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Sharkbanz has improved its shark-deterrent products since 2014, and the surfing world now appears to be accepting their revolutionary contribution to the sport.
In 1974, Peter Benchley s bestselling novel Jaws fanned this fear into a wildfire that spread around the world. The book sold more than 5 million copies in the U.S. within a year and was quickly followed by Steven Spielberg s 1975 movie, which became the highest-grossing film in history at that time.