re: There is a BAD shark off of the NC coast

Yep. Seen a ton over the years surfing. Had a little spinner swim right under me last week. They mostly have zero interest in humans thankfully. Just don't find yourself in the middle of a bait pod and you'll be good.

Don't be like those dumb arse tourists at the beach the other day that wanted to go play with the swarm of birds out in the water. I had to politely explain that where there's a lot of birds, there's a lot of fish, and where there's a lot of fish there's sharks.