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	<title>Swim At Your Own Risk &#187; California</title>
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		<title>Surfer Hospitalized After Cali Shark Attack!</title>
		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2011/10/30/surfer-hospitalized-after-cali-shark-attack/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Oct 2011 13:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A 27-year-old California surfer suffered multiple injuries after being attacked by a shark in Monterery County on Saturday. The Monterey Herald reports Eric Tarantino was attacked about 7 a.m. Saturday while surfing with a friend at Marina State Beach. The surfers had been in the water for about 10 minutes when the shark bit Tarantino [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shark Attack Victim&#8217;s Father Speaks Out</title>
		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2010/10/26/shark-attack-victims-father-speaks-out/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Oct 2010 11:53:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The father of a 19-year-old college student killed in a shark attack near Santa Barbara is opening up about his family&#8217;s tragic loss. Luke Ransom, a graduate of Perris High School, was body boarding at Surf Beach on Friday when he was attacked. Ransom was a junior at the University of California, Santa Barbara. &#8220;He [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More On Fatal California Shark Attack: Waves Turned Red</title>
		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2010/10/23/more-on-fatal-california-shark-attack-waves-turned-red/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Oct 2010 11:33:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The bodyboarder killed by a shark at a Central California beach cried out to his friend for help as the shark flashed out of the water, bit into his leg and pulled him under in a tide of blood, the friend said Friday. Matthew Garcia was surfing 2 feet from his friend, 19-year-old Lucas Ransom, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shark Attacks And Kills Teen At California Beach!</title>
		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2010/10/22/shark-attacks-and-kills-student-at-california-beach/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2010 23:19:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A young man was attacked and killed by a shark while body boarding at a beach near Vandenberg Air Force Base. 19 year old Lucas McKaine Ransom, of Romoland in Riverside County, died after a shark pulled him off his &#8220;boogie board&#8221; about 100 yards from shore. Ranson suffered a massive wound to his left [...]]]></description>
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		<title>11 Foot Shark Caught Off Malibu!</title>
		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2010/07/21/11-foot-shark-caught-off-malibu-2/</link>
		<comments>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2010/07/21/11-foot-shark-caught-off-malibu-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 10:51:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markus</dc:creator>
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		<title>130 Swimmers Stung By Stingrays!</title>
		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2010/07/18/130-swimmers-stung-by-stingrays/</link>
		<comments>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2010/07/18/130-swimmers-stung-by-stingrays/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jul 2010 13:51:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[View more news videos at: http://www.nbcsandiego.com/video. Stingrays have stung about 130 people since Wednesday and most of them were at La Jolla Shores, lifeguards said. Three people were hospitalized Wednesday. Lifeguards said that at one point, they were treating 11 or 12 people at the same time. One woman even got stung twice! [source]]]></description>
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		<title>Stingrays Keep Stinging in Southern California</title>
		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2010/07/17/stingrays-keep-stinging-in-southern-california/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jul 2010 11:30:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The stingrays are still stinging people around Southern California. The rays are blamed for injuring an estimated 120 to 130 people over the past three days, with 21 of those cases occurring Friday. Most of the stings occurred at La Jolla Shores and three people have been hospitalized so far. [source]]]></description>
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		<title>Surfer Bitten By Shark At Pismo Beach!</title>
		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2010/07/03/surfer-bitten-by-shark-at-pismo-beach/</link>
		<comments>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2010/07/03/surfer-bitten-by-shark-at-pismo-beach/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jul 2010 12:02:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Authorities say a surfer was taken to a hospital after being bitten on the foot by a shark at Pismo Beach, California. The 19-year-old man was bitten Friday while in the ocean near Silver Shoals. By the time help arrived he was out of the water with a cut on his left foot. The surfer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Great Whites Breaching Off LA Coast!</title>
		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2010/06/05/great-whites-breaching-off-la-coast/</link>
		<comments>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2010/06/05/great-whites-breaching-off-la-coast/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jun 2010 14:26:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Watch your backs! A local surfer has seen a dozen sharks recently off the coast of L.A. He even got a few of them on tape last Friday, before the Memorial Day weekend. Thanks Sully [source]]]></description>
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		<title>Giant Squid Invading Santa Barbara Coast</title>
		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2010/02/07/giant-squid-invading-santa-barbara-coast/</link>
		<comments>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2010/02/07/giant-squid-invading-santa-barbara-coast/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 13:47:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markus</dc:creator>
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		<title>Santa Cruz Shark Attack</title>
		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2009/11/14/santa-cruz-shark-attack/</link>
		<comments>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2009/11/14/santa-cruz-shark-attack/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 15:38:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A great white shark has attacked Eric Geiselman (New Smyrna Beach) while he was surfing off Laguna Road, Santa Cruz. The 21-year-old pro surfer&#8217;s board was broken in half. When he felt he was under attack, Geiselman paddled fast to shore, as he was 50 yards from the beach. Later, the O&#8217;Neill Cold Water Classic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Holy Leaping Shark!</title>
		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2009/11/10/holy-leaping-shark/</link>
		<comments>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2009/11/10/holy-leaping-shark/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:47:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Horizons West surf shop owner/photog Randy Wright shot a sequence of a white shark breaching about 300 yards off Sunset Blvd in LA on Saturday, Oct 3rd. Damn! Check out the entire sequence here!]]></description>
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		<title>Leaping Shark in Santa Monica!</title>
		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2009/10/08/leaping-shark-in-santa-monica/</link>
		<comments>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2009/10/08/leaping-shark-in-santa-monica/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:12:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Photos were taken Saturday morning near Pacific Palisades showing a large white shark leaping from the water. Longtime local surfer, Randy Wright, shot the photos Saturday morning off Sunset Beach. Wright, who owns Horizons West surf shop in Santa Monica, said he was in his 10-foot kayak about 300 yards from the beach lifeguard tower [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2 Great Whites Spotted Near Santa Cruz Beaches!</title>
		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2009/10/02/2-great-whites-spotted-near-santa-cruz-beaches/</link>
		<comments>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2009/10/02/2-great-whites-spotted-near-santa-cruz-beaches/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 22:28:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A day after a Capitola man shot video of a great white shark off the Seacliff pier, shark researcher Sean Van Sommeran reported sighting a great white off of Manresa State Beach around noon Friday. Van Sommeran, who heads the Pelagic Shark Research Foundation in Santa Cruz, said he spotted the 16-foot great white off [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shark Attack in Carlsbad?</title>
		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2009/09/02/shark-attack-in-carlsbad/</link>
		<comments>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2009/09/02/shark-attack-in-carlsbad/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 18:53:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A woman says she is recovering from bites received in a shark attack at Terramar Beach at Carlsbad, Calif. Bethany Edmund of Encinitas, CA, said she was swimming at the Carlsbad beach Aug. 25 when she felt a sharp pain in her foot that she initially suspected was caused by an underwater reef or another [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Porpoise-Chomping Shark Closes Two Santa Cruz Beaches</title>
		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2009/08/12/porpoise-chomping-shark-closes-two-santa-cruz-beaches/</link>
		<comments>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2009/08/12/porpoise-chomping-shark-closes-two-santa-cruz-beaches/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 12:33:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seacliff and New Brighton state beaches are closed for up to seven days after visitors spotted a shark chomping on a porpoise off Seacliff beach at around 3 p.m. Tuesday. &#8220;We have a confirmed predatory activity attack by a shark,&#8221; said Kirk Lingenfelter, superintendent with California State Parks, who ordered the closures when a four-foot [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shark Shuts Down Stinson Beach</title>
		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2009/08/11/shark-shuts-down-stinson-beach/</link>
		<comments>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2009/08/11/shark-shuts-down-stinson-beach/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 21:19:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stinson Beach was closed Tuesday to swimmers, waders, and surfers following a pair of shark sightings. Golden Gate National Recreation officials told CBS 5 that they received two &#8220;reliable&#8221; shark sighting reports on Monday. As a result, they made the decision to close the beach for 5 days. The beach was to remain closed until [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Holla! Great White Caught Off La Jolla!</title>
		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2009/07/21/holla-great-white-caught-off-la-jolla/</link>
		<comments>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2009/07/21/holla-great-white-caught-off-la-jolla/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 19:50:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to the LA Times, a great white shark about 6 feet long and 150 pounds was caught by a fly fisherman off La Jolla last week. It&#8217;s believed to be the first great white taken off the California coast using a fly rod and reel. Jeff Patterson was fishing about five miles offshore when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Numerous Puncture Wounds From An Unknown Marine Animal&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2009/06/23/numerous-puncture-wounds-from-an-unknown-marine-animal/</link>
		<comments>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2009/06/23/numerous-puncture-wounds-from-an-unknown-marine-animal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:01:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cal Fire officials said Monday that no beach advisories will be posted after a surfer was hurt off Shell Beach in what is suspected to have been a bite by a small shark or other marine animal because the cause of his injury can&#8217;t be confirmed. About 8 p.m. Sunday, a 26-year-old man reported that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>That Tail Could Do Some Serious Damage!</title>
		<link>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2009/05/14/that-tail-could-do-some-serious-damage/</link>
		<comments>http://swimatyourownrisk.com/2009/05/14/that-tail-could-do-some-serious-damage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 11:34:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>markus</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some dudes in Sand Diego caught a 386-pound thresher shark with a 16-foot body and 6-foot long tail while fishing about 10 miles northwest of San Diego. It took nearly three hours to get the whopper inside the 26-foot long boat. [source]]]></description>
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