A scientist in a helicopter saw and photographed a great white shark at Monterey Bay estimated at 18 feet long and perhaps 5,000 pounds.
It was the biggest of 15 great white sharks that marine biologist Giancarlo Thomae counted last week from a helicopter. Most of the sharks were close to shore at one of Monterey Bay’s most popular areas for paddleboarding, kayaking, swimming and fishing … More
No one goes looking for a fight with a shark. Some of the most ancient predators on earth, sharks are cunning, powerful, and lethal when they intend to be, arousing in humans what at worst manifests as crippling fear – galeophobia – and at best, a healthy aversion.
Unprovoked shark attack incident numbers are steadily climbing each decade, and we’re left to wonder what’s going on, and what we surfers can do about it.
It’s no secret that our sustained human activity has dramatically … More
Home. A place to clean up, rejuvenate, rest. Above all, rest. We all need one, and the new voyaging canoe Mo‘okiha O Pi‘ilani is no different. The canoe needs a home, their crew says. And it needs it now.
“Mostly, I’m looking for a safe berthing place for this canoe where kids can get out of the bus and walk over and step onto it,” Tim Gilliom, the canoe’s captain, told me recently. “They have to be able to step onto it. Kupuna too. The governor can’t even … More
Dane Jackson ventures to a kayaker’s paradise in Veracruz, Mexico to chase some of the most challenging waterfalls in the world.