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Nak
Since 19 May 2005
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 Tue Dec 06, 11 12:05 pm Shark Attack at Seaside Today. |
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Just saw it on Ch 8 news. A women was attacked while surfing. Other surfers got her to shore; she's in the hospital. That's all they have for details. I'm hoping the injuries aren't to severe.
Is it just me, or have the landlords been pretty aggressive this year?
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OG
Since 07 Jun 2011
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| Tue Dec 06, 11 12:16 pm |
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| isn't that 2 in the cove in the last 2 months or something? Prayers out to the victim, I'm going to stay on the mtn for a while
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jdk
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FlyDunes
Since 09 Oct 2007
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| Tue Dec 06, 11 12:22 pm |
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Sharks are great, we should leave them alone....
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boardrider
Since 05 Apr 2006
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| Tue Dec 06, 11 3:38 pm |
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| FlyDunes wrote: | Sharks are great, we should leave them alone....
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Yup - Have to agree w/ that. Don't personally understand 'the earth belongs to me' ideology. We are of this earth, just as all the other animals that inhabit it. If you can't deal with it, stay out of the ocean.
| Nak wrote: | | Is it just me, or have the landlords been pretty aggressive this year? |
I was thinking the same thing. I still think about your encounter when the seals are acting weird..
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forrest
Since 21 Jun 2005
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| Tue Dec 06, 11 3:40 pm |
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That poor Rusty surfboard... That was obviously not a white shark attack. I just spent 3 hours alone in the Cove, Monday after thanksgiving. I saw birds, dolphins, and seals. I'm sure there were also sharks.
This is nothing to freak out about. We all do dangerous, stupid shit, for fun, all the time. The risk is worth the reward.
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FlyDunes
Since 09 Oct 2007
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| Tue Dec 06, 11 4:24 pm |
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Disagree.
If there was a grizzly up at timberline picking off snowboarders, it would be dealt with right away. I don't see much difference. I don't want to co-exist with things that will eat me.
And as for the beauty and majesty of sharks, tuna are also beautiful and amazing fish, but we're driving them to extinction and there's not much noise being made about leaving them alone. I'm way more inclined to protect tuna than sharks. I'd like to see prohibitions against eating tuna for a while, and 6-pack cans of shark at Costco. Maybe tuna should start attacking people to gain protection?
Maybe If I'd had one of these to play with as a kid I'd be more open to the idea of being eaten.
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Nak
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| Tue Dec 06, 11 5:58 pm |
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| FlyDunes wrote: | | Sharks are great, we should leave them alone.... |
| FlyDunes wrote: | Disagree.
If there was a grizzly up at timberline picking off snowboarders, it would be dealt with right away. I don't see much difference. |
Dude, you're confusing me...
| FlyDunes wrote: | | I don't want to co-exist with things that will eat me. |
And now you're attacking the institution of marriage.
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SimPistol
Since 13 Jan 2011
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| Tue Dec 06, 11 6:07 pm |
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Keep in mind this simple fact: We have a better chance of dying in a car wreck on our way to go surf than actually getting bitten by a shark.
Now please excuse me while I drive drunk and smoke cigarettes whilst eating fatty foods and talking on my cell phone. All the while knowing that I am genetically at-risk for high blood pressure and heart disease. Please pass the salt....
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Scriffler
Since 03 Jul 2005
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| Tue Dec 06, 11 6:34 pm |
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If there was a grizzly up at timberline picking off snowboarders, it would be dealt with right away. I don't see much difference. I don't want to co-exist with things that will eat me.
And as for the beauty and majesty of sharks, tuna are also beautiful and amazing fish, but we're driving them to extinction and there's not much noise being made about leaving them alone. I'm way more inclined to protect tuna than sharks. I'd like to see prohibitions against eating tuna for a while, and 6-pack cans of shark at Costco. Maybe tuna should start attacking people to gain protection?
Maybe If I'd had one of these to play with as a kid I'd be more open to the idea of being eaten. |
Come on man, don't you watch shark week? The number of fish in the ocean is directly correlated to the number of apex predators. The less huge fish to eat pinnipeds, as well as other predatory fish, the more OUR food fish are impacted. As far as Grizzlies at Timberline, not since the early 1900's. And I am sure if a problem shark was repeatedly attacking, it would be eliminated.
White sharks are endangered and deserve to be protected. I know they are scary, and I have 3 close friends who have been attacked(one right next to me), but we are in THEIR milieu. Anyone who would not be honored to be bitten by a Great White, in my opinion, does not deserve to enter the ocean.
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barfly
Since 31 Mar 2005
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| Tue Dec 06, 11 6:37 pm |
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| She is in Portland now getting reconstructive surgery on her lower leg. It is pretty mangled but below the knee so hopefully she will retain good use. She's pissed she won't be surfing for two months and her wetsuit and board are ruined!
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Windian
Since 28 Apr 2008
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| Tue Dec 06, 11 7:29 pm |
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I like sharks, grizzle bears, wolves, tigers, lions and the whole apex predator crew. I just wish there was more of them.
Bummer to hear about the attack at Seaside, but that is a possible reality when sharing the ocean with an apex predator.
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dancingwind
Since 18 Jul 2007
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| Wed Dec 07, 11 2:20 am |
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| barfly wrote: | | She is in Portland now getting reconstructive surgery on her lower leg. It is pretty mangled but below the knee so hopefully she will retain good use. She's pissed she won't be surfing for two months and her wetsuit and board are ruined! |
Thanks for the update barfly. Thoughts and prayers with her!!
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forrest
Since 21 Jun 2005
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| Wed Dec 07, 11 7:59 am |
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So it's more serious than originally thought. I hope she'll be able to surf again without any problems.
| dancingwind wrote: | | barfly wrote: | | She is in Portland now getting reconstructive surgery on her lower leg. It is pretty mangled but below the knee so hopefully she will retain good use. She's pissed she won't be surfing for two months and her wetsuit and board are ruined! |
Thanks for the update barfly. Thoughts and prayers with her!! |
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Nak
Since 19 May 2005
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| Wed Dec 07, 11 8:16 am |
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| Thoughts and prayers out to her. Hope she heals fast and is back on the water soon.
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windmtnpete
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