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Fresh Friday is a WeAreH2O.Com editorial.

March 31st, 2006

  

Spring Break, Shark Attacks, and Surfing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fresh Friday for March 31st, 2006

Pro Surf Ramblings

The WCT Pros are in a holding pattern until April 11th. The 2nd contest of the season will be at Bells Beach, Australia.

Also, there was a Men and Women WQS contest at Huntington Beach this past week. It was broadcast live on the internet, but I missed the coverage. Surfline has excellent article/photos of the event: FLORIDA GIRL GOES BIG

We Are Water loves surf photography and this link is great in its coverage of the Californian surf scene: NewPortSurfShots.Com

Speaking of surf photography, since we are between WCT contest, I went and grabbed some random photos from ASPWorldTour.com that I liked.

All photos are Copyrighted by ASPWorldTour.Com

 

Floridian Karina Petroni (above) won the Huntington Beach contest. Karina's Website.

 

Damien Hobgood.

 

Taylor Knox.

 

Three Time World Champ Andy Iron's girlfriend, Lindie, in a fashionable dress.

 

Kelly Slater catching air.

 

Kelly Slater with model.

 

 

Men’s WCT rankings from ASPWorldTour.com:
After Event #1, Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast 2006
Name Country Points

 

1 Kelly Slater USA 1200
2 Taj Burrow AUS 1032
3 Adriano Souza BRA 876
3 Bobby Martinez USA 876
5 Andy Irons HAW 732
5 Damien Hobgood USA 732
5 Taylor Knox USA 732
5 Raoni Monteiro BRA 732
9 Joel Parkinson AUS 600
9 Tom Whitaker AUS 600
9 Travis Logie ZAF 600
9 Troy Brooks AUS 600
9 Darren O'Rafferty AUS 600
9 Marcelo Nunes BRA 600
9 Greg Emslie ZAF 600
9 Pancho Sullivan HAW 600
17 Mick Fanning AUS 410
17 Phillip MacDonald AUS 410
17 Trent Munro AUS 410
17 Nathan Hedge AUS 410
17 Bruce Irons HAW 410
17 C.J. Hobgood USA 410
17 Cory Lopez USA 410
17 Jake Paterson AUS 410
17 Dean Morrison AUS 410
17 Paulo Moura BRA 410
17 Daniel Wills AUS 410
17 Peterson Rosa BRA 410
17 Toby Martin AUS 410
17 Roy Powers HAW 410
17 David Weare ZAF 410
17 Mikael Picon FRA 410
33 Fredrick Patacchia HAW 225
33 Victor Ribas BRA 225
33 Mark Occhilupo AUS 225
33 Richard Lovett AUS 225
33 Bede Durbidge AUS 225
33 Tim Reyes USA 225
33 Chris Ward USA 225
33 Michael Lowe AUS 225
33 Luke Stedman AUS 225
33 Adrian Buchan AUS 225
33 Shaun Cansdell AUS 225
33 Pedro Henrique BRA 225
33 Yuri Sodre BRA 225
33 Jarrad Howse AUS 225


Interesting Kelly Slater interview on Surfing Magazine’s website:
Surfing Magazine Kelly Slater Interview

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News from Hawaii:

Thursday, March 23, 2006

A female surfer was attacked by a shark at about 11:30 a.m. at Leftovers Beach on the North Shore, according to city lifeguards.

The shark apparently bit the surfer's leg, said Bryan Cheplic, spokesman for city lifeguards, noting that the surfer was taken to Kahuku Hospital. Cheplic said he didn't know the extent of the injury or which leg was bitten.

The beach, about one mile south of Waimea Bay, does not have a lifeguard, Cheplic said. Lifeguards have posted shark-sighting warning signs between Laniakea and Waimea, Cheplic said. People are being advised to stay out of the area's water, which is still murky from recent rain runoff.

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Also, from CNN.Com. If it can happen in paradise, can it happen in your backyard?

Sewage spill threatens Hawaii's famous beaches : 'What we feared has happened'

 

 

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Here is an interesting thing to keep tabs on. Big wave contest challenge:
http://www.billabongxxl.com/

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Strong Low Pressure system off of Nova Scotia provided good NE ground swell for Spring Break of 2006.

 

 

Pier Talk


I hit the water for the first time in a couple weeks on Monday.

The surf conditions weren't great, but it was the first swell we have seen in awhile.

So, I was desperate to get wet.

Nothing beats that first plunge into the great blue ocean after an absence from it.

It just seems like everything is washed away, or cleansed.

That first duck dive under a wave just wiped away all previous thoughts.

I finally was surfing again, and nothing else mattered, other than getting to the outside.

The paddle out was non-eventful and I positioned myself inside to catch a quickee, and get one under my belt.

As I waited for the first set, a shark swished by and then dove deep.

That was a jolt!

I then saw a blue crab swimming on top of the water and toward me. The crab was in a desperate attempt to find cover, ...and fast!

Swoosh…one more fly-by from the shark followed by a third.

The shark then swallowed the crab just a few feet behind me!

Bye Bye crab.

Nothing gets the adrenaline pumping faster than seeing a shark up close.

In retrospect, seeing the shark and then catching the first wave, reconfirmed that surfing is one Hell-of-a-Sport.

Who else experiences this thrill other than surfers? To skim along the water's edge and experience dangerous wildlife up close?

When I talk to people about surfing they typically ask, “Aren’t you afraid of sharks?”

My immediate response is, “Yes, of course!”

I’m a Child-of- the-80s and had to live through watching the movie Jaws when it first came out on the big screen. It is naturally engrained in my brain to be scared of sharks.

Who isn’t?

Surfing is a great stress reliever and as the surf got better into Tuesday and Wednesday it made the previous flat spell a distant memory. That first duck-dive on Monday started off a fun Surfing Spring Break of 2006.

I’m glad I got to experience it, minus a shark bite!

Fresh Friday out…Gone Surfing.

Dave Reid
Sales@WeAreH2O.Com




 

 

 

 

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