Almost 33 years to the day since Jaws first thrashed his motorized snout over the gunwale of Richard Dreyfusss boat, that chromatic duh-dah, duh-dah, duh-dah just refuses to die. This time, its Mandibulas, risen recently in the Ixtapa area of Replica Breitling K1335611-A5-4 Windrider Chronomat Men's Watch Mexico. A spate of shark attacks caused two severe injuries, one death and, according to the LA Times review of the situation, a ceremonial shark massacre and community panic.Ichthyologists are pointing to a perfect storm of shark trends (depleted populations plus La Ni?a) and human emotion that has led to massive shark hunts and beach closings that would make Mayor Vaughn cringe.
Do surfers bear responsibility for any of this? Two attacks occurred around river mouths, which a shark specialist describes as great places to be a shark. While some surfers swear by electric shark repellents and a certain Kahuna fatalism, critics, including the embattled local tourism industry, blame boarders for a selfish recklessness that is Replica Breitling A3235011-B7 Aeromarine Men's Watch helping to give the beaches a bad rep. This despite the fact that shark attacks cause only 3.8 fatalities globally, per year. Quick quiz. Which has caused more fatalities in the last 16 years in the US: shark attacks or collapsing sand hole incidents? You guessed it, sand-hole-related deaths. According to the International Shark Attack File, run by the Florida Museum of Natural History, they outnumber shark fatalities, 16 to 12.--Matthew Fishbane
Evidently, gangs of no-name Malibu surfers really, really like to hang out with Matthew McConaughey. A dozen or so of them attacked several paps trying to get photos and video of the hunky actor near Paradise Cove on Saturday, according to the Los Angeles Times. They started diplomatically, first offering the photogs $1,000 to Replica Breitling A7135 Windrider Cockpit Ladies' Watch leave. (As though A. d-list surfers who self-proclaim that they “drink beer and party” as a job have $1,000 and B. that’s more than a video of obnoxious surfers trying to beat up paparazzo is worth).One sensible, hip-cocked surfer said, Lets go. Well draw a line in the beach, and well fight for the beach.
