ERIC GEISELMAN BUMPED BY SHARK IN NORCAL
Florida surfer blasted off board north of Santa Cruz
Eric Geiselman, like most surfers, really hates sharks. He often sits with his feet on his board in sharky areas. Yesterday, during a crappy evening session at a break north of Santa Cruz, the Florida ripper was blasted from below by what is believed to have been a white shark.
This just came in via the site http://superspectacularadventures.com -- in Eric's own words. (Check back for a video interview.)
"I don't even know how to describe it. Everything happened so quickly! I was surfing with my brother Evan and Taylor Brothers at this wave north of town. The waves were sh..ty and it was raining. I wasn't even that motivated to go out. Evan and Taylor were in typical 'grom' mode and wanted to have a paddle. Jay Thompson and a couple other guys were out surfing too.
"Right before it was getting dark everyone went in except us. I was sitting out the back just waiting for a wave. I had my back towards the ocean looking straight towards the beach to lineup when it happened.
"Out of nowhere I got attacked from underneath. My board broke instantly right underneath me from the crazy force and I pretty much fell through my board but somehow managed to keep the front end under me. I knew right away I was being attacked and sort of just went into panic mode. I actually kicked it to when I was scrambling to get away. I was screaming to my brother who was about 30 yards away from me. My leash was still attached to the back end of my board when I was scratching to get away, but I was too scared to even reach back and undo it!
"What was so crazy is that we weren't even that far off the beach. Luckily I made it in to the shore. Somehow my board didn't get a bite in it? Luckily, it hit me by my fins, so I think that might have spooked it. It was definitely the scariest thing that has ever happen to me. It's crazy because it felt like a really bad nightmare. So scary to know how helpless you are in the water when something like that goes down! Thank God that's all that happened!" |
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