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Baby great white jumps on San O surfer's board

11 July, 2011 : - On June 24, 2011 Doug Green was surfing ‘Four Doors' at San Onofre State Beach. It was 1:30 PM and he had been on the water 1.5 hours. He was 300 meters from shore over a rocky bottom 10 – 15 feet deep. Air and water temperatures were estimated in the mid-60s Fahrenheit. It was overcast with a mild …
Surfer dies days after Costa Rica shark attack

24 June, 2011 : - A 15-year-old surfer attacked by a shark on Costa Rica's Pacific Coast has died of his injuries, medics say. Kevin Moraga was floating on a surfboard near the beach in the northwest of the country when the shark bit his leg, according to the Red Cross. …
Video: Aussie woman hand-feeds great white shark

3 June, 2011 : - - Valerie Taylor, a world-renowned shark expert, hand-fed a great white shark off the side of a boat. After placing a fish into the fearsome creature's mouth, she even leaned down and patted it on the nose..... …
A great white shark's favorite tune? 'Back in Black'

3 June, 2011 : - Australian scientists are claiming great white sharks are attracted by music from the Aussie rock band AC/DC — particularly 'Shook Me All Night Long' and 'Back in Black' Tour operator Matt Waller in SA's Neptune Bay has observed that when sharks hear the AC/DC hits, they are drawn to the source of th…
Spate of shark attacks on Big Island of Hawaii

26 May, 2011 : - A surfer on the Big Island of Hawaii on Wednesday experienced a dangerously close encounter with what's believed to have been a tiger shark, which bit down on the tail end of her surfboard at a spot called Lyman's. The surfer was not inured in the incident, which occurred at Lyman's and nearby beache…
A Jewel, A Goldmine: Surfing News-Alerts 24/7...

8 May, 2011 : - Goldmine for Surfers: Surfersvillage Global Surf News-Alerts are updates of the very latest news selected by our editors from the Surfing News, ASP & ISA Contests, Surf-Industry News, latest Video & Photography, Meteorological Events, Surforecasts, and much more, delivered daily to your inbox......…
Video Platform adopted by surfers, producers, brands

17 April 2011 : - - Surfersvillage Video Platform dedicated to 'Surf Only' videos is a full service social media video platform where users upload their own videos, create channels, vote, rate and share videos, and post them to Twitter & Facebook in one click. It is a complete Surfing only video platform and includes…
Video Threesome: Tidal Fantasy, Bono, & Truth.....

15 April, 2011 : - - Tom Curren led the latest Search mission to Indonesia and into the first legitimate river bore barrels in history. To witness the full account of this monumental odyssey, check these three clips. You, your friends, & the rest of the surf world will be talking about them for weeks, months, and may…
Balian runoff leads to season's second shark attack

13 April, 2011 : - - Only a few months ago there was a report of a surfer being bitten by a shark in Balian, and today we received a similar report from our friend Michael Trott from Istana Balian. With the recent rains producing a lot of river run-off, the water has been murky around Balian. This morning the river w…
New South Wales sees second shark attack within week

23 March, 2011 : - - The man is the second person to be attacked in the region in the space of a week. Dave Pearson from Coopernook, was surfing off rocks just south of Crowdy Head about 6.45pm (AEDT) on Wednesday, when an 2.5-metre shark attacked him, biting his left upper forearm. …
Shark lovers supported by Costa Rica conservation act

5 March, 2011 : - Costa Rica has greatly expanded a marine protected area surrounding Cocos Island National Park, safeguarding a total of 2,900 nautical square miles still rich with endangered sharks and sea turtles. The waters around Cocos Island support more than 30 unique, endemic marine species found nowhere els…
Reunion Island surfer loses leg in shark attack...

22 February, 2011 : - - Saint-Denis, Reunion -- A surfer has lost his leg in a shark attack off the western shore of Reunion. The attack occurred Saturday at 6 pm at Three Rocks, Saint-Gilles, in an area popular with tourists. The identity of the victim, age 32, is not known at this time. He is said to have arrived t…
Shark Stats: Surfing best way to attract attack

10 February, 2011 : - - There were 7 authenticated unprovoked shark attacks reported from the Pacific Coast of North America during 2010. There were 5 attacks (1 fatal) from California and 2 from Oregon. The attacks were distributed in the following months; July (2), August (2), September (1) and October (2)...…