Well for starters, people don't dive in shark tanks to get eaten by sharks, they feed em n pat em, like a petting zoo. Imagine a shark rockin up at your place with a human zapper, sounds like fingers running down a blackboard at 100 decibels, what's not phucked up about that? Not 1 kiter has been killed by a shark. U R a D!ckhead if ur worried about shark attack. Here's Gls's review of the machine he bought to electrocute himself while kiting-
www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=9764

Got a call from a mate down south that a shark was spoted in Botany Bay and that Westpac chopper monitored it for a lengthy period late yesterday arvo. Mate said the Bay was packed with kiters.
Any truth to the story.
regards
pops

Can confirm their was a westpac helicopter hovering around the pool of brighton about 200 meters off shore, was a hell day on the water to good to be worried about sharks, though Im sure, and so were the other guys that it was probably a shark, or a pack of bronzies as the bay is full of them.

If you catch shark my family has very good recipie for shark casserole , in Romania this is very part of our food dinner , not too good if still alive must core brain first, much like poleboarder{joke}

Surely someone in the WORLD knows the answer ??
pops

Just down to Sydney from up North. Have kited Noosa regularly in the past and also Rules Beach up Bundy way. Top spots and have often seen large sharkes off Rules. Wondering what the scene in Sydney is like. Have heard Botany Bay has a Marine Park which is a recognised shark breeding area. Does this affect kiting in Botany Bay.
thanks
kiterider

This is an interesting point, if you see a shark or you believe you see something, do you tell other kiters and water users? I normally tell people kiting if i think i see something. It turned out to be a seal with its flipper in the air so on one occasion. WHat do you guys do?

Bigairman , where down south were you. I'm keen to learn about good kiting locations down here.
Don't get hungup on sharks mate, as I said in my earlier post Ive seen plenty but none have ever hassled me. Sharks are more scared of you than you think.
I had the opportunity to work on a trawler in the Gulf a while back. The Skip had a real hatred of sharks. He got bit, way back in WW2 when his Destroyer was sunk during the battle of the Coral Sea. Spent 50 hours in the water before he was resqued. He said 5 of his mates were killed by sharks and he had a chunk bitten out of his leg - his leg was pretty aweful looking. Anyway the Skip who at the time I worked with him was in his seventies used to stand on the bow with a 12 gauge and blast any shark that came into his sight. There were plenty of them in the Gulf, let me tell you.
In the three years I was on the boat I think he would have shot thousands of them. Plenty of times though we went days without seeing any - especially after he had slaughtered large numbers of them - as I said sharks are probably more scared of you than you are of them.

Kiterider

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Originally posted by Spacemonkey!

This is an interesting point, if you see a shark or you believe you see something, do you tell other kiters and water users? I normally tell people kiting if i think i see something. It turned out to be a seal with its flipper in the air so on one occasion. WHat do you guys do?

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We have a system where you make a fin signal on your head to indicate a shark. We also have signals for lightning (or static electricity), water police, rock lobsters (yum) and sea urchins (ouch).

Failing that kiting off downwind a 100 miles an hour screaming like the day you were born works well too!

pops, alva beach is just out of the township of ayr and supposedly is a grouse spot.lots of guys i talk to highly recommend the place.

Thanks Greenleader, it would be good to get additional ifo.
thanks
pops

Pops, I'll post some info on the Townsville scene on a new thread.