Surfers around the world have different nicknames for sharks—The Man in the Gray Suit, Noah, Mack (as in “Mack the Knife”)—but my personal favorite is The Landlord. The ocean is the shark’s house. He owns it, he knows it, and make no mistake, every time you enter the ocean, there’s a chance he may come cruising by to check out what you’re doing fooling around in his crib. Most of the time he just does a slow drive-by to remind you whose house it is, then splits. But every now and then, on rare occasions, The Landlord decides to collect rent. Rent can be very, very high.
