"Starting with body surfing until Uncle Billy heard of surfboards coming out of Hawaii and California back in the 60's. Jacksonville Beach and the pier is where the waves come in and families enjoy learning about ocean skills. Many children of our families had their first experience "jumping the waves",sailing or fishing. Someone always wanted a weekend trip to sail or camp at the river, fish or surf the waves.The ocean has taught us, and we became activists because of this intense inter connection to water and the ocean or sea around the globe!"
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"Mom did not explain very well that it was body surfing which helped save her when the shark held her leg in his mouth or that 2 more sharks were spotted coming towards her at the time as documented. Or that she almost lost her leg due to infection. Her voice holds anxiety when she speaks of her experience."
"Without the ocean experience one which involved swimming the ocean, surfing the waves or fishing the shore our education would have been incomplete both in spirit, fortitude and grace. The power of the ocean and the lessons it teaches the global communities should benefit us all."
"Cases would only be noted, now issues are discussed on forums. If not for that survival mode, the panic and anxiety, the pain, and then the search for answers our paths would not have crossed. Al Brenneka, who was a 17 year old surfer in 1976 was one of the first interviewed and televised shark survivors in the world along with Rodney Fox, an Australian diver and fellow shark conservationist. Since that time shark attack research has advanced but no one really knows when a shark might cross your path."
dedicated to Al Brenneka
35th year shark survivor
Thanksgiving 2011
dedicated to those in harm's way
HAPPY THANKSGIVING SOLDIERS, SAILORS
AIRMEN
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