Surfer has run-in with shark
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Surfer has run-in with shark
By Associated Press
(Hanalei-AP) -- A surfer reported a close encounter with a shark off Kauai's North Shore today.
Bruce Orth says he was straddling his surf board while waiting for waves in Kalihiwai Bay near Hanalei when a shark came under him and nipped his board.
Surfers in the area estimated the shark to be about eight feet long.
Orth says he quickly swam to shore as lifeguards closed nearby beaches and posted shark warning signs. He was not injured.
Kalihiwai Bay is not far from where teenage surfer Bethany Hamilton lost her left arm in a shark attack October 31st.
On January first, 2002, teenage body boarder Hoku Aki lost part of his leg while body boarding in murky water near Kauai's Brennecke Beach on the South Shore.
(Copyright 2004 by the Associated Press. All right reserved.) "
Surfer has run-in with shark
By Associated Press
(Hanalei-AP) -- A surfer reported a close encounter with a shark off Kauai's North Shore today.
Bruce Orth says he was straddling his surf board while waiting for waves in Kalihiwai Bay near Hanalei when a shark came under him and nipped his board.
Surfers in the area estimated the shark to be about eight feet long.
Orth says he quickly swam to shore as lifeguards closed nearby beaches and posted shark warning signs. He was not injured.
Kalihiwai Bay is not far from where teenage surfer Bethany Hamilton lost her left arm in a shark attack October 31st.
On January first, 2002, teenage body boarder Hoku Aki lost part of his leg while body boarding in murky water near Kauai's Brennecke Beach on the South Shore.
(Copyright 2004 by the Associated Press. All right reserved.) "
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