Every day, Cole Taschman heads out to Bathtub Beach in Stuart, Florida. The quiet reef on the Atlantic Coast got its name from the “bathtub effect” which breaks up waves, creates a shallow pool at low tide and reduces erosion. For Cole and the Taschman family, who consider the beach their backyard, it is known for something else.

A 61-year-old Maui surfer was released from the hospital on Friday, just one week after losing his leg in a shark attack in Waiehu. Kenji Nonaka said he’s felt uneasy about sharks ever since his hero died after being attacked on Oahu earlier this year,

Kenji Nonoka, 61, lost his leg from a shark bite while surfing in central Maui; from the hospital, he’s now plotting his return to the water.

This wasn't Cole Taschman's first brush with a shark. Twelve years prior, he had been bitten by a smaller shark while surfing in the same exact spot at Bathtub Beach in Stuart, Florida.

State officials have shut down the area of Waiehu Beach Park in Central Maui for at least a day after a 61-year-old man’s leg was severed below the knee in a shark attack Friday morning. The man was alert and conscious,

Maui surfer Kenji Nonaka was released from the hospital, just a week after a shark bit off part of his leg. The post Maui Shark Bite Victim Released From Hospital first appeared on The Inertia.