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Tamayo Perry (April 15, 1975 – June 23, 2024) was an American professional surfer, lifeguard and actor. [1][2] He was a regular fixture on Oahu's Banzai Pipeline, [3][4][5] one of the world's most notable reef surf breaks, and was considered as one of the most prominent pipeline specialists of all time. [6] His death was the first fatal shark ...
HISTORY OF RECENT SHARK ATTACKS IN HAWAII—June 7 : Haleiwa, about 3 miles from shore, 600 feet deep. Victim swimming with sharks suffered lacerations to leg, forearm and hand.
Unconfirmed. This victim fell overboard and was killed by a shark while swimming in Pensacola Bay, Santa Rosa County, Florida. John Bloomquist. September 23, 1911. Unconfirmed, probably a bull shark. Bloomquist was killed by a shark in the Galveston, Texas, ship channel after he jumped overboard to rescue a companion.
MARK THIESSEN. June 24, 2024 at 4:18 PM. A well-known Hawaii lifeguard who was killed in a shark attack while surfing off Oahu’s North Shore was a former professional surfer with acting credits ...
A Hawaii surfer and lifeguard, whose skills and charisma saw him cast in Hollywood movies, was killed in an apparent shark attack in Hawaii on Sunday. Tamayo Perry, 49, who appeared in a "Pirates ...
Bethany Meilani Hamilton (born February 8, 1990) is an American professional surfer and writer. In 2003, she survived a shark attack in which her left arm was bitten off; ultimately, she returned to professional surfing and wrote about her experiences in the 2004 autobiography, Soul Surfer: A True Story of Faith, Family, and Fighting to Get Back on the Board.
A well-known Hawaii lifeguard who was killed in a shark attack while surfing off Oahu’s North Shore was a former professional surfer with acting credits to his name, friends and associates said Monday. Tamayo Perry, 49, was killed Sunday near Goat Island, Shayne Enright of the Honolulu Emergency Services Department said in a statement.
While the term "shark attack" is in common use for instances of humans being wounded by sharks, it has been suggested that this is based largely on the assumption that large predatory sharks (such as great white, bull, and tiger sharks) only seek humans as prey.