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Article: `Shark-bite capital of the world' doesn't deter surfers.
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- The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL)
- Article date:
- September 7, 2007
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Byline: Ludmilla Lelis
NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. _ Avid surfers such as Taylor Smith and Joseph "Jody" Coursey know that riding the waves near Florida's Ponce deLeon Inlet means risking an encounter with a shark. They see the sharks regularly.
The area has earned the reputation of being the "shark-bite capital of the world."
Smith and Coursey became part of that history last weekend as Volusia County, Fla.'s 11th and 12th shark-attack victims for the year.
Beach officials and a shark-attack expert know they won't be the last.
September is historically the peak month for shark attacks in Florida. Though school is back in ...