Archive for the ‘Bodyboarding, bodysurfing & Skimboarding’ Category
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Apr
Sharks: Fact And Fiction
Surfers have plenty of theories about what attracts sharks and what makes a spot sharky. Peeing in your wetsuit. Blood. Colored wetsuits. Rivermouths. Murky water. Deep canyons. Et cetera. In the interest of separating fact from fiction, SURFING Editor-at-Large Taylor Paul brought a list of these theories, which he gathered through an informal survey of the SURFING staff, to present to Dr. Salvador Jorgensen, a research scientist and shark expert at the Monterey Bay Aquarium — and also a dedicated surfer. So does scientific research confirm or deny our sharky superstitions? Here’s what Dr. Sal had to say … More