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Schafer was attacked while kitesurfing around 4:15 p.m. about 500 yards (460 m) off an unguarded section of a beach south of Stuart Beach in Martin County, Florida. Authorities initially thought multiple sharks may have been involved in the incident due to reports by rescuers that he was surrounded by sharks.
Kiteboarding or kitesurfing [1] is a sport that involves using wind power with a large power kite to pull a rider across a water, land, snow, sand, or other surface. It combines the aspects of paragliding, surfing, windsurfing, skateboarding, snowboarding, and wakeboarding. Kiteboarding is among the less expensive and more convenient sailing ...
According to the International Shark Attack File (ISAF), between 1958 and 2016 there were 2,785 confirmed unprovoked shark attacks around the world, of which 439 were fatal. [25] Between 2001 and 2010, an average of 4.3 people per year died from shark attacks. [3] In 2000, there were 79 shark attacks reported worldwide, 11 of them fatal. [26]
Soon after, at 2:56 p.m., the sheriff's office and fire department responded to a second shark incident at Sandy Shores Court area off Seacrest Beach in Walton County.
A Florida man recently survived a once-in-a-lifetime encounter of being bitten by a shark for the second time in just over a decade. On Friday, Oct. 25, Cole Taschman was surfing at Florida’s ...
A swimmer was seriously injured in a shark attack on the Southern California coast Sunday, prompting temporary beach closures, authorities said. The attack happened Sunday morning at Del Mar City ...
A shark barrier (otherwise known as a "shark-proof enclosure" or "beach enclosure") is seabed-to-surface protective barrier that is placed around a beach to protect people from shark attacks. Often confused with shark nets , shark barriers form a fully enclosed swimming area that prevents sharks from entering (nets aim to reduce shark ...
This is a 9-foot 8-inch great white shark reeled in from Panama City Beach in Florida on Sunday morning. The folks who reeled it in call themselves the Dark Side Sharkers and specialize in catch ...