From the West yesterday.

Apparently not recommended for use off the African coast due to the propability of being attacked by lions mistaking you for a zebra,

I am led to beleive from reading about and seeing documentaries on sharks,that ...1:sharks have poor vision...2:sharks have exceptional smell..3:most attacks on humans are mistakes.Many victims aren't wearing wetsuits.

Dont want be just another forum knocker but arent we warned that most attacks are reported in murky water ???
I reckon the jury is well & truly still out on this one.
I have been thinking - since the attack rate has risen - more along the lines of an odour producing repellant.
Wonder if the govt. would flick me $20k to swim around Rotto testing ginger essence; brussel sprout linament and fishermans friend lotion ???

Posted this earlier today on kiteforum.com; there is a thread running there if you're interested.....

This striped suit idea has been around for a while

check out Dr Walt Starck's ideas.....

http://www.goldendolphin.com/WASdisk/dr ... etsuit.htm

Interesting guy, inventor of the Electrolung and came down under to New Zealand with his fabulous dive boat El Torito ....complete with 2 man wet sub......

BRINM, LINK NOT WORKING
This isn't new. I've seen this on a tv show before, the theory behind it was that the black and white stripes was similar to the striping of a sucker fish that attach themselves to the shark and do whatever they do, the sharks don't eat them because they are useful to them. Also seen on myth busters (I think) where they experimented with different noises under water and found that sharks were deterred by the sound of a plastic drink bottle being crushed, often give the mono sail a good shake when in the water longer than usual water starting.
off topic
And then there's the doco where they built a hydraulic shark jaw and kept winding up the pressure until it took a clean bite out of a leg of pork, what a crock of sh!t that was, didn't take into account the threshing affect of the shark, far removed from the Rodney Fox doco where they wore mesh sleeves and enticed , ok only small sharks to take fish by biting there arms and came to the conclusion that the jaw pressure of a shark is not where the damage is done.

brinm said..

Posted this earlier today on kiteforum.com; there is a thread running there if you're interested.....

This striped suit idea has been around for a while

check out Dr Walt Starck's ideas.....

http://www.goldendolphin.com/WASdisk/dr ... etsuit.htm

Interesting guy, inventor of the Electrolung and came down under to New Zealand with his fabulous dive boat El Torito ....complete with 2 man wet sub......

ROFL

links to Surfing:

www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/Surfing/Shortboards/Shark-Warnings/

Something new...

www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-23357682