at California beaches: link to news.
"Lucas Ransom, a 19-year-old student at the University of California, Santa Barbara, was bodyboarding with friend Matthew Garcia off Surf Beach some 130 miles northwest of Los Angeles on Friday when the shark pulled him under the water. He resurfaced with his leg nearly severed amid what Garcia told The Associated Press was a wave of pure red."
Horrible.
Still in shock at the death of Fran Crippen.
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I feel really bad for this kid and his family... shark attack is no way to go...
This is the second one we've had on the central coast in the last 7 years. This attack happened about 30 miles away from my beach which is home to the last local fatal shark attack back in 2003. Despite this tragedy I've been in the water twice since this went down. The ocean is a dangerous place but I think it provides more good than bad so I'm willing to put myself out there. I'm almost certain I've swam closer to sharks than I want to know about, but I try to trust them to know the difference between a swimmer and a fatty pinniped of some sort. I always try to keep in mind that a shark attack on top of being incredibly rare tends to be an accident. We're not sufficiently delicious and no self respecting shark would eat us on purpose... but unfortunately in the right light at the right angle a guy on a boogie board with finned feet hanging off it looks pretty tasty.
I feel really bad for this kid and his family... shark attack is no way to go...
This is the second one we've had on the central coast in the last 7 years. This attack happened about 30 miles away from my beach which is home to the last local fatal shark attack back in 2003. Despite this tragedy I've been in the water twice since this went down. The ocean is a dangerous place but I think it provides more good than bad so I'm willing to put myself out there. I'm almost certain I've swam closer to sharks than I want to know about, but I try to trust them to know the difference between a swimmer and a fatty pinniped of some sort. I always try to keep in mind that a shark attack on top of being incredibly rare tends to be an accident. We're not sufficiently delicious and no self respecting shark would eat us on purpose... but unfortunately in the right light at the right angle a guy on a boogie board with finned feet hanging off it looks pretty tasty.
