California man attacked by great white shark recounts terrifying moment: 'My worst fear'
foxnews.comAs Michael "Jared" Trainor drove to a Ferndale, California, beach last Sunday afternoon to go surfing, he thought about how locals call October "Sharktober." "It's known in that community that you don't want to be surfing that much or alone in October.They call it ‘Sharktober,’" he told Fox News Digital. "So, that's what was going through my mind as I pulled up to the beach." Trainor, a 31-year-old recently married father of one little boy, operates a farm in Humbolt County.
He can see the beach where he surfs from his property, especially this time of year, when the vegetation isn't as dense. He grew up in Folsom but started surfing around the Santa Cruz area when he was younger, but he didn't get "fully invested" in the sport until he moved to Humboldt County.
His friend called him that morning, Oct. 2, to tell Trainor that "the surf was good" at a different location from where he was headed. "I actually almost considered … not going to this spot at all," Trainor said.
All of this went through his mind that day before he got in the water at Centerville Beach, but he pushed past his concerns aside and decided to hit the waves.
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