"Almost jumped the shark!"


The forecast for Memorial Day weekend was 80% chance of thunderstorms, but we were still hoping to get some wind after the storms had passed.

Unfortunately, they didn't leave any behind because after about 10 minutes on the water it just wasn't happening anymore. The surf was too big with winds blowing about 10mph. On her last attempt to make it out past the breakers, Meagan almost landed on a big hammerhead shark just chillin' in the surf. Needless to say, that was the end of her session. After hanging out with Hannah and Neil and hoping for some wind, we headed home. On the downhill slope of the beach bridge we heard a metal clang as if we had run over something and then Kimo stopped responding. After an hour's wait, Danny from A+ towing came to our rescue and brought Kimo safely home. Oh how we are missing that van already.

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What the deuce! A hammer

astro-smash's picture
Submitted by astro-smash on Wed, 05/27/2009 - 16:32.
What the deuce! A hammer head! How big? What is the prognosis for Kimo? Will Megan still brave the Gulf? So many question!

The prognosis

Meagan Glover's picture
Submitted by Meagan Glover on Wed, 05/27/2009 - 22:15.
The prognosis for Kimo is $$$. But, we just installed some sweet board racks so we can't part with him now! Yes, we do have hammerhead sharks here which like to come into the shallows and for some reason that one reminded me of a mullet so I'm not getting out of the Gulf anytime soon. Watch out sharks, you aren't the only ones with fins! I think they have spotted some record breakers from the helicopters but this one was hard to see because the water was so churned up. I saw a big fin and a wide body, but I couldn't see it's entire length. Trust me, I didn't stick around too long to get a better look but rather went screaming back downwind. I couldn't believe it, I was SOOO angry because after about 20 passes up and down the beach I was FINALLY about to be out past the breakers. ARGGH!