This year has been particularly harsh for shark attacks.
North Carolina shores were terrorized by an unprecedented spate of shark attacks early in the summer. Surf hotbed Réunion Island has continued its alarmingly high rate of shark attacks, and an increase in attacks on surfers on Australia’s Gold Coast have locals calling for a shark cull. Top all that off with Mick Fanning having fight off a great white at the 2015 J-Bay Open in South Africa.
Experts say that the real reason shark attacks have been on the rise is an increase in beachgoers and ocean temperatures. Luckily, one Australian inventor has taken measures to preventing further attacks on surfers … More
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An entitled Qatari speed demon who drag raced a Ferrari and a Porsche through a quiet Beverly Hill neighborhood claimed he was protected under diplomatic immunity — and then threatened to have an onlooker killed and yelled “F–k America,” witnesses said.
Police are investigating video from the harrowing Saturday night drag race between a yellow Ferrari LaFerrari with a Qatar license plate and a white Porsche 911. The wild ride ended in front of a $10 million rental home.
Freelance video journalist Jacob Rogers filmed … More
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There’s no quick fix for post-traumatic stress disorder, but research has shown that surfing’s physicality and flow can give victims some relief and a way forward. The author hit the water with his close friend Brian, a former Navy SEAL whose service in Afghanistan beat up his body, tortured his mind, and pushed him into a zone where violence—against himself or others—seemed inevitable.
Four men in camouflage fatigues stop our car. “ID,” one says.
I pull out my wallet and hand him my license.
“What’re you doing on base?” the soldier asks.
“We’re going surfing,” I tell him, nodding at the boards stacked in the back of the car. He glances at my friend, in the passenger seat, who I’ll call … More
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Hunt and Simpson win Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series stop in Polignano a Mare, Italy, on September 13, 2015.
The 31-year-old Englishman pulled off five 10s in three rounds of competition and finished with a running take-off and a personal best of 548.20 points, making it six out of seven victories this season. On his heels in the penultimate stop as well as in the overall standings is Colombia’s Orlando Duque in second, closely followed by Jonathan Paredes from Mexico only 2.45 points behind. In the 2015 Women’s World Series American Rachelle Simpson defended her overall title by taking her second victory in three competitions in front of an enthusiastic crowd of 55,000 Italian cliff diving aficionados
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