Young man attacked in Florida wearing his new Christmas present!
And let the lawsuits begin! Shark repellent magnetic technology’s PowerBalance moment! First, let us read the tale of brave Florida surfer Zack Davis and his fight against a watery beast in The Mirror shall we?
Zack Davis, 16, was surfing in Florida, US, when he was attacked by a Blacktip shark.
The schoolboy, who had never been attacked by a shark before, says he was wearing a new shark repellent armband Christmas present for the first time when he was attacked.
The attack left him with gashes across his arm which required almost 50 stitches.
His mother has been left outraged and is seeking a refund from the maker of the anti-shark device.
The local CBS12 channel reports the teenager ended up in hospital with a large jaws bite on his arm.
Zack says he was wearing a new band with magnetic technology that advertises it repels sharks away from swimmers.
“I got this for Christmas,” Zack said.
The green plastic band that looks like a watch with no face “is a shark band and it was supposed to keep sharks away and the first time I wore it, and I go surfing a lot, but the first time I wore it- I get bit. “
“Zack’s mum, who is shaken by all this says she hopes to at least get her $80 back for the Shark Banz that the family say didn’t work.
The armband maker has been approached for comment but has yet to respond.
An outraged mom, a bloody mess, a Christmas present gone horribly awry! And do you recall how surf brand Modom incorporated Sharkbanz tech into very expensive leashes ($180 in the U.S. $250 in Australia)? Do you recall how our friend’s at Stab jumped in with both feet, thrilling at the product and pushing it through parent company Surfstitch? Oh read a wonderful piece of investigative journalism from the dearly departed Rory Parker here!
Now that the wheels are all the way and spectacularly off… read this sentence again… “the first time I wore it, and I go surfing a lot, but the first time I wore it- I get bit.” What will happen? Of course lawyers are circling the Davis family, promising forever riches. But will Modom pull the leash? Will Stab issue an apology? Will they disappear the embarrassing post?
Let’s wait and see!
But while we’re waiting have you ever seen a cooler post-attack look than Zack Davis’s?
So long Sharkbanz… Hello fame!
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It produces electric pulses and sends them through the water ……in order to deter the Sharks….
Didn’t they attract the shark in JAWS 2 or was it 3, with electric pulses? Hhahaa
Clearly, his mom is the one who should be attacked by sharks for being dumb enough to think this product would actually work. Or, maybe he was on Santa’s naughty list and this was a gift from Krampus..
I wanna see a product demo in muddy water off Reunion Island…
Corpo meeting…
“Some kid got bit wearing our fake shark repellant band!”
“No way… your kidding, right? seriously?”
*long pause
“FUCK”
These shark repellents are only a bloody marketing thing
The bottom line is every product has its limitations. Media and consumers love to sensationalize any product that touts it protects even if the company/brand sets expectations and claims to what their product can do. We seem to skip that part of the warning or website. How about a deeper dive into this story. No avalanche backpack, car seatbelt, bear spray or big wave inflatable vest is perfect. No protective device is going to save you every time you use it. Maybe this is the bigger conversation we need to have. We are not invincible and no product is guaranteed to protect us from every variable out there. If you buy the product read the warning label. Know what it will and will not do.
So are you buying one?
“Seriously? Really Jay? Really?”
Shark attack, a dig a Stab and you even got Rory in there. What a way to end the year.
50 stitches …..???? Call that a bite?
Try checking out Ulu Boy’s 900 + stitches…..
https://vimeo.com/174619296
I heard Quik was buying this company!!!
Refund? If surviving a shark attack doesn’t get him laid plenty, picture sure will…
Well goddamnit, he was apparently wearing it on the wrong arm.
Right, he should have been wearing one on each limb.
Boss-man put them in the shop.
As I tell customers when they ask, ‘Do they work?’.
“There is only one way to find out.”
Indeed you need one for each limb, a choke collar version and lastly the butt plug edition to be safe for sure.
Whoa whoa whoa , who the fuck calls their mom, mum in Florida ijs born and raised. Bless his little ignorant heart we’ve known that spot as a stingray hole in a local reef where bulls are a constant, go to the inlet next time.
Classy move, mocking a photo of a 16 year old kid after he’s been attacked by a shark.
Oh Bob… do I really read that callous? That rude? I’m not being sarcastic! The kid looks like James Dean!
It is, to say the least, a bad ass looking photo.
Chaz- I’m trying to stop making comments about your dubious sexuality because I am truly open minded about that sort of thing, but you swooning about the young boy looking like James Dean really skeeves me out.
If BJ has misread the situation, apologies are in order
Out of interest what is the age of consent when it comes to mocking photos of shark attack victims?
The book of Standards in Surf Journalism says 18 for boy 21 for girl.
The book of I’ve fished that spot for 20 years and every time I hooked something a bull shark nailed it, so it’s kind of the kids fault for being where he was, it’s a reef, that is infested.
There is none, but as the age approaches 0, mocking becomes progressively more unacceptable.
I mean he’s posted on a golf cart with a leash tourniquet like,”i knew this thing was bullshit from the start…” classic
Talk about a late xmas present for Chas. Couldn’t have been more perfectly wrapped.