Davenport:Shark mauls sailboard; surfer lives

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Date: Sun Oct 01 1995 - 10:18:15 PDT


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Subject: Davenport:Shark mauls sailboard; surfer lives 

Shark mauls sailboard; surfer lives
Mercury News Staff Report
Published 10/01/95 in the San Jose Mercury News.

A Santa Cruz windsurfer escaped injury when he was attacked by a shark just
off Davenport Landing on Friday.

The surfer involved in the 5:30 p.m. attack just north of Davenport,
identified as Mike Sullivan, couldn't be reached for comment Saturday. But
Matt Haut, who works at Haut Surf and Sail in Santa Cruz, said he witnessed
the incident, which he termed ``pretty hairy.''

``I saw this real thrashing, lots of white water spray everywhere,'' said
Haut, who was windsurfing 30 or 40 feet from the spot of the attack. ``I
saw his board being carried upwind and I saw him swimming frantically away
from his gear. I knew something was wrong and I sailed up between him and
his board.

``I saw death in his eyes. He was really, really scared.''

Although the attacked surfer managed to swim ashore and wasn't hurt, Haut
said, his board was pocked with teeth marks.

``It's definitely a shark bite,'' said Sean Van Sommeran, executive
director of the Pelagic Shark Research Foundation in Santa Cruz, who
examined the bitten board and talked with several witnesses. He estimated
the animal's size at 12 to 15 feet long.
~ Ken Follosco ~
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