I love great marketing ploys. I also have a fascination with sharks. Imagine my excitement when I came across this desktop wallpaper.
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Q: What do you get when you cross Flipper with Jaws?A: A fish that will bite you in half then save you from drowning.
But seriously folks, as a follow up to my Surfing With Jaws story, I would like to retell the events which happened at a local beach (about 45 minute’s drive from here) in 2004.
Four people were doing [...]

It was the summer of 99… oooo yeah (in my best Bryan Adams voice). Me and my good buddy Les were surfing at Elliots’ beach, Far North, New Zealand. It was a brilliant summer’s day, the waves were small but clean, and I was out the back by myself waiting for the next set (Les was grovelling further in [...]

In 1975 the movie “Jaws” was released. I was too young too see it, being only 3 years old at the time. Interestingly enough, the film conjured up so many scares that beach attendance was down in the summer of 1975 due to its profound impact. When “Jaws 2″ screened my siblings (being a decade older than me), having [...]