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13-Year Old Girl Attacked By Shark At (Surprise) New Smyrna Beach- www.surfcontestinfo.com

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 14:51:07 +0000

13-Year Old Girl Attacked By Shark At (Surprise) New Smyrna Beach

updated - 8/14/2008

New Smyrna Beach, Fla. — A 13-year-old girl underwent surgery on Tuesday after being attacked by a shark off New Smyrna Beach, beach patrol officials said.

The girl, a tourist from New York, was bitten on her right leg between her ankle and knee while in waist-deep water near the 400 block of South Street, according to the Volusia County Beach Patrol.

The girl was transported to Bert Fish Medical Center in New Smyrna Beach.

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13-Year Old Girl Attacked By Shark At (Surprise) New Smyrna Beach

updated - 8/14/2008

As reported on www.tampabays10.com

New Smyrna Beach, Fla. — A 13-year-old girl underwent surgery on Tuesday after being attacked by a shark off New Smyrna Beach, beach patrol officials said.

The girl, a tourist from New York, was bitten on her right leg between her ankle and knee while in waist-deep water near the 400 block of South Street, according to the Volusia County Beach Patrol.

The girl was transported to Bert Fish Medical Center in New Smyrna Beach.

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13-Year Old Girl Attacked By Shark At (Surprise) New Smyrna Beach

updated - 8/14/2008

As reported on www.tampabays10.com

New Smyrna Beach, Fla. — A 13-year-old girl underwent surgery on Tuesday after being attacked by a shark off New Smyrna Beach, beach patrol officials said.

The girl, a tourist from New York, was bitten on her right leg between her ankle and knee while in waist-deep water near the 400 block of South Street, according to the Volusia County Beach Patrol.

The girl was transported to Bert Fish Medical Center in New Smyrna Beach.

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Kelley Slater WINS Billabong Pro Jeffreys Bay- www.surfcontestinfo.com

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:52:51 +0000

Slater takes out Fanning in the finals at Jeffreys Bay, South Africa.

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Heat # 1 Men Final More info ... Heat Scores Wave/Wave	singlet	plc	pts	name	from
	Red		1	16.73	Kelly Slater	USA
	Blue		2	9.40	Mick Fanning	AUS

Best 2 Waves - Time Remaining : finished

K.Slater

Average	judges scores
	IC	BL	AI	PA	EB
3.33	2.5	3.5	4.0	3.0	3.5
1.83	1.8	2.0	2.0	1.7	1.7
0.93	0.8	1.0	1.0	0.5	1.0
0.43	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.3	0.3
2.67	3.5	2.5	2.5	2.0	3.0
3.90	4.0	4.5	2.8	3.7	4.0
8.50	9.5	8.0	9.0	8.5	8.0
5.60	4.8	6.0	4.8	6.0	6.0
2.57	1.5	2.8	2.6	3.5	2.3
8.23	8.5	7.5	8.8	8.7	7.5
0.80	0.7	1.0	0.5	0.7	1.0
Total of 11 waves

M.Fanning

Average	judges scores
	IC	BL	AI	PA	EB
1.50	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5
2.83	3.0	2.2	3.0	3.5	2.5
1.63	1.2	1.8	1.8	1.3	1.8
4.67	4.5	3.8	5.0	5.0	4.5
2.60	2.8	2.3	2.7	2.8	2.0
4.73	5.0	4.0	4.2	5.5	5.0
3.00	3.3	2.7	3.5	3.0	2.7
1.10	1.3	1.5	1.0	1.0	1.0
Total of 8 waves

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Massive shark sighting at Drug Aware Pro

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:37:20 +0000

Drug Aware Pro presented by O'Neill/Massive shark sighting halts competition after competitors were greeted with near perfect conditions

updated - 4/9/2008
Wednesday, 9 April 2008

A shark sighting by a competitor at the infamous Southside break, Margaret River, Western Australia, has derailed the third day of competition at the Drug Aware Pro Margaret River presented by O'Neill.

Amee Donohoe (McMasters Beach, NSW) saw the shark as she was paddling back out to the line-up after catching a wave in the ninth heat of the morning's action.

Donohoe, who was leading the heat at the time, saw what she described as a "massive fin and a wide girth" and quickly came in.

"I was paddling back out through the channel and saw this massive fin, it was really wide. I got a pretty good look at it – good enough to not want to stay in the water."

Currently rated fourth in the world, Donohoe alerted her fellow competitors and event organisers, signalling a swift end to competition.

"I've surfed all over the world with dolphins hundreds of times before and at places like Ballina on the East Coast, so I knew when I saw the fin it didn't belong to a dolphin," she said.

"The width and the girth of the shadow was massive," she said.

Locals have reported a spate of shark sightings in recent weeks. Allegedly feeding on the large abundance of salmon in the Margaret River area, today's sighting is not out of the ordinary, but is concerning nonetheless, both for competitors and event organisers.

ASP World Tour Head Judge, Perry Hatchett highlighted that the competitor's safety is the prime concern.

"We have to adhere to the safety protocol which consists of keeping the water clear of all competitors," he said.

"At this current point in time we have water patrol moving around the area making sure the competition area is clear and safe. From here we will meet again to make a judgement on whether the surfers will return to the water today based purely upon safety," he stated.

Based upon ASP rules, the heat will be re-started and all scores will still remain.

As a matter of safety, jet skis will patrol the competition area to keep the situation under control and provide the surfers with a hasty escape from the water.

"As long as they are more content with salmon as opposed to the surfers I'll be happy," Donohoe said.

"I'm still a bit rattled, but I trust everyone's judgement and have full confidence in the event staff to look after the surfers," she said.

Perfect conditions for the top seeds

As the 6-star prime-rated ASP World Qualifying Series (WQS) event for Men and 5-star Women's event continued with the inclusion of the top seeded surfers, outstanding surfing from some of the world's best was what resulted.

Current World No. 4 four-rated surfer and the event's top seed Jeremy Flores (FRA), was in devastating form.

Flores, who has been outstanding with some impressive results to begin his 2008 campaign, enjoyed the excellent 2.5m conditions.

"It was really good out there this morning. It's about six foot and awesome," he said.

"I just want to take this event heat-by-heat and have fun."

Nathan Hedge (North Narabeen, NSW) was also in awesome form.

"This is really good Margaret's today," he said.

Aiming to return to the top tier of surfing on the ASP World Tour, Hedge is looking at this week's event with an eye for qualifying for the 2009 Tour.

"I'm just going to hit the WQS as hard as I possibly can this year. I want to be back on the Tour this time next year."

In the women's competition, teenage dynamo Sally Fitzgibbons (Gerroa, NSW) won her second round heat and advanced in the competition.

With the swell set to continue to rise considerably, the rest of the week looks to be epic.

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Slater Ready to Ring the Bell at the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:15:29 +0000

KELLY IS LEAVING TODAY FOR BELLS BEACH! DIDN'T I TELL YOU, EVEN I NEVER KNOW WHAT HE IS GOING TO DO NEXT. HE HEARD THERE WAS A SWELL COMING SO OFF HE GOES........I REALLY SHOULD WAIT NEXT TIME TO GIVE HIM AMPLE TIME TO EXAMINE THE SITUATION, AND 4 MINUTES BEFORE IT STARTS I'LL LET YOU KNOW.........I HAVE BEEN LIVING LIKE THIS FOR A LIFETIME, ON THE EDGE.
PLANNING IS GOOD......
ANYWAY, I HOPE HE WINS BUT BELLS IS A FUNNY PLACE. I HOPE FOR THE BEST MAN TO WIN, AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED ITS KELLY BUT WHAT DO I KNOW??????
JUDY SLATER

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Slater Ready to Ring the Bell at the Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:08:35 +0000

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Billabong Sebastian Inlet Pro Junior/ FINALS

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 21:13:05 +0000

Congratulations Cory Arrambide & Christa Alves

March 10th, 2008 www.surfcontestinfo.com

Sebastian Inlet, Fl - Cory Arrambide and Christa Alves took out their respective divisions today at the Billabong Jr Pro in testy, tricky 2 foot waves.

Cory, from Ventura, Ca had to defeat a local contingent consisting of the Geiselman brothers, Eric and Evan and Jax Beach local Evan Thompson. The Geiselman's started off the final strong, basically having a man on man final before Cory came soaring back to post scores of a 9.00 and 8.5 to take a commanding lead and hold on it to the final bell.

Christa, a local surfer took out the Jr. Women's final that consisted of 3 previous Sebastian Inlet Jr Pro winners, Courtney Conologue, Sage Erickson and Christa herself. Local surfer Haley Watson rounded out the Jr Women's final. By winning the event, and coming in 2nd, Christa and Courtney conologue find themselves ranked to be invited to the ASP World Jr Championships in Australia for 2009.

Congratulations to Cory and Christa.

Jr Men's Results
1st - Cory Arrambide
2nd - Evan Giesleman
3rd - Eric Gieselman
4th - Evan Thompson

Jr Women's results
1st - Christa Alvez
2nd - Courtney Conologue
3rd - Haley Watson
4th - Sage Erickson

Billabong Sebastian Inlet Pro Junior/ FINALS

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 21:09:42 +0000

Billabong Sebastian Inlet Pro Junior/ FINALS

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 21:04:51 +0000