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kitecrazzzy
WA
Australia
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Posted 20/10/2005, 6:09 pm
   
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the grey nurse is considered harmless to humans, still that didnt stop me from swiming for the shoar at lightning speed  |
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tobes
NSW
Australia
900 Posts |
Posted 20/10/2005, 6:20 pm
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| We kill around 8000 tonnes of them in Australia each year. They kill how many of us? Fair's fair! I think kiters are way more likely to kill themselves than be eaten. |
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Spacemonkey!
WA
Australia
2077 Posts |
Posted 20/10/2005, 6:56 pm
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everyone knows the chances of being eaten, i am not worried about it really but this is how i look at it.
- kitesurfers are amognst the most frequent water users (inc chance)
- go out to deeper waters (inc chance)
The fact is that not that many people per year are actually that much i risk from being attacked compared to our total population. surfers are a lot more at risk admitably
i think people are just scared about the unknown, u cant tell me tobes u never ever think about sharks whilst ur kiteboarding. |
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waveslave
WA
Australia
2747 Posts |
Posted 20/10/2005, 7:21 pm
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You can never find a Thread Killer when you really need one.
Poor Relative, where are you ?? |
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greenleader
QLD
Australia
3737 Posts |
Posted 20/10/2005, 8:30 pm
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who farted? |
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tobes
NSW
Australia
900 Posts |
Posted 20/10/2005, 9:22 pm
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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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lovey
NSW
Australia
172 Posts |
Posted 21/10/2005, 5:26 am
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http://www.seabreeze.com.au/gallery/gallery.asp?imageid=633
heres a shot of some of the crap we gotta put up with on the south coast...there's so many sharks here that we have to drag some of them out of the water to clear a spot to kite.
(And for those of you who are going to chastise me for dragging this poor little fishie around by the tail...i trod on a broken bottle or something two days later whilst kiting - and i'm out of the water for what looks like forever...karma, huh?) |
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puppetonastring
WA
Australia
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Posted 21/10/2005, 9:32 am
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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.
LMFAO - absolute classic
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brooksy
VIC
Australia
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paulio
QLD
Australia
853 Posts |
Posted 21/10/2005, 12:35 pm
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| anyone offering any odds on Tobes be the first??? |
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bondo
QLD
Australia
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Uber
NSW
Australia
482 Posts |
Posted 21/10/2005, 1:25 pm
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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!!! |
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Uber
NSW
Australia
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Spacemonkey!
WA
Australia
2077 Posts |
Posted 21/10/2005, 1:45 pm
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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. |
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brooksy
VIC
Australia
438 Posts |
Posted 21/10/2005, 3:19 pm
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Uber,
I heard that was actually a dolphin. By the shape of the fin, i'd agree. It's just the wave and shadows making it look bigger and more menacing. |
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Spacemonkey!
WA
Australia
2077 Posts |
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Spacemonkey!
WA
Australia
2077 Posts |
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lovey
NSW
Australia
172 Posts |
Posted 23/10/2005, 6:08 am
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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. |
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Uber
NSW
Australia
482 Posts |
Posted 23/10/2005, 7:40 am
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| Nice spotting guys! Still at first glance I would quietly be depositing darkies in my shorts. Also where there is dolphins I hear there are chompies too. |
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Uber
NSW
Australia
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tobes
NSW
Australia
900 Posts |
Posted 23/10/2005, 8:08 am
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" Also where there is dolphins I hear there are chompies too."
What, in the sea?
Lovey, MAD photo! What the? That sounds **** 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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tobes
NSW
Australia
900 Posts |
Posted 23/10/2005, 8:12 am
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quote:
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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wind dummy
WA
Australia
67 Posts |
Posted 24/10/2005, 12:14 am
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I have come to the conclusion( after several coronas ) that sharks are cool, they scare people, there good to spearfish, they keep the crowds down, rub their skin on your leg and it hurts like hell when you go kiting the next day, fish and chips, make good stories etc etc.
If you are scared of sharks better not go in the ocean. |
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Uber
NSW
Australia
482 Posts |
Posted 24/10/2005, 7:57 pm
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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? |
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Hammerhead
NSW
Australia
116 Posts |
Posted 25/10/2005, 5:42 pm
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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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dachopper
NSW
Australia
955 Posts |
Posted 26/10/2005, 4:34 am
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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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danza
NSW
Australia
367 Posts |
Posted 26/10/2005, 6:51 am
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| UBER THIS IS FOR YOU A KITER WAS KITING OUT AT NOOSA DROPPED HIS KITE IN THE WATER AS THE WIND DROPPED OF, HAD TROUBLE RELAUNCHING WITH LACK OF WIND,AS HE WAS TRYING TO RELAUNCH A VERY BIG TIGER SHARK STARTED TO CIRCLE HIM, THE SURF RESCUE SPOTTED THE SHARK , THEY WENT OUT AND RESCUED HIM AND PULLED HIM OUT OF THE WATER JUST IN TIME.VERY LUCKY INDEED APPARENTLY HE IS THE OWNER OF THE KITE SHOP IN NOOSA. |
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stnkygoat
NSW
Australia
230 Posts |
Posted 26/10/2005, 1:46 pm
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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???
The local govt just banned them from doing this, from the hunter river to hawks nest. |
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Billygoat
NSW
Australia
18 Posts |
Posted 26/10/2005, 5:50 pm
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Don't get to worried about the sharks when you kite at burubi or stocken beach guys . There is a much bigger menace that cruises that territory. Some of these way in at over two 2000kg and can been seen clocking speeds at over 100 kph. Yep, it's the 4WD. If your having a really bad day you may even get buzzed by one with a P-Plate on it . Scary stuff, lots of people hurt( some dead ) by these things on stocko. wrap up your lines.
Cheers |
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dachopper
NSW
Australia
955 Posts |
Posted 26/10/2005, 6:49 pm
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| good reason to go to nobbies... no 4wds, and no sharks! |
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