During a paddle (sup) competition, a hammerhead shark followed suit. Malea Tribble, who competes in the Cystic Fibrosis Championships, an 83-mile race from Bimini in the Bahamas to Lake Worth Beach in Florida, hasn’t lost her nerve.
They were about halfway across the Gulf Stream—nearly 40 miles from Florida—when Hammerhead made its presence felt. “At first I felt some bumps on the bottom of my board, but I didn’t pay attention, I thought I had picked up some algae on my fin,” Tribble told Fox 35.
The shark makes a sharp turn to stay close to the woman and slowly follows her as she reaches the open water. The shark kept up Triple’s pace as she swam under her before making her way to her competition partner, who was just a few meters ahead.
After all, the shark was friendly and perhaps fascinated by the intense action in the area of sea he was exploring.
Triplet’s husband Rick was the first to see the shark and was able to warn her without scaring her and lead her “quietly and safely” away from the shark.
Based on his reaction, the woman said, I knew immediately that it was a shark. I didn’t know how big it was or where exactly it was.”
In the video he can be heard saying, “Kabir? She follows me with no fear on her face.”
She admits that at the time she didn’t notice the shark’s size, she realized it later when she watched the video. “At one point in the video, he was completely under my plate. I also noticed how fast and smooth the movements were. The shark seemed curious about what he had…in his house. I never knew I could be so calm. Crazy to think of all this.” after the accident.”
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