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07/11/2008
Surfing with Sharks
In New Smyrna Beach, Florida, a photographer shooting surfers serendipitously captured a spinner shark leaping from the waves. One more shot, AFTER THE JUMP...
You can check out the whole sequence of shots here...
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Posted 10:15 AM EST by Andy in Florida, News, Surfing | Permalink
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Wow, New Smyrna beach is also the nude gay beach area when you drive all the way to the end of the national park. Fun place.
Posted by: Jersey | Jul 11, 2008 10:21:45 AM
not so sure i'd let my ten hang at that gay nude beach if there's feeders like that one around.
Posted by: hangTen | Jul 11, 2008 10:35:39 AM
Its amazing, but we really do look like struggling food to them when we play in the water. And thats even before we stripp-off!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: lexxicuss | Jul 11, 2008 10:51:46 AM
I don't think spinner sharks are a particular threat to humans. Still, the panhandle is teeming with sharks. I discovered how hard it truly is to run in waist-deep water a couple years ago when a big black shadow came swimming my way. Seriously, it's like jumping into a shark tank down there.
Posted by: LD | Jul 11, 2008 11:00:45 AM
Uh. HELL NO. That is all I can say.
Posted by: Banne | Jul 11, 2008 11:09:50 AM
Clever photoshopping - the light source on the shark shifts, dramatically, during the sequence of photos, but not on the surfboard rider. Also, the boogie-boarder inexplicably disappears from the last few shots.
Posted by: David B. | Jul 11, 2008 11:21:10 AM
Well DUH David B! He was eaten!
Posted by: john | Jul 11, 2008 11:34:38 AM
Surfing with sharks. See, that's why I was always afraid of "workin'" white trade....crazy, honey.
Posted by: Derrick from Philly | Jul 11, 2008 11:53:23 AM
Oh they are not so bad, just smack them on the snout when they grab a hold of you. I mean the surfers. The sharks? Run Forrest Run!
Posted by: davefromtampa | Jul 11, 2008 11:57:26 AM
LOL@DAVEFROMTAMPA,
I don't know, DAVE. The few times I was approached by what trade, I swear I heard the "Theme from JAWS" in the background. Don't get wrong, I've crossed the race barrier a couple of times, but they were regular gay guys. I got scared when rough white trade came at me--always made me think of Jeffrey Dahmer. I always imagined the Philadelphia Inquirer's headline, "Middle-aged Black Queen Found Sliced To Pieces. No Forced Entry...into the apartment, that is."
'course, now, I'd take anything I could get. As my beloved Vivien Leigh said in "The Roman Spring of Mrs Stone"--"a cut throad would be a convenience now."
Posted by: Derrick from Philly | Jul 11, 2008 12:48:16 PM
"a cut throat"
well, then again, maybe a "throad" is something you find on aging queens?
Posted by: Derrick from Philly | Jul 11, 2008 12:52:03 PM
Photoshop was the first thing I thought of too, but it's awfully good if that.
Posted by: anon | Jul 11, 2008 12:56:18 PM
I recommend the documentary 'Sharkwater'. It is narrated by a *hot* marine biologist who debunks some myths about sharks. The fact is, we are not on the menu for sharks. When they do bite a human, it is because they have mistaken us for smaller prey. That surfer is probably pretty safe on his board.
Posted by: peterparker | Jul 11, 2008 1:20:01 PM
FUCK. THAT. Sharks need their personal space too.
That said, I do LOVE a redhead. Yum!
Posted by: Chas | Jul 11, 2008 2:06:10 PM