Shark in Santa Cruz

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Shark in Santa Cruz

Post by mcfly777 » Mon Sep 15, 2014 1:30 pm

I really want to kite in the waves. But maybe next year.

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Post by Artem » Mon Sep 15, 2014 1:40 pm

The comments are really nice MJ0_ :)!

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Post by gatorjos » Mon Sep 15, 2014 10:18 pm

we were walking along the beach at Scott creek two weeks back and noticed a dead seal on the beach with a half moon laceration on his underbelly. Now it could be that it died of natural causes and the sea gulls got creative of course, or...
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Post by le noun » Tue Sep 16, 2014 11:35 pm

OMG... A great white eating a seal... that's unusual. MJ0_
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Post by gatorjos » Wed Sep 17, 2014 8:15 am

not saying it's unusual in that area obviously, but I had never seen one on the beach before...
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Post by NorCalNomad » Wed Sep 17, 2014 1:26 pm

We just need to get some foils out there and take care if the sharks like Sherman salmon :P


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Post by gatorjos » Wed Sep 17, 2014 11:02 pm

unlike WA where culling is all the rage: http://beachgrit.com/opinion-sharks-target-humans/
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