yeah...that was me.....sorry

I do think about sharks when out the back for sure, there's a seal colony near here, and big Great Whites eatin em, but when I'm kiting, I'm in the air, going fast, sure maybe body drag (troll) for a while now n then, but when I'm scuba diving, swimming out into dark blue stuff sometimes spook myself.
I just think it's hilarious that guys are out kiting with their ZAPPERS, electrocuting themselves, getting SHOCKED when it seems no kiter has ever been taken by a shark. If that's what it takes to make you feel safe......
Maybe if I cut myself bad stacking on my board, body dragging, pissing blood everywhere, I might wish I had a zapper. Maybe I'll be the first kiter to get eaten? Only one way to find out.........

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Originally posted by lovey
...there's so many sharks here that we have to drag some of them out of the water to clear a spot to kite.

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LMFAO - absolute classic

anyone offering any odds on Tobes be the first???

I wonder if Tobes is from SA? Odds are 1000-1 against(or is it "for")Before March 2006.

I sincerely hope not but if you Kite anywhere in SA your a crazy cat!!!

Yeah SA is building a sharky reputation but i think u would be suprised by some of the good spots we have down here. I would definately say SA gets no coverage in the kiteboarding world. Theres kiters down here pulling all the moves, heaps of groms, maybe sometime someone will realise it is a great kiting spot.

Same temp as perth, but dont get those 30 knot seabreezes very often, we get nice 18-23.

saw that massive shark on the news that swallowed the seal, channel 10.

jaws are worth $20,000
i know my new career path

hey tobes...one of the guys i work with said that half a seal was floating around the rocks at tuross last week!!

and as for only being worried about sharks if you were pissing blood - ask presto about my little incident at north last week...should have attracted every bitey for miles around.

Shark Funny!!! On the Lighter Side

www.seabreeze.com.au/gallery/gallery.asp?imageid=649

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Originally posted by tobes

" Also where there is dolphins I hear there are chompies too."
What, in the sea?
Lovey, sounds like I've got some competition to be the first kiter eaten! MAD photo! What the? That sounds tihs about the gash, blood sure pisses out of yr feet doesn't it! High pressure! Gonna start wearing booties?
Yeah, we had a seal wash up last year with a chomp out of it about 50 cm wide.
Still reckon we're more likely to break our own necks getting lofted over carparks into powerlines and footy goalposts than getting munched.
I say make those ZAPPERS compulsory for any fraidy cats, you can all kite and ELECTROCUTE yourselves while the rest of us have fun!

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Dear Wind Dummy,

RE: rub their skin on your leg and it hurts like hell when you go kiting the next day

Why, Would you rub shark skin on your leg? I dont get it? Im trying to keep the suckers away from me an your rubbing their skins on ur leg? I mean i dont care ur into that kinda stuff. But really why?

they were on Juveniles.

... but im so little... they could still eat me whole :)
and i bet there must be a gang of parents hunting up and down , gathering food for their young...20 baby greats = 40 big parents.! = 60 greats alone

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Originally posted by Hammerhead

Who seen tonight's A Current Affair story on the Great Whites being caught on Stockton beach by the guys in 4WD's?

Now is anyone keen for that down winder from Birubi to Stockton? I know dachopper would be in it for sure, come on Nic what are you scared of, they were on Juveniles.

Maybe we could invent a new extreme extreme sport, Kite Game Fishing. Kite down Stockton beach with a hook and line attached to your harness, when you hook up head for shore and bring it in???

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The local govt just banned them from doing this, from the hunter river to hawks nest.

good reason to go to nobbies... no 4wds, and no sharks!

It is illegal to catch great whites - hopefully the b@stards copped a fine! I certainly don't like sharks up close while I'm in the water but the way over fishing is going soon they'll be more than just endangered, but extinct. Imagine a world without humans... that's what you'd get in the oceans with no sharks. Hmmm, somehow it doesn't seem THAT bad???

I got bit once really bad,
Here is the story...........

It was 3 years ago in NSW.
Was at LongReef North of Sydney and it was my first time kiting
Yep got bitten by the Kiting BUG!!
It did not hurt much but I can still feel it as bad as ever 3 years later.


You never know when you are going to be bitten so best worry about it when it does.