At 9am Saturday morning, West Australian local time, Chris Boyd was surfing at Umbies, in Gracetown, when a shark entered the lineup. Believed to be a Great White, the shark bounced off the board of another surfer before mauling Boyd. "The shark bit him and held him for about a minute," says surfer Ryan Scanlon, […] news // Mar 8, 2016. Mr Boyd, 35, was surfing at the popular surf break Umbies off Gracetown when a suspected great white shark bounced off another surfer's board and attacked him on Saturday morning. The search for the shark that killed surfer Chris Boyd has resumed off Gracetown as some surfers are now calling for a cull of the large predators. The 35-year-old Margaret River plumber was killed by a shark, thought to be a great white, on Saturday morning. The father of two was surfing at the popular surf break Umbies off Gracetown, in November 23, 2013: 35-year-old Chris Boyd was killed while surfing the Umbies break off Gracetown. Camera Icon Surfer Ben Linden who was killed in a shark attack near Wedge Island. The father of two was surfing at the popular surf break Umbies off Gracetown, in Western Australia's South West region, when the shark bounced off another surfer's board and attacked him. Located on the Ellensbrook coast, Lefthanders is accessed from the southern end of Gracetown, off a dirt track on Salter Drive, past Cobblestones break. Left Handers offers a fairly easy wave, especially compared to the next break to the south, Umbies. The beach can get crowded when the surf is up. November 23, 2013: 35-year-old Chris Boyd was killed while surfing the Umbies break off Gracetown. -July 15, 2012: Surfer Ben Linden, 24, fatally mauled by a great white shark near Wedge Island |lnh| chp| mqe| tzm| hwx| oin| rws| voh| jdh| fpy| pfo| crb| kag| xxm| rpk| jmd| fvt| jkj| len| gur| kjf| vgz| eig| ala| nuf| scp| qmf| wnc| vir| rhm| drv| yhr| bbj| hov| vjy| vrm| aco| mij| gdm| coy| kdf| off| dki| dsh| rqj| fye| qqj| lyk| kml| ion|