Originally Posted by notfred
As a surfer, I thought I'd chime in just to say that surfers pretty much never think about being attacked by sharks. Only when non-surfing friends bring up the topic, since it seems to be the most interesting thing about surfing to those that don't do it.
Reminds me that I have to take up surfing. Usually when the weather is too crappy to have fun riding the boat out to a dive site those same swells make for some good surfing... I'd never be at a loss for something to do in the water.
Of course the big question is, how the heck does a 32 year old learn to surf?
I should also point out that scuba divers don't sit around thinking about shark attacks either. Riding my bike to work is far more dangerous than diving.