Shark Shield Freedom7 and SURF Reviewed

Surfersvillage Global Surf News, 23 January, 2009 : - - Lets start off by saying that if you had one of these, then the film “Jaws” probably couldn’t have been made.  It is the second generation Shark Shield extraordinaire, with a claimed shark exclusion zone of 6-8 metres diameter.

Do they work you say, - well I should say YES with a big smile on my face as I borrowed a FREEDOM7 and went shooting fish at Cosy Corner near Albany Western Australia, only to be told later by my buddy, that half way through the dive and in the midst off stuffing a big “Queenie” in the catch bag, that a big white and grey shark had streaked down toward me,  “It got to within 5-6 metres of you, then gave an immense shiver, veered then departed as quickly as it came”. he said. (More about the White Pointer later.)

The 3 models of Shark Shields have been designed to offer protection for virtually any water activity you could be involved in.
•    FREEDOM7 (general swimming & scuba)
•    Shark Shield SURF (surf boarding)
•    SCUBA7 (scuba diving)

With my 40 years experience of swimming, snorkeling and scuba diving under all varieties of conditions, often in depths up to 60 metres and 15 km offshore and with a diversity of sharks, we won’t “pull any punches” as we test the first two models under a number of activities.

Article by specialist reviewer Joe Baker from DigitalReviews.net whose full review you can find here.

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