Official GWS Thread

Now they're blaming global warming for increased shark attacks.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/may/04/wildlife.climatechange
Don't know where they come up with these douchebags, must be someplace with mercury in the water...

Now they're blaming global warming for increased shark attacks.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/may/04/wildlife.climatechange

Quite laughable... Die media scum!

Z

I feel bad for Dr George Burgess of Florida University.  All he said regarding the potential effect of global warming on sharks was .. "You'll find that some species will begin to appear in places they didn't in the past with some regularity".  That's it.  I can't believe that they (the journalist and his editor) can come up with a title like "Surge in fatal shark attacks blamed on global warming" from that little quote.  One of Dr. Burgess's other quotes in the piece .."As the population continues to rise, so does the number of people in the water for recreation. And as long as we have an increase in human hours in the water, we will have an increase in shark bites." is more likely true, but sadly that doesn't make for a sensational title.

Brian

I feel bad for Dr George Burgess of Florida University.  All he said regarding the potential effect of global warming on sharks was .. "You'll find that some species will begin to appear in places they didn't in the past with some regularity".  That's it.  I can't believe that they (the journalist and his editor) can come up with a title like "Surge in fatal shark attacks blamed on global warming" from that little quote.  One of Dr. Burgess's other quotes in the piece .."As the population continues to rise, so does the number of people in the water for recreation. And as long as we have an increase in human hours in the water, we will have an increase in shark bites." is more likely true, but sadly that doesn't make for a sensational title.

Brian

YEAH, YOU KNOW, LIKE: LOGIC, ITS LIKE SO TOTALLY BORING AND STUFF. 
tune into the evening news for more totally useless information.

Tom Stenstra is sounding the " Dinner Bell " for GWS in Todays Chronical....

Shark "attacks" kayaker in Catalina.

http://cbs2.com/local/shark.catalina.attack.2.754368.html

Here's the link to some posts from witnesses at BloodyDecks.com

http://www.bloodydecks.com/forums/inshore-islands-fishing-reports-southern-california-usa/109453-topless-sat.html

Check out comments by Karlo & JT Money.

Bill, do I get another lunch? 

Well there ya go, Hobie's and OK's in red and light blue are shark bait.. oooor maybe the yak has nothing to do with it at all... 

Z

Courtesy of Michael's.

Interesting article about GWS in this weeks WON ....

I witnessed a "potential-shark-attack/curiosity" last Saturday as an unidentified creature exploded on the surface within 10 feet of sackyak's kayak, off the northern Big Sur coast.
It was either a huge, startled sealion or a curious shark. But it created two distinct splashes that sent water 4 feet into the air (both splashes happened within a split-second). It looked a lot like a fish attacking something on the surface, then turning around 180*. The first splash looked like a pectoral fin emerging and sending water into the air as it flipped around, at which time its tail ripped across the surface and sent more water into the air.
Not often do you get to experience something that is both scary AND cool. Just glad it didn't surface within 10 feet of MY boat, or I might've pooped my wetsuit!

How is Sackyak's wetsuit fairing?  Sounds like it might need a bleach rinse after all that excitement!

Sin - I had the same thing happen to me at Elk last year.

I just closed my eyes and pretended it didn't happen. I was pretty freaked out, but kinda convinced myself it was a sealion.

As a gws attack survivor, i dont see how people hit the water on the n coast without a shark shield. But maybe im not the one to ask. Itll mildly shock you once in a while, but it beats spending 8 weeks in hospital and nearly loosing an arm and a leg.
To read a version of my story on google books, from the book shark attack by alex mcCormic, about half way down the page 207, under the heading Cape Province (Niko von Broembsen), here is a link
http://books.google.com/books?id=HU9kJCNgJvwC&pg=PA207&vq=niko+von+broembsen&dq=niko+von+broembsen&output=html&source=gbs_search_s&cad=5&sig=ACfU3U2lyBXj-xfmmsPAuYJe-xV-i1AOjg