Shark In Shallow Waters At 13th Beach
Photo: Sloane
Last Friday on dusk a shark made its way into shallow waters midway along 13th Beach at Boings. The creature swam so close to shore that it hovered on the sandbar, rubbing against local surfer Pat Lockie’s leg as he waited for a set. When Pat felt the shark’s nudge, instinctively, he swung his hand down into the water to defend himself. The shark managed to clinch his hand in it’s jaw but luckily Pat was able to rip his hand from the shark’s mouth emerging with only several deep cuts and a short visit to the surgeons table.
Whilst it has not been confirmed what species of Shark was so close to shore, one newspaper reported it to be a Tiger shark, which seems unlikely as the Tiger shark is not native to Victorian waters or climate.
Issue 3 Letters
Have an interesting story, view to express or something you wish to share with the greater surfing public of Victoria? FOAM welcomes your opinions on surfing in Vicco and invites you to send the editor a letter to appear in issue 3. Send to james@foammag.com.au
2009 Winkipop Recollections
Winter 2009 wasn’t full of great highlights or anything akin the renowned winter of ‘06, but we thought it might be nice to be reminded that we do cop groundswells in Victoria, the reefs do break overhead, crowds do slim and most importantly, unknown surfers in hoods do beautiful, drawn out bottom turns on long Winki walls.
FOAM Magazine issue 3 will be running a photo feature of winter 2009 and will be available from Feb 25th.
Photo: Clare Plueckhahn
Beachy Bliss
Sometime last week 23-year-old filmmaker Ed Saltau set out in search of some hollow Victorian beach breaks to test his new Go Pro HD video camera. Whilst the test run wasn’t without a couple of hiccups, some gold was captured. Look out for more of Saltau’s work in coming weeks.
Video: Ed Saltau
http://www.vimeo.com/8794582One Fine Day
Darren Wilcock, opening his new year account on this fun beachy.
Photos: Steve Arklay Photography
