I almost got hit by a big ass needlefish in Pamlico Sound back in 2001 or so. I didn't see him but Jay Crawford (who was then with Real) was chasing me on a jetski and was saying "oh, shit," because the needlefish was chasing me as I tooled around, probably because of the board leash dragging in the water.

I got worked the next day after lacerating an artery in my foot on a shell and the OBX doctor told me that they have had more than one incident of a kiter or a poleboarder having a needlefish jump, impact a leg, and inflict a deep wound, like a stab wound that can kill if it hits an artery.

Oh, yeah, and then there was the incident earlier this year during which Scott and I were menaced by a whale/nuclear submarine/bull dolphin at south Skyway.