Shark Attacks Surfer In Marin County (Point Reyes)
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Mill Valley Patch ^
| Dec 30, 2017
National Park Service officials were telling people that the water in the area is off limits.A surfer was bitten on the foot by a shark today near the mouth of Drakes Estero, an estuary off the coast of Marin County. As of 3:48 p.m., National Park Service officials were telling people that
the water in the area is off limits until further notice. No other information was immediately available.
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Veteran Brazilian surfer 'Mad Dog' Freire killed in giant wave
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fox news ^
| Caitlin McFall
Veteran Brazilian surfer Marcio Freire died Thursday while surfing off the coast of Portugal in an area known as Nazaré, which is home to some of the world's biggest and most dangerous waves, according to reports. The
Portuguese National Maritime authority said, "A 47-year-old man of Brazilian nationality died this afternoon after suffering a fall while practicing towed surf at Praia do Norte." The statement said authorities were alerted and the surfer was rescued on jet ski by lifeguards before being brought to the beach. Freire was one of three Brazilian surfers featured in the "Mad Dog" documentary which featured...
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Man dies after colliding with another surfer at Ventura County’s [CA] Rincon Point
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LA Times ^
| Jaclyn Cosgrove
About 1:30 p.m. Saturday, rescue workers were dispatched to the popular surfing spot north of Ventura to assist a man who was unconscious on the beach, Medina said. Witnesses
told authorities that two men had collided in the water and both suffered head injuries. The other surfer, whose name was not immediately available, apparently drove himself to a hospital, Medina said [Sheriff's Deputy] Medina said the incident was “a total accident.” “Yesterday was apparently some rough waters out there, and it’s common for surfers, especially if you have a weekend and a large crowd out there, it can get crowded,...
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In watershed moment, shark attacks foil surfer in Florida
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Beach Grit ^
| Jan 9 , 2022 | Chas Smith
n watershed moment, shark attacks foil surfer in Florida thus shattering aura of invincibility surrounding Mark Zuckerberg, his best friend Kai Lenny, shaper to the stars Jon Pyzel and more
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Surfer presumed dead after being dragged underwater by shark off Australian coast
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NY Post ^
| 11/02/2023 | Olivia Land
An Australian surfer is presumed dead after he was dragged underwater by a shark in an area known to be frequented by great whites earlier this week, authorities said. Tod
Gendle, 55, was paddling in the water with a group of surfers near Granites Beach near Streaky Bay when he was knocked off of his surfboard by a shark around 10:20 a.m. local time Tuesday, witnesses told ABC. “The guy just caught a wave and started paddling back out. He got knocked off his board by the shark and then it circled back around and grabbed him,” onlooker Jack Martin...
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Surfer, 40, who was bitten after he fell on a 6-foot shark is the 11th person to survive [tr]
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UK Daily Mail ^
| August 29, 2019 | Lauren Edmonds
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.
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World Trade Center 'surfer' struggles to comprehend his survival 20 years later
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Yahoo News! ^
| Mon, September 6, 2021 | Tori Richards
As one of only two people who survived 9/11 by surfing down the Twin Towers collapse, Pasquale Buzzelli has a mixture of survivor’s guilt and gratefulness. “Here
I am given this gift, and I wanted to make the most of it,” he told 60 Minutes Australia. At the same time, he struggles to make sense of why he survived and others didn’t. Perhaps it was a mixture of luck, divine intervention, and quick wits to pick a place to weather the collapse: curled up in the corner of a stairwell against two concrete walls.
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India: Muslim kidnaps Australian surfer, repeatedly rapes her, gives her Qur’an and prayer rug
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JIHAD WATCH ^
| JUL 9, 2020 3:00 PM | ROBERT SPENCER
India: Muslim kidnaps Australian surfer, repeatedly rapes her, gives her Qur’an and prayer rug JUL 9, 2020 3:00 PM BY ROBERT SPENCER How could Carmen Greentree’s captors encouraged her to pray and read the Qur’an? They could do this because they believed what they were doing was entirely pleasing to Allah. A
survivor of a Muslim rape gang in the UK has previously said that her rapists would quote Quran to her, and believed their actions justified by Islam. Thus it came as no surprise when Muslim migrants in France raped a girl and videoed the rape while praising Allah...
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Surfer Punches Shark in Nose to Escape Attack in Australian Waters
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Global News ^
| November 15, 2017 | Rod McGuirk
A novice surfer mastered a pro’s move on the first try: He punched a shark on the nose to escape its jaws. The
attack Monday afternoon off the Australian coast left Charlie Fry with superficial puncture wounds on his right shoulder and upper arm. A British doctor who arrived in Australia two months ago to work, Fry said Tuesday he had recently watched a video in which Australian professional surfer Mick Fanning described his famous escape from a great white shark during a surfing competition in 2015.
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Shahada-reciting Trudeau all for show, but questions still should have been asked [Zeitgeist Surfer]
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Toronto Sun ^
| 8/19/2013 | Ezra Levant
In the theatre that is modern political campaigns, there are two usual costumes: A parliamentary suit and tie, and the casual blue shirt and khaki pants. But
politicians have a third wardrobe for the hustings: Ethnic costumes. Politicians campaigning in synagogues wear Jewish yarmulkes; politicians campaigning in Sikh temples wear colourful turbans. But is there a line between showing solidarity with the cultural symbols of a new Canadian group and actually converting religions? Take a recent visit by Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau to a mosque in B.C. called the Surrey Jamia Masjid. Plenty of politicians campaign there, including NDP Leader...
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Surfer frantically paddles to escape the jaws of a huge shark as it comes for him in the pristine
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UK Daily Mail ^
| October 31, 2014 | Emily Crane
This is the frightening moment a three-metre Great White started trailing a surfer back to shore, just two weeks before another man lost his arm and hand in a nearby shark attack. Andy
Johnston was out with a small group of surfers at West Beach near Esperance, south-east of Perth, on September 21 when people ashore spotted the dark shadow looming. Other surfers managed to clear the water onto a reef after people started to honk their car horns to warn of the approaching shark, but Mr Johnston opted to stay put.
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TOP SURFER KATHERINE DIAZ
KILLED BY LIGHTNING STRIKE
During Ocean Training Session
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https://www.tmz.com ^
| 3/22/2021 6:52 AM PT | Staff
Katherine Diaz -- one of El Salvador's top surfers -- died on Friday after she was hit in a lightning strike during a training session near her home. The
22-year-old rising star -- who had been gunning to compete for El Salvador at the Olympics in Tokyo -- was surfing at a spot called El Tunco when the lightning storm hit. Katherine's uncle Beto Diaz told a local media outlet his niece had gone to hug a friend she spotted at the surf spot when lightening struck. "She, the friend, was thrown by the force of the lightening strike too,...
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Catholic Caucus: Beatification cause opened for Brazil's 'Surfer Angel' Guido Schaffer
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04/30/2015 6:33:31 PM PDT
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cna ^
| Nov 12, 2014
Guido Schaffer, a Brazilian seminarian who drowned while surfing in 2009 and whose cause for beatification has been opened. Photo
courtesty of guidoschaffer.com.br Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Nov 12, 2014 / 01:24 pm (CNA).- The Congregation for the Causes of Saints has approved the cause of beatification of Guido Schaffer, who was a Brazilian seminarian known as the “Anjo Surfista,” or “Surfer Angel.” The Archdiocese of Rio de Janeiro will now establish a tribunal to handle the cause. The archdiocese requested approval of the cause in May by sending the Vatican numerous documents on the life of Schaffer “to...
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Australia set to screw over America's Greatest Competitive Surfer of All Time, Kelly Slater…
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Citizen Free Press ^
| 01/20/2022
The greatest competitive surfer of all time, American champion @kellyslater has been warned he has no chance of getting into Australia without being vaccinated. The
11-time world champion had been expected to compete at Bells Beach over Easter. https://t.co/OF81oZXOfr #7NEWS pic.twitter.com/bnms57NeoD— 7NEWS Sydney (@7NewsSydney) January 20, 2022 11 time world champion Kelly Slater will face the same treatment as Novak Djokovic with senior Government Ministers declaring he has “no chance” of entering Australia unvaccinated. Slater has been outspoken against mandatory Vaccinations…Kelly Slater…🔥❤️🔥 pic.twitter.com/MFrtjZYsKu— Pelham (@Resist_05) January 12, 2022 Highlights from better days
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Jack ‘Murf the Surf’ Murphy, famed jewel thief and surfer, dead at 83
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Tampa Bay Times ^
| 9/15/20 | Times Staff Writer
The Florida Surf Museum in Cocoa Beach put it this way Sunday on its Facebook page, where Jack Roland Murphy had published so many recollections from his fabled surfing days: “Jack ‘Murf the Surf’ Murphy — surfing pioneer, jewel thief, convicted murderer, who spent the rest of his life ministering the word
of Jesus in prisons across the world — has passed away. We will post more details when we get them ...” Murphy was 83. He and his wife had been living in the Citrus County community of Crystal River.
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Stranded Kite Surfer Rescued After Spelling 'HELP' on Santa Cruz County Beach
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KSBW ^
| Jun 10, 2024
CAL Fire San Mateo-Santa Cruz Unit helped rescue a stranded kite surfer, they announced on social media on Sunday. The kite surfer was rescued off a beach south of Davenport Landing. CAL FIRE says he used rocks on the beach to spell out "HELP." A private helicopter spotted him and they called
911. The kite surfer was safely extracted and did not need medical attention, per CAL FIRE on a social media post.
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Terrifying moment huge great white shark stalks a surfer and then charges at him at [tr]
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UK Daily Mail ^
| February 24, 2017 | Brianne Tolj
A drone has captured footage of a great white shark swimming less than a metre away from a surfer as he dangled his feet in the water, waiting for the next wave. The
large shark was spotted making a beeline for the man and another surfer at notorious shark attack spot Lighthouse Beach, on the NSW north coast near Ballina. It appears to chase the second surfer as he catches a wave, before turning its attention to the man who is paddling nearby.
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Whoa! Drone Video Captures Surfer Gliding Over Shark Off Ponce Inlet
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CLICKORLANDO ^
| SEPTEMBER 28, 2021 | Cathleigh Winningham
Pilot notices several other sharks during flightA surfer in Volusia County had a close call with a shark while “hanging 10″ off Ponce Inlet. A drone pilot shared video with News 6 showing the close encounter on Monday.
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WATCH: Pro surfer Matt Wilkinson narrowly escapes shark encounter thanks to drone alert
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CBS ^
| 8 Oct 2020 | Shanna McCarriston
The shark came within inches of Wilkinson before deciding to dart the other way and head towards the Australian east coast. The
whole thing was caught on video via a drone that is part of an Australian shark warning system. The drone is also what alerted Wilkinson that something else was in the water with him. Officials said the shark may have been deterred from attacking Wilkinson because of the "unfamiliar touch of a leg rope" that was hanging off the board or the noise of the drone flying above.
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PAUL WALKER
SURFER BROS BEG CITY COUNCIL FOR 12 FOOT STATUE ...
'A Beacon of Headlights'
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tmz ^
| 3/20/17 | tmz
Paul Walker could be standing tall in San Clemente thanks to some surfer bros who begged the City Council for a statue of their hero "in the midst of gnarly times." Self-proclaimed
freelance journalist Chad Kroeger made the pitch at last Tuesday's meeting, and his rationale for the 12 foot Paul statue is comedy gold ... and also, kinda touching. Chad's buddy gets up there too for some fond words on "unifying figure" Paul. Dude, we can't even describe it ... you just have to watch this.
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