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Florida Shark Migration 2014 ...it's on!

Postby kazi » Mon Mar 24, 2014 4:14 pm

Exciting to think I was tandem body dragging while teaching a lesson just a mile south of this.

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...it's only a flesh wound
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Re: Florida Shark Migration 2014 ...it's on!

Postby dyyylan » Mon Mar 24, 2014 10:25 pm

wonderful, i was just a couple miles south of there on saturday as well...
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Re: Florida Shark Migration 2014 ...it's on!

Postby jbdc » Mon Mar 24, 2014 10:42 pm

I think I may keep this information from my fiancee and our families. :|
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Re: Florida Shark Migration 2014 ...it's on!

Postby jespin4845 » Mon Mar 24, 2014 11:09 pm

In delray the sharks are ballsy, i see dorsal fins pop out of the water more often there than my usual spot a couple miles north
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Re: Florida Shark Migration 2014 ...it's on!

Postby Toby » Mon Mar 24, 2014 11:25 pm

Glad to hear nothing worse happened!

Imagine you ride there with a hydrofoil :o
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Re: Florida Shark Migration 2014 ...it's on!

Postby soul19 » Mon Mar 24, 2014 11:53 pm

What type of shark was it that decided to have a little taste? Glad to see that it wasn't anything more than a superficial injury but it is the psychological that would have me worried!

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Re: Florida Shark Migration 2014 ...it's on!

Postby 14ToeSide » Mon Mar 24, 2014 11:55 pm

Glad the Great White has moved on back North.
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Re: Florida Shark Migration 2014 ...it's on!

Postby Dave_5280 » Tue Mar 25, 2014 1:11 am

Interesting that the shark let go. I've heard humans aren't on their "menu", or maybe the shark was looking for a smaller prey.
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Re: Florida Shark Migration 2014 ...it's on!

Postby RickI » Tue Mar 25, 2014 2:35 am

The guy did a hand drag into a swell he was riding. The shark bit on to his arm and pulled him off his board and into the wave. I have heard of other guys bitten while hand dragging. Thousands of them moving north day after day and only a few of us, relatively speaking. Lets go kite the migration and hope you aren't one of the lucky few to stop for a taste.
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Re: Florida Shark Migration 2014 ...it's on!

Postby loco4viento » Tue Mar 25, 2014 3:00 am

Nice shiny ring. No watch?
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