Greg Long get tapped

And we were all worried about Dungeons......Greg is a very lucky man to say the least! Well, he has this behind him and another competition in May at Dungeons near Seal Island. How scary are those prospects? God Bless!

Close call with shark closes North Shore beaches


Officials will decide Thursday whether to re-open North Shore beaches after a shark incident Wednesday afternoon. A California visitor was bumped off his surfboard by a shark at Rocky Point near Sunset Beach. Beaches all along the North Shore were closed because of the close call, and shark sighting signs were posted.

Greg Long's board was hit by the shark, but it didn't bite him. "Out of nowhere just got launched up out of my board, he came up from straight underneath and hit right underneath the board and threw me right into the air," Long said. "And I landed basically right on top of him, right next to him.

If I was lying on my board he must have missed me by no more than a quarter of an inch. So, luckiest man alive on the North Shore as far as I say."

Even with the warning signs posted, surfers still hit the water. Long says he does not plan to stop surfing. Statistics show Florida has had the most shark attacks, followed by California, Texas and Hawaii in 2004.

There were seven deaths worldwide, including one in Hawaii, in 2004. Investigators suspect it was a tiger shark that killed Maui surfer Will McInnis last April.


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