Neil Salunga, Shark Fighter (?)
October 15, 2008 by Martin Brody · View Comments
(Another account of aggressive sharks in California’s Red Triangle. Although we wonder – who the hell is Neil Salunga and why does the San Diego Reader Weekly care? Yet we post it anyway… -MB)
By “Ollie” – San Diego Reader Weekly
Name: Neil Salunga
Age: 29
Occupation: Firefighter
Lives in: San Ysidro
Pre-surf music: N.W.A.
Girls in the water?: “Total distraction.”
Neil Salunga [...]
Oahu Shark Attack: Surfer Recovering
September 10, 2008 by Martin Brody · View Comments
Amateur surfer Todd Murashige was attacked Tuesday evening off the windward side of Oahu, by what is suspected to have been a large tiger shark.
The Fear Beneath staff wishes Todd all the best for a speedy recovery.
HONOLULU, OAHU
By Ron Mizutani
A 40-year-old Kaneohe man remains at the Queen’s Medical Center recovering from a shark attack [...]
EXCLUSIVE!!! Shark Attacks Surfer at Surf Beach, Lompoc
September 9, 2008 by Martin Brody · View Comments
The Fear Beneath brings you an *exclusive* report from the shark-y waters of Lompoc, in Northern Santa Barbara County, where earlier this year we reported on our exclusive picture of a Bixby White Shark Kill! Please report any shark sighting, encounter, or attack to either The Fear Beneath or The Shark Research Committee.
SURF BEACH, LOMPOC [...]
Surfer Barely Avoids Shark Attack at Byron Bay
September 1, 2008 by Martin Brody · View Comments
BYRON BAY, AUSTRALIA
Broad Beach surfer Ben Vining felt like a sitting duck after what he says was a shark knocked him from his board at Byron Bay.
Mr. Vining has told of his ordeal in the surf at Tallows beach on Saturday, saying his board was carried off by a rip and he had to wait [...]
Shark Attack epidemic continues in New Smyrna Beach
August 27, 2008 by Martin Brody · View Comments
NEW SMYRNA BEACH
Beach Patrol and emergency medical officials responded to the Ponce de Leon Inlet this morning to treat Volusia County’s 18th shark bite of the year.
Capt. Scott Petersohn said he had no details immediately available about the incident other than it occurred near the jetty.
The bite comes less than a week after an unidentified [...]
Surfer Recovering After Shark Attack
August 25, 2008 by Martin Brody · View Comments
NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Florida
A surfer is recovering Monday after being bitten during a shark attack off New Smyrna Beach.
The unidentified 20-year-old was bitten on the leg at about 3 p.m. Sunday just south of 27th Avenue in New Smyrna Beach.
The man made it back to shore and was treated at the beach before being taken [...]

