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spot1

1588 posts

spot1

WA, 1588 posts

23 Oct 2010 8:52pm

liam was attacked by a shark at wedge this avo receving multiple punctute wounds to the lower leg he will be fine but no kiteing sunday its a long drive to the joondalup health care campus

default

1255 posts

default

WA, 1255 posts

23 Oct 2010 8:57pm

Wow, a day for sharks!

A small bronzy or something?

Speedy recovery Liam!

waveslave

4263 posts

waveslave

WA, 4263 posts

23 Oct 2010 8:59pm

Was Liam kiting at the time of the attack ?

diginoz

317 posts

diginoz

WA, 317 posts

23 Oct 2010 9:01pm

WTF what time i this happen

gruezi

3464 posts

gruezi

WA, 3464 posts

23 Oct 2010 9:12pm

Lucky boy, and a brave one too........get well very soon bud.

spot1

1588 posts

spot1

WA, 1588 posts

23 Oct 2010 9:24pm

Kip

13 posts

Kip

WA, 13 posts

23 Oct 2010 9:40pm

Liam was bitten by a small 4-5ft shark in shallow water.
49 puncture wounds !! and a few stitches. Speedy recovery mate.
BTW he was also stung by a bee on the way to wedge ! ouch

ApatheticEnd

995 posts

ApatheticEnd

WA, 995 posts

23 Oct 2010 9:52pm

Unlucky mate. Heal up quick.

e0422713

975 posts

e0422713

WA, 975 posts

23 Oct 2010 10:40pm

who was the guy who said it was more likely to be killed by a bee than a shark.
Pranoid DH

the walks

448 posts

the walks

WA, 448 posts

23 Oct 2010 10:53pm

waveslave said...

Was Liam kiting at the time of the attack ?

Just back from hospital, as shark bites go he's a lucky lad, after watching it all being cleaned out and stitched a ****ing brave one to, thanks to spot 1, kip and the staff at joondalup health campus.
He slipped off his strapless surfboard in the shallows while turning to go back out, felt a tug on his leg and saw the bronzey

before he new it his kite was in the water and the noah had gone, very lucky to be close to shore.

AKSonline

925 posts

AKSonline

WA, 925 posts

23 Oct 2010 11:07pm

WOw,

Liam had a tougn run of luck. Lucky he taste bad and the shark spat him out.

Get well quick. Some sweet bragging rights back at school. The only kid in school to have shark bite scars. High School chicks dig scars Lol!

See you on the water soon Liam.

DM

xtortya

322 posts

xtortya

WA, 322 posts

23 Oct 2010 11:09pm

Get well soon! Between this, the great white at leightons and jaws on tv.....feeling a little un easy about kiting tomorrow.

tightlines

3509 posts

tightlines

WA, 3509 posts

23 Oct 2010 11:26pm

Geez bad luck Liam hope you have a speedy recovery so you can get back on the water soon and get them gybes sorted.
Obviously your old man must have been on his tt or strapped otherwise he would have been floundering around heaps and got bitten instead

ApatheticEnd

995 posts

ApatheticEnd

WA, 995 posts

23 Oct 2010 11:37pm

Those scars are going to get you so much tail. Use your new power wisely.

the walks

448 posts

the walks

WA, 448 posts

23 Oct 2010 11:45pm

tightlines said...

Geez bad luck Liam hope you have a speedy recovery so you can get back on the water soon and get them gybes sorted.
Obviously your old man must have been on his tt or strapped otherwise he would have been floundering around heaps and got bitten instead

Gold

just the front strap at moment, this surfing thing takes some time to learn

SlicerDicer

179 posts

SlicerDicer

179 posts

24 Oct 2010 4:15am

some guy in Kallliiiforrrnia was not so lucky.. amputated leg and he died. Was in news yesterday.

hope you have speedy recovery..

SaveTheWhales

1908 posts

SaveTheWhales

WA, 1908 posts

24 Oct 2010 9:45am

Jr Walks said...

~~http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=5262674&l=b9c7cdf606&id=686943075~~

Well home now.
Great day up until the shark.

Thanks to Jeff, Ian and the wonderful nurses and doctors in the emergency room.

Back in the water on the 3rd if theres no problems with the recovery

You are officially "FLAME PROOFED" from any HTFU comments ever again by Seabreezers
Speedy recovery dude

FOT

101 posts

FOT

WA, 101 posts

24 Oct 2010 10:25am

****e, extremely lucky looks like the shark wasn't interested after he took a nibble!!

How far in were u when he grabbed you? Two of us were kiting a few kms south of wedge, assume you guys were coming up the coast??

spot1

1588 posts

spot1

WA, 1588 posts

24 Oct 2010 10:32am

ok this is just after we dumped the kite off him got him to the car and not knowing how bad it was ....warning there is blood and a lot of the swearing #%@*&^

Poida

1922 posts

Poida

WA, 1922 posts

24 Oct 2010 10:34am

that looks scary!
see you back in the water soon
r u getting any tv news coverage?
they might need to bleep out some of the audio, hehe

Joey

15 posts

Joey

WA, 15 posts

24 Oct 2010 11:44am

Holy crap, best wishes Liam, get well soon, J & C

SlicerDicer

179 posts

SlicerDicer

179 posts

24 Oct 2010 11:52am

spot1 said...

ok this is just after we dumped the kite off him got him to the car and not knowing how bad it was ....warning there is blood and a lot of the swearing #%@*&^

Yikes on the video that looks painful but at least in good spirits about the whole thing.

puppetonastring

3619 posts

puppetonastring

WA, 3619 posts

24 Oct 2010 12:04pm

ApatheticEnd said...

Those scars are going to get you so much tail. Use your new power wisely.

Amen! to that.

Wisely & often as possible. [}:)]

So glad to see you still laughing even at the time.
(and so glad we are all able to laugh with you)
Liam - u R da man !!
Now with the stamp of approval.

(hope ur mum recovers sometime too)

pearl

NSW

984 posts

pearl

NSW, 984 posts

24 Oct 2010 3:12pm

That video is great. Classic ozi footage. "What happened? I got bitten by a shark" That could be sold to one of those dodgey current affairs shows. You deserve a new kite out of it.

BOOST

92 posts

BOOST

WA, 92 posts

24 Oct 2010 2:38pm

Liam,
All the best mate.
Just think you will never need another chat up line again.

"Hi,
My name is Liam
I kite, and I have shark bite scars.
Your place or mine."

Looks like we will have some show and tell at Mullers for the BBQ.

bingles

363 posts

bingles

WA, 363 posts

24 Oct 2010 3:31pm

The 22 stiches i got in me ear yesterday after board met head doesnt even freakin rate now!

Was supposed to be at wedge this week end but had to do a wedding - not sure which choice would have been appropriate in hindsight

Fark mate - get well soon!

SaveTheWhales

1908 posts

SaveTheWhales

WA, 1908 posts

24 Oct 2010 3:52pm

should have sold that as exclusive footage to the tv stations & bought a new kite

INfiniDIE

478 posts

INfiniDIE

WA, 478 posts

24 Oct 2010 5:18pm

Nah don't sell it to Current affairs, you know that Tracy Grimshaw will turn it into something against kiters the stupid slag...

diginoz

317 posts

diginoz

WA, 317 posts

24 Oct 2010 6:45pm

bingles said...

The 22 stiches i got in me ear yesterday after board met head doesnt even freakin rate now!

Was supposed to be at wedge this week end but had to do a wedding - not sure which choice would have been appropriate in hindsight

Fark mate - get well soon!

Allways wear a hat then silly boy. As a bite can get you laid,but a clumpy old ear well ( a wayne rooney lookalike no chance )

dusta

2940 posts

dusta

WA, 2940 posts

24 Oct 2010 7:08pm

no wonder there were ****all kiters out at wedge today

good to hear the kid is ok

where abouts at wedge did this happen ?

cwamit

1194 posts

cwamit

WA, 1194 posts

24 Oct 2010 7:27pm

glad it wasn't worse, i recall last year at the exmouth expo how my Friend

and i mentioned the 2 to 3 meter shark near the outer reef at sandy bay to your dad/mum and your mum looked troubled .. cant imagine how troubled she was when she heard you actually got bitten.

all the best with the recovery.

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