Surfer, 40, who was bitten after he fell on a 6-foot shark is the 11th person to survive [tr]

UK Daily Mail ^ | August 29, 2019 | Lauren Edmonds

[C19fan]

A Florida man survived a shark attack this week after falling off his surfboard mid air and landing on a bite happy 6.5-foot shark.

Don Walsh was surfing on Tuesday morning at New Smyrna Beach, Florida, when the incident occurred.

Walsh, who is a chiropractor in Brevard County, had taken the day off from work and spent several hours that morning surfing.

[C19fan]

Already planning a shark fishing trip to New Smyrna Beach.

[Red Badger]

Not the sharks fault.
I would have but him too!..............

[gundog]

“Bite-happy” sounds encouraging.

[DIRTYSECRET]

So tell me: Why is the prospect of being in a shark’s house so important on this site? Being eaten is not my pole-dancing entertainment.

[null and void]

Yer supposed to jump the shark, not jump on the shark!

[TexasGator]

“where swimmers are never more than 10-feet away from a shark “

Fireball headline creators.

[wardaddy]

That strip from New Smyrna to Sebastian inlet is the best surfing in Florida

Honorable mention Flagler to Jax beaches

I was young once

[ArtDodger]

His surfing friends call him ‘Chum’.

[eyeamok]

falling off his surfboard mid air and landing on a bite happy 6.5-foot shark.

Sounds like Self Defense to me, If he wouldn’t have Viciously Jumped on the Shark, I doubt he would have been bitten, Did he use any explicit language towards the defending shark that could be considered a Hate Crime??

[Georgia Girl 2]

There's a cove like beach near there where the waves break larger. When I was a teen everybody went there to surf. It was nick named shark pit. I used to go but never went in the water there. 😆

[C210N]

Why do news reporters insist on inserting "A" every time they report on Florida Man? Seems like wasted ink.

A Florida man survived a shark attack this week...

[C19fan]

Obligatory for every shark posting:
Smyrna shark, doo doo doo doo doo doo.....

[DannyTN]

[laplata]

“I was young once”

Yep, but we have the memories. And some of our memories would make most of the young of today envious. Lol

[Jamestown1630]

Maybe they know that ‘Florida Man’ has become a thing.

[Polynikes]

“Did he use any explicit language towards the defending shark that could be considered a Hate Crime??”

Witnesses reported he told the alleged biter “Get your teeth off me you dirty Squaloid”

[TomGuy]

landing on a bite happy 6.5-foot shark

Bite happy?

Maybe the shark was just sorely displeased at the surfer landing on him/her.

[jmacusa]

A whole big ocean and this guy falls on a shark. Damn.

[Bob434]

bite happy, was the shark’s nickname tyson?

[Redwood71]

He’ll have to sue the teeth of the shark as it can’t be the shark in self defence. Someone gets shot, it’s the gun’s fault. Same analogy. Next they’ll be arming lifeguards with night sticks like in England.

rwood