Freaked out by sharks in the lineup?
Here’s a solution: Get really good at hydrofoil surfing (i.e. to where you never fall, hopping from wave to wave while still standing), and then soar above the lineup, leaving the toothy beasts to the depths below. That is, unless the sharks can jump…
Anyway, that’s what Floridian pro surfer Eric Geiselman does below; give it a watch.
Captioning the video, Geiselman wrote:
“Sharks everywhere lately.”
And the clip does show quite a bit of sharks over the course of a couple seconds – at least seven, but a qyuick count. Florida, where Geiselman is from, is notoriously sharky. These ones are small, but that doesn’t mean they don’t bite. In fact, as we previously published from a recently released database of all things shark attacks, Florida is the most common place in the United States to get attacked by a shark. (Mostly tiger and bull sharks.)
Comments on the post included:
“Haha they better look out!”
“Have you hit one yet?”
“That wave was an obstacle course!”
“Crazy how many you see up there while foiling.”
“Last summer my friend cut a tarpon in half with his kite powered one. Ripped the mast out and everything”
The commenters make some good points: 1) It is like an obstacle course, so much so that it would be surprising if he didn’t hit a shark. 2) The hydrofoil is the best defense in a situation like this. Those things are sharp. And they cut through water with a lot of speed. A shark wouldn’t stand a chance if sliced by a hydrofoil at high speed.
Either way, one shark sighting is too many for one wave; this is next level.
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