Posted on February 7, 2012 in February 2012, Media Coverage, Surf, USA, Watermen
ELECTRIC’S MARK HEALEY ON THE COVER OF HAWAII SKINDIVER MAGAZINE
This quarter’s issue of Hawaii Skindiver features ELECTRIC’s Mark Healey on the cover. Mark and fellow diver and mad man Cameron Kirkconnell grabbed their women and ventured to the beautiful waters of Fiji.
Fiji to surfers is one of the most sought out surf spots in the world. Not only are there some of the best waves but there are also some of the biggest Dog Tooth Tunas that roam the waters. Healey may have lost the biggest one ever recorded but he did land the biggest one of his life.
Go grab the issue in stores now and see the massive fish that Mark and Cameron grabbed from the depth of the sea. Also, check out ELECTRIC’s very own Joel Olenik with his biggest White Sea Bass on the coast of California.
Also check out ELECTRIC’s Brandon Wahlers who has a product review on the new D.Payne (Dusty Payne’s new signature sunglass). Great Job Crew! You guys nailed it!!!
Posted on August 17, 2011 in International, Surf, Watermen
It was one of the most memorable times I’ve spent in the water to say the least. At first getting outside the cage with the whites was a little nerve racking. The sharks would swim straight at you, and the only way to get them to turn away was to swim directly at them. Being 4 feet away from the business side of a great white definitely gets your blood pumping, and you have to stay calm. The last thing you want to do in that instance is panic and swim away.
You really have to just read the body language of each animal and trust that it’s not going to take you, because if it wanted to it certainly could. After a while Healey and I learned the personalities of the different sharks, and knew which ones to interact with and which ones to keep an eye on. Several times we had smaller sharks that would charge up quickly from the bottom at you, and you would have to swim directly at the shark to get it to turn away. If you weren’t paying attention or your buddy wasn’t there to warn you, it could have turned out badly.
The first time I did a dorsal ride on this 15ft shark, who we named Bruce, I was a little nervous and he could sense it. But as Healey and I became more comfortable and confident riding these animals, they seemed to like it, coming back again and again for more.
These sharks are a lot smarter and cautious than people give them credit for. Although I was pretty confident I wasn’t going to get bit, I always had Healey watching my back and my head on a swivel every time I was in the water. There are less than a handful of people I trust my life with in the water, and there’s no way I could have been that comfortable without Healey there backing me up.
- Brandon Wahlers
Top 5 Fish:
358lb Yellowfin Tuna
86lb Wahoo
86lb Pacific Cubera Snapper
150lb Dogtooth Tuna
87lb Yellowtail
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