark bite […] Surf SwellBrains | July 15, 2018 0 Comments
Standup Paddleboarder Attacked by Shark off the Big Island of Hawaii A standup paddleboarder was attacked by a tiger shark on Saturday off the Big Island of Hawaii. According to CBS News, the victim remains hospitalized today with injuries to one of his arms and a loss of part of one leg. The victim was paddleboarding with his father at Kukio Beach near Hualalai when the duo were knocked off their […] SwellBrains | April 13, 2018 0 Comments
Surfer Who was Attacked by TWO Sharks Took up Snowboarding in 2015 as Part of Recovery | Competed in Paralympics on Monday Australian Sean Pollard’s life was changed in just a couple of minutes when he was attacked by TWO Great White sharks while surfing in Esperance in October 2014, losing his left arm and his right hand in his struggle to escape, reports the Guardian. As a result of the attack, he needed seven blood transfusions amounting to three liters of […] Olympics Steven Agar | March 15, 2018 0 Comments
Surfer Severely Injured After Shark Attack in Hawaii Today A 25-year-old man is reported to be in critical condition after a shark attacked him on the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii today. The man was surfing at a break called Leftovers, located between Laniakea and Waimea Bay, when a shark bit his left leg at about 10:30am this morning. According to Honolulu Ocean Safety and Lifeguard Services, the injured […] Industry News SwellBrains | October 9, 2015 0 Comments
Shark Attacks Surfer in California & Takes Chuck Out of Surfboard A great white shark bit a large chunk out of a woman’s surfboard last weekend at Morro Strand State Beach near San Luis Obispo, CA. Elinor Dempsey was shook up but completely uninjured after her shark encounter on Saturday morning. The shark reportedly swam around her, under her, then finally towards the nose of her board before deciding to take a big bit out of the board. Surf SwellBrains | September 3, 2015 0 Comments
60 Minutes: Mick Fanning Sees Shark in First Surf Since He Was Attacked On July 19th, Mick Fanning was surfing in the Finals of the World Surf League’s Jeffrey’s Bay South Africa tour stop. He was attacked by a shark in the first minutes of the event, had his leash bitten through, and escaped unscathed. The competition was canceled. Mick recently got back in the water while filming with CBS’s “60 Minutes” program. During his first surf since being attacked in South Africa, Mick saw a shark… The above video documents the shark siting. Industry News SwellBrains | July 31, 2015 0 Comments
VIDEO: Mick Fanning Attacked by Shark in Surf Comp Today Three-time World Surfing Tour Champion Mick Fanning was attacked by a shark in the opening minutes of the finals of the Jeffrey’s Bay world tour stop in South Africa today. ‘I was just sitting there and I felt something just get stuck in my leg rope, and I was kicking trying to get it away.” – Mick Fanning The shark aggressively came at Mick, knocked him off his board, and chewed through his leash. Mick was completely freaked out […] Industry News SwellBrains | July 19, 2015 1 Comment
Japanese Surfer Dies in Shark Attack in Australia Yesterday: A 41-year old Japanese surfer died after being attacked by a shark while surfing off Shelley Beach in Australia’s New South Wales. It’s being reported that the shark inflicted severe injuries to the surfer’s legs. The attacked surfer was helped to the beach by other surfers. He unfortunately died on the beach from major blood loss. Shark attacks are akin to the avalanches of the ski world. They can be unpredictable. They happen fast. They can cause major injury and/or death. They can happen when you think you’re in a safe position. […] Surf SwellBrains | February 10, 2015 0 Comments
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