WEST PALM BEACH — The moment Cole Taschman felt the pain in his feet "like the sharpest knife you can imagine," he knew what ...

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 ...

Cole Taschman, 28, was surfing with two friends at Bathtub Beach in Stuart, Florida last week when he encountered a situation ...

When Taschman was 16, he had been bitten by a four-foot blacktip reef shark pup at the same beach. (Cole Taschman) "They're scavengers," he said. "Sharks are opportunistic eaters unless they're in ...

Charter boat captain and former competitive surfer Cole Taschman said he was paddling just past the reef when what he thinks was shark 7 or 8 feet long hit him from behind. He described the shark ...

That’s what happened to a Florida surfer last week. “On this foot, I got a giant, giant cut there,” Cole Taschman described. Taschman was recently released from the hospital. “I almost ...

MARTIN COUNTY − Cole Taschman said he was resting at home Monday after what he said was a shark bite last week in Stuart left him with 93 stitches following two surgeries. Taschman, 28 ...

That’s what happened to a Florida surfer last week. “On this foot, I got a giant, giant cut there,” Cole Taschman described. Taschman was recently released from the hospital. “I almost lost the whole ...